OUR HISTORY

Yes, Lord!

When Marlene and I began our journey together with the Lord in 2011; we began with two simple words…”YES LORD!” We both had given our lives fully to the Lord to walk and live as laid down lovers and disciples of Jesus Christ. Our heart cry was “YES LORD”, we wanted to dive right into the heart of Jesus saying YES to whatever and however He wanted to use us to spread the gospel and Glorify His beautiful name.

Our ministry began with the Lord calling us to the “least of these”, a group of abandoned orphaned street boys living in the streets of Tete, Mozambique, Africa. Marlene had been living as a missionary with Iris Global in Tete for a year prior to her and I meeting. I graduated from the Iris Global Harvest School of Missions and went to Tete on an extended outreach. While in Tete, the Lord broke my heart for these fatherless young boys sleeping in a trash dump and picking through the trash daily to find food.

PIONEER61 Founded

We married in the states in January of 2012 and moved to Tete in February, only one month after our wedding day. We founded PIONEER61 Inc. from the scripture Isaiah 61. In Isaiah 61:1-3 it is written, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the sprit of heaviness; That they may be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.” The Lord spoke to Marlene and I and said, “ I want you to walk out what I began, go and preach my good news to the poor…”

He told us that we were His “little pioneers” and that we’d pioneer generations into fulfilling their purpose for the Kingdom. As a growing ministry family and through the guidance of the Holy Spirit we’re building Healing Homes to rescue orphans and child slaves, discipling widows in the gospel and creating self-sustainable jobs for ladies in the sex-slave trade. Like Isaiah 61, our focus is preaching the good news of the gospel of Christ to anyone and everyone we cross along the way.

Jesus Christ is the reason for everything we do. We want to exalt His Holy name in every aspect of our lives and our ministry. We have a vision to see nations rise up in adoration of Jesus. We want to walk in the apostolic and create Kingdom change in cultures throughout the world. As pioneers we want to launch God’s children into their destiny.

P61 Founders
Nick & Marlene Boyd