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

•  RICHARD BRYANT (#15076Z)  Richard is the AFE (Area Financial Executor) for the Russian United Methodist Church and developing continuing education for clergy and seminary graduates.  (Click here for full bio.)

  • Richard Bryant - Missionary in Russia - Home Page
     

•  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.)

  • Mission Letter from Chile - Shana Harrison - Spilling the Chile Beans

   

•   GREG JENKS, ZOE (ZOE)  Sub-Sahara, Africa (Conference Missionary) Greg is serving in the Zimbabwe Conference 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 feeding programs, providing school fees and uniforms, and meeting spiritual needs of the children.

  • Mission Information for ZOE and updates from Greg

   

•  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.

   

•  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.
   

•  SONIA REID STRAWN, Seoul, Korea (#003705-3BZ) Sonia is a professor at Ewha Woman’s University. She is a teacher, mentor and friend to university students in Korea.
   

•  HAZEL TERHUNE, (#003774-7) Hazel serves as an evangelist and teacher of English in Tokyo, Japan.
   

•  ROBERT TERHUNE, (003773-6A2) Robert serves a local church in Tokyo, Japan.
   

•  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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