Our mission is to facilitate and support the work of Christian missions and community development organizations in the fields of education, health, conservation and livelihoods with creative, technical and professional assistance.
Gareth Bentley
I’m Gareth Bentley, founder and executive director of Mission Geeks. Born and raised in Zambia in a missionary family, my Christian faith deeply shaped my passion for serving others. Over the years, I’ve traveled extensively as a photographer, documenting stories across Africa. Through this, I encountered incredible individuals—doctors, teachers, missionaries, and many others —committed to serving God and being a blessing to remote rural communities.
While inspiring, I also saw a recurring challenge: these individuals often struggled with technical issues—managing websites, fixing solar equipment, troubleshooting aging electrics, managing communications or securing clean water—that hindered their work. These were problems a skilled professional could solve quickly. It became clear to me that by connecting technical experts, or “geeks,” with those in need, we could significantly amplify their efforts.
This realization led to the creation of Mission Geeks, rooted in the Biblical calling of Micah 6:8: Act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God. This verse reflects my desire to serve, walk closely with God, and empower others to thrive in their service for Him.
Ronan Wade
I’m Ronan Wade, Co-Founder & Financial Director of Mission Geeks. I grew up in the UK and trained as a chartered accountant.
I lived and worked in Zambia for 4 years before moving back to the UK in 2019. During this time I met Gareth and heard his vision for Mission Geeks which immediately resonated with me. I know first hand how using my finance and practical gifts had freed others, teachers preachers, youth workers to be able to have more time to use the gifts God had given them, enabling them to have a greater impact with the people they seeked to serve.
I love to see the varied gifts God has given people being used to serve Him. During my time in Zambia I met so many amazingly gifted people in many areas, particularly professionals in finance and in business.
I also saw so many wonderful missions, missionaries and NGOs serving the country and its people but for whom administration was often a burden, taking up time which they could better spend elsewhere.
I hope that through Mission Geeks these groups will be connected, and that through their partnership God will be glorified in Zambia.