Supported ministries
Jesus said to “go into all the world and make disciples….” Therefore at ICL, we believe that it is vital to support mission activity both inside and outside of the Netherlands.
Below are ministries that we support in prayer, but also financially on a regular basis:
The Netherlands
Hoofddorp Church Plant - a small team from ICL are heading this up. Mike and Anita James and their daughter Grace and Sietse and Vanessa Houtman. Mike and Anita are AGWM missionaries and up until the end of 2011 headed up the childrens ministry in ICL, Mike served as an elder and pastoral staff member and Anita looked after church administration and bookkeeping. Sietse and Vanessa served in the music team up until the end of 2011
Irma Lodewijks - Irma is part of ICL, helps to lead services and also supports the running of the Growing Leaders course. Irma works part-time for Navigators(LEF) seeking to share Christ amongst young people and to disciple those who are believers.
De Brug – a ministry based in Katwijk which works amongst those with addiction and other life controlling issues. De Brug
Frank Bouwens Frank is a full time missionary with Christian Associates and works alongside the leadership of Crossroads Amstelveen with church planting. Presently he is helping with a new initiative in the Utrecht area. Along with his wife Josefine, they also host an English speaking missional small group in their Heemstede home. Josefine works full-time as an eye surgeon at a hospital in Heemstede and they have two daughters at home with them.
Frank and Josefine were amongst those who helped to plant ICL and Frank also served as an elder for a number of years.
VPE – as a member church of the VPE, we send a congregational contribution which helps with the funding of national initiatives.
Albania - Martin and Ada Tims teach in the Missionary School in Tirana (www.gdqschool.org) as well as helping serve in the International Protestant Assembly. For their personal website, check out http://famtims.info
Brazil – The Zevenbergen family has founded a school to train young Brazilians who desire to come and minister in Europe. They live in Joinville. Richard and Pita as well as seeking to raise up missionaries are also involved in local church, orphanage and education ministry.
Mali Christiane Lauschitzky works with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Mali. Christiane was an active member of ICL during 2006/2007. To receive Christiane's newsletter: christiane_lauschitzky@sil.org
Russia – Valera and Marina Allikin have three children and live in St Petersburg. They were in ICL whilst Valera studied for his PhD in Theology at Leiden University. Valera is now the academic dean of the theology department at St Petersburg Christian University, as well as travelling elsewhere in Russia to equip leaders and others
NW Europe - Tim and Marketa Southerland (sons - James, Andrew and Michael). ICL was begun in Tim and Marketa's home and Tim served as the first lead pastor of the church. Tim now oversees American Assemblies of God missionaries in NW Europe. They live in Cardiff, Wales with two of their sons, Andrew and Michael. Their oldest son James is studying in the USA.
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