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TWR’s long history of ministry in the Americas dates back to 1964 when our major broadcasting site was established on the Caribbean island of Bonaire. Today, in addition to the Bonaire station, we air Christian content on hundreds of local stations throughout Latin America, ministering to individuals across the region!
Updates from the Americas
Jul 18, 2025,
Burke Murray Experiences Missions On Bonaire
Burke Murray's first international trip has the Great Commission in mind. He is spending his summer on the...
Jul 17, 2025,
Something That Matters: Kristina Dodds Follows God’s Plan
Kristina embarked on her summer hoping to use her graphic design skills to help share the gospel, but God...
Jul 16, 2025,
Four Ways to Pray for the Trio People
TWR is continuing the work of reaching the indigenous people by partnering with them directly — here's how...
Jul 8, 2025,
Hope for Hispanic Immigrants
TWR's Jehiel Ortiz seeks to reach the heart of the Hispanic immigrant with a new podcast, Hope Along the Way.
Jul 1, 2025,
From Fear to Hope Among the Trio
The deaths of five missionaries in Ecuador in 1956 sparked fear and shock across the globe — but their...
Jun 20, 2025,
How Steve and Barbara Shantz Answered the Call
After 73 years of collective service, we are honoring Steve and Barbara Shantz and all the ways the Lord...
Jun 17, 2025,
Community on Bonaire: Olly Simons and His Service for God
Olly's summer serving with TWR on the island of Bonaire is the answer to an interest in missions that he...
Jan 23, 2025,
‘Mission 66’ Breaks New Ground
Since its debut in late 2024, the English-language version of the 613-episode Mission 66 program has been...
Nov 7, 2024,
Four Decades of Inspiration: RTM Venezuela and Its Legacy of Faith on the Air
RTM Venezuela celebrates 40 years of ministry to the people of Venezuela!
Nov 5, 2024,
TWR Film Tracks Dying Tribes’ Transformation
The true-life adventure story of a family who moved to the Amazonian jungle to tell Indigenous tribes about...
Oct 14, 2024,
Five Ways to Pray for the Indigenous People of Suriname
The small South American nation’s least-reached for Christ are those living in the isolated jungle region.
Oct 1, 2024,
A Journey of Faith: Venturing Into the Jungles of Suriname
Perhaps no greater challenge exists than to venture into potentially hostile territory and boldly endeavor...
Aug 12, 2024,
9 Ways You Can Pray for the Venezuelan and Cuban People
RTM continues to reach Venezuelans and Cubans with the gospel, but not without challenges. Here are some...
Aug 7, 2024,
Men’s Ministry Growing Amid Haiti’s Violence
Obed and Dierf* knew a pastor who was gunned down in his church. They’ve seen hundreds of families...
Aug 1, 2024,
Voices of Hope for Venezuela and Cuba
As food and power shortages, economic strain and inflation make life in Cuba and Venezuela difficult, TWR...
Jul 26, 2024,
Interns With Impact 2024: Ryan, Engineering Intern
Engineering, learning to slow down and… iguana stew? Who knew these were all things you could get out of an...
Jul 25, 2024,
Interns With Impact 2024: Zach, Engineering Intern
Joining us all the way from Grand Canyon University in Arizona, Zach joins TWR this summer as an...
Jun 28, 2024,
Interns With Impact 2024: Lauren, Writing and Editing Intern
Lauren joins us from Messiah University, where she is a rising senior majoring in English with a creative...
Mar 12, 2024,
New TWR Website Builds Connections With Latin Americans
TWR’s ministry in Latin America has launched a new website to build community and collaboration among...
Feb 21, 2024,
National Religious Broadcasters Honor TWR With Billy Graham Award
Global media ministry TWR will receive the prestigious Billy Graham Award for Excellence in Christian...
Jan 19, 2024,
Faith comes full circle in Colombia
When Kimberly Yepes was growing up in Colombia, her father’s testimony introduced her to TWR. Now,...
Dec 7, 2023,
How TWR Equips U.S. Spanish-Language Churches
For Spanish-language churches in the United States, TWR has more to offer than radio.
“The Spanish...
Jul 12, 2023,
Joining God’s Work in the World: Alleyne, TWR IT and data management intern
Meet Alleyne Elvir Bendeck! She joined the TWR IT and data management team in Cary, North Carolina, as a...
Jul 7, 2023,
Joining God’s Work in the World: Meggie, TWR graphic design intern
Meet Meggie Kleveland, a native of Forest City, Iowa! A senior graphic design student at Dordt University...
Jun 30, 2023,
Joining God’s Work in the World: Jacob, TWR mechanical engineering intern
Originally from Troy, Michigan, Jacob Stark studies mechanical engineering at Ohio University (OU). He’ll...
Jun 28, 2023,
Joining God’s Work in the World: Hannah, TWR Global Video intern
Hailing from Minnesota, Hannah Bauer serves on the Global Marketing and Communications Video team as a...
Jun 16, 2023,
Joining God’s Work in the World: Emily, TWR Global Content Social Media intern
Introducing Emily White, a senior at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, who is...
Jun 14, 2023,
Joining God’s Work in the World: Raeann, TWR Marketing Video intern
Raeann Goetz joins the TWR Marketing Video team as a summer intern at the Americas headquarters in Cary,...
Jun 9, 2023,
Joining God’s Work in the World: Sarah, TWR summer intern
Sarah Mummert, a rising junior at Cedarville University in Ohio, is majoring in professional writing and...
May 18, 2023,
TWR Lanka strengthens churches with radio homes
The Christ-followers meet at night, after the day’s work has been done.
Three men and three women, one...
May 10, 2023,
‘Let my people run!’
Global ministry brings with it many opportunities for the blessings and burdens of happenings around the...
Apr 11, 2023,
TWR to Grow Outreach of Mission 66 Broadcasts
Mission 66, a contemporary audio Bible commentary developed by Brazilian scholar Luiz Sayão, will reach a...
Mar 28, 2023,
An ‘Out of This World’ Endeavor
Ron Thompson was a senior at Moody Bible Institute in 1959 when he learned about a radio ministry with the...
Dec 12, 2022,
TWR seeks a home in Colombia
Many people work from home these days. For Estella Ferrucho, there’s no other choice.
Ferrucho is director...
Jul 26, 2022,
Summer of Impact 2022: Denali, Media Services Broadcast Content Creator Intern
Denali is serving as a summer intern in our Cary office from the Indiana/Kentucky area. She is a rising...
Jul 21, 2022,
Summer of Impact 2022: Machaela, Finance Intern, Cary Team
Machaela Murrell, from Durham, North Carolina, is serving in Cary, North Carolina, this summer as an intern...
Jul 13, 2022,
It Was Hard to Get Mad at This Leader
When TWR veteran missionary Dick Olson passed away in Cary, North Carolina, on July 2, 2022, we turned to...
Jul 8, 2022,
Summer of Impact 2022: Alex, Marketing and Communications Intern
Born in Maine, Alex Tan grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is studying graphic design and criminal...
Jul 6, 2022,
Discipling Latin America
A native and resident of Montevideo, Uruguay, Esteban Larrosa became vice president for Latin America and...
Jul 5, 2022,
Summer of Impact 2022: Daniel, Data Management Intern
For Daniel Crompton, from Raleigh, North Carolina, the mission field is familiar. Now the Lord has called...
Jun 23, 2022,
Losing Everything, Yet Gaining More: Tom and Elly Streeter Celebrate 50th TWR Anniversary
Tom and Elly Streeter met as single missionaries serving with TWR in Monaco. The 50 years that have passed...
May 27, 2022,
How TWR Invests in Unreached People
Sunday, June 5, is International Day For the Unreached, calling attention to the 1 in 3 people on the...
Apr 28, 2022,
Growing Disciples in the Smokies: Every Man A Warrior conference encourages leaders to press on
Men gathered for the Every Man A Warrior (EMAW) “Expert Builders” conference April 1-2, which took place at...
Sep 22, 2021,
Island Sunshine Brings Renewable Energy to TWR Bonaire
The tiny island country of Bonaire is a stunning place. Located just 50 miles north of the coast of...
Aug 15, 2021,
TWR Partner in Haiti On-Air After Huge Quake
Located in one of the cities hardest hit by Saturday’s deadly earthquake, the newest radio station of TWR’s...
Aug 12, 2021,
Unmasking the Gospel in 2021: Rosie, Journalism Intern
Rosie only had to travel a few miles from her home in Apex, North Carolina to get involved in TWR’s global...
Aug 7, 2021,
Unmasking the Gospel in 2021: Esther, TWR Women of Hope Intern
Esther has always had a passion to share Christ with the unreached. This summer, she is overjoyed to...
Aug 5, 2021,
Unmasking the Gospel in 2021: Caleb, Engineering Intern
Caleb has recently felt God’s call to serve those without access to the gospel. He did so this summer on...
Aug 3, 2021,
Unmasking the Gospel in 2021: Abigail, Legal Research Assistant
After serving as an Audio Production intern in 2019, Abigail graduated her undergraduate and began...
Jul 29, 2021,
Unmasking the Gospel in 2021: Rachael, Finance Intern
When Rachael learned about TWR’s mission to make God’s love known to every corner of the earth, she knew it...
Jul 16, 2021,
As Protests Flare, Cuba Needs Abundant Prayer
As protests continue and a crisis of unrest flares up in Cuba, TWR teams in Cuba and the Caribbean island...
Jul 15, 2021,
Unmasking the Gospel in 2021: Corrie, TWR MOTION Video Intern
Missions is nothing new to Corrie. She grew up as a missionary kid and never planned to follow in her...
Jul 13, 2021,
Unmasking the Gospel in 2021: Sam, Engineering Intern
What type of internship comes to mind when you think of engineering? Missions? Sam Toenies didn’t think so...
Jul 6, 2021,
Unmasking the Gospel in 2021: Savannah, Visual Media Intern
TWR has been a part of Savannah’s life since before she could walk, and she is overjoyed to finally have...
May 20, 2021,
Partners or Staff? TWR Workers Are Both
Service with TWR looks a lot more like partnership than ordinary employment. Support-raising missionaries,...
Mar 26, 2021,
Exiled Mexican Believers Keep Gospel Legacy Alive
Mexico is a nation whose population is described as overwhelmingly Christian, but stories about forced...
Mar 18, 2021,
Luis Palau’s Legacy Lives on Through TWR
As people around the world mourn the passing of Luis Palau, the evangelist's legacy is thriving in TWR's...
Feb 11, 2021,
Through Radio, TWR Ministers to Persecuted Listeners
The words of Makhset, a Central Asian pastor who was forced out of his homeland, is one of many reasons TWR...
Oct 8, 2020,
Q&A: A Burden to Reach the Unreached
About 2,000 years ago, Jesus gave his disciples the Great Commission to “go and make disciples of all...
Aug 19, 2020,
Spreading Hope Amid a Pandemic: Seth, Journalism Intern
Job 42:2 tells us that God can do all things, and that nothing can stand in the way of what he has planned....
Aug 12, 2020,
Spreading Hope Amid a Pandemic: Leanne, Marketing and Communications Intern
Growing up in Malaysia and raised in a Christian home, Leanne Tan always knew she would attend a university...
Jul 29, 2020,
Spreading Hope Amid a Pandemic: Matthew, Data Management Intern
Doing God’s work typically conjures up images of going to faraway places to preach the gospel to...
Jul 15, 2020,
Spreading Hope Amid a Pandemic: Lydia, Human Resources Intern
While many summer internships and jobs have either been called off or postponed due to the pandemic, TWR...
Jul 1, 2020,
Spreading Hope Amid a Pandemic: Alyx Vissing, Social Media and Communications Intern
Since the beginning, TWR has been all about overcoming barriers. If you have spoken with Alyx Vissing, you...
Jun 16, 2020,
Spreading Hope Amid a Pandemic: Catherine, Data Management Intern
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about numerous changes. From wearing face masks in public to working from...
May 29, 2020,
My Journey into Missions
"Wasn’t missions all about preaching and teaching and church planting? I did not have a seminary degree,...
Apr 12, 2020,
The Dawn Will Come: Easter in the Days of Coronavirus
Pondering the events of Holy Week is timely, of course, with Easter season upon us. Perhaps you, too, are...
Mar 27, 2020,
The Impact of a Coin
Secularism as an ideology pushes the narrative for the sharing of the gospel of Jesus Christ to be...
Jan 12, 2020,
Remembering Betty Jane Freed, Wife of TWR’s Founder
Betty Jane Freed, a North Carolina native who played an essential supporting role in the pioneering career...
Join the Ministry in the Americas
Spanish-speaking women in the Americas face many physical, emotional and spiritual problems. Divorce, illness, abortion and...
People are searching for spiritual nourishment in Latin America. From Shine 800 AM, our 450,000-watt station on the island of...
The Caribbean island of Cuba has many faiths, representing a widely varying culture. Though Christianity is the dominant faith,...
When Auca warriors of the Ecuadorian jungle murdered the five missionaries who were reaching out to them in 1956, it had a...
TWR’s US Spanish ministry is dedicated to reaching the more than 50 million Hispanics living right here in the United States...
TWR has been broadcasting from the island of Bonaire for 60 years. This small
Caribbean island is situated about 50 miles off...
TWR’s lodge provides a place of refuge and relaxation for our TWR missionaries, global staff, ministry partners and other...
Mission 66, created by Brazilian scholar Luiz Sayão, is a Bible-study series that provides a thorough study of God’s Word.
For many in Haiti, a solar radio preloaded with the audio Bible in Haitian Creole is the first Bible they’ve ever owned. For...
Some of the world’s most violent cities are in Latin America, and San Pedro Sula, Honduras, has become a stronghold of gang...
Suriname, located on the northern coast of South America, is one of the smallest countries in South America. Yet, its...
RTM USA exists to reach the Spanish-speaking population in the United States through radio programs, podcasts, videos, etc. We...
Latin Americans on social media use the platforms for an average of 212 minutes a day, according to es.statista.com. That’s...
All around the world, women suffer from extreme abuse, exploitation and traditional cultural oppression. They’re treated as...
Chris felt an irresistible call to help men everywhere have a deep and intimate walk with God. Because other men invested in...
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The Avellas are far from strangers to TWR. Karen, the daughter of TWR missionaries Dave and Flo Carlson, grew up in Monaco and...
Dan Blosser has served with TWR since 1977, first in Guam and then in Hong Kong. While in Hong Kong, Dan met and married Rose...
After six years as a teacher and two and a half years in Christian higher education, Jennifer joined TWR’s Mobilization...
Shaun and Dianne have been involved in missions for many years before moving to Texas in 2006. They have been on staff with The...
The Chicks followed God’s call to TWR in 1980, starting their overseas service in 1983 on the island of Guam. In 1997, they...
The Coopers’ service with TWR began in February 1971 and included 22 years on the island of Bonaire and 14 years in Europe...
Peggy Corcoran has been with TWR since 1984, serving in Sri Lanka, Bonaire and Miami, Fla., prior to moving to TWR's Cary...
Wayne Craig joined the Every Man a Warrior ministry of TWR in 2020. Wayne loves to disciple and walk beside men as they learn...
Formerly serving the CAMENA marketing team, Kelly currently serves on the TWR Stewardship team as a coordinator.
Sandi Dalton Goodrich is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute class of 15' with a degree in...
Bill Early and his late wife Lois (passed 2023) began with TWR in 1986, serving on Bonaire and then TWR’s Miami Ministry Center...
Jonas and Salome have been serving with TWR on Bonaire since January of 2015. Jonas started out in the capacity of Broadcast...
As Director of Church Partnerships, Wayne’s primary responsibility is to develop and implement Trans World Radio’s US church...
Bob is serving as European Director for TWR’s Men’s Discipleship ministry - Every Man A Warrior (EMAW)- alongside his wife Esther.
The Gows started with TWR in 1969. They have served in Bonaire, Sri Lanka, Monte-Carlo, Chatham, N.J., and Cary,...
The Heaths began their exciting missionary career with TWR in February 1982. Serving 15 years on Bonaire, almost three years in...
Jason and Adina Helmholdt found TWR through an online search with the keyword missionary. God brought them on a journey...
In every location they have served with TWR, the Hills have always been engaged in helping people to hear the good news of...
Roger and Carolyn Hixon have served over thirty-five years with Trans World Radio. The Hixons were accepted on staff with TWR...
A North Carolina native, Elisa Keefe is among the 2-4% of Christians who are saved after the age of 30 (42, to be exact). She...
Alex and Fran served at TWR’s radio facilities on the island of Guam in the mid 1980’s. Fran was involved with Bible...
The Lambert family are missionaries serving with TWR globally. Mike is currently serving as Global Director of Engineering.
Alan serves as the US Director of Mobilization and Human Resources. See additional information below...
After serving for over 11 years as a mission pastor in a local church in southwest Florida, Brad relocated to North Carolina...
Lee’s parents joined TWR in 1963, and Lee and Lonna met while working as short-term missionaries with TWR in Guam. They...
After a 40-year newspaper career, John now is telling the good news of what God is doing in the world by using his writing and...
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Merl has served in the Cary, NC office of TWR since January of 2008. He graduated in 1971 from N.C. State University with a...
Neal Manning is part of the Global IT team working from the Cary, N.C. office. Neal is a husband and father of four. He...
David began his tenure with TWR in 1995. He currently serves as the director of Marketing & Communications at TWR’s Cary, N.C.,...
Tim and Glenda McElhaney began their journey with TWR in 1984, moving to the island of Bonaire, and now proudly serve from the...
Larry has been serving with TWR since 1967. He married Virginia in 1969, and they served first in Bonaire, then served for 2...
Having worked with TWR partners, Cru and Jesus Film Project, Marcia trained nationals in how to develop Bible stories, and to...
Bill has been serving with us since 1958, which means he’s been a part of the TWR family longer than Alaska and Hawaii have...
Denny and Susie Milgate and their two daughters, Tyeise and Samantha, moved to Bonaire in 1966 when the construction had just...
Joe Miller has served with TWR as an engineer and transmitter operator since 1966. His wife, Edna, whom he met on the field,...
Andy and Kathy Napier are working out of the TWR office in Cary, N.C. where Andy hosts and produces Footsteps--a daily...
Dick and Jeanne Olson are veteran missionaries with Trans World Radio. They have served faithfully since May of 1961. They were...
Sterling first arrived on Guam at age 21 (2004) on a short-term assignment with Trans World Radio (TWR) on recommendation of...
Mark was born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada as the second child of 4 to two loving parents. He was shown to Christ at an early age...
Dave and Mari joined TWR in 2009. Dave serves as a Global Broadcast Engineer, working on large projects with a global reach,...
Join me in equipping men to raise up generations everyday disciplemakers to bring his salvation to the ends of the earth.
Dan joined TWR in 1992 and has served in Monaco, Bratislava and now in the U.S. He has held various roles in TWR and is...
Arnold (Arnie) and Dawn Sue Remtema are missionaries with TWR (Trans World Radio) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Arnie is...
John and Sue Roessner began serving with TWR since September 1976, serving in Guam; Chatham, N.J., and Cary, N.C. John has held...
Ted and Sally were called to missions in 1983 after both of their daughters were in college. They served 10 years on Bonaire...
George and Kathy Ross are both from New Hampshire. Both accepted Christ as their Savior as adults. They were introduced to TWR...
The Roswells' service began in 1966 on Bonaire with Chuck operating and maintaining transmitters, safety and first aid, EMI...
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Bob worked in Swaziland and at TWR’s headquarters in the early 1990s. He has also worked in the Netherlands for the...
Tom is the son of pioneer missionary parents who were called to serve indigenous people groups in the jungles of Suriname,...
Tim joined TWR in 2021 and is serving as the Deputy to the TWR CTO. Tim brings over 40 years global IT experience to the TWR...
After serving two years in Paraguay, the Stobbes were accepted as missionaries with TWR. They have been serving since 1989 at...
The Streeters have been with TWR since 1972, serving in Monaco, the Netherlands and North Carolina. Tom has served as a studio...
John serves as director of Radio Partnerships, sharing what God is accomplishing through TWR and inviting others to join.
Brad Swanson first came to TWR Bonaire as a summer intern in 1975. He returned as a short term missionary in in 1976, and was...
Malise is blessed to be born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana – her daddy's homeland – and living in her mother's native...
John serves as Global Prison Director for Every Man A Warrior, helping to disciple incarcerated men across the world.
The Thorps began service with TWR in 1987 in Sri Lanka. They have also served in Bonaire, Singapore and Guam. Currently...
Back in 1981 while attending college in SoCal, a “chance” encounter with a friend led me to the campus radio station. Little...
Tom Watkins presently serves as Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships. He and his team engage with ministries in...
Allan and Theresa sensed God's call to serve in foreign missions for several years, but it was during a global missionary...
Gary began service with TWR on Bonaire in 1976. In 1978 Gary moved to Guam and worked at KTWR. Winnie married Gary in 1979...
In 1965, Charlie went to Bonaire for two weeks to visit some friends from college. He stayed for 34 years.In November 1965,...
Carl Willis began his journey in Every Man A Warrior (EMAW) in 2015 as part of a small group of men in Chattanooga. Since then,...
The Zensens' call to missionary service occurred during a missions conference in 1971 at their home church, where TWR founder...
David and Rene have been in full-time ministry for over forty years! David has been a Christian school teacher, administrator,...
We were introduced to TWR during the first year of our marriage, at a banquet we attended while living in South Carolina....
Zach retired from the Marine Corps in March 2023, and is now actively laboring to help men through TWR's Every Man a Warrior...
Feeling compelled to respond to Jesus' Great Commission by honoring the sacred trust to proclaim the Good News of the Gospel,...
Phil, a 1994 graduate of Bethany University, has over twenty-five years’ experience serving in ministry and Christian media....
Esteban, TWR vice president for Latin America, the Caribbean and U.S. Spanish ministry, has been part of the TWR family as long...
Jehiel began serving with TWR in his native country of the Dominican Republic (DR) and now serves the with the US Spanish team.
David Teller is joining TWR as a part-time volunteer missionary, initially working with Joe Barker and Tyler Church.
Savannah will be serving with TWR's Radio Partnerships team, helping to build gospel relationships with radio stations across...
Greg is volunteering his time with TWR’s new Digital Ministry team in digital media management.
Kristina will be using her graphic design skills to share the gospel with Spanish speakers in the United States.
Bryson will be using his engineering skills to serve the people of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Olly will be using his engineering skills to serve the people of Latin America & the Caribbean from our transmitter site on the...
Tyler serves from Lakewood, WA in the USA, helping to disciple men through the Every Man a Warrior ministry.
Carrying on the family legacy, Ethan will be serving with TWR and using his linguistic skills alongside the staff at RTM Brasil.
Cami will be using her skills in social media this summer, returning to her native Colombia to serve with our national partner.
Jessica will be serving as a stewardship representative, serving donors and empowering them to be a part of God's work through...
Burke will be using his electrical engineering skills to help bring the gospel to the people of Latin America & the Caribbean.
Peter and his wife Susanna's story is one 20 years in the making, answering a call to minister to unreached tribes.
Join Chad in making disciples who are transformed — and who impact their wives, families, churches, friends, neighbors, and...
Accounting skills first opened the door for Annabel to serve with TWR. Now, she serves as international director for Latin...
Maintain our antenna systems for the continued broadcast of the gospel to millions across south, central and north America!
Support our teams with administrative tasks!
Carry out maintenance at our broadcast facilities to enable the daily broadcast of the good news!
Do you have a desire to speak to listeners and pray with them? This role may be for you!
Use your graphic design skills for website design, corporate identity and social media strategy.
Use your God-given video production skills for social media, television and online.
Use your Microsoft 365 skills to leverage tech for the gospel!
Use your leadership and software development skills to lead a team of like-minded IT professionals, leveraging software to...
Use your gifts in administration and leadership to help grow a global men’s ministry movement, learn how to build leaders and...
Every person
has a story
Carlos, Colombia
Pastor Luis Cuba
U.S. Prisoners
Grozdan, Serbia
Laura, Greece
