Zefjan Nikolla is the teaching pastor of “Emanuel” Evangelical Church in Tirana, Albania. “Emanuel” is one of the first churches that started in Albania after the fall of communism in 1991. Our vision is to make disciples who will life to glorify God in their lives, and make Him known in the world. There are about 100 people who attend our Sunday service in Tirana, and about 30 others who attend a weekly Bible study in a nearby village. People from our church have also planted another church in a town close to the capital–that church is now independent. God has gifted Pastor Nikolla to preach and teach His Word.
"I am thankful for RREACH on.how this was put together. Not only the Master Coaches but the stuff that went on behind the scenes. It is ‘perfectly’ well."
Edmo Higa is the pastor of Holiness Church in Brazil. The church's mission is to receive holiness and power to be witnesses of Jesus Christ and to make disciples of all nations. God has gifted him in evangelism, teaching and preaching.
"One lesson I learned here was God was teaching me how to be a patient person."
Simon Hassan is the pastor of Free Methodist of Burundi in Bujumbura, Burundi. Vision of the church is to evangelize and provide education, health, and community development.
His giftedness is in preaching and evangelism.
"I have been blessed by three things: the unity of staff, by the Master Coaches, I was approached by someone at our lunches to go back to my country to be Vice President of his ministry. It is because of GPA."
Esteban Obando Rojas is the senior pastor of Iglesia Cristo Viene de Cartago in Cartago, Costa Rica. The church membership is around 350 people which are in the process of discipleship.God has given him the gifts of teaching, counseling, writing, music, preaching and youth ministry. My job is primarly with people. He preaches three times a week and mentors more than 14 youth leaders in Cartago.
Marek Šrámek is the senior pastor of Cirkev Bratrska (Czech Brethren Church) in Prague, Czech Republic. The church was planted four years ago in the area of Prague with a great need for new evangelical community. Beside Catholic parish there were only two little stagnating Protestant churches (one Pentecostal and another Darbyst). We have over 60 members and 30 children and we meet regularly in a local high school. Our desire is to win the people of our area for Christ (we organize mainly English clubs and sport camps, and we plan to start a new ministry among young mothers). Although humbly aware of his numerous weaknesses Pastor Šrámek has always seen people growing by God’s grace under his ministry.
Luis Estévez Pascual is an associate pastor of Iglesia Bautista Ozama (Ozama Baptist Church) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The church's average attendance is about 500–600 people on Sundays but we have 296 baptized members. The church's vision is to become a church complied with God’s word and to serve him through evangelism, discipleship, Christian partnership, worship and serving others; giving holistic solutions for people’s needs from a Christian worldview regardless race, sex, social condition or culture.
"I learned about preaching & teaching. I learned to reflect the ‘Fruit of the Spirit.’ To be a pastor, also to love my wife and my family. Before, I was failing at this but now I realize how much I need them."
Vijonet Déméro is the pastor of Eglise de la Bonne Nouvelle-Tabarre in Port-au-Prince, HaitiThe church is a young church of one hundred members founded in January 2008 with the perspectives to rise a new generation of Christian with a kingdom mentality to the glory of the Lord. Every morning, over one hundred people come together for prayer meeting in the church from 6 to 7:00. Pastor Déméro has been granted the special gift of teaching/preaching so that he can preach and teach bible to the congregation.
"As a preacher I will love my wife, I love to preach but my testimony is more important. I thank you all. You have invested in me."
M.K. Sheriff Daniel serves as the pastor of Apostolic Christian Assembly West Bengal Ministries in West Bengal, India. The church's vision is to see the neighbors in India, evangelized with the power of the Holy Spirit and transformed in Christ by the united efforts of his Body. The missions is to evangelize the unreached and to envision, equip and to mobilize the Evangelical Churches, individual Christians and the Christians organizations for the work of the ministry amongst the neighbors. Pastor Daniel's gifts are teaching and preaching of His Word and church planting.
"You all have ministered to me in many ways. I am really being shaped in many ways. I am going back to with many tools."
Isaac Alinga Andeche is the pastor of Angaza International Ministries in Nairobi, Kenya. A.I.M. ministries is a voluntary based ministry, involved in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to un-reached communities in Kenya, by God's grace, A.I.M. shares the love of God by demonstration through evangelism, crusades, revival meetings, conferences and discipleship programs. A.I.M ministries is also involved in community help by feeding and clothing the needy, poor street families, the orphans, the abandoned, but we are taking care of the needs of single widows and women living with H.I.V and Aids, this goes a long way to supporting their
children attain some education in different schools, which is a great burden to them and us.
"If there is anyone who has been changed, it is me. I told my wife that I want to take the next month to review my ministry."
Laimnesis Pauliņš is the pastor of Tukums Baptist Church in Tukums, Latvia. This church was splitting in parts but is now restored and effectively serving in needs of city people and in neighbor villages. His giftedness is in teaching and staying cool in crisis situations.
"When I came, I knew myself. Now I understand myself a little bit better. When I return to Latvia, I will understand even more. God gave me lessons through our Coach Masters, and our relationships."
Moses Singini is a pastor of Pentecostal Assemblies in Lilongwe, Malawi. The church works in partnership with Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. Their mission statement is to make disciples with Christ like character, Bible and spirit dependant and to develop leaders fully equipped for service. The church has a Bible College and orphanage. His giftings are in teaching and preaching.
"The first thing I learned here was that I was taking for granted the freedom to worship that I have in my family. I was moved by the passion of the professors. This is the decision I made, if God allows me to live long. I never had the desire to come to U.S.. I didn’t have money for the airticket. What happened just moved me. After I saw how God helped me through you. There are thgs that words can’t express. After I looked at my ministry presentation, I realized that what I received at GPA, I received for those people at my church."
José Francisco Madeira is Ministry Presidente (Superintendent) nationally for Igreja de Cristo Unida em Moçambique- American Board in Sofala- Beira, Mozambique. The Church was founded in 1905 by missionaries coming from the American Board Mission. Now it has got nearly 3000 members distributed in 21 Parishes and branches of the Church in all the country. Our vision is to preach the Gospel to unsaved and teach the saved people from all the communities of the country and abroad. His areas of giftedness are in preaching and teaching.
"I thank you for this opportunity. First to be in the U.S. and then also to be at Dallas Seminary…so well spoken of by the principle at my school. I learned a lot from professors who are experienced in areas."
James Sai Ruma is the pastor of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Myanmar in Yangon,Myanmar. Evangelical Methodist Church in Yangon was established in April 11, 2004 with 26 members. Now in 2009 there are 42 church members. Yangon Local church is under the umbrella of the Mission Conference of Evangelical Methodist Church of Myanmar. The church does outreach and relief work with a vision to plant a new church among the pure Buddhists in Myaynigone village, Kungyangon township, Yangon Division in 2009 where EMC Yangon is presently conducting a nursery school and to conduct Computer Training Center and spoken English class at the heart of the capital city, Yangon to reach the Buddhist Burmese youth with the Gospel.
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Harg Ang is an associate pastor for United Evangelical Church of Malabon in the Philippines. The church is an ethnic church that seeks mainly to reach out to Chinese living in the Philippines, while maintaining ministries to reach out to the community around us. This church has an average attendance of 450 worshippers every Sunday. The main distinctive of this church is the dual emphasis on faithful expository preaching of God’s Word and God-glorifying music ministry.God has gifted him in two primary ways. First is the gift of preaching. Many have affirmed this gift and God has opened many opportunities for him to speak to various groups at churches, conferences and camps. Second is the gift of leading people, or administration. He also has the gifts of influence and motivation.
"I hope to put into action what God has put into my heart as a result of GPA."
Radu Oprea is the pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Bucharest, Romania. It is the oldest Baptist Church in Romania. The church has around 200 members and runs about 250 people in attendance Sunday. Also, we have a prayer service Thursday night and small group meetings during the week. Due to the fact that our members come from all over town because we are located downtown Bucharest, our vision is to become a church that will impact a wide variety of people through the small groups which are located in people’s home. Also, we believe purpose is to help people grow to maturity in their faith so all of us will be effective witnesses for Jesus. Pastor Oprea's gifting is to be a pastor and a teacher.
"What I’m taking back is what is in my heart. I had started a group of pastors and thought it was them who were wearing out but realize it was me that need renewed in passion, mission, & vision."
Edmund Wong is on staff at Covenant Evangelica Free Church in Singapore with an attendence of 400. The church's vision is to returning the Church to Her disciplemaking roots–through authentic discipleship and intentional disciplemaking–so as to reproduce disciples of ‘a certain kind’ and to multiply them to win the world for Christ. Pastor Wong's giftedness is in teaching/preaching as strongest out of the three pastoral core competencies i.e. leading, teaching/preaching and shepherding.
Ohm Chamnan-ua is the senior pastor of Streams of Blessings Church in Nontaburi, Thailand. The church is a non-denominational church that has been established for seven years with the vision to have good impacts to Thai society. They have about 120 church members and two daughter churches. They have several ministries to reach out such as the English language school, the Child Development Center, and the small groups at schools.Pastor Chamnan-ua is gifted in evangelism, administration, pastoral care and counseling.
Oleksandr (Alex) Savych is the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Lutsk, Ukraine. The church has 80 members and 160 in attendence on Sunday morning. They recently planted a new church. His areas of giftness are in teaching, pastoring and administration.
"You know that I am Baptist. This is the most time I have spent among men of different denominations. The Holy Spirit has been working in my heart over the last three weeks. I was not patient to wait for my church’s growth. God was teaching me to love my church—that Christ loves right now. God also taught me to love you-in all our differences. Just like the differences that exist with my kids. Two thgs my kids have in common: my blood and my last name. I love them just the way they are. I realize the church of Christ is ONE. We are one family, we have one father. I was always afraid to lose my identity if I lose my Baptist. Now I fear losing my identity if I don’t belong to Christ."
Alejandro Molero serves at Iglesia Biblica Metropolitana in Venezuela. The church has 250 attendance and 158 members. The vision given to us is to glorify God, worshiping Him all the time as a lifestyle, living in kindly communion, proclaiming good news of salvation, growing up in the knowledge of our God and serving to the families and the community. They are a family of families. Pastor Molero is gifted in teaching, leading, helps and shepherding.
"Join me in John 13, I want to give you a gift. v. 14. 25 different languages, 25 different languages but just one God. I think these people these people are washing our feet. Read v. 13:34-37. That RREACH has asked us to love each other. This is what I’ve learned…Dr Richard handed out our plates at lunch, he’s washing our feet. Now go and do the same."
