Zhenya was born in the family of a military officer who was relocated to western Ukraine, Ternopil region and came to the Lord in 1999 in youth Christian summer camp. After studying at St. James Bible College he met and married Lyuda in 2005. They started to minister in various churches helping in youth ministries, church plants, and preaching. In 2007 Zhenya and Lyuda became a part of Calvary Chapel Ternopil where Zhenya was one of the interpreters, administrators, teachers. In 2017 Zhenya became a pastor and eventually copastor with Jonathan Markey. Since then, he has been leading small groups, preaching, and doing administrative ministry. Lyuda has been busy leading the Sunday School for kids.  

Since the beginning of full-scale war in Ukraine, Calvary Chapel Ternopil became a hub for all of the Calvary Chapels in Ukraine distributing humanitarian aid and serving as a place of rest for pastors, leaders, volunteers, and ministry teams. In March of 2023 Zhenya became the coordinator of the Calvary Chapel Ukraine network of churches. The mission is to facilitate Gospel transformation by making disciples of Jesus Christ, through teaching the Word of God, engaging in the mission of God, building healthy Christian communities, and raising up leaders.

Lindsey is officially the church secretary but as with all small churches, everyone serves in many different areas.  For Lindsey this includes helping lead worship, the women's ministry and the English Camp.  

She also leads the youth girl's bible study, serves in the Invisible theater ministry, works in cooperation with the other local churches as one of the leaders in the Christians for Eger Group and whatever else might be needed.

Lindsey has been living and serving in Hungary for 10 years and hopes to continue to serve there as long as the Lord allows!

From Kansas to Virginia, Colorado, Georgia and back, Curt has bounced around doing everything from English literature and computer science to sales education, voice acting and (most recently) Technical Director at White Fields. Somehow, all that bouncing around turned out to be God's training ground for the call to minister in Eger, Hungary, where he now serves with Calvary Chapel Eger.

Curt has a passion for music and all things techie (especially when they further the Kingdom), so it's no surprise that his three grown sons are all pursuing computer-sciency degrees and careers in Colorado.

Curt is excited to serve God's people in Eger, in all of Hungary, and maybe even beyond as God leads!

George and Sharon lived and ministered in Ukraine for 30 and 19 years, respectively. In February 2022, they and their six sons were displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They fled to Hungary, where they started BridgeUA, a Calvary Chapel ministry to displaced Ukrainians. As displaced people themselves, the Markeys understand first-hand how vital community is for refugees. Along with a team of others who have been displaced by the war in Ukraine, they have been creating discipleship communities for Ukrainian refugees in multiple cities across the nation of Hungary and training Ukrainian Christians in other European countries to do the same for the refugees around them. The Markeys’ God-sized dream is that no displaced Ukrainian would have to feel alone, but each would have the opportunity to become part of a vibrant community of people who love and follow Jesus!

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. 

Benjamin took his first trip to Ukraine in 2001 with Calvary Chapel Bible College of Indianapolis. During that first summer, God called him to minister to the people of Ukraine and he moved to there in January of 2002. He married Lena in Sept. 2003. God began laying a burden on their hearts to start a  grace-teaching church. In March 2005 they moved to Svitlovodsk, Lena’s home town of 50,000. Benjamin began a Bible study in their apartment that June. Since then Jesus has been faithful to grow Calvary Chapel Svitlovodsk and to change lives by the power of His grace. The church continues to grow and reach out to the community with the Gospel today. Benjamin serves as lead pastor of Calvary Chapel Svitlovodsk and occasionally travels as a speaker around Ukraine.

Their vision is to see more and more Gospel-centered churches being planted across Ukraine and the whole world. In February 2014, Calvary Chapel Svitlovodsk sent its first missionaries out.

Laci was a young assistant pastor in Szeged, Hungary when God called him first to Vukovar, Croatia and then to Budapest, Hungary.

He is a member of the leadership of Calvary Chapel Hungary and is the pastor of Calvary Chapel South Budapest. He mentors recovering women at Anonymous Ways Foundation and was asked to become a founding member of City to City Hub Budapest to support church plants in the Budapest area in the next decades.

Currently, he is focusing on discipleship and mentoring men to prepare them to plant missional minded churches throughout Hungary.

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 moved to Tallinn, where is is currently working with his wife Abby to connect with Christian artists.
Connect with James:  jamespayne@ajesusmission.org to sign up for his newsletter. 

Dan and Andrea labor for the Lord in Argentina where they minister to and provide support for other missionaries in the country. At times they provide family and child raising care, and at other times pastoral care. They work closely with gospel workers to create new strategies to reach the people for Jesus.

The Ryders also raising up leaders in Argentina as they provide Biblical, ministerial, and professional development for those who are on the mission field to sharpen their skills and help them rise to the position God has them for.