Our Beliefs

God the Father: There is one God manifest three persons, the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit. He is the Creator of the universe. | Genesis 1:1,16 | Psalm 90:2 | 

Jesus Christ: Jesus is the Son of God who was born of a virgin. He was wholly God and wholly man as He lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary sacrifice for the sins of mankind, was buried, arose from the grave, and ascended into heaven. | Isaiah 9:6 | Mathew 1:22-23 | John 1:1-15 | 

Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit is co-equal with the Father and Son of God, Jesus. He is present in the world to make men aware of Jesus Christ. He also lives in every Christian from the moment of salvation. He provides the Christian with power for living, understanding of spiritual truth, and guidance in doing what is right.                             |  John 14:15-18  |  Ephesians 1:13  |

Bible: The bible is Gods word to those who believe in Him. It was written by human authors under the supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit. It is absolutely true and the supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs and living. | 2 Timothy 1:13, 3:16-17 | Hebrews 4:12 | 

Salvation: Salvation is a free gift from God that is not earned, but given to any person who repents of their sin and turns to God in faith through the Lord Jesus Christ alone. Every person who is truly saved is eternally secure in the Lord Jesus Christ. | Romans 6:23, 10:9-10 | Ephesians 2:8-9 | 

How It Started

Phil Johnsey ministered to four different churches over the course of 30 years. He then began to wonder what God had in store for the last chapter of his ministry. Phil remained faithful in prayer and Bible study for eleven months, and then followed as the Lord led him to a new goal. This goal was to plant 500 churches in fifteen years. His vision was to network churches with hearts for missions, of differing denominations, and have them serve together, provide resources, and bring the precious gospel to the people of East Africa through these church plants.  

Church Missions Network (CMN) exists to bring HOPE through the good news of God’s love by directly connecting people, churches, and accomplishing more together than any of us could do alone. 

 

Where do we serve?

God has led us to serve the incredible people of East Africa. There are hundreds of tribes in Africa; each with their own culture, belief system, and language. Many of these tribes have never been reached with the Gospel.  

Islam continues to spread in East Africa. The area is full of cultic churches founded on the worship of “things” located in the geographical areas. Our network takes the Gospel to rural places where there are no evangelical churches.  

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Staff

Phil Johnsey

Phil Johnsey

President and Founder

After serving as a minister for 30 years at four different churches, Phil Johnsey, CMN president began the process to find what God had in mind for the last chapter of his ministry. After eleven months of prayer and Bible study, Phil felt led to start a ministry with the goal of planting 500 churches in fifteen years. The idea was to network churches of all denominations in America to serve together and provide resources to bring the gospel to Africa through church plants. But why Africa? In most areas of East Africa, where CMN has focused, Islam continues to spread and most churches follow cultic teachings because of lack of evangelical churches.

Phil has been the director of CMN since 2007.  He lives with his wife, Susan, in Lebanon, TN.  They have two children and five grandchildren.

Jay Parks

Jay Parks

CMN DIRECTOR OF PASTOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPING NEW CHURCH PARTNERSHIPS

Jay was a successful business owner who transitioned into a church planter in Hawaii.  He comes to CMN with many relationships with pastors and mission leaders from all over the southeastern USA.  He lives with his wife, April and their two children in Oxford, MS.

Wayne and Amy Heaton

Wayne and Amy Heaton

Missionary Family

Wayne went on his first mission trip to Malawi in 2015.  As he continued the next few years going on mission trips along with his wife, they felt God calling them to full time missions.  After receiving his seminary degree, they moved (literally within days) to Malawi with their two sons.  Wayne serves as church planter and pastor trainer while Amy helps him to lead teams from the USA as they come.

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John Hunn

John Hunn

Pastor Trainer

My passion for training pastors has grown over the years and I knew that one day this day would come. I had the privilege of training pastors since 2002 with Leadership Resources International (LRI) all across the world.

I have trained pastors with CMN in Kenya over the past 6 years and will be responsible for the pastoral training in Kenya as well as Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, and soon in Zambia.

Eric Perkins

Eric Perkins

CMN President Elect

Eric has served as a full time missionary in South America as well as mission pastor and other roles on church staff in the USA.  The past four years he also served as president of another mission organization that serves in Africa.  He brings great experience and knowledge of mission work to the CMN team.  He lives in Caddo Mills, TX with his wife Lacey.  They have four children and five grandchildren.