Missions

Josef and Lynette Sykora

Josef and Lynette Sykora

Europe/Slovakia

The Sykoras' ministries in the fast growing, post-communist economy of Slovakia will encompass teaching, pastoring, mentoring and counseling. Josef is serving a very active congregation as associate pastor and is also teaching pastors from emerging European FM churches. Many of these leaders need the basics on topics including understanding the Bible, church history and systematic theology. Following the turmoil of wars and communism, many Europeans have experienced brokenness and despair; Lynette sees Christian counseling as an avenue for healing. She is also offering member care to missionaries and European church planters.

Dick and Sheila Dickinson

Dick and Sheila Dickinson

Europe/Belgium

Appointed as career missionaries in January 2008, Dick and Sheila anticipate starting full-time ministry in Belgium by early 2009. Their focus will include leadership development, church planting and children's ministry training. Currently, more than half of the administrative districts in Belgium have no evangelical presence in them. Dick and Sheila's vision is for a vibrant church planting movement to spread across Belgium planting healthy, self-supporting churches in every district that lacks a viable witness of Christ. Dick and Sheila have served the Layhill Free Methodist Church, Silver Spring, MD, for the past seven years. Sheila has also been a teacher in several public schools with a focus on special education.

J.R. and Becky Crouse

J.R. and Becky Crouse

Latin America/Peru

The Crouse family has been ministering in Tarma, Peru, since November 2006. J.R. is working with the Peruvian church leadership to develop holistic ministries with special focus on microenterprise and agriculture. Becky cares for their two daughters, assists with educational training, and facilitates the export of local handicrafts through SEED, a FM ministry dedicated to enabling FM families in developing countries to earn a fair wage. They also lead in discipleship training in the Tarma Free Methodist Church. Previously, J.R. and Becky ministered in Haiti.