MICAH AND ABBIE CHRISTIANSEN

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 Micah Birthday 04/10
Abbie Birthday 10/11
Micah & Abbie Wedding Anniversary 08/03
AnnaBeth Birthday 10/09
Ezekiel Birthday 02/03
Gloriana Birthday 04/13
MaryAnne Birthday 06/15

Micah’s Testimony
I was born the third of six children to Scott and Debbie Christiansen. My dad was a pastor; so, of course, I grew up in church and heard the Gospel regularly. I had made a profession of faith and been baptized by the age of seven, but the truth was that my trust was more in my prayers than in Christ. I rightly began to doubt my salvation at the age of nine, and shortly after, I decided to make sure I was saved. I went forward at the end of a Sunday night service and prayed, this time trusting Christ alone. I was baptized the same night.
When I was twelve, I went to my first Youth Conference in Hammond, Indiana, where I heard Dr. Jack Hyles preach, resulting in my surrendering to full-time Christian service. That decision was strengthened the following year when I went to Teen Convention in Longview, Texas. I did not know which avenue of full-time Christian service I was supposed to take, but as I grew older, I just began to assume that I would be a pastor or a missionary, as they were the options that most appealed to me.
I went to college and started with a pastoral major, but I decided to switch my major to missions in the second semester of my freshman year. I finished my bachelor’s degree in four years, and on my pastor’s advice, I began a master’s degree in education. It was while I was working on my master’s degree that I met and started dating my future wife Abbie. We had been dating for a year when I began a two-year internship at First Baptist Church. The first year and a half, I interned for Danny Brannon, the director of the Chapel Ministry, which was my ministry for most of my college experience. I interned for FBMI my last semester. When I was finished with college, Abbie and I were married on August 3, 2013.

Abbie’s Testimony
I was born and raised in a Christian home. My parents, Tim and Kathy Cortopassi, made sure that my four siblings and I attended a Christian school and that we went to church as a family every service. Since I grew up in church, I heard the Gospel often. I may have been saved at the age of seven. I remember my mom talked to me during church on a Sunday morning. I prayed that morning and got baptized that evening.
Sometime later, my family watched the movie Left Behind. I got scared, wondering if I were really saved or not. I went through several years not sure if I was going to Heaven but assuming that I was because I had prayed with my mom and gotten baptized.
In seventh grade, I started going to Teenage Soul Winning. I started leading people to Christ but still was not sure if I was saved or not. In November 2001, I sat on my bed with my Bible, and I looked up the verses for the Romans Road. I went through the verses as if I were leading someone else to Christ, but I was doing it for my own benefit. I wanted to settle my doubt once and for all. I prayed, accepting Christ as my only way to Heaven. When I finished, I felt a huge burden lift from my shoulders. Since that time, I have not doubted my salvation.
Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to be a missionary. It was with that in mind that I went to Hyles-Anderson College and got my bachelor’s degree in elementary education. At that time I wanted to be a missionary to China, so I tried to take a missions trip there three different times. Every one of the trips was canceled. After trying for the third time, I really felt that God had closed the door to my going to China.
I did go on a missions trip to Honduras and Belize in 2010, simply because I wanted to take a missions trip before graduating from college. A week before my trip, Micah and I had our first date. We dated for three years before getting married on August 3, 2013.

Team Ghana’s driving purpose is making disciples of Jesus Christ, and the result has been the multiplying of churches. God has blessed the efforts of the men and women serving Him in Kumasi, Ghana. Fundamental Baptist Church International has been in existence for 8years and has already directly influenced the start of 36 other churches in Ghana and Liberia.
The church in Kumasi is also home to Hyles-Anderson College of West Africa, which has 61 graduates and an average of 37 students per month. The college prepares the young and old alike. The current student body is made up of young men who are aspiring to be in ministry, as well as current pastors who see their need for better training.
I eagerly anticipate doing as my fellow team members have done: winning souls, discipling converts, and helping advance the spread of churches across Africa. One of my specific duties on Team Ghana will be to disciple children. God has given me a passion for reaching children, so I eagerly anticipate this opportunity.
It is well known that children are the most easily reached people group, and I would contend that they are also the group with the most potential. Half of Ghana’s population is 20 years old and younger; young people truly are the key to making a long-term impact in Ghana and the surrounding regions. I look forward to teaching Ghanaian pastors and workers how to develop Children’s Ministries so that the next generation is reached across Ghana and beyond.
In addition to leading the Children’s Ministry at Fundamental Baptist Church International, I am excited about teaching in Hyles-Anderson College of West Africa and Fundamental Baptist Academy. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to mold the lives of pastors, pastors in training, and the young people of our Christian school.

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Hammond, IN  46320
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Email Address		 micah.christiansen@fbmi.org

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  • Micah and Abbie Christiansen Prayer Letter: Medical Clinic Follow-Up

    Micah and Abbie Christiansen Prayer Letter: Medical Clinic Follow-UpThank you to everyone who has been praying for the follow-ups our church has been making after the medical and vision clinics that we held in November. Please do not stop. Our church is still following up on these contacts, and we are still having visitors to our church as a result. As you can imagine, it takes some time to follow up with over 2,000 people! Over the past couple of months, we have had several people start coming to church regularly because of the clinics and follow-ups. As I said before, please continue to pray.

    I have had some enjoyable experiences while doing clinic follow-ups. I witnessed to a very elderly lady, who warned me that her mind was not good anymore and she forgot things quickly, but when I gave her the Gospel, she was very attentive and demonstrated a clear understanding of the Gospel. In fact, it was easier to witness to her than many young people!

    Another time, while I was waiting for my ride after doing some clinic follow-ups, I went into a small laundry business intending only to give a tract, but when I met Felix, the business owner, I could see that he was very open to the Gospel. He quickly saw what the Bible verses were teaching, and he asked questions that led to the very next point I was going to make! I had a lot of fun witnessing to Felix, and he readily accepted Jesus as his Saviour. When I was finished, I found out that he actually lives in a city about six hours away, and he was going back home that day! He doesn’t spend much time in Kumasi, but the timing had worked out perfectly for Felix to hear the Gospel.

    Another time while I was making follow-up visits, very few people were answering their phones. In Ghana, people’s houses do not have addresses that you can use to find the house. If you have not been to their house before and you do not have a guide, talking to them on the phone and following their directions until you can find them is usually the only way you can get to them . . . and the people I was trying to contact were not answering their phones. So, we just went soul winning. I started talking to some teenage boys only to realize that their English was not strong enough to understand the Gospel, but my translator was already witnessing to somebody else. I used my Twi as far as I could to give those three boys the Gospel, and just when I was no longer able to get my point across, my translator walked up to me. He continued giving the Gospel to those three boys, and one of them ended up trusting in Jesus. While he talked to the teenagers, I went to see how a new soul winner was doing. He is from the northern part of Ghana and does not speak much Twi. He had explained the first point of the Gospel plan, but then he was stuck. I took over and explained as much as I could in Twi, since this boy’s English was not strong either. I reached a point where I could not get the boy to understand what I was trying to explain. Then, my translator showed up again! I gave him that boy to witness to also. It took three people witnessing to him, but that boy trusted in Jesus to save him! That is what I call tag-team soul winning!

    Please also pray as the school starts up a new term. I am trying to implement some changes to make our school more effective and to push myself and the teachers to grow academically, personally, and spiritually.

    Yours for souls,

    Micah Christiansen

    Published On: January 23rd, 2026Tags: , ,

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