4d's primary commitment to assisting national ministries in eastern europe to empower national churches to be missional is being achieved through the establishment of strategic partnerships with networks of nationals who share the same vision and practice of strengthening, equipping and encouraging churches and church associations to be missional in the outlook and focus of their ministries -- in poland, czech republic, hungary, romania, serbia, belarus and moldova with anticipated expansion into additional countries.

International , International Relief

Direct/personal ministry of 4d president: continuing primary residency and extensive travel throughout eastern europe with particular emphasis on meeting with potential national ministry partners to review their aims, programs and projects and then to develop strategies for joint ministry that would be compatible with 4d's commitment to help churches to be missional. In 2016 this resulted in new partnership agreements with an electronic and print media ministry in belarus, separate church planting and youth leader network ministries, both in the czech republic, and a limited partnership with a christian primary school in romania. These new partnerships are with existing national ministries who already have a substantial record of fruitful service. The president continued to serve as the overall coordinator of four existing partnership ministries in the czech republic while service on the board of a long-time ministry partner in poland and providing significant input to staff and program development initiatives with romania-4d. He was again invited to serve as a designated mentor in ministry partnerships at the annual european leadership forum in poland. These activities were supplemented by travel in the us to communicate the values, vision and practice of 4d at conferences and meetings -- with attention to further developing the new kingdom builders initiative to assist smaller national ministries develop and expand their potential. romania -- 4d ministries (independent national organization): ongoing legacy ministry with over 20 years experience in youth, short-term mission and outreach endeavors including local church-based social media and internet awareness programs for parents and children that is being multiplied throughout the country, university student ministry in cluj (location of the largest university in the country) with over 400 participants in weekly meetings plus involvement in mid-sized groups oriented toward mission outreach, and extensive summer and year-round camp, conference, mission, church-planting assistance and other programs -- plus direct support of 4d's web-based ministries. A significant special program continues to provide, through matching grants (to stimulate and develop local national church partnerships), support in training, leading, and evaluating short-term missions teams' ministry to roma (gypsy) and other villages in cooperation with active national church-planting endeavors. This program continues to pursue the goal of expanding the number of teams and enlarging the impact throughout the country. A new initiative is the planting of a missionally-minded local congregation in cluj with the support of an established local congregation with a long association with 4d and this legacy ministry. international staff: couple, both full time. One serving in a dual capacity of the primary administrative and financial manager of the organization along with also assisting national partners in the development of their ministries and organizations, primarily in hungary and romania. The other is seconded to the international christian school of budapest as a volunteer middle school teacher in maths, latin and communications skills while also assisting in ministry partnership development.