Missionary In Residence

Every year, JBU has the opportunity to host a different missionary couple. These men and women take a year from their usual mission field and come serve right here on campus! Their primary purpose is to advocate missions at JBU. They assist with missions opportunities, such as World Awareness Week and also play a critical role helping Missionary Kids adapt to life in the US.
The 2009 -2010 Missionaries in Residence (MIR) are Bob and Cheryl Headrick. Serving with the International Mission Board (SBC) they spent 16 years in east Africa before their current assignment as missionaries in Germany. They have spent the last 4 years in western Europe where evangelical born-again Christians are believed to be less than 3% of the total population. They are involved in church planting, evangelism, and discipleship. They have three children: Robert, Sarah, and David. Robert is a junior at JBU. Sarah just graduated from High School and will be taking a gap year serving as a missionary with the organization“Mission Year”. David will be a 10th grader at Siloam Springs High School.

The Headricks are delighted to be at JBU this year and look forward to chatting with you about missions. They welcome all MKs and those interested in missions to drop by the MIR house or their office in Student Development, WSC 139 for a visit.