missionaries and Supported Ministries
“And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Many of our members travel on Mission Trips throughout the year to different places and for different lengths of time. Please pray that their time spent with cultures far from home is fruitful and blessed for each one of them. Venice church also supports workers and organizations that take the gospel to all parts of the world. This page lists the missionaries and ministries that our church supports. May you be greatly blessed for your support!
GO LIVE!
GO Live is a monthly update of praises and prayer requests from our missionaries and supported ministries. Extraordinary work requires extraordinary prayer as its foundation - God makes use of every prayer He hears!
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global missionary Families
Important Note: For the safety of the missionaries and their families, the below list does not include some missionary families that are currently serving among the unreached people groups in Southeast Asia.
Eric & Joan Christensen
Thailand
Eric’s global research on discipling movements aides people who are mobilizing toward unreached people groups. They have 3 children: Karis, Karston, and Kelsey.
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Bob & Norma Jean Erny
TBD
Currently off the field, they continue to be active in various assignments.
KATHY GAULTON
Global
Kathy is founder and CEO of Heavenly Treasures (see "Supported Ministries"). She continues to follow God’s calling to use her gifts and abilities to help the poor and underprivileged attain a sustainable livelihood.
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Gene & Minori hall
Japan
Gene and Minori are newly appointed FMC missionaries located near Tokyo, Japan. Gene is training for leadership development in Japan and Southeast Asia, and Minori is teaching Japanese in the Christian Academy in Japan. They have two children: Mika and Iwao.
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DAVE AND RUTH LOWE
Dave and Ruth are missionaries in Southeast Asia, ministering using community interactions and a youth sports program. They have four children: David (III), Lucas, Gideon and Jubilee.
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Mitsu & Karen Nakamura
Japan
Mitsu works in staff development, primarily providing biblical and theological resources to the Campus Crusades staff in Japan. Karen does evangelism and discipleship. They have 3 children, Abe, Miye, and Emi.
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ERIC AND VIRGINIA
Asia
Eric is the FMWM Area Director for Asia. The three strategic priorities for this role are overseeing the FMWM missionary team in Asia, partnering with the national leaders to build and support strategies, and working to connect FMC-Asia with FMC-USA. Eric and his wife, Virginia, have served the Free Methodist Church since 1990.
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UN-NAMED MISSIONARIES
In addition, we support missionaries that are sharing the gospel with unreached people groups. For their protection, both the missionaries and the countries they serve must remain unnamed.
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DAVE AND TOMO ROBISON
Japan
Dave and Tomo Robison are JEMS missionaries in the second year of their church plant in Miyako, Japan. They have three children: Titus, Felicity and Silas.
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Eric & Sue Takamoto
Japan
The Takamotos serve in Ishinomaki, on the northeastern coast of Japan. They are working Asian access and Be One to plant new house churches and the Nozomi Project to aide in the tsunami recovery in their community. They have four children: Owen, Annie, Olivia and Ian.
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Sam & Jill Tabiendo
Spain
The Tabiendos minister to the refugee and immigrant populations in Madrid, Spain. They have four children: Olivia, Troyer, Jonathan and David.
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Chris & Yuko Wilkins
Japan
Yuko is a pastor of a church in Tokyo. Chris is using various ministries to outreach to the community. They have 2 children: Caleb and Corey.
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Domestic Missionary Families
Eric & Lucy Kaneshiro
Orange County
Both have lead roles in Epic Movement, an Asian-American ministry within Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ). Epic Movement reaches out to students and faculty.
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Sara (Fong) Kwon
National - Asian American Ministries
Sara is an Associate Director of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Asian American Ministries. She coaches and resources college fellowships across the nation with the vision to reach Asian American communities on campus with the Gospel.
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Gary & Shelley Nomura
New Hampshire
Shelley is a Co-Director for Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ) at University of New Hampshire, and Gary works as a Multi-Media Specialist for Cru's Northeast Region. They have three children: Miya, Jazmin, and Stefan.
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Supported Ministries
Heavenly Treasures
Global
This organization has developed a micro enterprise network, helping the poor in developing countries through handicraft industries. Through partnerships with missionaries and ministries (especially in Kenya), they focus on transformation of people’s lives economically and spiritually.
j.e.m.s
Brazil
JEMS (Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society) has expanded beyond just the Japanese and Japanese Americans. They are doing the work of evangelism, discipleship, teaching the Word, training, equipping, and unifying the believers and churches. Venice Church supports missions work in Brazil by giving specifically for this cause.
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Set Free Movement
North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
The Set Free movement seeks to end modern slavery and create new futures in partnership with others through community-based action.
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She is Safe (fna: Sisters in Service)
Sudan
Venice Church supports Sisters In Service, who aids widows and young women in the Sudan by training and equipping them to start their own business.
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Zoe International
Thailand
Venice Church helps the orphaned and sex-trafficked children in Thailand by volunteering time, effort, and donations, to the Zoe International program.