Joel & Leah Sanders

NOTE: JOEL & LEAH SANDERS HAVE BEEN REINSTATED AS TCM MISSIONARY CANDIDATES after a 2.5-year leave of absence precipitated by the Covid pandemic. TCM is now receiving donations for them.

Joel was born in Atlanta, GA where he was blessed to be raised in Christian family. He was saved at an early age and knew that one day God would lead him into ministry. Some time after graduating from high school, Joel started to have a passion for mission work. Having been on a few mission trips, he decided that foreign missions was the path toward which God was leading him. Joel has a strong love for music and singing in addition to teaching and preaching. It is his desire to be able to reach individuals with the wonderful message of love and grace shown by our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Leah was also born and raised in a Christian home and has always had a heart for serving. She worked at various camps and ministries and at age 17 felt God call her to go to China for a shortterm ministry with her sister. After three months in China she fell in love with sharing the gospel with others who have never heard the Grace of God before.

Soon after Joel and Leah met and married, they decided they would go to the mission field together sometime in the future. In the meantime they left Georgia and moved to Florida where they worked for two years at a Boys Ranch for troubled boys. Both their children, Enoch and Naomi, were born while in Florida. Enoch is two and Naomi is not yet a year old.

In May 2017 the Sanders moved to Indianapolis so Joel could gain pastoral experience at Grace Church in Indianapolis while finishing a Certificate in Dispensational Studies from Berean Bible Institute. Every other weekend the Sanders preach and minister at Grace Gospel Church in Linton, IN. They are looking forward serving alongside the Kilgos in furthering the gospel of Jesus Christ overseas.