Ben Curfman

Canalside Community Church, New York
Lead Church Planter
Albion New York
Canalside Community Church
June 20
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About My Family

I turned from my sin and trusted in Christ alone for my salvation at age 5 and answered God’s call to ministry at age 13. I have served in vocational ministry since 2007 and am a graduate of Fruitland Baptist Bible College and Spurgeon College at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

My wife, Rebekah, and I have been married for almost 17 years. We have six children, three boys and three girls.

About My Church Plant

In 2022, our family felt a burden to help a struggling church in an unreached area of the United States. Our family was commissioned from the church where I served in western North Carolina to North Point Chapel in Albion, New York. What began as a revitalization work has become a church replant, Canalside Community Church.

NAMB Church Planting

Millions in North America are in desperate need of hope. Ultimately, the only hope that’s going to last - in this life and the next - is the hope of the gospel. North American missionaries build relationships and share this hope in their communities and beyond.

Pray

Pray for our family to build trust in the community, especially since many people in our village have experienced spiritual abuse. Pray for victory in spiritual warfare as we minister in the “burned-over district” and the region where many cults originated. Pray for spiritual growth for our members as many are new believers with little or no Bible knowledge.

Participate

Send mission teams for building repair or outreach. Send notes of encouragement. Learn birthdays and anniversaries, so you can send gifts and cards. Partner financially to help the ministry gain a strong footing.
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