Missions

We are actively involved in the work of missions, seeking to fulfill Christ’s Great Commission as we send & support a small number of missionaries in the field.

Denominational Missionaries

Sid & Jean Garland, ACTS

In 1978 Sid was ordained to the ministry of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church serving our Finaghy congregation for nine years. In 1987, responding to God’s call, they went with Qua Iboe Fellowship (now Mission Africa) to Nigeria with their three young children.

Sid taught first in Samuel Bill Theological College, Abak, and then at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria, becoming Deputy Provost in 1991. He was awarded his doctorate in missions six years later. Hundreds of his former students are now in churches, schools & Bible colleges across Nigeria.

Sid became involved in establishing a strategic ministry known as Africa Christian Textbooks (ACTS) supplying and publishing relevant and affordable evangelical books to church leaders across Africa. ACTS distributes books through seventeen book shops in key seminaries or cities across Nigeria and Kenya.

Missionaries supported by EPC congregations

The Gaiyas are long term missionaries serving under the auspices of Mission Africa, in Nigeria. Musa is lecturer in Church History at the University of Jos. He is also ordained in the ECWA Good News Church in the city. Recently, he was appointed to liaise with Mission Africa partners in Jos and Abuja.

Pamela works in the Publishing Department of Africa Christian Textbooks (ACTS) in their headquarters in Jos, Nigeria. She is also engaged in ministering to women in her local community. Together Musa and Pamela assist with orientation for long–term missionaries when they first arrive in Nigeria.

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Musa, Pamela & Gracie Gaiya (Nigeria)

Ben, Esther & Reuben Smith (Moldova)

The Smiths are members of the congregation at Stranmillis and are currently studying at Cornerstone Bible College (Netherlands) in preparation to go to Moldova as missionaries with UFM.

Over the past number of years God has been burdening Ben & Esther and ultimately calling them to go to those who are unreached with the gospel because they have a disability. It’s the sad reality that in every unreached people group those with disabilities are even further unreached.

Ben & Esther have been blessed to encounter the work of Casa Mea, a Moldovan ministry associated with UFM that brings the Good News of Jesus and practical care to people who are isolated and suffer tremendous abuse because of disability. They look forward to serving alongside this ministry once they graduate from their studies in Summer 2021, and God-willing will move to Moldova to commence language learning as soon possible.

Like all missionaries, the Smiths rely on your prayers so please do not hesitate to contact them if you would like to partner with them on this journey and hold the ropes for them in prayer.

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Andrew and Eunice Moody have watched the situation in South Sudan develop for several years and have felt burdened about the state of the Church there.

They live in Uganda and, from that base, serve South Sudanese pastors both through trips into South Sudan and by ministering in the large Ugandan refugee camps. Many South Sudanese Christians and Christian leaders are currently living in Uganda, where there are around one million South Sudanese refugees. Andrew runs preacher’s training courses in the camps and Eunice, a trained nurse, serves at a local health centre.

Andrew and Eunice have one daughter: Joy.

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Andrew, Eunice & Joy Moody (Uganda & South Sudan)

Other missionaries

There are other missionaries within our church that are preparing to serve in countries in Asia where they need to remain anonymous for safety reasons. If you would like to know more, please contact us personally and we can give you more details in a safe & secure way.