Missions

Evangelism & Outreach

Northside Christian Fellowship helps to support the following missions and missionaries

Bonner Gospel Mission

Bonner Gospel Mission is a Christian-based shelter for men, providing food, beds, and Bible studies to demonstrate God’s answers for their needs. The mission is located in Ponderay, Idaho, north of Sandpoint.

There are various ways to bless the BGM. at the end of each year, in November and December, our church family is encouraged to participate in a special gift to the mission. Donations of paper and cleaning products are collected in order to help meet needs of the mission in the upcoming year.

From the director: At Bonner Gospel Mission (BGM), we have a “1 Step necessary act” — Repent! The Bible says that we have the victory over “seductions, temptations, and attractions of the world,” not by a program but through a Person, Jesus Christ.

Website: BonnerGospelMission.org

Eric and Jen Opland with Tanalian Bible Camp

After 13 years of serving on the foreign mission field in Mexico, Peru, and Chile, Eric and Jen sensed that God was leading them in a different direction. He has opened the doors for them to serve at Tanalian Bible Camp (TBC) in Port Alsworth, Alaska.

TBC has been serving the youth in over 30 villages in the region of Southwest Alaska for 48 years. These villages that range in population from 50 to 2,000 and all are only accessible by air.

In 2011, TBC started a new program, Tanalian Leadership Center (TLC), to mentor Alaskan young adults by training them to grow in every area of life by arming them with spiritual strength to stand and serve the Lord by equipping them with practical skills necessary to live productive lives in rural Alaska.

Eric is now the Tanalian Leadership Center Vocational Director. Along with mentoring and discipleship, he will provide the students with basic job skills in various career areas which will include hands on training in carpentry and other other entry level skills. Jen is also part of the TLC program, assisting in whatever capacity she is needed.

email: oplands@tanalianleadershipcenter.org

tanalianbiblecamp.org

Alu & Barbara Schmidt with Deutsche Inland Mission

Alu was born in the Black Forest Mountains of south-west Germany, Barbara is from Midwest City, Oklahoma. They met at a New Age Training Center in northern California. In 1983, while pursuing their goal of opening a New Age Center in the Black Forest, Christ opened their eyes to the One and Only Truth, Jesux Christ. Alu completed seminary in 1999. They then ministered in (formerly Communist) north-east Germany and (East) Berlin. April 2017, they returned to the family home in the Black Forest in order to reach people in this traditionally Catholic area. In the valley here, the Kinzig River Valley, it is a 60-minute drive from one evangelical church to the next closest. This is a drive through 14 towns (the population density in this county is over 225 persons per km2 - almost 30 times that of Bonner County).

Here, the worship of Mary and other Catholic rituals are taken very seriously and Protestants are still considered to be heretics. Witness for Christ is no easier, no more welcome, here than in it was in the former German Democratic Republic. Germany, home of the Reformation, is very much a mission field today. Our mission, DIM – Deutsche Inland Mission, is called to establish Bible-believing fellowships in Germany.

Our goals:

Introduce people to Jesus Christ
Establish fellowships of believers (and “seekers”) which follow the principles of the Bible, recognize elders and live by the spiritual standards of the priesthood of all believers. (1 Peter 2:9)

Email: Schmidt@dim-online.de

Rilla (Springstead) Anna with Mesa Global

Rilla Springstead was raised in a Christian home and came to Christ at an early age. Her love for the Lord grew and she was able to spend her college years studying the Bible in a rural setting in Montana. That’s where she met Keith & Corky Goullette.

She later served in Alaska for several years at a Bible Camp and then moved back to Montana for 7 years. Rilla’s heart was moved toward the needs in Europe where she served with Greater Europe Mission for 13 years. In 2004, Rilla moved to Charlotte, North Carolina to work with United World Mission which changed it’s name to Mesa Global as of summer 2024.

In Rilla’s words, ” I have the joy of serving as the Executive Assistant to the President of Mesa Global, which means I get to work with all our missionaries, too! ( She offers administrative support to 350 missionaries in 40+ countries.) Working in the Charlotte office, my desire is to serve others well so that all of our ministries run smoothly. Thank you for praying that my eyes will always be focused on Christ.”

Check out the website at mesaglobal.co

Email: RSpringstead@mesaglobal.co

Tim and Sam Coleston with Cocolalla Lake Bible Camp

Tim and Samantha Coleston serve as missionaries with Cocolalla Lake Bible Camp, only 30 minutes away from NCF. They grew up attending and volunteering at CLBC, and then God was pleased to keep them there when Tim came on full-time at the end of 2018. As Program Director, he currently oversees CLBC’s youth programs, which includes planning the events for kids ages 7-18, and training and leading the teenage volunteers who staff those events.

At the time of this writing, they have four young children who are most of Sam’s ministry, but she still has a heart for involvement in the ministry at camp wherever possible. This involves some behind the scenes work, as well as bringing their kids to camp events so that she can be relational and available to talk to whomever God sends her way.

Despite the geographical nearness of CLBC, the need for the gospel remains the same as in other parts of the world. Tim and Samantha’s goal is that through their work at the camp, many children would hear the gospel and trust Jesus, and then be able to grow in their faith through attending more camp events, attending discipleship groups, and practicing evangelism as camp staff members. They hope that the camp will be an asset to the local church’s year round ministry, as a tool to reach children both churched and unchurched, and hopefully plug them back into church after the summer, ready to learn and grow.

Website: clbcamp.org

Lynda Morock

Lynda is a retired missionary who served for 31 years with her late husband, Bruce.

They served the Lord with gladness in Wilder, Idaho, in Mexico, at Cocolalla Bible Camp

and with village Missions.

Currently Lynda lives and ministers at Bibleville Conference Grounds in Alamo, Texas

during the falls and winters, but heads to the Northwest during the springs and summers.

There she visits family and friends, but also serves at Cocolalla Bible Camp, often as a nurse,

but also wherever needed.

Her prayer card encourages us with I Peter 4:10: “As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another,

as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”

Seasonal Ministries

Operation Christmas Child by Samaritan’s Purse

The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to needy children around the world, and together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. We always give shoeboxes to children based on need, regardless of their background or religious beliefs. It’s an unconditional gift of love.