FPC Missionaries
Rev. Dr. John McCall - Taiwan
John McCall responded to a renewed call to mission service in 2011. He had previously served in Taiwan for 13 years. He will travel throughout Taiwan teaching courses on ministry and spiritual formation to pastors and lay leaders of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan. John will help pastors find encouragement and challenge by helping them develop intentional communities, and he will facilitate mentoring relationships between older pastors and younger pastors. He also will assist churches seeking to serve the growing population of urban people who have left their villages for jobs in the cities, and he will teach courses at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Taipei.
Tim and Gloria Wheeler - Honduras
Tim and Gloria have served as mission workers in Gloria’s native land, Honduras, since 1990. Tim now serves as advisor for the Americas Area of Heifer International for country program strengthening. He is responsible for supporting the training, evaluation, strategic planning, administration and team-building capacities of Heifer projects in the region.Gloria coordinates study tours and mission team visits from the United States. Some teams work in an urban setting, others work in one of the 20 local Heifer partners and others travel to western Honduras to help the Chorti-Mayan people build homes.The Wheelers also dedicate part of their time to evaluating proposals that come from Central America to the Presbyterian Hunger Program and Self-Development of People.Tim and Gloria have lived and served in Gloria’s native land of Honduras for more than 30 years in different capacities. They met in 1977 and married a year later. From 1976 to 1990, Gloria worked with the Honduran Ministry of Economics. From 1977 to 1979 Tim was the country representative to Honduras for Church World Service. For the next two years he worked with Heifer Project International (HPI) and then from 1983 to 1990 Tim was the director for communications for the Christian Commission for Development (CCD). From 1990 to 2001 both Gloria and Tim have served with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Honduras through their ecumenical partner, the CCD.A native of New York, Tim earned a B.A. in history from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. He earned his M.A. in Latin American studies from American University in Washington, D.C. Before going to Honduras with Church World Service, he lived and worked in Guatemala for two years.Gloria was born in Honduras and earned a B.A. in public administration from the National University of Honduras.
MIDDLE EAST, CENTRAL ASIA, NORTHERN
AFRICA
We are thankful that we have partnerships with three couples who are working in areas that are not secure. They are trying to embrace the cultural differences and to live out respect for different theologies and different ways of life. We are always praying for their safety and their ability to work together in harmony with the people in these countries in order to bring tolerance and understanding of each others differences.
Frank and Nancy Bertram – Kenya and
Malawi, Africa
Frank and Nancy have been serving in Africa since 1998. They spend 6 months each year volunteering at a Presbyterian mission station in