The Gregoires serve with MTW in Kosice, Slovakia and engage in leadership development, compassion and evangelization through Slovak and Roma outreach programs. Dan is developing a Work Life program to train Roma men to become certified welders. The program grants a 2 year certification and provides discipleship so Roma men can be leaders in their communities and churches. Dan’s MTW team established a kindergarten for Roma children to prepare their for Slovak elementary school which teaches the basics of Slovak language, alphabet, numbers, colors, and songs to help them in a difficult cultural transition into Slovak schools where they are viewed as second class citizens. Rebecca leads a club where moms with young children come to play, learn songs in English, gain encouragement in their mothering, and hear the gospel.

Together Dan and Rebecca seek to live missional lives, being a bridge to bring Slovaks into the community of believers to hear the gospel and see it in practice. It is their hope that the next generation in Slovakia will know and worship the Lord as a body of believers. 

Luciano & Luciene Pires are missionaries with Presbyterian Mission International, and the founders of a home-based, apologetics-focused Christian institute called Colloquium. Their mission at Colloquium is to plant churches by presenting the truths of the Gospel in a way that will challenge the hearts and minds of this generation, especially university students. They are also actively engaged in Christian leadership training. Thus, their passion is to reach out to non-believers and to equip Christians to live all of life under the Lordship of Christ.

In 2002 Luciano and Luciene completed degrees at Covenant Theological Seminary. Luciano received an M.Div, while Luciene earned an MA in Theological Studies; both have their degrees in Apologetics and Evangelism. Upon completion of their degrees, they returned to their homeland, Brazil, where they established Colloquium in Goiania. During these fifteen years of ministry, they ministered to hundreds of people every year through their Bible Studies, the annual Colloquium Conference, and various outreach activities hosted every week at their home. Out of the ministry of Colloquium, the Mosaico Presbyterian Church was planted, a godly and vibrant community of people formed mostly by young professionals and university students. Luciano also taught Old Testament and Biblical Theology at the Presbyterian Seminary in Goiania.

The Pireses are now preparing to move to Porto, a university city in northern Portugal, where, by God’s grace and His glory, they will take Colloquium to a country where only 0.4% of the population are professed Christians (less than India and Japan). While transitioning to Portugal, Luciano is taking classes towards a Th.M at Covenant Seminary. The Pireses want to be used by God in Porto “by being His instruments to renew the minds, transform the lives and impact the culture of the place our Lord calls us to be.”

The Pireses have two children, Mila (14) and Pedro (11). They both love Colloquium and are eager to see it established in Portugal.

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"Brother David" is the founder and leader of a Christian seminary in an unreached part of Asia. Having been shunned by his family and community for his conversion, he now ministers to new converts by providing not only discipleship, but supplies and job training.

In 2018, Grace + Peace is honored to partner with him both in his daily discipleship, and in the construction of a new Christian training center.

Listen to the Voice of the Martyr's interview of "Brother David" here.

“We talk of the second coming of Christ; half the world has never heard of the first.”

James, Jane and their family are empowered by G&P and serve in Central Asia. The Lord has brought them on a journey to focus on the 1% unengaged Muslim places left on the earth in the 10-40 window (from the Caucasus of Russia to Kyrgyzstan to their current place in the region). Since Jesus taught us to take the Great Commission in word and deed, they strive to win, build, and send nationals through education and discipleship programs, outdoor and sport ministries, and young adult/youth groups. Through these bridge-building activities, they are passionate about forming multiplying home-church movements in the least reached places on the planet. To receive incredible stories of what God is doing and partner with them in prayer please write to: thegreatadventure@pobox.com

Founded in 2013 by Georgette Djona, “Mama Georgette,” in response to the devastation in Burundi following the ethnic wars between the Hutus and Tutsis in the late 90’s, BMP is a multi-pronged organization that exists to help and bring the reconciling message of the Gospel to the most vulnerable children and adults in Burundi.

BMP cares for Burundian orphans through La Providence Orphanage, provides a Bible Club program in conjunction with feeding children who otherwise would not have regular meals through their One Meal Program, employs 4-6 nuns to cook and distribute food to 40+ abandoned elderly persons and 100 children hospitalized (in Ubanza) for malnutrition, and operates a free medical clinic 5-6 days a week to care for 300 children (age 1-12) receiving ONE MEAL, their family members, and the orphans at La Providence. Dr. Pascal runs the new medical clinic that BMP has built in Bujumbura. He is licensed in pediatrics and gynecology.

A main goal of BMP is to raise these orphans in a Christian environment to be future leaders of Burundi.

For more information or to sign up to receive updates on BMP, please email the Beyond Austin Missions Committee.