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The following persons have been recommended by the North Carolina Conference Missions Development Team for Salary Support:

MISSIONARY SALARY SUPPORT

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The following persons have been recommended by the North Carolina Conference Missions Development Team for Salary Support:

  •  MOZART ADEVU Eastern Africa (#13996-Z)  Mozart is a GBGM missionary serving as the Africa Regional Coordinator for the sustainable Agriculture and Development Program for UMCOR. Substantial focus in work in farmers training in Liberia.  (Click here for full bio.)

  •  WIL BAILEY, San Isidro,Costa Rica (SEJ/Conference Missionary)  Wil will be responsible for working with local pastors in the southern zone of Costa Rica and will organize the projects at the Methodist churches in that area for U.S. work teams.  Also will teach Theology, Bible and English at the extension campus of the Methodist seminary in San Isidro.

  •  LYNN & SHARON FOGLEMAN (#773720) Kentucky  Dr. Lynn and Dr. Sharon Fogleman are Associates in Mission Service (AIMS) missionaries serving with the General Board of Global Ministries at the Red Bird Clinic in Beverly, Kentucky.

     

  •  SHANA HARRISON, Chile (# 13089Z) Shana is the director of the La Esperanza sheltered workshop and group home, a ministry with mentally and physically disabled adults.  Shana is ministering with some of the most vulnerable of God's children.  (Click here for full bio.)

     

  • GREG JENKS (#S-00148) ZOE Ministries, Sub-Sahara, Africa (Conference Missionary) Greg is serving in the Zimbabwe Conference, Rwanda, and other areas of sub-Sahara Africa for the purpose of developing a comprehensive ministry in response to the AIDS pandemic. The primary focus is in the care of HIV orphans. The foci include establishing children’s empowerment ministries, feeding programs, providing school fees and uniforms, and meeting spiritual needs of the children.

     

  •  FRIDO KINKOLEGE (#15152Z) Liberia  Frido, a Methodist originally from the Congo, has been working with the people of Liberia since 2004.  He has started several extraordinary programs that are powerful and constructive like the Brighter Children’s Rescue Center and Feed My Lambs.  These programs support ex-combatant and street children and feeding/literacy training.

  •  FAITH LAMPHIER (#S-00187) India & Africa (SEJ/Conference Missionary)  A Work of Heart - Sharing God’s love through hands-on classes in sewing, cooking, and handcrafts.  The skills learned provide an opportunity for the girls and women to gain self-confidence and, often, increase the family income. 

     

  •  SHIRLEY TOWNSEND JONES, (#982995) Church and Community Worker, Bennettsville-Cheraw, SC.  Shirley works with the Bennettsville-Cheraw Area Cooperative Ministry in the SC Conference.  She coordinates and implements spiritual, educational, social and economic programs for the 13 member churches and communities. 

     

  •  GARY WAYNE LOCKLEAR, (#982955) Church and Community Worker assigned to the Rockingham District Native American Cooperative Ministry with the North Carolina Annual Conference.  Main goal is to grow the Native American churches and leadership in the coming years and to explore the possibility of developing congregations in all Native American communities in the North Carolina Conference.
     

  •  DAVID MARKAY, (#012192-2AZ)  The Rev. David A. Markay and his wife Rev. Kristin C. Markay serve as pastors of the multi-cultural, English-language ministry of the Chiesa Metodista di Milano (The Methodist Church of Milan) in Italy. This ministry is an outgrowth of the Italian Methodist/Waldensian Church's missional emphasis of "Offering hospitality to the stranger/Being the church together."  (Click here for full bio.)
     

  •  KRISTIN MARKAY, (#012193-3AZ)  The Rev. Kristin C. Markay and her husband Rev. David A. Markay serve as pastors of the multi-cultural, English-language ministry of the Chiesa Metodista di Milano (The Methodist Church of Milan) in Italy. This ministry is an outgrowth of the Italian Methodist/Waldensian Church's missional emphasis of "Offering hospitality to the stranger/Being the church together." (Click here for full bio.)
     

  •  NARA MELKONYAN, Armenia   (See #3 under World Mission)   Nara is Director of Project AGAPE.
     

  •  VICKIE SIGMON, Winston-Salem, NC  (#982916-8) Vickie works in a high risk community developing Christian community, promoting social justice and proclaiming God’s loving presence.
     

  • VICTOR TARYOR (#3019571) Liberia, Africa Victor is hospital administrator for Ganta Hospital, a position he has held since 2006. Also a registered nurse, Victor oversees the daily operation of the hospital while communicating with hospital staff to insure the hospital is providing the best possible care to each patient.
     

  •  HERBERT ZIGBUO (#10911Z) Liberia, Africa  Herbert will be serving as Vocational Training Coordinator, seeking to improve and develop vocational training programs in selected United Methodist Schools.

  •  MARY ZIGBUO, (#10721Z)  Liberia, Africa  Mary will be assisting the church to develop a program that caters to the physical, educational, and spiritual needs of disabled populations.



     

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