Eric and Amy Casteel serve as affiliate missionaries in Leuven, Belgium. Both are ordained elders in the Free Methodist Church with a shared passion for emerging leaders and church multiplication. Amy is a PhD researcher in theology and migration at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), while Eric serves as mobilization coordinator for FMWM‑Europe and as pastor of the International Church of Evangelicals in Leuven (ICEL), which ministers to a diverse university community. 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.
Pray For
- open doors at major universities across Europe
- a shift among church leaders from a mindset of growth to multiplication
- unity among believers in increasingly multicultural settings in Europe and globally
- God to move powerfully across Europe’s universities, igniting spiritual renewal and awakening
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