White Pine Church supports several missionaries who help others find and follow Jesus in New England and around the world. Additionally, a portion of everything that is given to White Pine is invested in missions. We send teams of short-term missionaries to places around the world to partner with local leaders. Our next short-term team will serve in Honduras in January 2025.
REGIONAL MISSIONARIES
Logan & Kirstin Gailitis
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Kirstin and Logan met through the ministry of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, got married in October 2022, and now serve together as a ministry team with a deep desire to see coaches and athletes become Christians, grow in their understanding of God’s word, and become involved in local churches. Their strategy for engaging, equipping and empowering southern Maine’s athletic community includes one-on-one discipleship with coaches and athletes, team and multi-sport Bible studies at local high schools, summer camp ministry and community events. For more information on FCA and how to get involved, contact Kirstin at ksandreuter@fca.org.
Joe Sastic
Cru
Joe serves as campus ministry staff with Cru Southern Maine and as a backcountry guide with Lifelines Northeast. Cru staff in Maine work with college students on five campuses—USM, UNE, SMCC, Bates, and Bowdoin. Lifelines staff take students on outdoor adventures and share the gospel through experiential learning. Joe, Karin and Caleb live in Westbrook.
Will Truesdell
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Will Truesdell has served with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship since 1990. He is the Assistant Regional Director for Spiritual Formation New England for staff and student leaders in New England. He is passionate about helping others develop a deeply personal, vibrant walk with God so that the good news about Jesus naturally overflows to impact their neighbors and beyond. Will lives in Wiscasset, Maine with his wife Lisa and has two children, Julia and Miles. He loves to spend time with his family, hike, surf, play drums, work on old houses, and explore the wonders of God’s creation.
INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARIES
Doug & Joyce
REI
Doug and Joyce (whose last name, and full organizational name, are not mentioned for security reasons) go way back with White Pine—to its beginning! Three couples met in their living room for Bible study, with a heart to start a new church for the communities north of Portland. After the church was planted in 2001, Doug served as an elder and as a leader of a men’s discipleship group. Joyce ministered to women, leading a mother’s prayer group and Bible study. During those same years Doug worked for The Navigators, a ministry focused on reaching non-Christians and discipling them. In 2009, they moved to Singapore, where Doug led the Navigator work for seven years. Returning to the U.S., Doug became the president and CEO of REI, an organization that sends people to closed countries to build their people and their nations both practically and spiritually. Joyce actively assists him in his work. For more information about REI, visit reiinc.org.