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North American Mission Board appoints 11 missionaries to Maryland/Delaware’s Embrace Baltimore ALPHARETTA, Ga.—The Roger K. and Ann Kim will earned a B.S. degree at the science and economics at Florida North American Mission Board serve in Baltimore, where Roger University of Illinois, Champaign, State University in Tallahassee, (NAMB) has appointed 11 has been named as a core church and works as a pharmacist in Fla. missionaries with ties to Maryland. planting missionary pastor. Prior to Baltimore. Jaimee’s husband, Michael, Liliana Blanco is serving in his new assignment, Roger served as The Kims have four children: has worked as a physical education Baltimore, where she has been lead pastor for Baltimore's The Light Timothy, 12; Stephen, 10; John, 9; teacher in Florida. He earned a B.S. appointed as a missionary under Church and Grace Life Church. and Joshua, 6. degree in education at Florida State NAMB’s Strategic University. Focus Cities (SFC) Ellis and Ginger initiative. Prince are serving in Liliana will Baltimore, where Ellis work as a community has been named as a impact associate for core church planting “Embrace Baltimore.” missionary pastor. Liliana, born in He had served as a Colombia but who church planter for The considers HenderGallery Church, New sonville, Tenn., as York City. He has also her hometown,earned served as youth and a B.A. degree in family ministry pastors at psychology at the churches in Ohio, Georgia University of Tennand North Carolina. essee in Martin. A native of Florida, Roger and Ann Kim Brandy Caffey Dawn Heap Liliana Blanco Prior to moving Ellis earned a B.S. to Baltimore, she degree in youth ministry worked at Vanderbilt Medical at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Center, Nashville, in interpreting Va. Ginger, a Virginia native, also services, interpreting from English earned a B.A. degree at Liberty to Spanish for physicians and University, Lynchburg. The Princes patients. have two children – Lauren, 8, and Brandy Caffey also has been Caleb, 5. appointed as a missionary for SFC Darnell V. Ranson has joined in Baltimore. Strategic Focus Cities in Baltimore Originally from Texas, Brandy as director of community impact earned a B.S. degree in exercise evangelism. His job will be to sports science at Texas Tech provide leadership in developing, University, Lubbock, Texas. She maintaining and implementing also attended Southwestern Bapchurch and community impact tist Theological Seminary, Ft. evangelism strategies for churches Worth, and Southwest Texas State in the Baltimore Association. Michael and Jaimee Ellis and Ginger Prince Darnell and Michele University, San Marcos, Texas. Formerly, Darnell served as LaFave Ranson Prior to her new NAMB post pastor and founder of Bethlehem in Baltimore, Brandy served as Church in Baltimore for five years. director of recreation and singles A native of Colorado Springs, Jaimee and Michael LaFave A Baltimore native, Darnell attended ministries at First Church, Round Colo., Roger earned a B.A. degree in are serving in Baltimore, where Catonsville Community College, Rock, Texas. biology at Johns Hopkins University, Jaimee has been appointed director Catonsville, Md., and Baltimore Dawn Heap, also will work for Baltimore, and an M. Div. at Trinity of mobilization for Embrace City Community College. Embrace Baltimore as a mobilization International University, Deerfield, Baltimore. In addition, Darnell earned a associate. Currently in the process of Ill. Her responsibility will be to master degree in theology and a partnering with Baltimore citizens, He and wife Ann have been initiate a mobilization system and doctor of philosophy degree in theorganizations and churches, involved in church planting in the partnership connecting volunteers ology from Philadelphia Seminary. Heap and her colleagues Baltimore area for the past 10 years. to local churches. His wife, Michele, also a will attempt to mobilize 10,000 They have planted three churches Prior to her new post, Jaimee Baltimore native, earned a B.S. volunteers for 2008-2010. in the area in the past, and hope served eight years as a project degree at Morgan State University, A native of Flowery Branch, to launch two more church starts analyst for Raymond James Baltimore. The Ransons have one Ga., Dawn earned a B.A. degree in during 2008 in partnership with Financial, Saint Petersburg, Fla. daughter, Sharnele, 19. psychology at Samford University, Embrace Baltimore. A native of Sanford, Fla., she Birmingham, Ala. Ann, a native of West Virginia, earned a B.S. degree in political