Cathy is serving as a U.S.-based partner, providing leadership support for missionaries and national leaders, and helping our European teams become more connected by using their giftings. She also engages with partners of Free Methodist World Missions to facilitate and support the reorganization and development of new programs.
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 as leaders of small groups and future churches.
Originally from Gran Canaria and now in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Raúl and Abi Araña have dedicated 20 years to leadership and community transformation. Raúl leads the Free Methodist Mission District in Spain, while Abi manages national administration and children’s ministry. They envision the church as a place of restoration.
Paulo and Clara Bettiol are international missionaries from Brazil. Paulo has been serving the Europe area remotely by working alongside Area Director Josh Fajardo, providing support in administration, finance, leadership training and community development. The Bettiols will transition to Madrid in the summer of 2025, where Clara will continue to serve in Christian education around the Province of Madrid.
Algent and Erjona Bregu are affiliate missionaries in Albania. Algent works bi-vocationally as a barber and engages his community through cycling, fishing and camping ministries. Erjona is a certified primary teacher. The Free Methodist Church in Europe is partnering with the Bregus, Eagles Wings (a nongovernmental organization) and the Korçe Adventure Center (a new ministry outreach point in the southeastern city of Korçe).
Eric and Amy Casteel serve as associate missionaries in Leuven, Belgium. Both are ordained elders in the Free Methodist Church with a shared passion for emerging leaders and church multiplication. With nearly 30 years’ experience in church leadership, Eric and Amy are deeply committed to university and young-adult ministry, serving the growing diaspora church, and investing in emerging young leaders around the world
As an international missionary, Albert Delali-Yevunya is the coordinator of the African European Church Network (AECN), a ministry initiative of FMWM Europe. The network supports families from across Africa who are navigating life, culture and faith in a European context that is often secular, individualistic and very different from their home traditions. Albert works alongside gifted African leaders in some of Europe’s most secular settings to help churches respond faithfully to these realities.
For the last several years, Debra and Phil have trained and coached Free Methodist missionaries in support-raising. Recently, they also stepped into the role of providing pastoral care for missionaries in Europe. This includes encouragement, spiritual nurture, prayer, phone calls, field visits and care through times of crisis.
Josh Fajardo serves as Europe Area director. In addition, he provides leadership as chairperson for Impact Europe, an initiative for Community Church Planting and social, holistic ministries on the European continent. Susy serves as program director of the Mosaic Learning Center based in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, a suburb of Madrid. The center operates as a nongovernmental organization offering an afterschool program and compassionate care ministries.
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, having assisted in the planting of 46 churches since 2015. In addition to church planting, they engage in and support several community and discipleship initiatives, including the Pure Farm, an agricultural project that teaches sustainable farming techniques and provides food for the poor and elderly; St. John’s Home, a safe house for individuals at risk for human trafficking; and a discipleship school.
