The Beaupied Family
Planting Churches and
Making Disciples
We are the Beaupied Family! Thank you so much for taking the time to check out what we are doing with GC2 Ministries.
We got married in May of 2020. Though it was a crazy time to get married, we had an even crazier goal of making it to the missions field within 5 years! After living in the Chicagoland area for a couple of years, we moved south to Kankakee, IL, and became members of Grace Baptist Church. They took us in and encouraged us in our mission. Shortly after joining the church, Savy was asked by our pastor to go on a missions trip to Costa Rica and translate for the nurses during medical clinics. During that trip with GC2 Ministries, Savy was amazed by the work and its effectiveness. When she got back home, she encouraged James to take a trip as well. After many video calls with GC2 founders LaMar and Joanna, a trip was set, and James went down. He met with pastors from around the country and saw the impact GC2 had on their lives and their churches. When James got home, they made the choice to join with GC2 Ministries!
God has been so good to us, and we want to share more about what it is that He is doing in Central America with you, your friends and family, and your church!
The Beaupied Family is partnered with GC2 Ministries
As missionaries of GC2 Ministries, we aim to plant churches and make disciples in Costa Rica and beyond! We are driven by two main commands of Jesus: the Great Commission and the Great Commandment. We see Jesus' call to love God, love your neighbor, and make disciples of all nations as some of the most central commands to the life of a Christian. To live this out, our team is on the ground year-round, helping to train leaders, assist churches in outreach, and aid in the discipleship of nationals. Much of this work includes hosting teams, allowing for a further reach and more resources! Our goal is to see new churches start through the method of discipleship.
Why Guatemala?
Throughout our time spent in Guatemala, we have seen plenty of churches run by missionaries. We have also seen the impact of missionaries leaving the field without effectively passing the pastorate to a national: churches and ministries aren’t sustained. Our goal is to keep that from happening! We work with nationals to pastor the communities around them. This not only makes churches self-sustaining but also gives our ministry a wider reach by allowing us to help multiple pastors around the country.
How do we help pastors? It begins by investing in their families. Most pastors are bi-vocational and have to work 80+ hours per week. Our team aims to minister to the entire family–husbands, wives, and children. The family unit makes a huge sacrifice to minister to their communities, and we want them to be on the receiving end of ministry as well. Additionally, we provide trainings and retreats which bring pastors together from across the country to sharpen one another through encouragement, prayer, and team building. Lastly, we bring in short-term teams to assist in community outreach. This gives pastors opportunities to minister to their neighbors that they otherwise would not have.
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Short Term Mission Trips
Interested in Short term trips? Want to share the Gospel and help plant churches?
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Pastoral Family Care
Caring for the pastoral family through: Pastoral retreats, training, pastoral wives care, and pastoral child care.
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Internship Opportunities
Thinking about being a missionary or need to have an internship for class? Check out or summer internship opportunities.
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Bear Fruit!
Making disciples who make disciples is key to our ministry, Check out our pastoral partners abroad!
