Missions and Missionaries
Christ Community Church has a rich history of "Making Christ Known in the World."
Below please find a list of links to information about our missions and the missionaries
we support. For more contact church office (314) 843-4600
Rich and Martha Millhouse
E-Mail - RMillhouse@aol.com
Website: http://web.mac.com/rmillhouse/iWeb/belc/Home.html
Mission: Evangelical Free Church Mission
Assignment: Church Planting Pastor, Craiova, Romania
Mailing Address:
O.P. 2 C.P. 227
1100 Craiova, Dolj
Romania
Family: David, Benjamin, Elizabeth
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Rick and Donna Burke
E-Mail - Rick.Burke@efca.org, Donna.Burke@efca.org,
Mission: Evangelical Free Church Mission
Assignment : Central Europe Area Director
Mailing Address:
2031 Erd
Pf. 103
Hungary
Family: Ryan Lee Burke: / Wife: Mandy Burke , Erin Burke:, Ray (Rick) Burke,
Jr.
Background:
Rick and Donna were married in 1973. They are from St. Louis, Missouri and are from
the Christ Community Church (an Evangelical Free Church). Rick graduated from Southwest
Missouri State University. He and Donna joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ
in 1974. They served on campus staff at Southwest MO State Univ. for three years,
Ft. Hays State Univ. for four years, and two years at Missouri University. They
left Campus Crusade staff in 1983 to work with their families' business. They also
were involved with church planting as lay people in the St. Louis area. They helped
plant First EFC, Christ Community EFC, and then became involved in church planting
in Romania, Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia. They were invited to join the
staff of the EFCM in 1993. They helped start International Network with the EFCM.
Then were asked to move to Germany to be the director of Central Europe. They moved
the offices in August of 1999 to Budapest, Hungary, where they now reside.
Role:
Rick oversees the EFCM work in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia,
Hungary, Romania and Bosnia. He is responsible to work with the national churches,
which the EFCM partners with in these countries. He is responsible for the 100 missionaries
and 100 children in these countries. He is responsible for expansion into new countries
in this area. He reports to the EFCM board for the area.
Vision:
We have a ten year vision that includes developing a stable Central Europe area
office, recruiting of another 100 missionaries, building infrastructure for greater
missionary training, developing better working opportunities for our national churches,
developing national leadership opportunities and seeing a stable church planting
movement in each country.
Praises and prayer requests:
1. We praise God for our children and their love for God!
2. We praise God for our marriage which is nearly 30 years!
3. We praise God for our calling to be missionaries!
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Kevin and Shirley Nelstead
E-Mail - kevin.nelstead@efca.org,
Website - www.nelstead.org
Mission:
Kevin's primary role with the mission is teaching middle school and high school
science at the Bucharest Christian Academy, a school set up chiefly for children
of missionaries.
Assignment: - Evangelical Free Church Mission at Bucharest Christian Academy
in the capital city (since Jan 2003)
Family: Kyle, Craig, Amy, Heather
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