Mike Pettengill

Mike at Machu Pichu in PeruMike, 42, grew up in rural, Northern California.  He received an undergraduate degree in Political Science.  Before accepting God’s call to fulltime missions, Mike worked in the California State Senate for 12 years.  He became a Christian at the age of 20.

 

Mike was a Ruling Elder at Soaring Oaks Presbyterian Church for seven years.  While at Soaring Oaks, Mike served as the Director of the High School Youth Group, Sunday school teacher, and instructor of evangelism.

 

His cross-cultural missions experience includes five short term trips to Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Peru (Lima and Cusco).  He has volunteered with World Relief by teaching and counseling international refugees.  Mike has also attended cross-cultural church planting conferences in New York and Orlando and completed the Perspectives course on the World Christian Movement.

 

He attended Bible Study Fellowship for two years.  He is a certified instructor through Evangelism Explosion and is a certified trainer of the Darkness to Light child sexual abuse prevention program.  He completed Mission to the World's Disaster Response Training. Mike is an experienced counselor, an accomplished leader and a passionate teacher of small groups and Bible studies.

 

Since 2008 Mike has served as the Team Leader for Mission To The World's church planting team in La Ceiba, Honduras.