Brian Glenn Morris grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his parents, Kevin and Susan Morris, and older sister, Kelli. Brian excelled in both track and football at Union High School and helped his football team win the Oklahoma state title as a sophomore. Brian was All-Metro as a member of the track team, state runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles, and assisted Union Track to its first men’s state championship.
Morris walked on as a wide receiver for the University of Mississippi his junior year in college. He was on the leadership staff for Ole Miss Fellowship of Christian Athletes and played a pivotal role in leading worship. Brian graduated from Ole Miss with a degree in Business Management with an emphasis in Human Resources.
Today, Brian plays for the Stockton Rugby Club and will be completing an M.A.R in Pastoral Ministries from Liberty University in May 2016. Some of Brian’s favorite hobbies are playing guitar, hiking, rock climbing, and fishing.
Morgan Elizabeth Morris grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with her parents, Tom and Lynda Woolard, and two older sisters, Samantha and Allie. She attended Christian Heritage Academy in Del City from kindergarten to graduation. Morgan was a successful volleyball player in high school, receiving all-state honors all four years, 1st team all-city as a junior, and all-conference MVP her senior year as team captain.
Morgan went on to play two years of collegiate volleyball before winning Miss Oklahoma USA her junior year in college. She placed 1st runner-up at Miss USA 2010 when competing for the national title. After Miss USA, Morgan worked for modeling agencies across the U.S. and overseas before returning to university and finishing her education.
Morris graduated from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri with a degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Sports Information. Morgan will complete her M.A. in Church Ministry and Discipleship in May 2016. Her two favorite hobbies are traveling and writing.
Our goal is to lead young people into becoming sanctified, committed, disciples of Jesus Christ. We are passionately devoted to glorifying God, and magnifying the name of Jesus in all we do.
We support Youth For Christ and their vision to see our neighborhoods and cities transformed, and ultimately witness God create a movement of gospel-centered churches across the UK. Our prayer is for a revival in England and for the hearts of the youth and their families to turn to God.
While in England, we have been serving on behalf of UK USA Ministries, the Tees Valley Youth for Christ, and the Stockton Parish Church. It is an honor to be part of a team with such likeminded hearts—hearts that hold an abiding desire for the work of ministry that cannot be shaken or ignored. Ultimately, we have a passion to impact the world for Christ in our generation, starting with the people of North East England.
What are we doing??
• We work with UK USA Ministries—who sees schools, sports ministry, and servant evangelism as some of the most powerful ministry tools to reach youth.
• Through the mandatory Religious Education classes offered in every public school in the UK, we are free to share about Jesus while we work and teach within the schools every day of the week. We introduce the gospel in many different facets, but one of the most common ways is by running a weekly lunch club called Christian Union. We also started a Mentoring Program in January 2014 at one of the local secondary schools, which has been very fruitful.
• In addition to ministry on the school campuses, we use athletics as a gateway to evangelism as well. Brian occasionally volunteer’s with YFC’s sport evangelism team. He also plays for the Stockton Rugby Club, which has given him an amazing opportunity to build relationships and open doors for him to share his faith to a different demographic.
• We are heavily involved in after school programs, youth clubs, and kids clubs.
• We run a Stockton Café Church, which is a casual worship experience with gospel-centered message that meet in a local coffee shop.
• We are the youth pastors at Stockton Parish Church. We are responsible for teaching our students about Christ and discipling new believers, as well as being engaged on campus, attending sport events, coaching, and being a positive presence in the community. We also each lead a weekly girl’s and boy’s group, which as been incredibly fruitful.
We are overjoyed to be united as husband and wife and to begin a new journey in life together—hand in hand inside God’s mighty hand! After praying wholeheartedly and intentionally over the last year, we believe that God has called us to the mission field in Stockton, England for the next two years. Our call comes with an insatiable desire to serve God and His people at all costs.
Why England? Often when people consider missions, they do not think about the UK. While England is not widely considered to be an unreached people group, there are at least two post-Christian generations. Their existence is void of any knowledge or understanding of the gospel and the life-changing relationship available to them in Jesus Christ.
Some of the most courageous and influential missionaries in history were sent from churches in England. However, today, the churches are empty, 97% of England does not have a relationship with the Lord, and the majority of Europe is considered spiritually dead.
It is our turn to labor for souls and reintroduce the gospel to our generation. We believe that this culture is yearning and crying out for something more than religion and “churchiness”—it is hungry for the legitimate power and presence of a great God who extends eternal grace and inexhaustible, unrelenting love.
God has purposed our hearts in the direction of North East England to be the hands and feet of Jesus to a hurting and hopeless generation. We don’t want to simply do church in England—we want to be the Church. Will you pray about investing in us through your resources and your prayers? As missionaries, we will not have any source of income. We rely solely on our savings and the donations given by friends, family, and those who believe in our call, and our vision to see a revival in England.