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Joshua & Elizabeth Opena

Asia – U.S. Based Partners

Joshua and Elizabeth Opena serve the FMWM-Asia team as U.S.-based partners, providing support and development in Asia under the leadership of Area Director Eric and FMC-Asia missionary Alan Bacus.

Joshua is the former lead pastor of God’s Family Christian Fellowship, a Filipino church in Sacramento, California. Having served as a bi-vocational pastor, hospice chaplain and medical social worker, Joshua is helping develop an elective pastoral counseling module for the Gethsemane Leadership Training pastoral development initiative.

Pray For

  • the expansion of God’s territory in Asia
  • protection and provisions for all missionaries deployed in the harvest field
  • spiritual strength and physical stamina as well as mental well-being for all involved in the kingdom ministry
  • a persevering spirit when challenges or obstacles arise

Recent Heartbeat Articles

Saying Yes to Unexpected Opportunities

Saying Yes to Unexpected Opportunities

My story begins in Baguio City, Philippines. I was 11 years old when the Free Methodist work began in our city. At an early age, I established a personal relationship with God and had the opportunity to develop my talents in a community of love and faith. Although my...

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Brother, Are You in a Tree?

Brother, Are You in a Tree?

Brother, are you in a tree? That is an actual question asked during a training conducted for pastors in Creative Access Country-NP. The answer was – yes, that pastor really was in a tree. The location of his village meant he had to climb a tree to get cell service to...

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Freed from Slavery

Freed from Slavery

God is at work in Creative Access-PN, and He is working through the Free Methodist churches there. Hear this story from one of our key leaders, Pastor M. Praise the Lord for His grace! The Free Methodist Church (FMC) in Creative Access-PN is deeply involved in...

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