Story
As a pastor’s daughter, Candace had the blessing of growing up in a Christian home and the joy of serving the church and the local community. She saw the brokenness of those who did not know Christ, especially when visiting missionaries shared their stories. Through her schooling, God refined his call on her life by giving her a desire to work with other cultures and nations. Candace’s degree in Social Work taught her how to foster greater connections between people and organizations that could meet needs in a strategic, holistic way. After this journey, God led her to work with her home church in Connecticut. While overseeing Missions & Outreach, she saw the need for churches to have additional, equipping and support to reach unreached peoples locally and globally.
Ministry
In 2019, God called Candace to say “yes” to a new journey of joining the U.S. Engagement Team of Converge International Ministries to use her gifts to serve the local church. As a Church Mobilizer leading the Coaching Team, she serves churches through our many coaching resources, including biblical foundations for missions, best-practice in missions, short-term missions trips, sending church coaching, and 2:10 FOCUS Church Missions Coaching. Based on Ephesians 2:10, FOCUS is a discernment process that helps the local church strategically concentrate their identified passions and resources to reach the least-reached around the world. She has helped over 50 churches become more effective in their global outreach.
In addition to coaching, as a mobilizer, Candace walks the missions journey with individuals and their sending church. Through intentional relationship building, Candace helps individuals discern their next step in missions, whether it’s a short-term trip, internship, residency or long-term service, while also supporting their church in how they can come alongside the sent one.
In 2025, Candace joined Converge International Ministries new leadership team, the Transition Leadership Team, to help prepare and present a new design model for our organization. This team will work diligently until mid-2026 to design an effective model for organizational effectiveness and create a strategic plan for leadership development within the mission. Candace will lead a working group on Church Relationships to assess current realities and then execute a plan to better address the challenges in global outreach faced by churches. She is excited to further Kingdom advancement here, near and far.
