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Missions

Global Missions

In partnership with our commissioned missionaries and international mission organizations, some examples of the work we support include: building relationships, training pastors, translating Bibles, planting churches, evangelism, encouraging spiritual growth and development, providing disaster relief, meeting basic needs for food, shelter, and healthcare, stewarding natural resources, caring for widows and orphans, strengthening families, educating children, and providing advocacy when needed.

Serve Globally Pray for Our Global Missions

All of our missionaries welcome your prayers, support, and correspondence! If you would like to become a pen pal, prayer partner, or email encouragement to one of our missionaries, please contact Mitchell Moore or Lindsay Selli for more details.


Meet Our Global Missions Partners

Please note that some partnerships are not listed due to their service in security-sensitive regions. For more information about these partners or to learn more about upcoming opportunities to serve globally, please contact Lindsay Selli.

Missionaries:

Andrew and Teri Adair (The Antioch Partners, Global)

https://www.theantiochpartners.org/adair
Andrew, who grew up in Houston, and Teri, who grew up in Southern California, met and married while they were studying at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Teri completed a Masters in Cross-cultural Studies at Fuller, and Andrew received a M.Div. with a concentration in Cross-cultural Studies. They both share a passion for cross-cultural ministry. Andrew and Teri have three children (Rebekah, Gabrielle and Matthew).

The Adair family moved from Central Asia to Houston in 2006 and accepted the invitation to start what has become The Antioch Partners (TAP). Andrew serves as the Executive Director of TAP, and Teri serves as the Personnel Coordinator. TAP became operational in the summer of 2007 and more than seventy Partners are now serving through TAP (and more are on the way). The Adairs are convinced God is continuing to call men and women from Presbyterian churches to serve him in the world in creative ways, and structures like TAP are necessary to help these servants thrive in their ministry callings. Andrew and Teri are grateful for the privilege of partnering with local Presbyterian churches here in the US in the assessment, training, sending, support and care of long-term, cross-cultural servants who are being used by God in so many ways around the world.

Antonio Alvarez (The Antioch Partners)

https://www.theantiochpartners.org/partner-directory/antonio-and-veronica-alvarez

Jose Antonio and his wife, Veronica Alvarez have been happily married since 1992 and are currently based in San Antonio, TX. Antonio and Veronica are both originally from Mexico. Antonio grew up without family and lived in an orphanage, several houses and on the streets throughout his childhood. Antonio’s socioeconomic reality did not allow him to imagine that one day he would be attending graduate school. However, for the last ten years, he has been able to successfully obtain several postgraduate degrees. Antonio’s passion is to use his education to teach and consult at universities and seminaries with students, professors, and emerging Christian leaders in the US and Latin America. Antonio currently teaches and leads conferences in the US, Latin America and Poland. Antonio and Veronica are excited to use their gifts to help educate individuals through theological education. In this sense, they are deeply committed to reach pastors, professors and emerging Christian leaders in Latin America and beyond, one heart and mind at a time.

Prayer Guide for Mexico and South Texas

Map of Mexico and South Texas Partners

Ashraf Abdou (YWAM, Spain)

www.gosahara.org
Ashraf and his wife focus on training and discipling leaders through Discipleship Training Schools (DTS) with YWAM in Spain and North Africa. The students who attend these schools learn about God and then begin to do outreach where they have the opportunity to share the Gospel with others. In addition to DTS School Programs, they are also able to provide opportunities for leadership training, Bible Study Groups, and evangelism during the year. Ashraf believes that although these students come to know Christ, the most important part is that they are trained in leadership so they can facilitate more gospel learning as they return to their homes.

Chris and Francelia McReynolds (The Antioch Partners, Mexico)

https://amomexico.org
Chris and Francelia McReynolds live in Mexico City. Their ministry focus is capacity-building in Christian education and discipleship through the AMO® Program in Mexico, as they work with children and their parents, as well as teachers. Their calling is to equip adults with biblical principles so they can more effectively nurture the image of God in each child. The McReynolds use the AMO® Program, published by Chrysalis International, to equip parents and church leaders with a Christian mindset to disciple children through biblical, Christian education that teaches the whole child. Beyond children and their parents, teachers are trained, who then become trainers; a process which facilitates growth of local leaders and the AMO® program in Mexico.

Prayer Guide for Mexico and South Texas

Map of Mexico and South Texas Partners

Cristina Inchaustegui (The Antioch Partners, Dominican Republic)

www.amoprogram.com

Cristina and her husband, Alfonso, live in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. After a two-year mentoring process, Cristina became an AMO® missionary trainer with Chrysalis International traveling throughout the Spanish-speaking world to teach and disciple teachers, parents, and pastors in Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti and her own nation. In 2014 she became Regional Director of the AMO® Program in Latin America and the Caribbean. For the past three years, she has been networking with many NGOs, churches, ministries, and schools to equip thousands of leaders and educators with a biblical, Christian worldview of education that teaches both adults and children how to think and reason with the revelation of God’s Word. FPC’s partnership with Christina focuses on the AMO® program in Elias Piña, in the Dominican Republic. In 2018-2019, AMO® was invited to implement the classic literature units in public school extended schedule in Elias Piña. They will start with 5 of the 57 schools in this province, close to Haiti’s border, with prayerful vision to expand these programs.

Pastor Lian Thang (Children's Relief International, Myanmar)

www.childrensrelief.org/staff-intl

Pastor Lian Thang grew up in a remote village of Myanmar. He responded to God’s clear call that urged him toward ministry and later graduate from Dallas Theological Seminary. Upon his return to Myanmar, with a vision to educate and help the poor children in his community, he partnered with Children’s Relief International (CRI) to start Shalem Christian Academy. Some students are able to board at the Academy during the school year, where they receive food and clothing. The children at Shalem Christian Academy learn of God’s love for them as they are cared for and receive and education.

Paul and Molli Williams (Josiah Venture, Czech Republic)

www.josiahventure.com/pmwilliams

Josiah Venture’s (JV) vision is a movement of God among the youth of Central and Eastern Europe that finds its home in the local church and transforms society. JV’s sole purpose is to share the good news of the saving hope of Jesus Christ and to make disciples who make disciples. JV positions itself on the “highways” where youth are traveling, such as music, school, sports and language in order to evangelize, disciple and raise future leaders for the Kingdom. Over 350 JV missionaries serve in these areas of ministry in 16 countries on the front lines of reaching these unreached youth. Paul is a part of the executive leadership team that directs the strategic direction of the organization while Molli will continue to be a leader in discipleship of missionary families, new believers, and her Czech neighbors.

Steve and Barbara Johnson (YWAM, Hungary)

www.ywambudapest.org

Steve Johnson serves as the Base Director for YWAM’s ministry in Budapest, Hungary where he is responsible for the ministries of all the YWAM teams that serve the city. These teams are made up of 14 full-time missionaries from 9 different nations. The ministry work that YWAM Hungary participates in is varied and includes street evangelism, feeding the homeless, serving refugees, a discipleship training school, a coffee house, Alpha course, and supporting other kinds of ministries initiated by local Hungarian leaders and churches. In addition to all of this work, the Johnson’s own a large apartment house, which Barbara manages, where some of the staff resides. This is also where students and visiting outreach teams are able to stay.

Ministry Organizations:

Agape Unlimited (Russia)

agapeunlimited.org

Agape Unlimited is a medical evangelism agency, founded by Dr. Bill Becknell in 1993. Their vision is to “Go – where no one wants to go; Help – those no one cares about; and Share – God’s love with everyone!” They work to accomplish this mission through outreach, medical education, medical clinics, and the Agape Farm. Agape’s work has grown to include: medical mission excursions all over Russia (even into the most remote areas of the country) to provide healthcare and the gospel to unreached people groups, homeless shelters, elderly homes, a for-profit medical clinic that provides low-cost healthcare to families (by Christian staff who share the gospel), a refugee clinic (in a church basement), a partnership with YWAM Russia in gypsy villages, and a farm which outreaches to and provides care for orphans.

Biblicus Mexico Scholarships (Mexico)

FPC Contacts: Kathy Scruggs (kathyscruggs@me.com)

Cassie McMillan (cassiehagaer39@gmail.com)

Biblicus Mexico is a project of the First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio, Texas, founded to strengthen the Presbyterian Church of Mexico and South Texas through prayer, networking, and scholarship. First Presbyterian Church partners with local Mexican churches, and seminaries in Mexico and North America to empower young leaders in the Mexican Church. As students work to complete their studies and grow in vision for ministry, they are connected with a mentor and prayer partner to care for and encourage them.

Prayer Guide for Mexico and South Texas

Map of Mexico and South Texas Partners

The Antioch Partners (Worldwide)

www.theantiochpartners.org

The Antioch Partners (TAP) was created as an alliance of Frontier Fellowship and The Outreach Foundation to enable an expansion of ministry opportunities for Presbyterians. They are a missionary sending organization, serving local Presbyterian congregations in the US in the assessment, training, sending and support and care of long-term, cross-cultural missionaries. TAP currently has 60 partners (missionaries) serving all over the world. The two key sending priorities are working among unreached/least-reached people groups and building capacity in the global church.

College of Theology and Social Sciences (WSTS, Warsaw, Poland)

Website: college.wsts.edu.pl/

FPC Contact: Aaron and Irina Villastrigo (irina4727@hotmail.com)

First Presbyterian Church has the honor to partner with the Warsaw College of Theology and Social Sciences (WSTS) to educate, equip, and empower the next generation of leaders in the Reformed Church. FPC partners with WSTS through the Reformed Theology track in the International Program. This program is equipping students across the globe as they grow in vision for ministry! In addition, WSTS has developed a trauma counseling center to support refugees in their journey out of trauma and guide them to trust and hope in God. They are working to provide a free training course preparing 100 Ukrainian professionals to be trained as trauma helpers. The need is great in Poland and in the region for Christian trauma counseling.

Food For The Hungry (Dominican Republic)

whttps://www.fh.org/our-work/countries/dominican-republic/ww.fh.org

FPC Contact: Carrie Everson

Food for the Hungry is a Christian humanitarian organization ending all forms of human poverty by providing life-changing development programs, disaster relief, and advocacy. Since 1971, Food for the Hungry has been going into the world’s hardest places with an exit strategy: to respond to human suffering and graduate communities of extreme poverty into self-sustainability, all within a decade. By creating context-specific solutions in education, agriculture, health, livelihood, clean water, and disaster risk reduction, the nonprofit focuses on transformational development, investing in children as the key to lift entire communities out of poverty. With 98% of staff working in their country of origin, Food for the Hungry works side-by-side with local leaders, churches, and families to implement innovative solutions. The organization currently serves more than 14 million people in over 20 countries worldwide.

Frontier Fellowship

www.frontierfellowship.com

Frontier Fellowship traces its beginnings back to a kitchen table in Portland, Oregon, in 1981. It was there missiologist Ralph Winter, pioneer of the unreached people groups movement, shared his vision to revive a frontier missions focus within the United Presbyterian Church with Harold Kurtz, longtime missionary in Southwest Ethiopia. They began under Harold’s leadership as United Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship and were later renamed Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship.

As the organization developed over the years, God challenged them to take our ministry further in denominational and generational focus, wider in geographical scope and deeper in their understanding of frontier mission. Today they are known as Frontier Fellowship, continuing to look toward the frontier where the Good News of Jesus has yet to find expression. They believe His message is for everyone, and each person deserves the opportunity to hear the Gospel in the context of his or her language and culture.

To that end, Frontier Fellowship is committed to their call to engage the Church—inviting, educating, inspiring, gathering and equipping followers of Jesus to embrace their God-given roles in making His name known among every nation, tribe, people and language.

International Justice Mission (Dominican Republic)

www.ijm.org/dominican-republic

The International Justice Mission (IJM) is a human rights organization that leverages the skills of criminal justice professionals to protect the poor from violent oppression all over the world. Their vision is to rescue thousands, protect millions, and prove that justice for the poor is possible. Such injustices include trafficking, slavery, theft, abuse of power, and citizenship rights about. They work with local law enforcement, justice systems, and agencies to rescue victims, care for them, and provide training to address trafficking in communities across the world. FPC’s partnership is focused in the Dominican Republic, where an office was launched in 2013. Since that time, IJM has been able to rescue more than 120 children and women from trafficking.

Living Waters for the World

https://www.livingwatersfortheworld.org

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Living Waters for the World trains volunteer mission teams to partner with international communities and teach them to install and maintain water purification systems that make their contaminated water safe to drink. Mission teams also help the communities implement health education programs emphasizing the importance of hand-washing. Over 1,075 water partnerships have been formed since 1993. First Presbyterian Church partners with Living Waters for the World in the Yucatan through a clean water installation.

Mission India (India)

www.missionindia.org

Mission India partners with more than 1,500 Indian churches and indigenous ministries to train and equip local believers, to share the Gospel, disciple new believers, and plant new worshiping groups. The core ministries include church planter training, the adult literacy program, and children’s Bible clubs. One hundred percent of MI’s ministry partners in India are Indian nationals. As indigenous Christians are trained, they receive tools and materials they need to plant and reproduce vibrant churches in their areas.

The Outreach Foundation (Worldwide)

www.theoutreachfoundation.org

The Outreach Foundation works to connect Presbyterians to build the church’s capacity to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ by helping the church live out its missional calling, building the capacity of the global church, and transforming lives through mission involvement. Though the Foundation works all over the world, FPC’s specific partnership lies in Iraq and Syria. A Mission Consultant in the Middle East works to build partnerships between the churches in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan and The Outreach Foundation. These partnerships help to strengthen the church in the Middle East and bring vital education, Bible sharing, and outreach to the region.

Pars Theological Centre

www.parstheology.com

Pars Theological Centre exists to equip and mobilize the Iranian church by training a new generation of servant leaders to lead the church and transform the Persian-speaking world for the glory of God. Pars equips and mobilizes a new generation of biblically grounded, theologically informed, and spiritually mature servant leaders who work to lead the church into loving God and one another. In addition to training, Pars provides a variety of resources, including care and mentoring. Pars is a new Global Ministry Partner in the ECO Denomination.

RPC Haiti (Haiti)

www.rpc-haiti.org

RPC Haiti is a church-planting, church-maturing, and church-multiplying mission; seeking to obey the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20). They work to build the Church through preaching and teaching the Word of God. They focus on reaching unbelievers through evangelism, walking with believers in discipleship, and raising up leaders as the church grows. In addition, Pastor Delfils has begun to meet with several other churches with the goal to form a Presbytery in 2019. Pastor Delfils and Pastor Hopp share in pastoral responsibilities at RPC Haiti, as well as several church plants in Haiti.

Pastor Delfils February 2021 Visit from Haiti

We welcomed Pastor Delfils from RPC Haiti the weekend of February 21, 2021 and he blessed us through his teaching and inspired us with news of his mission and church.

Uganda Partnerships

www.operationuganda.org

https://emiworld.org/

https://www.rescueonemore.com/

FPC Contacts: Ellen Meadows (e.meadows@att.net)

Mike Meadows (m_j_meadows@yahoo.com)

First Presbyterian Church is partnering with several ministry partners in the work of holistic restoration in Uganda.

Operation Uganda is a faith-based non-profit that has been working in Uganda since 2005. They rescue and care for orphaned and vulnerable children, and work to create sustainable community development projects in Uganda. Operation Uganda provides educational scholarships for children, and educates community members with skills and business training, and has recently built a primary school and early childhood center. In addition to community development, Operation Uganda plants and supports churches and pastors in the country, helping to fulfill the Great Commission.

EMI International is a Christian non-profit made up of architects, engineers, surveyors, and construction managers. Since 1982, their worldwide mission is to develop people, design structures, and construct facilities which serve communities and the church. In addition to serving communities through the work of development, EMI Uganda also focuses on discipleship among the staff and volunteers, and in the community, through the local Church.

In Uganda, more than 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys experience sexual violence. Resources for children seeking support are limited and too costly to pursue. Children experiencing sexual violence are often silenced or shamed by their communities.
Founded by a survivor of SVAC, Rescue One More is on a mission to change this. Working in collaboration with local leaders, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the Church, Rescue One More sets survivors on a pathway to safety, justice, and healing while working to bring an end to SVAC once and for all.

World Vision (Malawi, Africa)

www.worldvision.org

World Vision began working in Malawi in 1982 with community infrastructure projects including schools and water systems. By 1992, World Vision had established longer-term community-based area development programs, and is now helping close to one-million people. Currently, World Vision is working with communities in 26 districts through 44 long-term Area Development Programs. FPC’s partnership is in the Mutendere ADP and focuses largely on water systems, schools, a medical clinic, and assisting families with education to begin and grow small businesses, grow food, and care for livestock/animals that provide for various needs in the villages. Through these projects Christ’s love is shown and children are able to learn about the Bible in schools, and share that news with their families and friends. Over 125 FPC Covenant Partners began sponsoring children in the Mutendere ADP which is scheduled to close in September or 2019. Through FPC’s support and partnership, and the Lord’s faithfulness, the Mutendere ADP has been able to provide clean drinking water, provided avenues for healthcare, education, food security, and more for these communities!

YPM (Mexico)

www.ypmusa.org

YPM is empowered by God to seek to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, in service, fellowship, witness and worship, and to meet the needs of the underserved Mayan people of the region. YPM partners with churches and Presbyteries in the USA and in Mexico to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and to make Jesus visible by assisting with the construction of churches and schools, providing medical care, building a secondary school in Leona Vicario for indigenous Maya children who cannot afford to go to the cities to continue their education after primary school, and offering and providing for a variety of cross-cultural exchanges with the local people. YPM has also built a University for the villagers, and offers degree programs in education, law, and business. As relationships are built with villagers through education and medical care, churches and volunteer teams can share the good news of Christ.

To learn more about these missionaries or ministries, or to find out more about how you can connect globally, contact Lindsay Selli or Mitchell Moore.

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2024 MISSION TRIPS

Dominican Republic: June 1-8, 2024

Come spend a week learning and serving with Food for the Hungry in El Circadillo, Dominican Republic. We will live in the community, build relationships with community members, serve alongside them in their ongoing community projects, and share our faith through VBS, Gospel talks, worship, and more! This trip is for those who really want to be immersed in the culture and learn from those who are serving day in and day out in a community that has many needs but also great assets. You will be stretched but you will also be filled with a new picture of God’s Kingdom!

For more information or to apply, please contact:

Uganda – June 13-24, 2024

This team will connect and serve with FPC Global Mission Partners: Operation Uganda, EMI, and Rescue One More.

For more information or to apply, please contact:

Yucatan, Mexico Mission Trip: July 13-20, 2024

Serve with The Yucatan Peninsula Mission (YPM) and Armor Ministries in Quintana Roo in Leona Vicario, Mexico. Share the hope of the gospel through construction projects, after-school VBS, sports ministry, and participating in worship at a local church.


Summer 2024 Mission Mentorships

Do you feel that God might be inviting you into exploring how to use your gifts in cross-cultural missions service? If so, we’d love to connect you with summer mentorship/internship opportunities through:

Please contact Lindsay Selli for more information!

YWAM North Africa – March, 2024

YWAM North Africa shared some great celebrations for the ways God is at work in their ministry! Please join in giving thanks to the Lord and praying for their continuing work through the updates below:

  • 28 participants completed training for North African leaders who work with kids and youth groups. They provided a Bible study training, and as a result, many new Bible study groups have formed.
  • Through two Discipleship Training Schools for another country in North Africa, two local students will be staffing another DTS in the fall. Praise the Lord for multiplying disciple-making leadership!!
  • Please pray for God to open the right doors, and to give wisdom, as the YWAM North African Leadership meets in a conference for building synergy and connections at a conference for partnership in the region.

For more information about this Global Mission Partner, please contact Lindsay Selli at lindsays@fpcsat.org.


Mission Trip Updates: Dominican Republic Team

(June 3 – 10, 2023)

June 12, 2023: DR Trip Thank You!


June 8, 2023: DR Update


June 6, 2023: DR Update

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