Contact our Team

Darin Anderson, our team leader, was born and raised in an EFCA Church in the Chicago area and has served five Free Churches in various roles in Chicago, Charlotte, Louisville and now Tampa. He has been married to Kristin since 1999 and they have four boys. You can contact him at Darin@oakwoodfl.org.

Chi Eng Yuan is a retired EFCA pastor. He and his wife Kar-Shan have served the Lord in pastoral ministry in Hong Kong and the USA throughout their adult lives. They were appointed by Association of North American Chinese Evangelical Free Churches (ANACEFC) to be liaison persons between ANACEFC and Evangelical Free Church of America(EFCA). Recently they have established a team to translate some books, articles and documents from EFCA in Chinese. You can contact him at chiengyuan@mac.com

Samantha Frykholm is the women’s ministry director for her church in Story City, Iowa, alongside her husband, Steve, who pastors the church. Contact her at samantha.frykholm@gmail.com. Samantha’s trajectory of life changed through the disciple-making ministry of CRU so she joined their staff upon college graduation.  She thought she would serve with them for decades, but her life took another turn when the Lord moved her to take her heart for training in disciple-making to the local church. 

As a result, she was led to Trinity Evangelical Divinity school where she met her husband on his path to become a pastor.  They have served together since and with their ministry at Harvest E Free in Iowa, where they love raising their two teenage daughters. Samantha’s heartbeat is to see women finding their joy in Jesus and living in intentional relationships empowered by the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to bring the Gospel across the nations and across the street.

Tammy Medders started in local church ministry in 1995 and has served in numerous areas of church ministry over the years. She has worked at New City Church in Charlotte, NC for the last 13 years and is currently Director of Adult Ministries.She is passionate about helping women in the EFCA develop their leadership skills and gifting for service to the local church. Tammy has been married to her husband, Jay, for 25 years and has three children. You can contact her at tmedders@newcity.us.

Mike Davis is the Director of Mobilization for ReachGlobal and has served with ReachGlobal since 1992.  The Davis Family served in Spain and Portugal as missionaries.  Mike currently lives in Wheaton, IL, with his wife, Janet. They have four adult children and three grandchildren.  You can contact Mike at mike.davis@efca.org.

Kerry Doyal is the Superintendent for the Allegheny District. Previously, Kerry and his wife, Robin, served EFCA churches in Brooklyn, NY; Waukegan and Round Lake, IL; Kingsport, TN; and Sarver, PA. He has a heart for cross-cultural ministry, having traveled to and ministered in India, Mexico, Costa Rica, Haiti, Peru, and Italy. The Doyals live north of Pittsburgh and have five adult children. You can contact Kerry at: kerry.doyal@efca.org.

Renato Jimenez is the multicultural ministry director for his church in Alta, Iowa, where he is a catalyst for local outreach and global missions. Contact him at renato.jimenez@summitefc.com

John Mochel is serving the Brooklyn EFC in Beresford, SD. where he has been since 1998. He has served previously with Campus Crusade for Christ and the EFCA Mission. He has an MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, is an advocate of biblical exposition, and over the past 12 years he has been a regular group leader at Simeon Trust workshops. He is a participant in the ministry of EFCA Reach Global Pathways, training pastors in India and Haiti, assists with credentialing pastors, and loves being involved in the Central District of the EFCA. John is married with four grown children and a grandson. You can contact him at jmochel@bmtc.net. He writes a daily Bible reading blog that will cover the entire Bible in four years. Here’s the link: https://brooklynefc.org/resources/today/