BJ and Jill Sanders

WANTAKIA TRIBE MISSIONARIES

BJ Sanders is a native Arkansan, who graduated with a Bachelor’s in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Arkansas in 2008. His wife, Jill, is an Okie who graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education in 2008. They both knew that they wanted to play a part in reaching the unreached with the gospel, thanks to hearing the Traveling Team speak during college. So, after getting married and working for a year, they attended Ethnos360 Bible Institute, then attended Ethnos360 Training Center for cross-cultural ministry. In 2014, with their 3 small children, Olivia, Sophie and Graham, they moved to Papua New Guinea with the goal of reaching an unreached tribe. Praise God that after many years of language learning and Bible translation, in 2020, they and their team shared the gospel with the Wantakia tribe for the very first time. They continue living in Wantakia doing discipleship and Bible translation.