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Serving God in South Dakota

Lynette Mincks, nationally appointed home missionary, is passionate about ministry to South Dakota's Native American population. In her ministry she has held hammers and mops, served meals, ministered with puppets, driven the Speed the Light van, and embraced children.

Lynette first heard about the plight of Native Americans at the age of nineteen and later felt God calling her to be a missionary during a special church service.

God's call on Lynette's life has sustained her in this often challenging ministry. People living on the reservations in South Dakota are isolated by their remote locations and have little access to evangelical churches. Lynette explains that their greatest need is to have the gospel brought to them in their own context.

Lynette pastored alone for many years until 1988 when she married Owen Mincks, a veteran home missionary to Native Americans. For nearly ten years they served as district coordinators of Native American ministries, organizing fellowship among the Native American pastors and missionaries. They also directed MAPS teams, held vacation Bible school outreaches, provided Bibles and literature for churches, and taught at Central Indian Bible College. Presently they conduct home services on two reservations and serve as a liaison between Assemblies of God Home Missions and Native American pastors to provide them with effective ministry tools. Lynette also gives sermon illustrations and puppet scripts to any pastor or home missionary looking for new resources.

One area of ministry Lynette finds particularly effective is children's ministry. For six years Lynette served as district Missionettes coordinator. Lynette remembers Trina, a little girl she picked up every week for Prims. Trina's parents were violent alcoholics and her mother would verbally assault Lynette whenever she visited. Eventually, however, all eight members of Trina's family came to church and her parents were saved and filled with the Spirit. Now a grown woman Trina is married to a minister.

Lynette says ministry to children is the key to reaching entire families with the gospel. With that in mind, sheasks that Women's Ministries keep home missionaries blessed through prayer and resources as they endeavor in their work.