LINKS stands for "Loving, Interested Nazarenes, Knowing and Sharing." The LINKS program of the Church of the Nazarene is a network of personal connections between missionaries and Nazarenes around the world. Missionaries are assigned to districts and, then on the district level, connected to local churches. This gives each church an opportunity to become personally acquainted with the missionary family and their field of service. Typically, churches send packages, cash gifts, cards, and other remembrances to their LINKS missionaries.
Jonathan is a Mission Corps missionary in Romania. Since September 2009 he has been serving the Romanian district as coordinator of lay training and discipleship ministries. He trains lay leaders and develops discipleship ministries on the district. Since he grew up in York, Pennsylvania, he chose Eastern Nazarene College for his undergraduate work and Nazarene Theological Seminary for his graduate work. He worked for nearly five years in the department of Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries at our Global Ministry Center in Lenexa, Kansas, and was busy working in various local church ministries at Overland Park, Kansas Church of the Nazarene. Those ministries included English Language Learner classes, children's ministries, Sunday school and discipoleship minisries and NMI. Find out more about his work in Romania by going to his web site: www.jepjon.com. His e-mail address is jep_jon@yahoo.com. His birthday is March 5. Field address: CP 68, 545400 Sighisoara, Romania
Steve Sharp does not give much early life information but shares that he visited Africa about 12 years ago when he volunteered to assist with the newly developing Jesus Film ministry in the Horn of Africa. He spent two years in this assignment before returning to the US to continue his studies at Nazarene Theological Seminary. Following graduation from NTS, he served a bried period in Ethiopia and then moved to Israel to minister to drug addicts and alcoholics in Haifa. In May 2010 he returned to Ethiopia as a missionary. Steve's birthday is October 9. His e-mail address is stephentodd@me.com. His field address is PO Box 8974, Addis Ababa, Ethopia.
