Project Description

Gary & Christina Tennant

Ecuador

Gary and Christina Tennant have been married for over 23 years and enjoy serving the Lord and His church!

They and their family come from Gateway Baptist Church in Atoka, TN where they served for nearly 15 years in various missions, children’s, and discipleship ministries before answering God’s call in 2015 to serve in Ecuador. They have 5 children, the youngest three of whom are with them in Ecuador, being home-schooled as they work alongside their parents in ministry. Their oldest two, Kathleen and Nathaniel, have returned to the U.S. Kathleen was married in the summer of 2022 and has been accepted to Mid-America to pursue a biblical counseling degree. Nathaniel recently graduated and is pursuing a piloting program at a Mid-South college. Elizabeth is in 7th grade and entering her teen-age years.Samantha and Johanna are in grades 3 and pre-k.

They are living with and serving the jungle Kichwa people, teaching them about Christ and working to establish a Christ-centered after-school ministry and mission camp aimed at serving at-risk children, families, and communities in the remote jungles of eastern Ecuador.