ECM Team Officially Added to World Partners Staff
We are pleased to announce our new World Partners staff from The Evangelical Church on Mission (ECM). They have completed the onboarding process and will continue ministering with World Partners in 2024.
Bryan and Molly Canny are career missionaries serving in Bolivia, South America. Molly (Treiber) served from 2006-2009 in Bolivia working in children’s ministry and teaching at the Santa Cruz Christian Learning Center. Bryan and Molly met in July 2009, married in May 2010, and arrived in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in April 2011 to follow God’s call to serve together.
Bryan graduated from Vennard College in 2006 with degrees in Pastoral Ministries and Bible. Molly graduated from Grace University in 2006 with degrees in Elementary Education and Bible.
Bryan and Molly have three beautiful daughters, Cecilia, Liliana, and Adelina.
Gordon and Niki Elliott served under appointment to Bolivia for 30 years, living in both the cities of La Paz and Santa Cruz. During that time Gordon served in a variety of ministries, most of which focused on pastoral and leadership training, serving in an educational capacity. He also had opportunities to mentor Bolivian pastors and encourage new church plants.
Gordon is an ordained elder in the Pacific Conference of The Evangelical Church.
Daniel and Naomi Elliott are missionaries to Liberia, West Africa. Daniel was raised on the ECM Bolivia mission field and met Naomi at Arrowhead Bible College in Montana. Naomi was raised in a Christian home and has felt God drawing her towards missions since she was twelve years old. After being assigned to Bolivia for three years, they answered God’s call to the Liberia mission field.
Daniel graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University with a degree in Elementary Education and Intercultural Studies. Naomi graduated from Faith Baptist Bible College with an AA degree and studied at Arrowhead Bible College.
Daniel and Naomi have five children: Sammy, Maerah, Joshua, Isaac and Nathanael. They are missionaries to Liberia alongside Daniel's parents, Gordon and Niki.
James and Jenny Wolheter are missionaries to Bolivia and have served in Bolivia since 2002.
James received his bachelor’s degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering; his masters from Wesley Biblical Seminary; and is currently working towards his Doctor of Ministry. James was a teenager when God called him to Bolivia to pursue missionary service.
Jenny’s bachelor’s degree is in Applied Heath Science and her Masters is in Christian Studies with an emphasis in missions. Jenny states, “[At college] I got involved in a Bible study and learned evangelism. I learned what it really meant to have a personal relationship with the Lord and for him to be Lord of my life. I went on a missions trip my senior year, and the rest is history.”
In Bolivia, the Wolheters are training Latin Americans to become disciples that disciple others.
James and Jenny have two sons still at home, Cy and Cade. Their eldest son, Coy, and daughter-in-law, Joy, live in Florida with their daughter, Abigail.