Ministry Partners

We are a part of the Liberti Communion of churches who seeks to live, speak, and serve as the very presence of Jesus in the Philadelphia region. “Liberti” is the Latin word for the “freed people” in ancient society who were formerly in bondage but were now free because their ransom had been paid. The name “Liberti” has both a gospel connection because Jesus brings real freedom to us and to this broken world, and it also connects us to the history of the Philadelphia region that we love.

Faith-based NGO operating in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)

Small Things distributes food, hygiene, and household goods to our network of 107 local partners, which is primarily comprised of community centers, churches, mosques, and synagogues in and around Philadelphia, PA. Our partners understand the needs of their communities, and we supply them with the resources necessary to meet those needs.

The VanDykens have been with TWR since 1988, serving on Bonaire (the Caribbean), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Johannesburg, South Africa, Cyprus, and in the Americas. Daryl is an electrical engineer and has worked through the years on various technical projects, overseeing transmitters, towers, studios and TWR's digital platform, TWR360. He continues with those responsibilities in this region. Their four children are married to wonderful spouses and follow the Lord, and they have nine grandchildren.

Michael and Catharine serve with Comfort for Africa in the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), in partnership with the indigenous church and with the Deaf community. Their primary ministries are in the areas of discipleship, education, and public health.

Winston and Emmy, along with their daughter Nora, serve in Zimbabwe. Their primary work is among college students at a local university and with the young adults at a new church plant. They are planning to start a coffee shop/community center that will one day operate as another church plant on Sundays.

Bethany Jeffers is a full-time volunteer at a Tanzanian organization called Mavuno Village, ministering to orphaned and vulnerable children in northwestern Tanzania. Mavuno Village is a culturally appropriate, agriculturally minded, Christ-centered, family-style orphanage. (www.mavunovillage.org)

Mavuno means “harvest,” and their vision is to see children grow up to be godly, self-sufficient Tanzanians, to see churches and families in Tanzania strengthened by people who have been raised to be faithful followers of Jesus and to carry on that legacy.

Orphaned and vulnerable children are referred to Mavuno Village through Tanzania Social Welfare and are then placed in homes in the Mavuno Village community with Tanzanian caretakers. The children attend school and church, help in the gardens, cook and share meals together, and play lots of soccer, all within the context of their unique families.

Bethany works in the Mavuno Village office as their communications coordinator, connecting with supporters and volunteers, coordinating child sponsorship, and encouraging clear everyday communication between staff, families, and children. Living in a staff home on campus, she is also very involved in the lives of the children.

Before coming to Tanzania, Bethany received a Bible degree from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL, and a counseling certificate through the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF) in Philadelphia, PA, and she worked extensively with children as a nanny and in church and halfway house ministry.

KJ works with Genesius Association, an outreach/pastoral ministry to university students and young professionals, pursuing discipleship relationships and helping in planning and visioning. She also works with a contemporary art studio project, assisting the project manager on coordinating events, while building relationships with artists, instructors, students, and volunteers.

Shortly after arriving in Cluj in 2012, K.J. met Zsolt and they were married in 2014. Zsolt, a Romanian-born Hungarian, grew up in Cluj and studied Hungarian Literature at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj. After graduating in 2014, his focus has been developing professional carpentry skills while continuing to work on writing projects. In June 2015, Zsolt and K.J. were appointed to Cluj as long-term missionaries. They are excited about how God is now leading them to use their gifts in design and carpentry as mission among different communities in and around Cluj.

Sent by Serge for mental health work in South Asia.