Circle J Ministries is a faith-based charity serving Malawi through sustainable community development: strengthening local churches, running schools, providing HIV/AIDS prevention and care, and supporting widows and orphans with relief and life-skills programs. We partner with local leaders to ensure lasting, culturally appropriate impact.
Who We Are
Our Team
Randall Jinkins
FounderRandall is the Co‑Founder and CEO of Circle J Ministries International, Inc., and serves as Pastor of Hilltop Baptist Church in Frankston, Texas. Raised in East Texas within the Baptist tradition, his earliest church memories include the Women’s Missionary Union (WMU) members teaching about missions and announcing missionaries’ birthdays each Sunday. As a child he attended Son Beams (the predecessor to Mission Friends) and later participated in Royal Ambassadors (now known as AIM).
Randall’s first international mission trips were in 1986—to Mexico and then to Kenya—where he witnessed a powerful movement of God that resulted in more than 4,500 people responding to the Gospel. Since then, he has had the opportunity to preach the Gospel on five of the seven continents.
Since 2010, God has opened doors for Randall to serve in Malawi, known as “The Warm Heart of Africa.” In partnership with Hilltop Baptist Church (Frankston, Texas) and the Baptist Association of Malawi, his ministry has helped plant more than 20 churches in and around Lilongwe, one church in Blantyre, one in Jenda, and eight churches around Mzuzu.
Through Circle J Ministries International, Randall remains committed to reaching the people of Malawi with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
FounderTracy Jinkins
Tracy is the Co‑Founder and Treasurer of Circle J Ministries International, Inc. Her passion for missions began in the Women’s Missionary Union at her church, where she taught Mission Friends and Acteens and longed to serve on the mission field.
During the early years of her marriage to Randall, Tracy stayed home to raise their two sons, Justin and James, while Randall traveled on mission trips. She remained active in WMU, Baptist Young Women, and the Dogwood Baptist Association, growing in her knowledge of and commitment to missions.
As her sons graduated and began their own lives, Tracy began to travel on mission trips herself. Her first trips were to Mexico and Taiwan; since 2013 she has served regularly in Malawi. There she has worked alongside pastors and their wives, cared for widows, and served orphans. Tracy has been deeply involved with Hope for Widows of Malawi, a community enrichment organization that equips widows to provide for themselves and their children. She has also led discipleship seminars, women’s conferences, and pastors’ wives conferences in and around Lilongwe and Blantyre.
Through Circle J Ministries International, Tracy seeks to continue sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and supporting sustainable ministries that strengthen families and communities in Malawi.
