Macaluso, Roberto & Kristin

Macaluso, Roberto & Kristin

Roberto & Kristin Macaluso

Place: Palermo
Ministry: YouthMinistry
Mission Agency: Youth for Christ
WebSite:

Roberto was born and raised in Palermo and God called him to follow Jesus and serve Him at the age of 14 years old during a YFC summer camp. When he was 19 years old, he did a gap year in England with Youth For Christ Britain, and despite having planned to stay in the UK following this and get married to his now wife Kristin in 2016, he felt an undeniable call from the Lord to return to Sicily to serve him among teenagers. He continued to volunteer with every opportunity he got during his university years and began leading the youth group of his church. Kristin’s parents are British missionaries in Italy, so she grew up in a small town near Messina in Sicily. She got involved volunteering for Youth for Christ when she was 15. She took a gap year in the UAE after she finished school, and studied in Scotland where she did a Bible Teaching Training Course after completing her university studies. Roberto has completed a master’s degree in theology in January 2024.

Kristin and Roberto’s passion is to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to young people. They do this locally, serving their church as a youth pastor, meeting teenagers one to one, leading Bible studies and a girls club called “Wonder Woman” and organising youth events. They are also pioneering a local schools ministry and planning on starting a new evangelistic camp geared towards evangelism through sports and English. Roberto also serves part-time with Youth for Christ International as the online learning platform manager, and this role involves him training, teaching and assisting Youth for Christ staff from all around the world in using the online learning platform, Pathwright. With this tool they are able to train their staff and volunteers as well as provide resources to those who wouldn’t so easily have access to them.

Santangelo, Giuliano & Francesca

Santangelo, Giuliano & Francesca

Giuliano & Francesca, Santangelo

Church leadership

Place: Bologna
Ministry: Church leadership
Mission Agency:
Website: http://www.nuovavita.org

Giuliano Santangelo is 45 and lives in Bologna. He’s married with Francesca and they have three children (Giulia – 15, Giacomo – 12 and Stefano – 5). For 20 years Giuliano has worked for a company as Safety Manager. Together with Francesca they have served in their church, Nuova Vita (Bologna) for the past 20 years. In 2016 Giuliano was recognized as the second pastor of this growing congregation. In full agreement with the other pastor, Giuliano and Francesca have sensed a call to full-time ministry. This growing church in the city of Bologna is on a remarkable journey of blessing. Led by Gian Luca and Giuliano, the church has witnessed unprecedented blessing and growth. Numerous ministries have developed, such as Vite Trasformate (ministry to prostitutes), Mercy Ministry (to the poor and to the growing refugee camp), Art Ministry and an Internship program. This church (also part of the Impatto (A29 in Italy) family of churches) has defined a vision to see multiple church-plants as it continues to grow in the Gospel.

Current ministry: While working a 10-hour job, Giuliano has been increasingly involved in three main areas of ministry within the church:
Preaching – he has a great passion for faithfully expounding God’s word; currently he has only time to prepare to preach once a month.
Worship as a talented musician, he has been leading worship over many years. He is passionate to help people see God’s glory and see daily life as context for and means of daily worship.
Pastoral carea growing church means man needs and opportunities, which as he is able he seeks to minister too. He and Francesca are especially committed to come and walk alongside young adults. Francesca is also serving in the church (children’s ministry) and is involved in a number of other ministries (literature, mission, young lady, etc.) and events.
Bible camps and Conferences – organization and teaching.

An exciting step, as Giuliano steps out of full-time work in 2019, this will enable him to devote his time and energy to engage in a number of exciting ministries:
– Preaching and teaching
– Leading worship and caring for others involved in this (in Bologna and elsewhere in Italy)
– Pastoral care in the growing and expanding Nuova Vita community
– Raising-up and training leaders
– Bible camps and conferences all around in Italy

Giuliano and Francesca with their family will be moving out by faith into a new season of ministry. They need your prayers and support. Currently they are communicating with churches and friends in Italy as they look to God to provide for their needs. Should you be interested in a gospel-partnership with them (at whichever level), then please don’t hesitate to contact them. Giuliano and Francesca send out a regular ministry and family update. They will also be coming under the Italian Ministries umbrella as well as beginning the A29 assessment as pastor of a church-planting church. Email: jools.santangelo@gmail.com

Virga, Emanuele & Noemi

Virga, Emanuele & Noemi

Virga, Emanuele & Noemi

Teaching

Place: Castelfiorentino (FI)
Ministry: Teaching
Mission Agency: GMI
Blog: http://emmanuelevirga.blogspot.it
Website:

Ciao, sono nato a Vinci (Firenze) nel piccolo paesino che diede i natali a Leonardo…da Vinci. Ho 38 anni e sono sposato da 12 anni con Noemi, compagna nella vita e nell’opera 🙂
Abbiamo un bambino di 6 anni di nome Bani Leonardo. Bani è un nome biblico che significa “costruito, edificato” ed era uno dei valorosi guerrieri di Davide, un altro Bani era un collaboratore di Esdra e Neemia.

All’età di 18 anni ho accettato il messaggio di Cristo. La Bibbia mi ha letteralmente cambiato la vita. La Parola di Dio è stata, per me, positivamente scioccante. Accettando Gesù come mio Salvatore e Signore.

Così… io e mia moglie dal 2006 lavoriamo a pieno tempo per il Signore.

Siamo membri di I.M. (Italian Ministries) e di GMI. Siamo impegnati attivamente da 11 anni con chiese, singole persone, opere evangelistiche, cura spirituale e progetti di collaborazione tra comunità e gruppi cristiani.

Per maggiori informazioni visitate il nostro blog www.emmanuelevirga.blogspot.it

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