About Us

Our Mission

Promote revival in the land (individual revival and global revival); Build a congregation (Army) of Kingdom Builders, committed to going into every city and share the good news of the Kingdom; Declare the Goodness and Greatness of God through worship and discipleship, in a spirit-filled life of joy.

Our Vision

Whoever has an ear to hear let him hear…. We believe God, spoken through his Holy Spirit, has given the following vision to BCI: Every household on the Monterey Peninsula, reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ. This will not be the work of one church or ministry, but like-minded churches, congregations and ministries coming together as one body to reach the lost for Christ, and build his Kingdom here on earth.

Our History

Bryce and Dona Putnam and their two small children, Hannah and Seth, came to the Monterey Peninsula in 1984 from Fresno California. A word of prophecy was given to them in Fresno by Nita Johnson stating, “you will be ministering on the west Coast in any cities in three months”. That prophecy came to pass and has been in operation all these years since 1984.

Bay Believers’ Church, as it was called back then, began holding services at the YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula in June of 1984. From the beginning it has been a church of “preaching, teaching and healing”(Matt 4;23) The church held services at the YMCA for eight years, then moved to Del Rey Oaks for five years, then on to Marina for nine years, the finally came to rest on Garden Road in Monterey by the airport.

Through all the years and location moves the church experienced various high and lows. In time the church started attracting people of different countries and nationalities that were residing in the Monterey Peninsula area. The name of the church was changed in 2004 to Believers’ Church International to reflect the ethnicity of its members. Also during these years BCI develop world-wide missions under the direction of Pastor Dona that touched many nations, and continues to touch many nations around the globe.

The Church at present is moving forward under the leadership of Pastors Gerry and Tonya Daniel. Along with the Leadership Team of Pastor Pam (Prayer Ministry), Pastors Apostelo ” T” and Melissa Failauga (Youth and Men’s Ministry), Pastor Lucy Avelino (Spanish Ministry), Courtney Daniel (Children’s Ministry) and Karry & Rachel Yung (Helps ministry), the church is pursuing our place in the kingdom.