George's parents moved to Kyiv, Ukraine in 1992 to plant churches. Eventually George married Sharon and she joined him on the mission field.

The Markeys are actively involved in church planting. They also train others in forming disciple-making communities and church planting.

Johnathan's parents were missionaries and when he was 6, they moved to Kyiv, Ukraine in 1992 and planted a Calvary Chapel. With time Johnathan began to sense the same calling to be a part of planting and growing healthy, Bible-teaching churches. He met Stephanie when she was on a short-term mission trip where they connected over both having a passion for missions and soon were married.

Johnathan continues to pastor and disciple the people of Ternopil and has a music ministry called Room For More that is focused on telling the gospel story through various creative avenues.

The Markeys are working with leadership that has been established in the church to continue encouraging them to disciple others and meet the needs of people in their city. Their music is a powerful tool and they desire to use it to help people think theologically and biblically. They want to continue to produce gospel-centered, quality music and also provide a platform for other artists to get their music out and collaborate on projects. 

Nate first came to Ukraine on a mission trip with his Bible college and it was then that he sensed God was calling him to be a missionary in Ukraine. After some years of finishing Bible college, and serving missionaries as the missions coordinator at his church, He joined up with another missionary and moved to Ukraine. He originally planned to start something new in a small city, but when he arrived he was asked to take over the work at the church in Kharkiv. After almost 16 years, he is still there and is now the pastor.

Currently Nate is mentoring younger men to become pastors and organizes national conferences for Calvary Chapel Ukraine. Nate's wife Diana leads women's ministry and has recently started a small bilingual (English/Ukrainian) Christian elementary school.

Growing up as a pastor's kid, Isaac was involved in the church at a young age. While he made a confession of faith and was baptized when he was 10, he did not have a personal relationship with Christ until he was older. As a teenager, he had many doubts about what he believed, but God met him in a real and personal way and he finally understood the Gospel for the first time. Understanding the Good News of the Gospel changed his life and led him into missionary work.

Isaac now serves with Athletes in Action to help equip coaches around the world to leverage their platform of sports to make disciples, partner with churches to help them use sports to minister to their community, and send soccer teams globally to assist international missions efforts.

James started leading worship at age 15, but he began to sense a calling to use music to reach the lost. James met Sam Carson in Hungary in 2016 and became part of his band, Final Greetings, from 2018-2023

James recently joined A Jesus Mission’s Ukraine Response Team in 2023, providing humanitarian aid for people and churches affected by the war. Contact James at: jamespayne@ajesusmission.org to sign up for his newsletter.