PROFFER /ˈpräfÉ™r/ verb - to hold something out to someone for acceptance or rejection
MISSION
We accomplish our vision by holding out the good news of Jesus Christ and continuing his ministry to the ends of the Earth; preaching the Gospel of repentance unto salvation, healing the sick, raising the dead, providing for the needy, making disciples, and equipping others for Christian service.
VISION
Proffer Ministries exists to actively show the heart of the Father to the nations by presenting his Son.
MEET OUR TEAM
EDWARD FUNK
Ed Funk, along with his wife, Katherine, co-founded Proffer Ministries in 2022. Ed serves as the President of our ministry and is an active evangelist and minister of the Gospel around the world. He is passionate about seeing people come to Christ and walk in the fullness of what Jesus died to give them. Ed is ordained through Christ for All Nations and has made sharing the Gospel and helping others to do the same the focus of his endeavors. Ed has also been married for 15 years and has 6 children together with his wife.
DAVID CARTER
David Carter is one of the newest members of our Proffer team. He first felt called to evangelism in 2020 and shortly after left his job as a college professor to attend the Christ for All Nations Evangelism Bootcamp. Since then, he has been sharing the Gospel in Africa and in Pakistan. He and his wife, Gretchen, are also active in supporting local churches and promoting discipleship in the small Northen New Mexico community where they have their home. Their desire is to see people come to Jesus and be transformed and discipled wherever God leads them. They also have three children together.
KATHERINE FUNK
Katherine is the wife of Edward Funk, mother of 6 beautiful children, and co-founder of Proffer Ministries. She also serves on our board and acts as our ministry's Treasurer. Katherine has a heart to see people know Christ and understand His word. She is active in organizing events within the United States and is passionate about seeing people discipled and walk as an active member in the body of Christ.
CIMARRON SMITH
Cimarron Smith is an evangelist who longs to see people understand the heart of God and know their identity in Christ. He currently resides in Orlando, Florida but travels regularly to share the Gospel around the US and abroad. One of his main areas of focus is within the country of Peru, where he ministers in churches, prisons, on the streets, and to children. He hopes to move there by next year to help start a ministry school with a focus on seeking God and training others in evangelism.
AIMABLE NIYONKURU
Aimable is an evangelist from Burundi. He is deeply passionate about bringing the message of salvation to people all across Africa and beyond. Last year he trained with Christ for All Nations and now goes out preaching the Gospel, doing youth crusades, and working to see souls saved and lives transformed through the power of the Holy Spirit. Through this ministry, Aimable is helping to see hope come and passion for Christ ignited wherever he goes.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
The Bible
We believe the Holy Bible to be the inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of God
2 Timothy 3:16,17
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One God
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Isaiah 44:8, 2 Corinthians 13:14
The Father whose glory is so exceedingly bright that mortal man cannot look upon His face and live, but whose heart was so filled with love and pity for His lost and sin-benighted children that He freely gave His only begotten Son to redeem and reconcile them to Himself
Exodus 33:20, John 3:16
The Son co-existent and co-eternal with the Father, who, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary took upon Himself the form of man, bore our sins, carried our sorrows, and by the shedding of His precious blood upon the cross of Calvary, purchased redemption for all that would believe upon Him: then, bursting the bonds of death and hell rose from the grave and ascended on high leading captivity captive, that as the great mediator between God and man, He might stand at the right hand of the Father making intercession for those whom He laid down His life
John 1:1-3, Job 38:4-7, Matthew 1:23, Ephesians 2:18
The Holy Spirit the third person of the Godhead, the Spirit of the Father shed abroad, omnipotent, omnipresent, performing an inexpressibly important mission upon the earth, convicting of sin, of righteousness, and of judgement, drawing sinners to the Savior, rebuking, pleading, searching, comforting, quickening, teaching, glorifying, baptizing, and empowering from on high those who yield to His tender ministrations, preparing them for the great day of the Lord's appearing
1 John 5:7, John 15:26, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Matthew 28:19, Romans 8:11, John 16:7-14
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Jesus Christ
We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious death and atonement through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His present priestly ministry
1 Timothy 3:16, Romans 3:25,26
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Evangelism
We believe in evangelistic and missionary fervor and endeavor
Acts 1:8, Mark 16:15-18
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Salvation
We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. We further believe in the keeping power of God
Hebrews 9:22, Jude 24,25
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Sanctification
We believe that sanctification, holiness and the overcoming life is God's design for the Church, which is the Bride of Christ
Ephesians 5:25-27
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Marriage and Sexuality
We believe that marriage is a sacred institution established by God. Biblical marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for life and all sexual activity is to be confined to it
Matthew 19:4-6, Hebrews 13:4, 1 Corinthians 6:18, Leviticus 18:1-30
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Life Has Worth
We believe that since mankind is created in God's image, human life is of inestimable worth and significance in all its dimensions, from conception to the grave
Genesis 1:27, Psalm 139:13-14
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Water Baptism
We believe that water baptism is for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and is to be administered by immersion, thus bearing witness to the Gospel of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection for us, and our own new life in Him.
Matthew 28:19, Romans 6:4
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Communion
We believe that Communion, when shared by believers, witnesses to the saving power of the Gospel, to Christ's presence in His church, and looks forward to His victorious return
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
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Baptism in the Holy Spirit
We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit as on the day of Pentecost and in the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit as evidence in charismatic gifts and ministries, and in the fruit of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer
Acts 2:4, Acts 10:46, Acts 19:6, Ephesians 4:11, 1 Corinthians 12:8-11, Galatians 5:22,23
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Divine Healing
We believe that divine healing is obtained on the basis of the Atonement
1 Peter 2:24, Matthew 8:17
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Jesus' Dominion
We believe in Christ's imminent personal return in power and great glory, and in His present and everlasting dominion
Acts 1:8, Revelation 1:7, Daniel 7:14
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Eternity
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of eternal punishment
John 5:28,29, Revelation 20:15