Missions & Outreach

The Avadaneis serve with My Brother’s Keeper in Romania working in orphan ministry and children & youth outreach.

Yoriyoshi Abe and his wife Emiko serve in Japan leading Grace Garden Church. We consider them “one of our own” because Yoriyoshi served as a pastoral intern here at Grace Community Church of Willow Street. They and their daughters, Kanae, Wakana and Honoka, are located in Ebina City just outside of Tokyo. Yoriyoshi & Emiko serve both Japanese and internationals in building up the Christ-centered community. 

The Whitakers are missionaries sent by the Evangelical Congregational Church to serve in Spain with European Christian Mission International. From 2010 to 2020, they served as pioneer church planters in Alcora, Spain. In 2020, God led them to move to the town of Meco near Madrid, where they are currently involved in a church planting project in this town of 14,000 with no established Evangelical church.

Rachel serves as the Member Care Coordinator for the ECM Spain field and enjoys teaching part-time at Evangelical Christian Academy. B.J. serves on the executive leadership team of ECM Spain and is developing men’s ministry using Wild at Heart’s material and approach to engaging and transforming the masculine heart. They have two daughters, Miriam and Laura. 

Tomo and Jessica Abe are ministering to Japanese people and French people in France and Western Europe.

Heidi Jensen is an Ambassador for Christ to the United Nations Community and English Language Learners serving with Global Service Network. 

Lamar and Janice Stoltzfus serve with Africa Inland Mission in Missionary Children Education at Rift Valley Academy in Kenya, Africa. Lamar and Janice serve as Dorm Parents for 9th and 10th Grade girls. Lamar also serves as the Director of Services at RVA, overseeing the departmental supervisors and the national staff as they support the functionality of all departments across the 90+ acre campus. It is a joy to serve in our specialized support ministry roles so our students’ parents can serve on the continent of Africa, reaching the unreached.

Beth taught Missionaries’ Kids (MKs) in a little one-room school (gr. K-5) for five years, and later taught MKs in Guatemala for 9 years over a period of 14 years, and in between worked at The Janus School (for students with learning disabilities). Since June 2006, Beth has been self-employed doing tutoring, testing, academic coaching, consultation, and intervention with home school, private school, cyber school, and college/seminary students, as a School Psychologist, Reading Specialist, and Educational Therapist. She is currently a Wycliffe (WBT) Volunteer Member under our EC Global Missions Community (GMC) with the job description as an Educational Specialist to be an international consultant to Missionary Kids (MK) schools, traveling extensively.

Brian & Missy Wagner serve with Africa Inland Mission as dorm parents and teachers at Rift Valley Academy in Kenya discipling and educating missionary children while enabling their parents to serve throughout the continent of Africa. They have three grown married children all living in the U.S. and recently became grandparents.

Dan and Melinda have been ministering out of the Wycliffe USA headquarters in Orlando, FL since 2011. Dan serves as a videographer and editor in Wycliffe’s Marketing and Communications department. 

Kevin Kumher serves as the Missions and Outreach Pastor at Grace Community Church and the Lead Pastor at Bethel EC Church in Conestoga. He is passionate about teaching the word of God. He desires to see people come to know Christ and grow in spiritual maturity to be effective ambassadors for Christ in fulfilling the Great Commission.

Kevin is married to Cheryl. They met while attending Lancaster Bible College and were married in October of 1988. They have 4 children: Kristi, married to Jake Kreider, Jon married Cait, Rachel, and Sarah. They have 6 grandchildren.

Jazzy serves as the Missions & Outreach Coordinator here at GCC. Jazzy is a recent graduate of Lancaster Bible College with a Bachelor of Arts in Intercultural Studies and Biblical Studies. She loves her co-workers and sharing the love of Christ through local and international outreach. 

Jazzy is well-traveled, having spent a summer interning in Spain! In her free time, Jazzy loves longboarding, reading, and thrifting.