Missions and Missionaries
India Rural Evangelical Fellowship
India Rural Evangelical Fellowship (IREF) is an evangelical Christian development organization, dedicated to reaching the rural villages of Andhra Pradesh, South India, with the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We work toward this goal by mobilizing individual Christians, planting and enabling local churches and caring for children by providing them with a Christian education. There are over 65 million people living in 30,000 villages in the state of Andhra Pradesh alone. Over 10,000 of these villages never heard the beautiful message of Jesus Christ. IREF was established over 50 years ago in India and has fund raising organizations in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The headquarters of India Rural Evangelical Fellowship is located in Repalle, Andhra Pradesh, South India. The postal address of India Rural Evangelical Fellowship/India is:
Craig Darling IREF U.S. Director
Email: info@irefusa.org
Contact us via E-mail - Our United States Office
India Rural Evangelical Fellowship
PO Box 65
White Lake WI 54491-0065
P: 847-220-IREF (4733)
F: 847-680-4270
Gospel Fields 17th Ward Repalle 522 265 Guntur District Andhra Pradesh, India.
IREF USA
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Dwight & Melissa Poggemiller
Children: Dwight Luke, David Christian, & Lydia Joy
Current Ministry: Leadership Development and Discipleship Multiplication
Mission Board: Greater Europe Mission
Email: dwight.poggemiller@gemission.org OR href="mailto:dmpoggemiller@gmail.com ">dmpoggemiller@gmail.com
Bio: Our family has served together in Romania for the past ten years (for four years prior to that, Dwight was serving in Romania single). The Lord has called us here to raise up leaders for His Body with a view to furthering movements of discipleship multiplication. We are blessed to be able to encourage a growing missions movement as Romanians pursue the Great Commission, taking the Gospel to the nations. We have the privilege of serving our friends in the region around Romania as well.
Additional Contact Info:
Phone: 1-269-929-9894 (US Number which rings at our home/office in Romania) +40-256-368-780 (home/office) +40-748-138-165 (Romania cell phone)
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Tom and Michele O'Brien
Field/Country: Philippines
Children: Amanda, Stephanie and Colin
Current Ministry: Church planters among least reached peoples on Mindanao
Mission Board: Christar
Email: tmobrien2002@yahoo.com
Bio: Tom and Michele O'Brien have served among the least reached of Mindanao since 1985.
They have planted a church called MMKI that is now sending out their own missionaries to least reached peoples. This is made possible by their business endeavor called Perfectly Natural Herbs. The church is organically growing and processing medicinal herbal teas and capsules for the Philippines, USA and Europe.
Visit us!
Pray that God will continue to enable Filipinos to go out to least-reached peoples around the world.
One of the O'Brien's future goal is to lead missionary teams from the Philippines to other nations in Asia.
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Micah and Grace Rwothomio
Field/Country: Uganda
Children: Reba Paula Rwothumio, Helen Weeka Rwothumio
Current Ministry: Church Planting on our main University Campus andLeadership development
Mission Board: Partners In Evangelism International
Bio: Micah and Grace Rwothumio, graduates of Moody Bible school are involved in church planting at Makerere University in Kampala reaching out to Uganda's future leaders. Touching a nation from the top, the
Rwothumio's have been involved in ministry since 1995. They have also a Bible School that provides training for rural pastors. Married with two girls who are in High School the Rwothumio's live in Kampala.
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Pavel and Larisa Petihacinai
Field/Country: Ukraine, Romania
Children: Alina (daughter, married), Sasha (son, married), Angela Petihacinai (daughter), Natasha Petihacinaia (daugher), Andrei Petihacinai (son)
Current Ministry: National Director of Partners in Evangelism International in Ukraine, Eastern Europe
Mission Board: Partners In Evangelism International - Ukraine
Bio: Pastor Pavel has been involved in Partners in Evangelism for the past 11 years. He has a heart for the young people, discipleship and equipping future leaders for the local needs as well as preparing missionaries who would go out to other former Soviet areas. As the PIEI national director for Ukraine, he oversees the mission work of 11 other national PIEI missionaries, with an emphasis on reaching the young people and discipleship. His wife Larisa is the PIEI Secretary in Ukraine, and also is very involved in music and women’s ministry. She helps out at summer camps, evangelistic meetings, outings, being always by his side, helping and encouraging. She is a great hostess and helps with organizing of events.
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Cornel and Ana Fogorosiu
Field/Country: Transylvania Region, Romania
Children: Ruben, Adalia, David, Andrei, Emma, and Timmy
Current Ministry: National Missionary Pastor
Mission Board: Partners In Evangelism International - Romania
Bio: Pastor Cornel is the pastor of two rural churches that he planted in the villages of Nou and Hasag. The people of these villages live in very difficult conditions and the majority are very poor. Pastor Pavel also works as a Bible teacher (Religious Studies) at the public elementary school in the village of Nou. His ministry emphasis is to help the believers in his two churches to know the LORD better, to live a life of obedience and together with them, to evangelize those who do not know the LORD, and to help the children to learn about the Lord Jesus and His ministry. His wife Ana (nicknamed Nutsi, pronounced “Nootsie”) teaches children’s Sunday School. Together they are involved in organizing and leading Christian camps for children, youth, and women.
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Michael and Tracy Wright
Field/Country: Papua New Guinea
Children: Christopher, age 15; Jonathan, age 13; David, age 10; Rachel, age 9; and Lydia, age 5
Current Ministry: Support to Bible Translation
Mission Board: Wycliffe Bible Translators
Bio: Michael and Tracy Wright along with their 5 children are serving in a support role in Papua New Guinea with Wycliffe Bible Translators. Michael is a carpenter trainer using his skills to train nationals and meet the construction needs for Bible Translation in Papua New Guinea. The Wrights have been serving in Papua New Guinea since January 2008. We are currently on home assignment and are excited to return to Papua New Guinea in June 2012.
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T.A.C.T.I.C.A.
Teaching Authorities Christian Truth In Central America
Mission
The mission of TACTICA is to fulfill the great commission by investing into the lives of Central American authorities and their families through high quality police training, evangelism, and discipleship.
Vision
We envision...
- Public safety professionals become sold-out disciples of Christ.
- These disciples becoming disciples makers.
- These families completely integrated into a local church body.
- These families actively participating in church leadership and church planting efforts.
Core Values
- Integrity: TACTICA is committed to Bibilical integrity in our personal and ministerial responsibility.
- Excellence: TACTICA is committed to pursuing excellence. Mediocrity is not an option.
- Compassion: TACTICA is committed to the spiritual welfare of the people we minister to and nations in which we minister.
- Accountability: TACTICA is committed to spiritual, financial & ministerial responsibility.
Basic Strategy
Utilize training as a creative platform in order to:
- Build relationships.
- Provide a solid foundation of trust for sharing the gospel message.
- Grow public safety officials in their faith.
- Connect them to a local church.
For more info on TACTICA click here
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Crystal Lucas
Field/Country: Tanzania
Current Ministry: Teaching missionary kids to support Bible Translation
Mission Board: Wycliffe Bible Translators
Email: lucas.crystal@gmail.com
Bio: Crystal has been serving in a support role by helping to provide hight quality education opportunities for the children of Wycliffe Bible Translators in Tanzania since 2009. Her vital role allows parents to continue work in literacy, translation, and support roles within the local community. She is excited to move to a new area of Tanzania in June 2012 where a multi-language project of 9 local languages are being served. Crystal's role will be to help teach the kids of the missionary families who are working in this cluster project.
Check out her blog here: Crystal Lucas
Get your kids connected with missions through her kids site! KidsChangeThings