About us

Our Call.

God led us separately, and brought us to the same country.

“Bethany and I are going to the UK because we know that is where God is leading us.”

AJ Horton

AJ & Bethany Horton walking together outdoors

Our testimonies

How God Changed Our Lives.

“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:”

I Corinthians 1:26

AJ’s Testimony

My entire life has been surrounded by the local church. By God’s grace, my parents, Jon and Teresa Horton, were able to plant Gospel Light Baptist Church in Malvern, Arkansas, in 2000. It was there I was raised and instructed in the purpose and importance of God’s church. For as long as I can remember, I knew the gospel message: that Christ died for us, was buried, and rose again. I remember, however, the first time the message went passed my ears and smote my heart. As a ten-year-old boy the gospel became real to me, and I knew I needed a Savior. I bowed my head and prayed that God would accept an unworthy sinner. God placed within me at that moment a deep desire to share this news of grace with others. Like I was, there are many in the United Kingdom and across the world that are remarkably familiar with the gospel but have not let it affect their hearts.

As a ten-year-old boy the gospel became real to me, and I knew I needed a Savior.

At the age of sixteen, after wrestling with God for years, I surrendered my life to be a preacher of the gospel! It was a terrifying thought, but one I knew God had asked me to do. I knew I needed some form of training, so I began to pray about Bible colleges. During this time God used certain men to lead me to study at Crown College of the Bible where I enrolled in HVAC/R and Pastoral Theology and graduated with both. The years of college are precious to me for it was in those years that God drew me closer to Himself, led me to my wife, and called us to the United Kingdom.

I remember clearly in September of 2025, when Bethany came to me about her burden from God for the United Kingdom. Because I had not yet been directed in this way, we decided to just take some time to pray about this. One month later at the Temple Baptist Church mission conference, Pastor Derrick Morlan opened the meeting by announcing an opportunity for a church to be planted in Wales. I cannot explain all the feelings and thoughts that went through my head in just seconds, except to say that God grabbed the strings of my heart. The next church service was a sermon from Matthew 28, “Go ye into all the world.” I knew God was telling me to go. When I spoke with Bethany about it, I realized that she still felt strongly that God was leading her to the United Kingdom and had been praying for me all along. As we surrendered to God each day, He continued to provide overwhelming confirmation of His will.

Bethany and I are not going to the United Kingdom because we believe the need is great. While yes, of course, the need for the gospel in the United Kingdom is overwhelmingly significant, that is not the reason we are going. Bethany and I are going to the UK because we know that is where God is leading us. We, like every other believer, have been given the ministry of reconciliation wherever we go (II Corinthians 5:18). Please pray for us as we take our testimonies of God’s grace across the ocean to the souls that are without hope. II Corinthians 4:6, “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

Bethany’s Testimony

I am so thankful for everything that God has done in my life and the guidance that He has given each step of the way. The Lord blessed me with godly parents and the privilege of being raised in a Christian home. When I was eight years old, the gospel message that I heard so many times became real to me. I knew I was a sinner and needed to be born again. Christ took away my sins and gave me the hope of eternity with Him. Being a pastor’s child, I had plenty of opportunities to serve in our church in Spring Hill, Tennessee alongside my brothers and my parents. As a teenager, I surrendered my life to serve the Lord in ministry. God gave me a specific burden for teaching and led me to study at the Crown College of the Bible. As I studied for my degree in elementary education, God worked in my life to strengthen my relationship with Him. The Lord used this time to bring AJ and I together, and we began praying about His will for our lives. God began to reveal that His plan for us was not what we had always imagined, so we continued to pray for Him to make it clear.

At the start of my junior year and AJ’s senior year of college, I felt the Lord burdening me for the United Kingdom. Because I had never been there, it surprised me to find the Lord repeatedly putting it on my heart. After mentioning it to AJ once, I prayed that God would reveal the burden to AJ if it was His will for us to go there. I had not seriously considered being a missionary and did not feel qualified for the task. A few days later, I read I Corinthians 1:26-29. God removed any excuse I had to not surrender to the call and showed me that my incapability brought more glory to Himself.

God removed any excuse I had to not surrender to the call, and showed me that my incapability brought more glory to Himself.

During the first meeting of the World Mission Conference at the Temple Baptist Church, Pastor Morlan spoke of the need for a young couple in the country of Wales. He shared the many open doors and opportunities that only required people willing to go. Although I did not know it, God grabbed ahold of AJ’s heart that night. During the next morning’s meeting, the preacher gave a message on the Great Commission, which further confirmed that God was trying to tell me something. What I didn’t realize was that He was telling AJ too. After that service, AJ told me that he believed God was calling us to Wales. In an amazing way, the Lord had made His will so clear to both of us.

From that point on, God used many people, circumstances, and scripture to confirm this calling on our lives. He answered specific prayer requests and provided the opportunity for us to visit the UK. I am so excited to see what doors the Lord will open for us in the future as we strive to serve Him in the United Kingdom and Wales. “Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.” (I Thessalonians 5:24)

October 2025

One Conference.
Two Answers.

At the World Mission Conference at Temple Baptist Church, Pastor Derrick Morlan announced an opportunity for a church to be planted in Wales. We were both in the same room. Neither of us knew what was happening to the other.

“I cannot explain all the feelings and thoughts that went through my head in just seconds, except to say that God grabbed the strings of my heart.”

“Although I did not know it, God grabbed ahold of AJ’s heart that night. In an amazing way, the Lord had made His will so clear to both of us.”

The mission

The Ministry of Reconciliation.

“the work whereunto I have called them” Acts 13:2

Do you remember your life before Christ? Do you remember the hunger for something more? I do. Even as a young ten-year-old boy there was a call within my heart that I knew nothing could satisfy but the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank God that He loved me enough to die so that I might live eternally. But where would I be had someone not preached the gospel to me? What if no one had taken the time to answer my questions about God? The only reason I have new life in Christ, that I am a new creature, is because God has reconciled me to Himself through Jesus Christ.

Now that I have been reconciled to Christ, God has given to me this ministry of reconciliation. The awful truth is that there are souls nearing the gates of Hell, lest someone should tell them that God’s work is one of reconciling sinners with the Holy One.