In the early 1980s, a leader lived in a country restricted from the outside world and was part of a group that had abandoned a commitment to holiness. He longed for renewal. Through a series of connections with Free Methodist (FM) leaders and other workers, the work in Creative Access (CA) Asia – MR officially joined the global FM family in 1994. Today the leaders have a renewed focus on initiating new fellowships. In 2021 they had more new believers than any other year, over 220. Other work includes homes for children and youth, a high-school boarding school, and a Bible Collage in the capital city. They also work among the tribal people and have two children’s homes in the country.

Family Promise has created a network of congregations across the western San Gabriel Valley that take turns, one week at time, housing and feeding homeless families that are admitted into the program. During the day, the children go to school, while the parents go to the Family Promise Resource Center where they receive assistance finding housing, work and social services they may need.

Roy Yabuki grew up at Los Angeles Free Methodist Church (now Mission Valley FMC) and now serves with International Students at University of Texas, Arlington and is currently Dallas/Fort Worth Director of ISI, Campus Director at TCU. Roy and Lisa serve by helping international students understand the love of Christ.

Through Free Methodist World Missions, Mission Valley supports the staff with their ministry at Heavenly Treasures. The mission of Heavenly Treasures is to equip and assist people in developing countries to break the cycle of poverty through their handiwork and creativity. They focus on handicraft projects that allow the development of a micro enterprise, leading them down the path to self-sufficiency. These projects are very small enterprises, ranging from one refugee family to a group of village women, all in need of a consistent income.

Mike and Stacy Christensen returned from their ministry in Eastern Europe to serve in Re-Ignite Hope ministries. Mike serves as a workplace pastor for this non-profit organization. Reignite Hope trains students for a career in welding, gets them certified in the welding trade and assists them with job placement. Our students have the power to change their lives for the better, gained from the support and skills they attain in our free, hands-on classroom and welding center.

Gene and Minori Hall began serving in Japan in August 2019. With Christians comprising only 1% of the population, there is an urgent need for the gospel of Jesus Christ in Japan. The Halls provide leadership training in Southeast Asia and Japan, working to equip Christian leaders with the tools to lead well. Their primary focus is developing faithful leaders who develop more faithful leaders, resulting in the multiplication of the gospel, disciples, churches, and new leaders.

David Gaulton served as Mission Valley’s worship director and left to start a music ministry called “The Jesus Use Me Movement”.

This ministry exist to be a catalyst in awakening the people of God. The Jesus Use Me Movement desire is not to be a church, but to serve God’s local church. Its vision is to build unity in the church, empowering the ordinary person to live a life of faith in action. The Jesus Use Me Movement focuses on three areas: Music, Events, and Resources. The Music is all about worshiping Jesus, inviting the Holy Spirit to work in us, and pointing us to live out a courageous faith. The Events and Resources equip and help churches and leaders to also ignite worship and faith in Jesus.

The Lighthouse Children's Home in Chiang Mai, Thailand, is a home where we show the love of Jesus to children who are impoverished, lack opportunity, or abandoned and orphaned. Their focus is on Christ, teaching children who they are in Christ and His finished work at the cross under God’s grace and our faith.