Darin and Jill serve in Asia with a ministry focus on training and credentialing Free Methodist leaders through the Gethsemane Leadership Training (GLT) strategy. GLT currently works directly in eight countries, with more anticipated in 2026. As associate director, Darin works closely with the Area Director to develop and implement mission strategies for the work in Asia. Jill continues to serve in various administrative tasks.
Pray For
- wisdom for the effective and collaborative leadership of work in Asia
- fruitful implementation of GLT for training emerging leaders
- effective equipping of pastors as facilitators for video-based GLT training
- national pastors to catch the vision for skillful mentoring of ministerial candidates
- health and safety
Turning Lunch into Life
As part of our gatherings in Creative Access-VN, we prioritize testimonies of church planters and people who have made commitments to Jesus. This year, a testimony of thanks came from a woman named Trang. Pastor “H” shared Trang’s story: Trang used to have brain...
Always a Friend for Jesus
There are over 700,000 migrant workers in Taiwan, with Indonesians being the largest group, numbering around 260,000. Eighty percent of the Indonesian migrant workers are women, serving as caregivers in the homes of elderly Taiwanese. They work long hours, almost...
Better Together: Shared Sustainability
In a very poor, remote mountain village in one of our creative access countries, she is busy weaving the strands of grass together to form a broom. Mrs. T works very hard to care for and feed her 11 children – eight boys and three girls. A few of the older children...
Hope From Above
In Asia, we’ve seen the Father use the global pandemic and lockdowns to accomplish His good purposes and communicate His love. This past Christmas, most of the Cambodian Free Methodist Church was restricted from gathering for a celebration. Superintendent Daniel and...
My Two Copper Coins
Challenging is the word I would use to describe pastoring a Filipino church in Creative Access Country-HK and serving as the Asia Pacific Free Methodist Missions Association’s (APFMMA) executive director during the COVID-19 crisis. It forced me out of my comfort zone....