CHURCH PLANTING Bridge Europe
• Jeff & Suzanne (Germany) serve in evangelism and discipleship. They work
with refugees and immigrants through the local German church, mentor church leaders, and lead Bible studies for Persian believers.
• Sebastien & Patti (France) serve in evangelism and are in the early stages
of working among a “frontier people group” 1 in this region.
• Rebekah (Germany) joined another WW family in church planting, in 2022.
Outreaches include weekly street evangelism and outreach to moms.
• Elinor (France) assists in ministry outreach among multi-national
believers.
• Joshua & Vonia (Germany) help lead a church plant in Germany and are
planning several additional church plants, including one in nearby Switzerland.
Spain
• Juan Carlos & Ruth recently celebrated the two-year anniversary of their growing church plant, Rey de Reyes, in central Madrid, with people from 12 different nations in attendance.
• In Spain, our partner church, the Iglesia Cristiana Presbiteriana (de Alcorcon),
is searching for a new church planter to carry on the work. Approximately 50 people regularly attend Sunday services which are translated into English and Ukrainian.
England
• Michael & Laura – “Last summer, Gloucester EPC celebrated its third anniversary of gathering for worship! We give thanks to God for His faithfulness to us and our little church over these past years, and we look forward in faith to what He will accomplish in the future!”
STATE OF THE MISSIONARY WORK
CHURCH STRENGTHENING/ REVITALIZATION
England
• Ben & Trish assist at an EPCEW church in Chelmsford. In the coming years, they plan to begin a new church plant in the region.
• A.T. & Lauren serve in Chelmsford, helping with evangelism and outreach
through music and poetry. Lithuania
• Frank & Emily are working with the Reformed Church of Lithuania’s denominational church planting and growth efforts, while seeing a steady transformation of the Lithuanian & international students’ congregations. Frank is mentoring Dainius with hopes of him becoming Frank’s replacement in the future.
Spain
• Jeff & Lisa – Jeff is leading and teaching at Evangelical Christian Academy, a Christian international school near Madrid. Lisa is a full-time teacher at ECA.
• Ali serves as Team Leader to a growing team in Columbia, SC and organizes
Muslim outreach opportunities. A new team is being launched in Greenville, SC, in the coming year.
• Paul & Missy work alongside Ali in Columbia.
• Keith & Rhoda continue the administration of Christian Hospital Sahiwal and Nancy Fulwood Nursing School.
• David recently retired as associate pastor at Greenville ARP and is transitioning to new director of the ARP Mission in Pakistan (i.e., the ARP Christian Schools).
September/October 2024
1 People groups with estimated Christian Adherents less than or equal to 0.1% and without adequate to impact the whole group. Frontier people groups do not have a reported indigenous, self-sustaining church planting movement (CPM) occurring in their midst capable of reaching the whole group.
(Source:
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• Ken & Jerri (U.S.) – Ken volunteers with PAK7 and helps World Witness in Gift Planning and Estate Design work.
• Sam & Martha Margaret (U.S.) – Sam teaches with focus on pastoral
discipleship in Pakistan and furthering the new Erskine degree program in Rwanda. Martha Margaret works for Erskine in helping administrate and promote the partner program, Global Diploma in Theology and Christian Leadership.
• Drew & Lauren (Uganda) work with African Bible University, where Drew
has done coursework for SEED Ministry. Lauren helped coordinate an evangelistic dental clinic cosponsored by a Reformed Church in East Africa and African Bible University.
• Lee (U.S.) serves as Team Leader for SEED Ministry and is exploring
new partnerships with the Sudanese Reformed Church (SRC) and expanding the cohort work in Rwanda and Pakistan.
• Justin & Gillian (U.S.) – Justin teaches in Rwanda and Pakistan. He and Synod
reps traveled to the 2024 Mexico ARP Synod Meeting to explore deeper relationships.
• David & Annelies (U.S.) – David teaches in Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa,
Zambia, and Pakistan. His coursework includes systematics, hermeneutics, and various OT and NT books.
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