About the Meeting Place

The Meeting Place is built on 20 acres in the Cloud Forest Region of Ecuador and serves many purposes, such as, a base camp for mission teams to serve the “forgotten” peoples of Ecuador through avenues like the Special Needs Ministry and SEED Soccer. These ministries provide much needed help and discipleship to areas of Ecuador that are hard to reach.

The Meeting Place was originally founded and built by Tom and Joan Beak. After establishing their faith in Christ late in life (their 60s), they spent over twenty years in Togo, Africa building wells and starting churches in 100 villages across the region. In their 80s, God called them to Ecuador and they answered without hesitation. They purchased the land where The Meeting Place now resides and began construction. The vision God gave them was to provide a place for teams to gather and perform mission work while also providing a place where pastors from all over Ecuador and the world could come and disciple each other, grow, and help facilitate the spread of the Gospel.

Tom passed away in 2014 at the age of 97 and Joan, in 2017 at the age of 95. Before their passing, they transferred The Meeting Place ownership and vision to Eduardo and Marie-Edith Andrade who worked with the Beaks for many years and now continue the work that the Beaks started.