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We are independent Baptist missionaries to England sent out of Beth Haven Baptist Church in Oklahoma City pastored by Rick Carter, Jr. We are glad to have you check out our ministry website! Please subscribe to our newsletter via the “Contact Us” form at the bottom of this page if you would like to receive regular updates.
Shane Dice
I had the privilege of growing up in a Christian home, with both parents involved in full-time Christian service. As a four year old boy, I made a profession of faith which I later doubted as real, because of a lack of understanding my sinful condition. One Sunday, while in the sixth grade boys Sunday School class, my teacher spoke directly to those of us in a Christian home. He said, “You can’t get into Heaven just because your parents are saved. You have to make that decision for yourself.” The Holy Spirit convicted me, and I knew that I was one of those unsaved church kids. In the following service our pastor preached about Hell, and I knew that’s where I was headed. So, after the invitation began I went to the altar, and was gloriously saved.
As a teen, I knew that God wanted me to surrender my life to His service. Proverbs 3:5, 6 became my life verse, and I committed my life to Him. After high school, I attended Bible college where I studied missions and graduated with a Missions diploma. Following Bible college, I continued to serve in the church by helping teach in the sixth grade boys class, working in the bus ministry, College & Career class, and music ministry. While serving in the church I met Jericho, and two years later we married.
Through God’s leading, one year later, we started attending Beth Haven Baptist Church. Our time there has been very fruitful and a time of spiritual growth. I’ve learned much from our pastor and from the counseling courses taken at Beth Haven Baptist Seminary.
For the past six years God has allowed us to serve in many ways. I taught the 11 and 12 year old boys for the first three years, and taught the College & Career class for the past three. In 2016 the church ordained me to be a deacon. I’ve also been involved in leading the soulwinning ministry and participating in various roles in the music ministry.
In October of 2019, Jericho and I went on a missions trip to England, to visit our missionaries, Kent and Andrea Gossmeyer and Wayne and Linda Grissom. While there, God opened our eyes to the need and burdened our hearts. On the drive down to Cornwall from London we drove through city after city that at one time had a Bible-believing Baptist Church, but no longer does. In Cornwall County, there are over 565,000 people with only one Baptist church of like faith. After our trip I began to pray, “Here am I Lord, send me” and on August 2, 2020, God told me, “It is time”. After the service I shared with Jericho what God had told me, and over the course of a month we prayed with our Pastor; during that time God gave us clear direction and His peace to go to England as missionaries.
We had planned to take a four month survey trip in January of 2021, but due to additional Covid lockdowns in England we started deputation instead in February of 2021.
Once we arrive our focus will be on helping the existing works in Plymouth and Liskeard, and long term our goal is to see additional churches planted in the south of England. We will be following the Great Commission and the biblical plan in Acts to get this done.
Jericho Dice
I grew up in a Christian home. I went to church every service, every special service, conference, and revival. I made a profession of faith at the age of four, and relied on that for several years. However, I eventually began to doubt that I really even knew what I was doing at that age. In the sixth grade, my school teacher was giving his testimony, and it made me realize that I was not saved. So at that time, I prayed a silent prayer of “Lord, if I’m not saved, save me.” I prayed it just to “check the box” so to speak of asking for salvation.
Then after my senior year of high school, my last year of summer camp, Bro. Rick Dawson was preaching, and gave his testimony. He had made a profession of salvation, then years later, after he was already pastoring a church, he realized he wasn’t saved. But he was afraid of what people would think if he made that known, so he put it off for a while. But he came to the realization that it didn’t matter what others thought, it was his eternity at stake.
Then one evening in cabin devotions, one of my classmates, a pastor’s daughter, gave testimony that she had just gone through the same thing. She had been struggling, knowing she wasn’t truly saved. A couple weeks prior, she had asked the Lord to save her, but hadn’t made it known publicly until that moment.
I had been struggling for years, knowing that my 2 prior professions of salvation were not genuine. Hearing those two testimonies that week at camp helped me realize it didn’t matter what others thought. I didn’t need to let that fear keep me from spending my eternity with God. So that night, praying with my youth pastor’s wife, I repented of my sins, and asked the Lord to save me.
Interests
Shane loves to garden and remodel homes and enjoys using technology to reach others for Christ.
Jericho loves to bake and sew and has a gift for organization.
Aiden loves to play with his dinosaurs, superheroes, sharks and legos. He’s full of energy and gives lots of love.
Zoe loves her dolls, princesses, coloring and brother’s dinosaurs. She has lots to say and is a sweetheart.
Rylee loves to explore, play with whatever she can get her hands on. She loves to give hugs and kisses and is full of personality.
