FPM's Board and Lead Team Members

Rev. Joseph Mulongo, FPM Executive Director and Board Vice-President

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The Rev. Joseph Mulongo oversees FPM supported initiatives in DRC and has coordinated and led FPM's leadership development bicycle/boat tours since 2010.  Joseph is also appointed as the Director of Connectional Ministries for the UMC's North Katanga Conference and is currently based in Indiana while studying at United Theological Seminary (Ohio). He is available for speaking engagements.
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Joseph is married to Mary Kabamba, a nurse and teacher at the El Dorado Nursing School.  

Rev. Dr. Taylor Denyer, FPM Board President and Missiology Coach

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Taylor coaches church leaders as they navigate the challenges of serving in and collaborating with struggling communities. A pastor of the North Katanga Conference who holds graduate degrees in development and divinity, she wrote her ThD thesis, Decolonizing Mission Partnerships: Evolving Collaboration Between United Methodists in North Katanga and the United States of America via the University of South Africa. In 2019, the American Society of Missiology selected Taylor's thesis to be published in their monograph series. Copies are available through Wipf and Stock and other booksellers.  

Taylor teaches seminary and grad courses on mission, coordinates the Osijek Doctoral Colloquium, and is appointed as Bishop's Assistant for Strategic Partnerships and Engagement.  She is married to fellow global nomad Stuart Denyer, a U.S. diplomat. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rev. Dr. Taylor Denyer

President of FPM's USA Board;
FPM Rethinking Missiology Trainer;
Assistant to Bishop Mande 

Rev. Joseph Mulongo

FPM Executive Director; 
President of FPM's DR Congo Board;
Director of Connectional Ministries, North Katanga;
Student, United Theological Seminary (Ohio)
Rev. Daniel Mumba
FPM Financial Oversight, Congo Office
Elder, North Katanga Conference
Rev. Lana Robyne
Elder, Illinois Great Rivers Conference

Rev. Dr. Mande Muyombo

Bishop, The UMC's North Katanga-Tanganyika-Tanzania Episcopal Area
Rev. Willy Banza Yumba
Pastor, Seneca UMC: Seneca, Kansas
Freddy Kitwa
FPM Project Oversight, Tanganyika Conference
Site Manager, Food for the Hungry 
Kenny Smallhorn
Congo Friendship Tour Alumnus and certified candidate for ordained ministry in the UMC. 

SUPPORT TEAM

Teri Walters

Financial Oversight, Indiana Office

Robin and Denver Thornton

Lead fundraisers for the El Dorado Nursing School

VisualGravvity

Publicity Designs and PR Assistance
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Nicole Brandt

Designer of the FPM Logo 

Emily Johnson

The first American to go on a solo FPM immersion trip. Emily's travelog: http://emilyindrc.blogspot.com/ 

In Loving Memory of  Rev. Dr. Bob Walters, Co-founder of FPM

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"Biking Bob," a Marine Corps helicopter pilot turned United Methodist pastor, regularly journeyed to DR Congo for speaking and deep listening tours from 1991-2017. Bob served as the Director of Connectional Ministries for the North Katanga Episcopal Area and was FPM's resident "Mad Man on a Bicycle." When Bob was not in the Congo he could be found in Indiana with his beloved wife Teri. Bob was the author of two books about his time in Congo: The Last Missionary and Pastors, Chiefs, and Warlords: The Ministry of Being With.