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Africa
Africa Area Homepage
Jordan & Audrey Kaufmann
The Kaufmann family reside in Lomé, Togo, in West Africa. Jordan serves as the VISA coordinator, helping support short-term mission teams and projects that connect U.S. churches with West African congregations. Audrey provides administrative support for the FMWM West...
Tim & Connie Kratzer
Tim and Connie Kratzer served in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) during the 1980s. Tim was medical director of Nundu Deaconess Hospital, and Connie homeschooled their sons and served as the mission treasurer and provider of support services. After...
Larry Light
Larry provides pastoral care for FM missionaries in Africa. This role includes encouragement and spiritual nurture via emails, phone calls and field visits; special care in emergencies or times of crisis; and organization of prayer support.Pray For wisdom in...
Glenn & Wendy Lorenz
Glenn Lorenz has served as Africa Area associate director since October 2022, strengthening partnerships between FMCUSA churches and Free Methodist (FM) ministries in Africa. He provides direct oversight of the FM work in Liberia and is developing a pastoral-training...
Emmanuel & Rachel Nzungize
Rachel and Emmanuel Nzungize serve as associate missionaries at Kibogora Hospital in Rwanda, where they are both nurses. They also assist with responsibilities at the mission guest house and teaching at the local nursing school.Echoes of God's KingdomPray For patients...
Mike & Vickie Reynen
Mike Reynen collaborates with African leaders toward the expansion of the church and the formation of local churches. Church planting and ministerial education are high priorities. Mike and Vickie both encourage the missionary team in its work of strengthening and...
Hendrik & Kaylene Smidderks
Hink and Kaylene Smidderks are serving across Africa, with a primary focus on West Africa, and are based in Lomé, Togo. Hink serves as director of leadership development, overseeing the training and equipping of new leaders for ordination and church leadership....
Moisés & Jacione Souza
Sent by the Free Methodist Church in Portugal, Moisés and Jacione Souza serve as international missionaries to the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, off Africa’s west coast. They launched the Free Methodist Church in São Tomé in January 2019 and are actively engaged...
Dosseh Takpale
Dosseh Takpale is superintendent of the Togo Provisional Annual Conference and pastor of the FMC in Lomé, Togo. As an international missionary, he also supervises FM work in several other countries: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Guinea Bissau and Creative Access-BA. He serves...
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Asia
Asia Area Homepage
Alan & Ammabellee Bacus
Alan and Ammabellee Bacus are FMWM-Asia missionaries, carrying the vision to “Influence a Million in Asia for Christ.” They work with other nationals and missionaries to establish multiplying disciple-making communities in strategic gateway cities across Asia. They...
Becca
Becca trains leaders for church ministry, church planting and evangelism. Becca conducts workshops, mentors, leads Bible studies and small groups, and preaches regularly. Asia FMC has a goal of reaching a million for Jesus. Becca looks forward to training Asian...
Bryan & Tammy
After working on university campuses in Creative Access-CA, Bryan and Tammy are now U.S-based and serve more broadly with FMWM. Bryan works with the Asia Area Gethsemane Leadership Training (GLT) pathway to equip and encourage pastors and church planters in Asia.Pray...
Thom & Sherry Cahill
Thom and Sherry Cahill have served with Free Methodist World Missions for several years, focusing on leadership development across Asia. Thom’s ministry centers on encouraging and supporting emerging leaders, strategic leadership guidance, discipleship, coaching and...
David Clemente
David Clemente is currently a U.S.- based missionary serving Asia. As a member of the Asia Leadership Team, David regularly travels to consult with pastors and supervise leaders in Oceania and the Pacific region. He serves FMWM, assisting the Asia Area director,...
Darin & Jill
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,...
Richard & Sheila
Richard and Sheila have served the FM church in various capacities: pastoring, church planting and as missionaries. Their ministry experience spans six states and three continents. As U.S.-based partners, Sheila helps train children’s ministry leaders, and Richard...
Eric & Virginia
Eric serves as FMWM Asia area director. He shepherds missionaries, equips national leaders, and partners with conferences to strengthen and expand the church through leadership development, disciple-making and church planting. Virginia serves alongside him,...
Trevor Foley
Trevor Foley is ordained in the Taiwan Annual Conference and serves as an FMWM-Asia missionary, helping reestablish an FM presence in South Korea. He and his wife also serve with Voice of the Martyrs – Korea (VOMK), Trevor oversees VOMK’s North Korean Ministry...
Gene & Minori Hall
Gene and Minori Hall have served with Free Methodist World Missions since August 2019. Based in Japan, they support Free Methodist churches and disciple young professionals. Their primary focus is training and equipping Christian leaders across Southeast Asia while...
Helri & Phuong
Helri and Phuong have a house-ministry focused on developing small groups where 85.4% of the world’s least-evangelized people live. Helri is also part of the Gethsemane Leadership Training (GLT) team, developing faithful leaders who will develop other leaders and...
Hieu & Ai
Hieu and Ai are called to advance the Free Methodist vision to influence 1 million people for Jesus in Asia. They serve in a creative access country where their ministry includes church planting and collaborating with local churches to disciple and mobilize youth...
Jason & Wendi
Jason and Wendi have served with FMWM in Asia since 2011. They are currently based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where they support the growth and development of the FMC in Thailand and across Southeast Asia. Through graphic design, English education, discipleship and...
Kristen
As a U.S.-based partner with Free Methodist World Missions – Asia, Kristen serves on the Gethsemane Leadership Training (GLT) team, traveling to Asia to teach pastoral development modules and equip emerging leaders for ministry. Working closely with the Asia Area...
Mark & Judi Morrison
Mark and Judi Morrison were married in 1980; they have four children and 11 grandchildren. Mark has served in full-time pastoral ministry since 1977. Today he and Judi lead Shepherd Ministries, which is reaching out to university students, ministering to those who...
Ian Norris & Tessie Chua
Tessie served the Philippine Free Methodist Church for many years. Her roles included serving as president of Philippine Free Methodist Social Ministries Inc. (PFMSMI) and founding the Ahon Community Care Center (ACCC). In 2024, Ian and Tessie visited Fiji, where God...
Joshua & Elizabeth Opena
Joshua and Elizabeth Opena serve the FMWM-Asia team as U.S.-based partners, providing ministry support for the Philippines under the leadership of Area Director Eric and FMC-Asia missionary Alan Bacus. Joshua is the former lead pastor of God’s Family Christian...
Corey & Connie Persing
The Persings serve in Southeast Asia with a focus on the ministries of Thailand. Corey is the national coordinator of ICCM work in Thailand, serving seven project sites. He also serves on the Asia Leadership Team as a mentor/adviser for national leadership and...
Roger Stone
Roger Stone has been an affiliate missionary since 2008. He and his wife, Vangie, work in consulting with Ayta Mag-Indi and Ayta Mag-Antsi teams translating the Old Testament and the Ayta Ambala team translating the New Testament. They are also involved in promoting...
Susan
Susan currently chairs a nonprofit organization that serves as a platform for churches, government and non-governmental organizations in Taiwan and Creative Access Asia - IA. This group actively shares love, hope and faith with migrant workers, international students...
Seth & Hlawn Hlawn Van Tifflin
Seth and Hlawn Hlawn Van Tifflin and their three children reside in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Seth serves as the events coordinator for FMWM-Asia and the executive director for In Better Hands (an affiliate ministry partner of FMC-USA). In Better Hands exists to care...
Chris & Yuko Wilkins
Chris and Yuko engage in various ministries in Japan, including online Bible studies, young adult discipleship, street ministry, neighborhood outreach, English classes in various settings and the local Free Methodist Church. They have joined the Gethsemane Leadership...
Creative Access Asia
“Some workers serve in countries that are considered creative access, countries in which the public proclamation of the gospel is restricted. Evangelistic efforts in these countries can pose dangers to one’s life, well-being or freedom.” Urbana for God’s Global...
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Europe
Europe Area Homepage
Cathy Alford
Cathy Alford is a Gallup CliftonStrengths® coach with over 17 years’ experience coaching individuals and teams to discover and understand their unique gifts and talents. A former pharmaceutical director, corporate trainer and recognized leader, she is passionate about...
Eduardo & Cindi Angelo
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. The FMC in Portugal is now a...
Raul & Abigail Araña-Santana
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...
Paulo & Clara Bettiol
Paulo and Clara Bettiol are international missionaries from Brazil. Paulo has been serving in Europe and working alongside Area Director Josh Fajardo, providing support in administration, finance, leadership training and community development. The Bettiols reside in...
Algent & Erjona Bregu
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...
Eric Casteel
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...
Albert Delali-Yevunya
Albert Delali serves as pastor of Crowngate Church in the Greater London area of the United Kingdom. As an international missionary, he also coordinates the African European Church Network (AECN), a ministry initiative of FMWM‑Europe. The network supports families...
Josh & Susy Fajardo
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...
Chance & Dee Dee Galloway
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...
Kristi Lancaster
Kristi Lancaster grew up in Columbus, GA, where she attended Columbus State University and earned a degree in early childhood education. She later completed a master's degree in middle-grade English. For the past 15 years, Kristi has passionately served...
Catherine Leech
Catherine Leech lives in the Czech Republic and serves as a project manager with Josiah Venture (JV). JV uses relational ministries – sport teams, music clubs and summer camps – to reach young people with the gospel and to equip young emerging leaders across Central...
Michael & Maria Long
Michael and Maria Long serve through a unique and strategic ministry responding to the global immigration and refugee crisis. They lead the Free Methodist Church of Thessaloniki, Anagenesis (“New Birth”), a multicultural and multilingual congregation that uses English...
Cida Matos
Cida Matos has been a missionary in Portugal since September 2000, supporting church-planting work and developing leaders. As an ordained elder in the Free Methodist Church, she leads the cell-group and discipleship networks in Portugal.Pray For the spiritual growth...
Zsuzsa Mecséri-McNamara
Zsuzsa Mecséri-McNamara's ministry focus is on justice ministries, serving both as coordinator of the Set Free Movement in Hungary and as support pastor for the two Free Methodist churches. Through Set Free, she reaches vulnerable children, schools and other...
Todd & Deann Miller
Todd and Deann Miller have been married since 1982. As partners in ministry, they served 29 years in youth ministry, taking numerous teams of adults and students on short-term mission trips in seven different countries. Following their years in youth ministry, they...
Camilo & Magaly Mora
Camilo and Magaly Mora have been serving in Madrid, Spain, since September 2019. During their time in Spain, they have planted a Free Methodist Church in downtown Madrid called “Comunidad Cristiana Mar de Cristal.” They are also equipping leaders and pastors through...
Misha & Lena Petrochenko
Misha and Lena Petrochenko are national missionaries to Ukraine. Misha is director of the Christian mission “The Lighthouse of Hope,” where he oversees the recovery ministry for individuals struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. He also serves as team leader at...
Moisés & Jacione Souza
Sent by the Free Methodist Church in Portugal, Moisés and Jacione Souza serve as international missionaries to the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, off Africa’s west coast. They launched the Free Methodist Church in São Tomé in January 2019 and are actively engaged...
Larry & Katie Winckles
Larry and Katie Winckles retired from active service with Free Methodist World Missions following a career that included short-term ministry in the Dominican Republic, three years of VISA ministry in Paraguay, and 26 years of service in Europe, based out of Hungary....
Creative Access Europe
Some workers in Europe serve in countries where the public proclamation of the gospel is restricted in certain settings or serve in countries where a significant portion of the population belongs to an ethnic group that is antagonistic to the gospel. Evangelism or...
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Latin America
Latin America Area Homepage
Guy & Betsy Crawford
Guy and Betsy Crawford provide pastoral care and support to FM missionaries in Latin America. Their role includes encouragement via bimonthly pastoral care groups, phone calls and field visits, and special care in emergencies or times of crisis. Pray For the Latin...
J.R. & Becky Crouse
Assigned to Quito, Ecuador, the Crouses assist the Free Methodist Church in Ecuador and Latin America through leadership development, education and holistic transformation. J.R. serves on an international team of coaches equipping local churches to launch and lead...
Jose “Gaby” Estrella & Dalia Sanchez
Gabriel “Gaby” and Dalia Sanchez are answering God’s call to serve in Ecuador, partnering with local churches to strengthen leaders, disciple families and expand the gospel throughout Latin America. Gaby will serve as a digital storyteller and ministry communicator,...
Esteban & Cris Flores
Esteban and Cris Flores, originally from Baja California, Mexico, are fruitful leaders in the FMC with over 20 years of ministry experience. They have served in diverse roles, including worship leaders, youth pastors, short-term missions leaders and local church...
Kay Stotts Godoy
Kay Stotts Godoy is deeply committed to the holistic development of children, with a special focus on nurturing their spiritual growth. She leads a dedicated team of Latin American children’s leaders and FM missionaries in adapting, translating, writing and...
Ricardo & Beth Gómez
Dr. Ricardo Gómez serves as area director for Latin America, overseeing missionaries and national leaders in 19 countries. Together, they pursue a shared vision to participate with God in the restoration of Latin America by developing healthy leaders who multiply...
Shane & Katie Jewell
Shane and Katie Jewell serve church plants in Colombia by developing youth and adult worship teams through music lessons and youth mentorship. Shane also serves the Latin American Area as VISA coordinator, helping connect the U.S. church with the Latin American church...
John Jairo Leal & Susana Castro
John Jairo Leal and Susana Castro are ordained pastors in Colombia who have served as pastors and church planters in Medellín. John Jairo is currently the field director for Community Church Planting with Impact Latin America and serves on the Colombian board of...
Dennis & Kyle Leon
Dennis and Kyle Leon moved to Esterillos, Costa Rica, with the vision of seeing everyone in every community have access to a living church by multiplying disciples, workers and churches. God has used them to lead to Christ and disciple many new believers, resulting in...
Casto & Flor Marlene
Dr. Casto is a pediatrician by trade who has served the FM Church for over 25 years. The church he pastored has become the largest and fastest-growing congregation in Latin America. Pastor Casto has a track record for training, mentoring, encouraging and empowering...
David López
David López returned to his home country five years ago with his family to continue his ministry. He is an ordained minister with a strong track record in discipleship, leadership development and church planting. For the past seven years, he has served as leader of...
Anthony & Lizzette Owens
Anthony and Lizzette Owens are pioneering work in Panama, planting the first Free Methodist church. Born in Panama, Anthony was ordained in the FMC in Florida, where he spent many years planting churches and served in various ministry settings. In 2024, he and...
Dan & Hope Owsley
Dan and Hope Owsley have served in four major regions of Brazil over the past three decades, helping start churches and organizing conferences. Their ministry has included teaching Bible and theology to church leaders, mentoring men and women in ministry, sharing the...
Juan Carlos Rodriguez & Yaneth Aguirre
Pastor Juan Carlos and Yaneth Aguirre, moved by God’s love, have made their home in Encarnación, Paraguay, where they participate with God in the restoration of Latin America. Juan Carlos coordinates the implementation team that serves throughout Latin America, in...
Thad & Nikki Roller
The Rollers live and minister in Cajicá, just outside Bogotá, Colombia. They are passionate about seeing leaders, disciples and churches multiplied in their communities and throughout Latin America. Thad is assistant area director for Latin America and currently...
Rodrigo & Tanya Rosado
The Rosados are based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lead in three main areas. They pastor and serve at the Harbor, an international multicultural church. The Harbor operates as a network of house churches equipping lay leaders of all ages, focusing on young adults...
Brook & Susan Selby
Susan and Brook are faithfully following Jesus together, using their complementary gifts to bring God’s love and peace to the people of Panama. Susan focuses on building healthy teams by helping people identify and steward their God-given gifts, discipling them toward...
Rich & Laurie Sheriff
Rich and Laurie Sheriff serve in San Pedro de la Paz, on the edge of Concepción, Chile. Rich is an elder in the Keystone Conference. After years of pastoring in the U.S. and leading short-term mission teams to various parts of the world, the Chilean Conference of the...
Dan & Dee Ann Snyder
Dan and Dee Ann Snyder currently serve as U.S-based partners for Haiti. While involved in a Michigan medical practice, Dan raises funds and helps support the work of Claire Heureuse Hospital in Dessalines. Dee Ann works in support ministries.Pray For ongoing...
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Middle East
Middle East Area Homepage
Dale & Dawn
Dr. Dale is area director for the Middle East region. In this capacity, he is also executive director of Impact Middle East, through which the FMC serves in this region of the world. Dr. Dale and his wife, Dawn, have served with the FMC for 40 years as members of the...
Hany & Joanne
Hany and Joanne work in church planting and leadership development with Impact Middle East. Hany is now the field director overseeing Impact Middle East’s work in seven countries. Joanne is the founder of a women's initiative, working to restore women to physical,...
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Global
Global Homepage
Kevin Austin
Kevin Austin is an FM missionary working domestically and globally through the Set Free Movement to end human trafficking. With roots in the 19th-century abolitionist movement, the Free Methodist Church is again championing the cause of holistic freedom. Now, as then,...
Art & Sylvia Brown
For nearly 10 years, the Browns served as pastors to the missionary team in Africa. In 2022, they passed this role on to another couple. Art and Sylvia have now assumed a support role for our missionary care team – Larry Light (Africa), Mark and Judi Morrison (Asia),...
Phil & Debra Gilmore
As missionaries and pastors, Phil and Debra Gilmore´s calling has been to equip, empower and encourage others to build up the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:11-12). For the last several years, Debra and Phil have trained and coached Free Methodist missionaries in...
Larry & Katie Winckles
Larry and Katie Winckles retired from active service with Free Methodist World Missions following a career that included short-term ministry in the Dominican Republic, three years of VISA ministry in Paraguay, and 26 years of service in Europe, based out of Hungary....