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Navigators I:58
Grand Rapids, MI
Jim and Jodi Bartels

Our family seeks to advance God's Kingdom and share the good news of Jesus among urban youth and their families on the NE side of Grand Rapids, primarily among unchurched teens coming from poverty, brokenness, trauma, and hopelessness.


We establish relationships through living in the community and serving in the local schools. Our home is a safe hang out spot for students where the kool-aid flows, our basketball hoop sees lots of use, and we always offer a listening ear. After relationships are established, we do backyard Bible clubs and teen Bible studies as well as adventure style discipleship trips. We also help to create and serve in urban youth programs in collaboration with other ministries while seeking to equip, encourage, and empower their leaders. Our sweet spot though is in between those programs where we come alongside youth and their families to focus on long term life-on-life mentoring and discipleship with the goal of seeing disciple-making disciples.

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