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Our Missionaries and Church PlantersWho Will Go For Me?Since its inception, King's Park has had a commitment to reach the world with the gospel of Christ. To that end, we have planted a number of churches in the United States and around the world. For us, church-planting is the natural result of reaching people with the gospel, making disciples, and training leaders. While we remain rooted in our local community, we aspire to international impact through sending missionaries and church planters into the harvest. China
In 1995, Pastor Ron Lewis (www.ronlewisministries.com)
walked through an open door into the nation of China, resulting in the
formation of Strategic China Initiative (SCI), a ministry that develops
training centers to equip indigenous Chinese pastors with theological
foundations and practical ministry skills. Through an international
student reached with the gospel at UNC and trained at King's Park, we
are planting churches in key urban centers. To date, SCI has trained
over 40,000 leaders, distributed over 50 tons of literature, printed and
distributed over 750,000 Bibles throughout China, and sent over 75
full-time national Chinese to reach minority groups within China. Wayne
Graham serves as the Executive Vice President of SCI which partners with
John Maxwell and EQUIP in training the countless leaders of China. Guam
In 1992 Taylor and Elizabeth Stewart were sent to Micronesia as
missionaries to establish the first international church plant from
King's Park. After ten years of fruitful labor, two churches were
planted: Guam and Saipan. Roy and Buffi Burk now pastor the church in
Guam, and Eric and Sharon Abragan pastor the church in Saipan, both of
which continue to impact Micronesia with the gospel. (Guam: www.lifeintheson.org)
Poland
After serving in campus ministry, as the King's Park youth pastors, and
as missionaries to Ukraine, Jeff and Ana Bullock moved to Krakow, Poland
to plant a church in 1998. Since then, Christ the King Church has grown
through its focus on evangelism and making disciples even though the
highly Catholic culture is resistant to the message of the gospel.
Przemyslaw Sielatycki is now the Pastor at Christ
the King Church as Jeff and Ana have planted another church. Budapest
In June of 2006, missionaries Jeff and Ana Bullock, once again made the
journey to Europe, to plant a church in Budapest, Hungary. Read updates
from the Bullocks on their blog, "The
Pub". Ukraine
Since an amazing open door presented itself on a scouting trip in 1990,
King's Park has been active in church planting in western Ukraine. Our
initial effort was to the city of Lviv, and out of that have come church
plants in Ternopil, Novodnistrovsk, Sokiryany, Buchach, and Xotin.
King's Park has had several missionaries involved in Ukraine including
Mike and Myra Watkins, Jeff and Ana Bullock, and Tom and Jean Jackson.
See what's happening now in Kiev,
Ukraine! Korea
King's Park is active in Korea through the ministry of Simon Suh, our
former Senior Associate Pastor. Sent out in 2002, Pastor Simon and his
wife Kristen are pastoring our Every Nation Church in Seoul. (www.everynation.or.kr) ScotlandAfter graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill, Tom and his wife, Jean, both worked on staff with King’s Park as campus ministers at UNC. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tom and Jean were sent out as missionaries to the nation of Ukraine. Their efforts at preaching and church-planting bore fruit, and there are now six churches in western Ukraine. After living in Ukraine for five years, they returned to King’s Park, where Tom served as the Executive Pastor.
Recently, they returned to the mission field, along with Perry and
Danielle Burkholder and most recently, Nathan Lewis and Jeff and Ana
Bullock, to plant a church in Edinburgh, Scotland. They have now
returned to the mission field, this time to plant a church in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Hear podcasts and see their updates at www.centrepointchurch.org.
Read updates about the Jacksons' European adventure at www.tjspost.blogspot.com. USA
In the United States we have sent out pastors and planted churches in
several cities, including Greenville,
NC, Greensboro,
NC, Houston, Charlotte,
Boston, Philadelphia,
and New York. We are
thankful for the opportunities God has given us and look forward to more
church planting in the years ahead. |
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