We are Martin and Ruth Harrison and we have been mission partners of SBC since 2003. Both of us have had a lifelong commitment to mission that began with short term assignments. Ruth spent a year in Kenya after her A-levels and Martin served in Argentina, Nicaragua, and Guatemala during and after his time at university.

 In 2003 we took a large step of faith by leaving our UK-based careers and going to Redcliffe Bible College with our young family to study and prepare for cross-cultural mission. 2005 saw us arriving in Costa Rica to learn Spanish and by 2006 we were serving in Ecuador. During our time there Martin led the Latin American Region community development team of Reach Beyond and Ruth helped develop and launch a missions preparation programme for Latin American Christians.

 Martin is now the International Ministry Lead for Reach Beyond (UK) and Ruth is International Ministry Coordinator. This sees us traveling internationally and serving in mission leadership, recruitment, new ministry development, pastoral care, and training. We have a particular focus on community healthcare and development, refugee response projects, and training. Our passion and calling is to see Christians mentored, equipped and deployed to grow the Kingdom of God through using their God-given talents and professions. Leading mission teams is a part of this and we are delighted to have led several teams with members of SBC over the years!