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Cathy Alford

Cathy Alford

by Heather Utley | May 2016

Cathy Alford is a credentialed coach with the International Coach Federation, a certified CliftonStrengths® coach and a certified Daring Way Facilitator. She is a former corporate trainer and a recognized leader. Cathy has a passion for helping others discover their uniqueness and helping them in their personal development. She is serving as a VISA Voyager in Spain. Her primary responsibilities include providing leadership support to missionaries and national leaders, developing and implementing programs for children and families at the Mosaic Cultural Center, and engaging with local partners for community development and transformation.

Eduardo & Cindi Angelo

Eduardo & Cindi Angelo

by Heather Utley | May 2016

Cindi and Eduardo Angelo have planted and pastored churches near Lisbon since 1999. They focus on planting pioneer churches, reaching the lost, and training and releasing new Christians to be leaders of small groups and future churches. They were instrumental in beginning the FMC in Madrid and working on the affiliation process for the church in Lanzarote (Canary Islands). They also started the FMC in Guinea-Bissau, in West Africa, with native Guinean Rito Mande in 2000. The FMC in Portugal is now a sending church, having sent a family to plant churches and develop leaders in the former Portuguese colony of São Tomé and Príncipe (Africa) in 2019.

Raul & Abigail Araña-Santana

Raul & Abigail Araña-Santana

by Heather Utley | May 2016

Raul and Abigail (Abi) Araña-Santana are appointed as national missionaries to Spain. Raul will serve as lead pastor for the Light & Life Free Methodist Church and as National Director. Abi will support the local church and local ministries and serve as Administrative Assistant to Europe Area Director Josh Fajardo. They will be transitioning in mid-December, with an official start in January 2022. Raul and Abi have served in the Free Methodist Church in the U.K. and Northern Ireland for the past twenty years. They have one daughter, Alex.

Paulo & Clara Bettiol

Paulo & Clara Bettiol

by Heather Utley | May 2016

Paulo and Clara are international missionaries from Brazil. Paulo is an architect by profession.
He has served in administration, leading teams and serving communities in the Nikkei Conference of Brazil. Clara is a Third Culture Kid (TCK) with a multicultural background and has worked in the field of education for more than 20 years.

Algent & Erjona Bregu

Algent & Erjona Bregu

by Heather Utley | May 2016

Algent “Genti” Bregu, a local barber, serves as the executive director of Eagles Wings, a non-governmental organization, and leads the Korce Adventure Center. Genti is an avid adventurer with extensive international experience leading and supporting adventure events. He has a servant’s heart and is widely loved and respected in Korce. Erjona works as a special needs teacher and uses her skills to serve the community.

The Korce Adventure Center is an exciting, new ministry outreach point in the southeastern Albanian city of Korce. It organizes local cycling, camping, hiking, fishing, and hunting activities and events for children, youth, and adults in town. The Bregu’s hope this center will lead to the formation of strong “affinity groups” that become interested in talking about the gospel in a natural, organic way as relationships mature.

Eric Casteel

Eric Casteel

by Heather Utley | May 2016

Eric serves as regional director of Northern Europe. He and his wife, Dr. Amy Casteel, live in Leuven, Belgium. Amy and Eric are both FM elders from the East Michigan Conference and have a passion for growing and multiplying the church by developing and mobilizing leaders. Amy completed her Ph.D. in theology at KU Leuven. They are co-founders of LEAP International, an organization focused on encouraging and catalyzing healthy communities.

Albert Delali-Yevunya

Albert Delali-Yevunya

by Heather Utley | May 2016

Albert Delali serves as pastor of Crowngate Church in the Greater London area of the United Kingdom. As an international missionary, he is the Coordinator of the African European Church Network (AECN), a ministry initiative of FMWM Europe. This network was established to address the unique needs of families coming to Europe who discover a very different culture and viewpoint of the Church. Albert will work with gifted African leaders in some of the most secular locations in Europe. These churches and leaders of the African diaspora are grateful for a partnership and relationship with the Free Methodist Church because of their theological and missional values. There are plans to connect groups in Spain, Malta, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. God has given FMWM Europe a great opportunity to minister to His scattered people across Europe who are looking for a home.

Josh & Susy Fajardo

Josh & Susy Fajardo

by Heather Utley | May 2016

Josh Fajardo serves as the Europe area director. Susy serves as director of the Mosaic Cultural Centre based in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, a suburb of Madrid. The center is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) encompassing an afterschool program and compassionate ministries. In addition, Josh provides leadership for Impact Europe, an initiative for community church planting and social, holistic ministries on the European continent.

Chance & Dee Dee Galloway

Chance & Dee Dee Galloway

by Heather Utley | May 2016

The Galloways currently reside in Kyustendil, Bulgaria. Their primary ministry objective is to encourage, empower, teach and train national leaders. They continue to work with church-planting initiatives throughout Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia with 42 churches planted since 2015. Other involvement includes agricultural projects that teach farming techniques and provide food for the poor and elderly, and leadership in establishing the St. John’s Home, a safe house for female orphans at risk for human trafficking. Loving God, loving others and making disciples is the primary mission of their ministry. Dee serves as regional director for the Balkans. The Galloways have four children living in the U.S.; two are married, and the youngest two attend Spring Arbor University.

Erin Kingsley

Erin Kingsley

by Heather Utley | May 2016

Erin Kingsley graduated from Spring Arbor University with a bachelor’s degree in visual arts education. In 2018 she received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Eastern Michigan University. Part of Erin’s educational training included student teaching at Morrison Christian Academy in Taichung, Taiwan. In March 2022, she began serving in Budapest. Her time is split between establishing a children’s program at the Free Methodist Church in Budapest and working with Set Free throughout Hungary.

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