Mickey Cofer - General Director
I was saved in 1972 and served as a youth leader in my late teens. I graduated from Bob Jones University in 1985 with a degree in Christian Lay Leadership. I served for seven years at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Lebanon, Ohio as a deacon and Sunday school teacher while operating a 3-color web press for the Fellowship Tract League. I started a small business producing handcrafted pottery for galleries throughout the United States. God called me to Mongolia in 2000 out of the Winchester Baptist Church, Ohio. My wife Trina and I have four lovely children serving with us who have all made professions of faith.
Bill Patterson - Translation Coordinator
I was raised in a missionary home in Mexico. At the age of eight, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. In 1992, the Lord called me back to Mexico to work with my parents. Two years later, the Lord gave me a precious wife, Marcy. Since then, we have been blessed with Heather, Ryan, and Tricia.
We have served as missionaries in Mexico and India before going to Mongolia. Having been trained early in the Greek language and then having opportunity to spend 13 months in Israel studying Hebrew, God has uniquely prepared us for the work of Bible translation. We have been led of the Lord to direct the translation project for Mongolia.
Translation Team
We are grateful for the translation team that are helping with the projects. Pictured right to left:
- Jeff Dean (part-time translator and helper)
- Bill Patterson (translation coordinator)
- Dashka (translator)
- Ganpurev (part-time helper)
- Oyumaa (translator)
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FirstBible International United States Support Team
Tom Murray - Bussiness Man
Tom Murray was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1954. He was saved in 1973. He married his childhood sweetheart, Denise, in 1974. After 27 wonderful years of marriage, Denise passed away in 2000 due to cancer. They have four grown children. Tom currently lives in North Pole, Alaska, and has remarried a wonderful Christian lady. Tom founded Alaska Aerofuel Inc. in 1981. He is currently semi-retired but continues to serve as Chairman of the Board. Tom attends Bible Baptist Church in Fairbanks, Alaska, Rev. Doug Duffett, Pastor. Tom spends half of the year in Alaska doing lay ministry and half of the year traveling to visit and support missionaries in foreign lands.
Robert Painter - Attorney
Robert Painter is an attorney in Houston. In 2005, in his seventh year of practicing at the mega-firm Fulbright & Jaworski, he left to start his own practice, The Painter Law Firm, where he represents individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations. He has held various political positions from the international and national to state and local levels, through which he has known leaders such as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Mongolian Prime Minister Elbegdorj Tsakhia. Robert is married to Taunya Painter, who is Director of International Trade for Wal-Mart. They have an infant daughter, Katherine. The Painters attend Christchurch Baptist Fellowship, where they teach a Sunday School class, and where Robert serves as a deacon.