Our Missionaries

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.

Matthew 28:19-20

We are not all called to serve Christ the same way: some are called to share Jesus around the world, while others are called to serve locally. We provide support for an amazing team who faithfully serve Jesus both near and far.

Paul and Liz Bowman

  • Paul and Liz have enjoyed serving the Lord with TEAM since 1995 when they joined ministry teams focused on evangelism, discipleship, and leadership training in Bogota, Colombia and Tegucigalpa, Honduras. After eleven years of ministry in Central and South America investing in and equipping the body of Christ, the Lord redirected their steps to Madrid, Spain.

    Paul and Liz currently live in Boadilla, a business professional suburb of Madrid where they share their hope in Jesus with their community—walking alongside atheists, agnostics, and those disillusioned with religion—prayerfully laying a foundation for the gospel by pointing to Christ in a post-modern, post-Christian society.

    Paul served the greater TEAM family through the role of Ministry Area Leader in Spain for nine years before stepping into the Europe Regional Director position in November 2018. Paul and Liz pray their lives can prayerfully strengthen, equip, and empower TEAM personnel and ministries across Europe while they simultaneously invest in their local community and the Spanish church.

  • Intentional prayer over their ministry and discipleship

    To learn more, you can reach out directly to Paul at pablobowman@gmail.com

Katrina Custer

  • Black Forest Academy in Germany exists to support kingdom work around the globe. Nearly 85% of our student body, therefore, come from families in full-time ministry. As the Middle School Chaplain, my role is to support students holistically. I plan the weekly chapel for Grades 5-8 and oversee the Thursday night youth group night (we call it "Chrysalis"), which involves games, a talk usually given by me, and small group time led by High School seniors. In between those two weekly events, I'm available during the school day for mentoring and discipling, primarily in the form of conversations or mini bible studies over lunch or during study hall.

  • To learn more about the school, go to bfacademy.de or find them on social media. They also host a Podcast called “BFA Life.”

    Black Forest Academy is also currently renovating a new school and accepting donations to further that mission.

    To learn more about Katrina and her work, go to her WorldVenture page, which also hosts some blogs and articles I’ve written.

Kory Eller

  • Kory serves with teams in Malaga and Almeria Spain.

    In Malaga we care for and serve alongside Latino/a Global Partners who are serving in Europe and throughout the nearby region.

    In Roquetas de Mar we serve those who are displaced, who have come from many different countries with very little resources, to bring the hope in the midst of the many challenges they face.

  • Prayer over Kory and his family in this time of ministry. To learn more, reach out to him directly at koryeller@oci.org

Stu and Cristina Grewatz

  • After 17 years planting churches in Mexico City, Stu & Cristina Grewatz moved to Puebla in 2014 to mobilize Mexico for missions. Their dream is to start a “brushfire” missions movement by helping Mexican missionary candidates get to the mission field, and equipping Mexican churches to send them to the least reached peoples--especially the Muslims where American missionaries are not welcome. In Puebla, they are coordinating mentoring groups and practical ministry for the resident students at the Puebla Bible Seminary.

    The Summer Missionary Project is producing missionary candidates as they equip Mexican youth every July to do evangelistic 5-day clubs with children. They are promoting the “Impact 316” project to mobilize Mexico to send missionaries to more than 316 ethnic groups with no church, within Mexico and around the world.

  • Intentional prayer over their ministry and discipleship

    To learn more, you can reach out directly to Paul at pablobowman@gmail.com

Rick and Sharon Mattson

  • I work as a traveling evangelist/apologist and trainer for InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM). I’m on the road at least a third of the time (sometimes more) to campuses around the country.

    This means I show up, at say, Rice University (Houston), and hold a “Stump the Chump” session where students can come and ask any question they wish about Christianity. My job is to reply to their questions.

    The next evening at Rice I did a public dialogue with a Muslim leader on the identity of Jesus. I also meet with individual students, such as atheist “Olivia” who had many questions.

    And then I often do an evangelism training for Christian students and my fellow InterVarsity staff.

    Fourthly at Rice, I did an evangelism training for Christian faculty on campus. And yes, we provide them with a free lunch – which greatly helps with attendance J)

  • Regular prayer and encouragement fuel their ministry.

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