Global Ministries

Dave and Patsy Alfors – Cameroon, West Africa (EFCA ReachGlobal) 
Dave and Patsy are involved in friendship evangelism and church-planting
among an unreached people group in Cameroon.  They often use chronological Bible story telling to introduce people to the gospel. Dave and Patsy plan to share the gospel with the people they work with and work on a Bible translation into the native language.

Jeanne Austin – Mexico (Wycliffe Bible Translators)
Jeanne works among three Popolocan people groups in Southern Mexico. 
Her work involves Bible translation and literacy training.  In two areas she
supervises national translators as they revise the New Testament translation in their language and work on the Old Testament.  In the third area, she is in the initial phase of translating the New Testament with one indigenous worker.

Bala and Carol – Southeast Asia (EFCA ReachGlobal)
Bala and Carol are regional leaders in  Southeast Asia.  Their tasks include overseeing the work in the area, conducting regular trips to encourage and equip workers, and exploring new partnership opportunities. They also travel to churches in the U.S. to raise awareness for Southeast Asia.

Keith and Molly – Central Asia (EFCA ReachGlobal)
Keith and Molly are regional leaders for Central Asia.  They oversee numerous church-planting teams that are presently at work in their area.
Keith and Molly plan to deploy a new team to work among an unreached people group, improve training for incoming missionaries and develop a strategic plan for Central Asia.

Andy and Lorna Gilbert – Japan (EFCA ReachGlobal)
Andy and Lorna are involved in discipleship, leadership development, and
church-planting in Fukuoka, Japan.  They have gone through intensive one-year discipleship programs with several groups.  They are part of a team that has recently opened a Friendship Center that offers classes to reach out to the community. This year Andy and Lorna plan to expand  classes at the Friendship Center, establish a house church and continue plans to open a coffeehouse for evangelistic outreach.

Bob and Ann Jeffery – Costa Rica (Latin America Mission)
Bob and Ann divide their time collaborating with the church in Los Guido in their work with children and women at risk and their work in CEDCAS clinic. They also do graphic design work and assist with short-term teams.
This year Bob and Ann plan to continue working with the food program in the impoverished area of Los Guido and continue their work at CEDCAS clinic helping rural national pastors receive dental & medical.

Nathan and Becky Kendall – Guinea, West Africa (World Venture)
Nathan and Becky are working to plant churches among the Maninka people group.  They are continuing to develop language skills and seeking opportunities to build relationships with local people. This year Nathan and Becky plan to recruit more workers for Guinea and work with the national church in Guinea to expand and plant another church.

Mark and Meg Kuzdas – Costa Rica (Christian Light Foundation)
Mark and Meg focus on the areas of discipleship, evangelism, and church-planting to the unchurched areas of Tejarcillos and Los Guido.  Their main responsibility is overseeing in-home discipleship groups.  They also work with teens, providing them with discipleship and leadership development.
This year Mark and Meg plan to equip others to lead discipleship groups, multiplying their impact; build a tutoring, feeding, and outreach center; and start a new church.

Melinda Kuzdas – Costa Rica (Christian Light Foundation)
Melinda is involved in church-planting in several areas in Costa Rica.  Her responsibilities include overseeing microenterprise for women, discipling youth and teaching English classes. This year Melinda plans to help develop the tutoring, feeding and outreach cente and disciple young people in the area.

Sam and Sharon – South Asia (EFCA ReachGlobal)
Sam and Sharon are regional leaders of South Asia.  They oversee all the missionary work in their region. They actively develop partnerships with Christian national leaders. They have developed training resources for these leaders and regularly visit them. This year Sam and Sharon plan to
develop a strategy to expand their work in three new countries in South Asia, develop an Asia Women’s initiative and mobilize prayer for South Asia’s unreached people groups.

Jonathan and Erimar Pierson – Venezuela (Christian Light Foundation)
Jonathan and Erimar work with a church in Las Tunas.  Jonathan serves as an evangelist, teacher and Bible trainer.  His responsibilities will be to provide classes on Bible doctrine and Bible study, develop evangelistic outreaches, equip lay leaders, and assist in church-planting effort. This year Jonathan and Erimar plan to teach theology, evangelism/discipleship, and biblical interpretation and continue the construction of the church building.

Katie Taylor - Mexico (Partners in Christ International)
Katie has recently begun working with Partners in Christ and is in the process of determining her specific ministry role.  She will be involved with assisting churches to develop a Christian worldview. This year Katie plans to teach classes at local seminaries on the topic of worldview and work with the CHE (Community Health Evangelism) model to develop outreach.

Joy Turner – Macau (EFCA ReachGlobal)
Joy serves as an English teacher at Evangel Adult Education Centre.  She builds relationships with her students in order to reach out to them.  She has started a program called “English Channel” which allows students to come and practice English while discussing a variety of topics leading to spiritual interaction. This year Joy plans to develop English curriculum for EAEC and lead quarterly investigative Bible studies.