MISSIONARIES DON
& KATHY
MINGO
Don Mingo received Christ at the age of fifteen in 1972 under the ministries of the Plymouth Baptist Church in Plymouth, Minnesota. His wife Kathy, was introduced to Jesus Christ under the ministry of Carl Bush at the Temple Baptist Church in Eldorado, Kansas.
Attending Baptist Bible College 1976-80 in Springfield, Missouri he received a BS degree in Theology while Kathy earned a Graduates Diploma in Christian Education.
After three years of
internship in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Temple of Dallas, Texas, R. D. Wade the
Pastor, Don and his wife Kathy were approved as missionaries of the Baptist
Bible Fellowship International in 1984.
During their 22 year tenure as missionaries in Ladysmith, Natal South Africa they have started four churches in out lying areas outside of Ladysmith among Zulu people. Most recently they obtained land and premises on which to begin the Bible Baptist Church of Ladysmith and the G.I.B.S. (Global Institute of Biblical Studies). The facilities and location are perfect in which to begin both church and Bible Institute.
The new church has grown rapidly from a small group of people meeting in a farmhouse to over one-hundred people meeting in a young neighborhood surrounded by four-hundred new homes.
With the donation of another 2 acres of land, building is completed. New facilities include a family life center, which will house a day care, Bible College, ministry offices, youth, ministries, and children’s ministries.
Don also holds Master of Divinity and Doctor of Divinity degrees from Luther Rice Seminary in Lithonia, Georgia.
On June 4th, 2006 Don
accepted a call to the Chapel Hill Church in Eagan, Minnesota.
In January of 2007 Don accepted the
postition of the first Fire Chaplain of the Eagan Fire Department in
Eagan,
Minnesota. In order to identify with the over 100 firefighters in the
department, Don entered at 50 years of age the apprentice Fire Fighting Training
program and became a certified level one firefighter in May. Since then he
has completed his Basic Certification for Fire Fighter Chaplain with the
Federation of Firefighter Chaplains.
Don's Mission Statement is:
"To pour my life for Jesus Christ into faithful people who will in turn reach their people for Jesus Christ."