ROGER +
JULIE TATE
Roger and Julie Tate have served the Lord in Kitale, Kenya since January 2008.
Roger’s main ministry is indigenous church planting. Their first term was an eye-opening experience for the whole family as they learned firsthand about the challenges they would face in Kenya. These challenges of dependency and expectations greatly affected their original method for church planting.
The Tate Family is from Dayton, Ohio and is sent out by Emmanuel Baptist Church in Bellbrook, Ohio, which has been Roger’s home church since 1980 and Julie’s home church since 1991. Roger was raised in church, but was not saved until the age of 20. Julie also grew up in church in Grand Blanc, Michigan. She and her family were faithful members of Liberty Missionary Baptist Church in Burton, Michigan. Julie made a profession of faith at a young age but came to know Jesus as a young adult. Roger and Julie were childhood sweethearts and they have been blessed with four children: Emily (25) – Married to Igor Levit, Amy (19), Josiah (18), and Chloe (5). Emily and Amy now reside in the US.