Pastor Partnerships
The ministry of Alberto and Rosalina Martinez inspired the Foundation for Peace. When they emigrated from Puerto Rico over 30 years ago, they began to establish the Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I. church in the Dominican Republic. This Puerto Rican denomination has now grown to more than 200 churches. It is predominantly, but not exclusively, the denomination that the Foundation for Peace serves with in partnership. The Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I. church has focused on working with people in some of the poorest areas in the country and is therefore a very appropriate partner for the Foundation for Peace.
The success of the Foundation for Peace, as evidenced by its continuing growth, is due primarily to the grace of God guiding the development of meaningful relationships with the local Dominicans. The foundation of these friendships is inspired by the leadership of the pastors from the local Pentecostal churches and from the North American churches who accompany their congregation members during the mission trips.
In 2005, 29 churches were represented on the trip. About a third of those churches are actively involved in sending teams year after year. Listed below are the pastors and their churches who are actively participating in the Foundation for Peace summer mission trip program.
Reverend Cindy Alloway
Cindy is the wife of Dr. Ken Culver and a co-founder of the Foundation for Peace. She has been serving the Presbyterian Church in Morristown (PCM) as the Associate Pastor for Missions and Pastoral Care since April, 2006.
In her role, Cindy leads programs in pastoral care, community outreach and mission, membership involvement and fellowship and regularly participates in worship as the primary liturgist and occasional preacher.
A graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary,she has also worked as a parish nurse, a community health counselor, a foster parent instructor, a therapist at a child and adolescent sexual abuse center, and as a parish nurse. As co-founder of the Foundation for Peace, Cindy continues her role as a leader in this organization.
Cindy is married to Dr. Ken Culver, a physician/scientist at Novartis. They have three children: Ryan, a medical student at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine; Ian, a cadet at the US Coast Guard Academy; and Kathryn, at Randolph High School, who was confirmed at PCM.
Read more about the 2007 PCM Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic.
View a photo album of the 2007 PCM Mission trip.
Pastors in the Dominican Republic
(listed alphabetically by first name)
- Adrianna de le Cruz, La Javilla de la Cruz Grande Church
- Alexis Calderon, Los Alcarrizos Church
- Bronie Nova, Haina church
- Cecilio Ramirez, Tres Brazos Church
- Christian Fermin, Santiago church
- Desiderio "Jacky" Corniel, Batey Algodon Church
- Domingo Dela Rosa, Brisas de los Palmares Church
- Eusedio Hernandez, Villa Maria church
- Feliciano Torres, Los Palmares Church
- Flor Dalisa Perez Rodriguez, Callejon Church
- Juan Francisco Javier Moreno, Sabana Perdida church
- Juan "Johnny" Ramierez, Zumbon Church
- Juanita Rincon, San Felipe Church
- Maximo Rijo, Las Americas Church
- Moises Martinez, President
- Nicolas Mesa, Pantoja Church
- Nieves Luisa DeLeon and Leonardo Bienvenidos Garcia Lugo, Yaguate Church
- Leonardo Domingo Paniagua, Alondra church
- Nelson Pichardo, Alcapulco church
- Paulina Mota, La Caleta Church
- Pedro Jimenez, San Miguel Church
- Rubin Ventura Taylor, San Pedro Church
- Victor Ramierez, Pedernales Church
- Ysmael Elias Perez, Barahona Church
Pastors in Haiti
- Andre Pierre, Anse-a-pitre church
Pastors in Kenya
- Oliver Agufa, Living Word Church, Mathare, Nairobi
- Paul Ngaba, Ngong, Nairobi
- Rosemary Mbogo, Karen, Nairobi
- Stephen Mbogo, Karen, Nairobi
Pastors in the United States
(listed alphabetically by first name)
- Aaron Nagel, Long Valley Presbyterian Church, Long Valley, NJ
- Cheryl Lamb, Grand island, NJ
- Cindy Alloway, Presbyterian Church in Morristown, NJ
- David Choi, Praise Presbyterian Church, Somerset, NJ
- Douglas Hoglund, Woodside Presbyterian Church, Yardley, PA
- Jonathan Hoeldtke, Woodstown Presbyterian Church, Woodstown, NJ
- Mark Jernigan, First Presbyterian Church, Bradenton, FL
- Matthew Koenig, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
- Mihee Kim-Kort, College Hill Presbyterian Church, Easton, PA
- Paul McKim, Laura Street Baptist Church, Maryville, MO
- Porfirio Cabral, Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I., Patterson, NJ
- Rick Oppelt, United Presbyterian Church, Flanders, NJ
- Victor and Anna Jarvis, Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal, M.I., Lawrence, MA