About BTS


Duane and Kris | The Team | Our Name

Founders
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Following their passion for world harvest, Duane and Kris White founded Beyond These Shores in February of 2000.

Duane travels extensively as an itinerant missionary and has ministered in over 25 nations.

Beyond These Shores (BTS) is a missions organization dedicated to equipping, empowering, and engaging the local church worldwide to go beyond limits into God's abundance. We are called to be a bridge which connects nations, churches, relationships and resources to impact the world.

Equip

(i-'kwip) v. to furnish with the qualities necessary for performance; to train, endow, provide or prepare

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Our mission is to equip and train pastors, leaders, and Christians worldwide to be effective and strategic influencers in a culturally relevant way. Since the beginning of BTS in 2000, we have personally trained tens of thousands of leaders through varies conferences, meetings and events across the world. The Bible says that people perish for lack of knowledge; it is our mission to preach and teach the Word of God providing the tools necessary for every Christian to impact their world.

Empower

(im-'pau(-&)r) v. to invest with power or supply with a special ability; to authorize or allow

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Ephesians 3:20 says,

Now to Him who is able to do exceeding, abundantly above all you could ask or imagine, according to the working of His power within you.

The heart of BTS is to release people into the power of the Holy Spirit to break through their limits and fulfill God's abundant purpose for their lives spiritually and naturally. We seek to empower people spiritually through revelation of the Word and ministry of the Holy Spirit. Naturally, we accomplish this through projects like our micro-business endeavor (a wealth creation tool) that “teaches people to be fishermen", instead of just handing them a fish.

Engage

(in-'gAj) v. to involve oneself or participate; assume an obligation; to become meshed or interlocked; to connect, fit into place or to a point

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We believe that relationships are strategic in the Kingdom, so connecting is a key value for us, as our motto is to connect ordinary people with their extra-ordinary destiny.

BTS is called to be a bridge-connecting churches, opportunities, relationships and resources. We believe when people reach out beyond themselves and engage their place in the Kingdom, there is miraculous results!