Shane and Kerri Estes

The people of Central America have held a special place in the Estes’ hearts for over twenty years since Kerri took her first trip to Nicaragua with a medical evangelism team in 2003. After Shane and Kerri were married in 2005, they began to serve together on short-term teams, and in 2016 they moved with their family to serve full-time with Baptist Medical and Dental Mission International. They worked in the areas of youth evangelism and discipleship, leadership and music training, benevolence, and women’s ministry. In 2018, they briefly took on the administration of the Emmanuel Home of Protection, a home for abused young women.

From 2019 to 2022, the Estes’ served stateside as associate pastors of Pleasant Hill Church of God in Carthage, MS, during which time they received their ministerial ordination through the Church of God. Throughout this time, they continued to be involved in missions in Central America, leading teams to Nicaragua and Guatemala. They returned to the mission field full-time on assignment through Church of God World Missions in January of 2023 where they currently serve primarily in the areas of evangelism, discipleship, young church support, and a developing ministry to the deaf. Additionally, they lead team ministry in partnership with other organizations, and Kerri serves as a chaplain at an international Christian school in Managua where they reside with four of their five children—Deznee, Pheebie, Jaxsen, and River. Their oldest daughter, Jeylan, is now studying social work at Lee University and joins the family on her breaks.