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Summer Children's camps

Many locations across Europe

Summer 2019

Summer camps is a major activity for many of our supported churches and missionaries across Europe, and represent a great gospel opportunity. Please pray for the camps being held in Serbia (Emanuel & Jelena Ralevič), Poland (Dawid & Agnieska Koziol), Romania (Sándor and Napsugár Kelemen), Spain (Manuel & Alba López Franco, José & Anneka De Segovia), Italy (Stefano and Jenny Mariotti), Portugal (Felipe, José and Elisa Rodrigues) and Czech Republic (Jan and Lucie Hábl)

"Church on the beach" in Palma

Palma, Mallorca

14th - 28th July 2019

Andrew and Vivienne

Birch

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Every Sunday during the Summer, the church in Palma, Mallorca has a "Church on the beach". The main outreach there in July will be on the 14th and 28th.

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Annual Reformed conference "Cipriano de Valera" in Spain

Piedralaves, Spain

1st - 4th July 2019

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Annual Reformed "Cipriano de Valera" conference, in Piedralaves (province of Ávila, northwest of Madrid), with Geoff Thomas as guest speaker.

Comenius2020 Project

Nove Mesto, Czech Republic

From September 2019

Jan and Lucie

Hábl

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It will be 350 years since Jan Amos Comenius death in 2020. Comenius was a famous Moravian pastor, teacher and reformer. Jan Hábl is leading a team of people who are preparing a national educational “restoration” project. Since Comenius was a Christian, the goal of the project is to use the opportunity and restore the key elements of his Christian heritage. Please pray for this project.

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Baptisms in Alcázar

Alcázar de San Juan, Spain

6th July 2019

Manuel and Alba López

Franco

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A highlight for the church in Alcázar will be a baptismal service on 6th July. Three people will be baptised: two young girls and a man. Both girls come from Christian homes in the church, which is such an encouragement for the fellowship there. They expect a very good turn out from family and friends. Pray for them, for preparation, and for those who will be attending.

Stathis and Ruth

Yfantidis

Greece

Stathis heads up the work at the Third Evangelical Church in Athens. He and Ruth started serving in the church in downtown Athens right after their marriage in October 2018.

T and L

United Kingdom

T and L are involved in working to reach a significant diaspora community in a town in England. Sometimes we cannot give the full names of our missionaries for safety reasons.

Vitaliy and Lyudmila

Maryash

Ukraine

Vitaliy is the academic dean of Kiev Theological Seminary.

Manuel and Alba López

Franco

Spain

Manuel pastors the newly-planted evangelical church in Almuñecar; he and Alba are actively engaged in many forms of outreach including frequent contributions to radio and local TV broadcasts.

André and Marianne

Rentmeister

Switzerland

Now retired, André and Marianne continue distribute evangelistic literature and Bibles in the region and are active in the evangelical church in Sion.

Josefa

Rodriguez

Spain

Josefa is one of EMF’s longest serving missionaries. Now retired, she is still actively involved in the evangelical church in San Fernando.

José and Virtudes

Moreno

Spain

José (known as Pepe) pastors the evangelical church in Alcázar.

Matt and Judith

Hill

Spain

Matt leads the Spanish evangelical publishing house Editorial Peregrino, publishing and distributing reformed Christian literature across the Spanish-speaking world.

Victor and Gio

Defranchi

Spain

Victor pastors the evangelical church in El Arenal, Mallorca, which was launched as an independent church in 2019, having been a home-group of the church in Palma.

Luis and Pilar

Cano

Spain

Luis is the pastor of the evangelical church in Ciudad Real.

Andrew and Vivienne

Birch

Spain

Andrew pastors a well-established Evangelical church in Palma, Mallorca, which runs numerous outreach activities in the area. The church also runs a number of home groups across the island.

Juan and Marianne

Bascuñana

Spain

Officially retired, Juan pastors the Evangelical church in Churriana.

Emanuel and Jelena

Ralevic

Serbia

Emanuel runs this mission-orientated the Balkan Theological Seminary, while Jelena teaches children in the Niš church and other churches.

Sándor and Napsugár

Kelemen

Romania

Sándor pastors several Hungarian-speaking churches in the Târgu Mureș area of Transylvania, Romania.

Filipe

Rodrigues

Portugal

Filipe is assistant pastor to José Rodrigues in the Alto do Moinho church; he also directs the youth and music ministries.

José and Elisa

Rodrigues

Portugal

José pastors the evangelical church in Alto do Moinho, which he and Elisa helped to plant. He also pastors the church plant in Azoia.

Rogério and Sónia

Ramos

Portugal

Rogério pastors the evangelical church in Sines. He also leads a small Bible school, and organizes a conference called Fé Evangélica (Evangelical Faith).

João and Celeste

Nunes

Portugal

Now retired, João and Celeste are involved in the Presbyterian church in Barreiro

João and Emilia

Narciso

Portugal

Now retired, João and Emilia continues to be involved in the evangelical church in Montargil.

Fabiano and Suzana

Fernandes

Portugal

Fabiano is Principal of the Portuguese Bible Institute (PBI) in Lisbon; he and Suzana are also actively involved in church planting in the Lisbon area.

Adam and Dagmara

Urban

Poland

Adam is associate pastor of the evangelical church in Siedlce in Eastern Poland.

Krzysztof and Aneta

Rutkowski

Poland

Krzysztof pastors the evangelical church in Inowrocław, as well as leading the work at Legatio publishing Christian literature.

Sławomir and Daniela

Rutkowski

Poland

Now retired, Sławomir and Daniela are still involved in the evangelical church in Włocławek which they helped to plant and establishing. Sławomir is an elder in the church, and continues to preach there and in the church in Inowroclaw.

Wiesław and Aleksandra

Kamyszek

Poland

Wiesław pastors an evangelical church in Łodz, which the Kamyszek's and the Modnicki's planted in 2003.

Zbigniew and Elzbieta

Modniki

Poland

Now retired, Zbigniew and Elzbieta continue to be involved in an evangelical church in Łodz which they helped to plant.

Henryk and Daniela

Karzełek

Poland

Now retired, Henryk and Daniela have had a long ministry in church planting and ministry in Wodzislaw.

Dawid and Agnieska

Kozioł

Poland

Dawid pastors the evangelical church in Zywiec, a town in the South of Poland.

John and Oline

Taylor

Norway

Officially retired, John and Oline Taylor continue to support small churches and groups of Christians in the North of Norway.

Vito and Erminia

Tangorra

Italy

Vito pastors the independent evangelical church in Santa Elisabetta, Sicily.

Michael and Mary

Steedman

Italy

Officially retired, Michael and Mary are still very active in the church in San Lazzaro, Bologna, Michael helping with the preaching and teaching, and also lead evangelistic Bible studies particularly with students.

Antonio and Anna

De Noia

Italy

Antonio pastors several evangelical churches in the Peschici area, on the Adriatic coast of Italy.

Stefano and Jenny

Mariotti

Italy

Stefano pastors the church in Budrio, near Bologna, which he and Jenny helped to plant.

Pietro and Teresa

Lorefice

Italy

Now retired, Pietro pastored the church in Ribera, Sicily; he and Teresa still support the work across a number of churches in the region, where health permits.

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