Jon & Tammie Rissmiller

Hello!

We are Jon and Tammie. We served in the local church in Northeast North Carolina and Southeast Virginia for nearly 24 years before being called to be missionaries with Global Outreach in 2019. During our time in ministry in the local church, we developed a great heart for missionaries who were serving in distant fields. When we became missionaries, it was a natural fit to provide pastoral care. Once we joined GOI, we began to serve on the Missionary Care Team for GOI as well as providing missionary care for missionaries not associated with GOI. We did this through a ministry started in 2017 called Pastors2Missionaries. This is a place for missionaries who needed and wanted pastoral care with a couple outside of their sending agency. We serve missionaries in 8 different countries around the world.

Pastoring Missionaries in Costa Rica

In 2021, we were invited to serve and accepted the role of Campus Pastor at the Spanish Language Institute (ILE) in San Francisco de Dos Rios, San Jose, Costa Rica. We loved our Latino life while getting to serve English-speaking missionaries going to ILE for one year to study Spanish, before heading into their field of service in Spanish communities. Not only did we help North American missionaries, but we also had the opportunity to learn to engage missionaries from South Korea, Switzerland, the Netherlands, England, Germany, France, and other places. Hospitality played a large part in our ministry. We loved our transient community!

Providing Support and Coaching

In 2025, with our commitment at ILE ending, we felt led to move back to the United States to work almost exclusively with the Missionary Care Team at GOI. Jon started a Men’s Care Team for GOI and has an awesome leadership team ensuring that GOI cares for missionary men’s needs. Jon will travel extensively to be with missionary men, hosting retreats and working in ministry with them on a short-term basis. Both of us are involved in multiple aspects of the Care Team, like coaching. We really enjoy investing and serving our missionaries so that the Good News goes to every nation this generation. If you find yourself in North East North Carolina, reach out!