Ukraine
Pastor Eric Bougie and his wife Tanya lead a Calvary Chapel located in Poltava, Ukraine. They are discipling and training future church leaders, and they also have an active ministry to orphans, youth, and at local hospitals. The Bougies have four children: Daniel, Stephan, Sabrina, and Philip.
Peru
Mary De Diemar is involved with Calvary Chapel Lima, but the majority of her time is now spent at Calvary Chapel Huacho, Peru serving in the Calvary Chapel founded by another CCM missionary, Pastor Craig Tippie. Mary loves to disciple new believers, going to women's prisons to share the gospel, and doing street evangelism with everyone she meets.
France
Andy and Jessie Duncan have been missionaries to Europe since 2016. They served for seven years in Berlin, Germany before moving to Cavaillon, France in 2023. They currently pastor and disciple house church leaders and are working to plant churches in small villages throughout France . They are also actively engaged in developing Bible-based discipleship curriculum in all the major European languages. Their heart is to share Christ with the lost and to teach people how to hear God’s voice for themselves through the study of His word. The Duncans have two daughters: Olivia and Juliet.
Guatemala
Pastor Carlos Lopez is the lead Pastor of a small Church in Magdalena, Guatemala. He and his wife Thelma also oversee a larger ministry called Nueva Vida Guatemala. Most churches in Guatemala teach a doctrine based on works, rituals, and traditions, so Nueva Vida Guatemala's primary mission is to provide leadership training to pastors who are passionate about sharing the true gospel of Christ. They provide discipleship training, host seminars, and are teaching others how to raise up new servant leaders. Nueva Vida Guatemala has already planted two Churches, and they have three more sites in process.
South Africa
Lydia’s Mission serves impoverished women and children living in eManzana, South Africa. They have a sewing center, farm, and mission team housing onsite, and they partner with local churches to operate seven different Christ centered holistic child development centers. The heart behind these seven “Hope Centers” is to meet the spiritual and physical needs of the community as they teach them about Jesus. Over 70 people are employed in the ministry, 1,700 kids are fed spiritually and physically each day at their Hope Centers, and over 300 Senior Citizen's hear the gospel each week at their gogo (Sr. citizen) centers. They farm over 25 acres near eManzana, and the ministry hosts many different weekly Bible studies throughout the region.
Mexico
Brent and Heather Madsen have been full time CCM missionaries for 20+ years. They lead, a YWAM (Youth with a Mission) training campus located in Mazatlan, Mexico. They are passionate about seeing young people trained, equipped and released to their calling. They lead a staff of full-time missionaries of all ages and from many different nations. They serve locally in Mazatlan, nationally across Mexico, and internationally as they send mission teams worldwide.
Tanzania
Erin & Chrispin Mweemba serve as missionaries in northern Tanzania, Africa. They live in Mwanza on the banks of Lake Victoria with their team. Their heart is to pioneer the Gospel among unreached people in the most remote parts of the nation and see them transformed by the power of God through outreach, close relationship, and long-term discipleship. Their focus is to run a discipleship training school where key people from surrounding local tribal groups can come to be empowered for ministry as well as experiencing deeper transformation in their own personal walks with the Lord. The goal is to send them back out to work alongside us in advancing the Kingdom of God in Tanzania.
Mexico
Pastor John O'Bryan, his wife Shannon are serving the Lord in Mazatlan, Mexico. They have many responsibilities at YWAM (Youth With A Mission) but their primary duty is to lead and direct YWAM Mazatlán's Medical Ship ministry. They are using their skills as Physician Assistants as they lead mission teams who reach the underserved and isolated rural population of Baja, Mexico and provide them with medical care. They also use their missionary training to share the love, grace, and gospel of Jesus Christ. The O'Bryans have four children: Luke, Timothy, Lilliana, and Hannah.
Haiti
In 2016, God called Pastor Macly Payoute and his wife Lynda to leave their jobs in the USA and return to Haiti. They answered, moved to Limbe, Haiti and launched Jericho ministries. Their ministry consists of a thriving Church, a Christian school, and an Orphanage. They also provide medical clinics for the community, dig wells for the poor, and much more. 250 children attend their school (which includes feeding them each day), 16 people are employed as staff, over 200 people attend Church services, and 20 kids live in the onsite orphanage.
Senegal
Pastor Jean Oscar Bayiha is the Pastor of Calvary Chapel Dakar, Senegal which is a small country in Africa. He speaks English, French, and Wolof, a local tribal language. As a young man was invited to an Evangelical church where he heard the Gospel and received Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. Years later, after visiting our Melbourne campus, CCM helped Oscar's church become the only Calvary Chapel in Senegal. Oscar and his wife Gladys share the Gospel throughout Dakar, especially to Muslims in outlying rural areas. Their goal is to help everyone find eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ!
Haiti
Pastor Seige Poteau is the lead Pastor of Calvary Chapel Port Au Prince, Haiti, which is rapidly becoming one of the largest Calvary Chapels outside of the USA. Seige, along with wife Dinette, are big believers in empowering the Haitian people through education and training schools. They are also have a huge presence throughout Haiti via his sermons on Christian Radio, a vibrant street kids ministry, and the Calvary Christian Family Orphanage.
Peru
Pastor Craig Tippie and his wife Daisy shepherd a Calvary Chapel in Huacho, Peru. Their vision is to reach, teach, and disciple everyone God brings. The church has a school of ministry to train Pastors, they have disciples attending the Calvary Chapel Bible college in Cajamarca, and their skate and surf camp outreaches have led many young people to Christ. Huacho is the center of witchcraft in Peru, so their ministry has great opposition and many spiritual battles over the souls of the people. The Church is growing, families and youth are arriving, but the Tippie’s focus is to reach all lost people who need Jesus.
Peru
Dante and Rachel Vivar met when Rachel moved from Melbourne, FL to Lima, Peru to serve as a CCM Missionary working with Pastor Rick Heilman. Dante served for many years in Calvary Chapel Lima as a volunteer but was eventually asked to join the staff as an associate Pastor. Dante is now the Church's Sr. Pastor, and he has transitioned the Church from two English services to an English service @ 9:30, and a Spanish service @ 11:30. The Vivars have four children: Sean, Timothy, Benji, and Levi.
Nicaragua
Hans and Demi Wagner are in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua and they are the directors of the Latin American mission base of an organization called RIDE NATURE. They share the Gospel and raise Godly leaders through action sports outreaches, evangelism, and 1:1 discipleship. They are discipling leaders throughout Latin America while heavily investing into the lives of those in San Juan Del Sur. They are a light in their city as they share Jesus through Bible studies and weekend Church services. The Wagners have three boys: Jack, Jensen, and Julian.
Nicaragua
Many years ago, Lincoln Wright went to Nicaragua on a CCM mission trip. His heart was greatly moved for the people there and shortly after that mission trip he answered God's call to the mission field. As a missionary in Nicaragua, Lincoln is impacting the children living in impoverished areas of Managua. He primarily serves in a place the Lord provided where children gather before and after school to receive food, prayer, and the God's Word . He is also teaches Bible studies in prison and ministers at a home for physically and mentally-challenged children.
Cyprus
Kyle and Anna Folkerts Younes are being sent by Calvary San Diego to assist an existing Church plant located in the Middle East. Over 400,000 people live in the area they will be ministering in, but only 0.5% of them are Christians. The Church’s priorities are evangelism, discipleship, and mid-week Bible studies in addition to their weekly services. Kyle will be teaching some of the weekends, but he will also be serving as the facilities “maintenance man.” Anna’s primary focus will be on discipling women, but she will be expanding the Church’s English ministry, planning events, and helping with administrative needs.
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