Freddie De Le Cruz, 59, Vallejo, Calif.,...married, seven kids...retired military...school custodian...Filipino immigrant...lived in and attended Filipino church in Daly City but after moving to Vallejo had to drive 40 miles to church...too far...December 94 two families started meeting in Freddies living room...called a pastor in 97 There are other Southern Baptist churches nearby, but we wanted a church in our own culture we are more involved and committed in our own church.

Alanna Davis, 52, Boston, Mass.,...moved from New York City to help start a church in New England...globe-trotting career as a fashion model, soap opera actor, Today show correspondent and host of ABCs Daytime talk show...media liaison for the United Nations...took teams into locked psychiatric wards in Veterans Administration hospitals...instrumental in helping to start two churches in NYC...holds humanities degree in anthropology and master of divinity in theology from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Dick May, 54, Winthrop, Mass.,...married, three grown children...carpenter/contractor...unable to work because of a ruptured disc at age 33found Christ while living in a hand-dug pit under a bridge in Revere, Mass.,...miraculously healed...trained as a carpenter...When our church closed down in 97, the Lord put it on my heart that our town needed an evangelical church...scared...If this is you, Lord, tell my wife...Doreen not only heard from God but learned to play keyboard so she could do the music ministry...Were a team; I couldnt do it without Doreen...began holding services with five people in his back yard in August, 1998...turned his garage into a chapel...since November 1999 about 45 people meet in a rented storefront which hes remodeled.

Norbert Kreiger, 63, ONeill, Neb.,...married, four grown children...retired from commercial grain farming after 37 years...When I was young, I told God Id do whatever and go wherever, and He gave me the desire of my heartto be a farmer...strong sense of call from God to start a home Bible study...ONeill Baptist Church established in 1980 as a result...retired from farming...took over leadership of church plant in Ericson (pop. 111)...poor health brought him back to ONeill where hes considering beginning another church.

Gaylen Livingston, 44, Schooner, Wisc.,...married, three kids...electriciandoes design and layout work...since 1994, he leads a home church that moves from house to house...presently meeting in a disabled couples home...very, very few Southern Baptist churches around here so instead of joining a church of another stripe we decided to start our own...no salary...no overhead...leaves more money for missions...usually meet Sunday evenings unless everybody wants to go camping, then we meet on Mondays...we reach the people the established church doesnt reach...one of our couples moved to Idaho and started a home church there.

Harry Dulmage, 76, Johnstown, Ontario,...three children with first wife, now deceased ...remarried a widow...called Uncle Dad by her seven children retired electronics engineer/businessman...always been a risk taker...heard the gospel at tent revival, age 11...didnt understand...prayed for one year...gave his life to Christ...WWII Air Corps veteran...planted his first church in the 50sa result of a highly successful Good News Club organized by his wife and held every Saturday in their home...We met in every room except the bathroom!...1995, retired to Johnstown...attended Experiencing God Bible study at nearest SBC church south of Canadian border...strongly compelled to start a home Bible study with the goal of growing a church...God put it on our hearts and it just wouldnt go away!...Shanliwood Baptist Church now has a building, a pastor and several members from that core group.

Roland Wade, 50, Oakland, Calif.,...married, three daughters...welder...recovering alcoholic/drug addict...sober for 17 years...Choctaw Indian...I was 33 and tired, a substance abuser since age 11, when I heard the gospel from a fellow American Indian who found me living under a bridge...learned a trade fired from first two jobs because of attitude...prayed for right heart...same job for past 15 years...Slowly I learned to trust the white man and his religion...counselor in Christ-centered 12-step recovery program called Overcomers...helped establish the American Indian Mission three years ago.

Lee Ann Penick, 39, Hutchinson, Kan.,...single...Christian counselor...decent golfer...my grandfather wrote Harvey Penicks Little Red Book that sold more than 1 million copies so I come from a golfing heritage as well as a Christian heritage...two-time city golf champ in Hutchinson...the greatest challenge to my Christian testimony is when Im having a bad day on the golf course!...began a Golfers Sunday School class open only to golfers at one of the two country clubs where she holds a membership...led two women to faith in Christ as a result...started prayerwalking in her neighborhood...after a month she knocked on 10 neighbors doors every week to ask for prayer requests...some of these people are now in her Tuesday night fellowship/Bible study with 14 people in her small home.

Michel Sweeney, 46, St. Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec, ...married, three children...truck driver...dropped out of school and came to Christ in Florida in the 70s...returned to Quebec three years later thinking he was the only evangelical Christian in the province...discovered a gospel-preaching church and served as layman for more than 20 years...earned degree in Christian counseling...overwhelmed by the fact that a nearby community (pop. 20,000) had no evangelical church...got in touch with Southern Baptists in Montreal...preparing to launch an indigenous Quebecois church in St. Luc...no plans to quit trucking since I consider my job to be a direct answer to prayer.

Kurt Gotschall, 43, rancher...married, three kids...ranch located halfway between Stuart (pop. 800) and Atkinson (pop. 1,300), Neb.,...leads midweek study in Stuart ...attends Sunday worship at the Green Valley Sunday Schoolhow many cattle does he have?...Just enough for the amount of land I own ...how much land does he own? ...Just enough to sustain my herd...hmmmm...helped establish Green Valley Sunday School in 1982, because we needed a place to educate our children in biblical principles...1985, helped start Dorsey Community Church by driving 50 miles to lead weekly Bible studies...does lay preaching almost every Sunday in tiny communities.

Bob Phillips, 76, Green Bay, Wisc.,...married, four grown kids...retired mechanical contractor...God made it clear to me He wanted me to be a layman...1953, I got a hunger for a gospel-preaching church but couldnt find one...started a home Bible study...grew into Highland Crest Baptist Church that started six mission churches...recently found five families who were not in church so started a Bible study in his home which he hopes will become the seventh mission church...Half the people I meet are unchurched ...my desire is to reach the unchurched...full-fledged support from wife, Rose, empowered him to follow his calling...all four children are serving the Lord.

Scott Ott, 39, Independence, Mo.,...married, three kids ...customer service training manager, Time Warner Cable...member of established church he attends Sundays...three families who dont attend any church meet Sunday evenings in Otts living room for Bible study...wife, Stephanie, shares Scotts heart and vision and finds people in unexpected places (yard sales) who are interested in Bible study...Its not something that eats up thousands of hours, its just something Gods called us to do...whenever two or more are gathered in His name, Hes there too...we have no name, no records and dont advertise...we pray God will multiply this thing.