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Richard Schumacher, Regional Associate Superintendent and Church Planting Missionary EFCA Central District - Southern Region (Missouri/Arkansas)

God has blessed the Missouri/Arkansas church planting and growth initiatives of recent decades and there are now about 40 congregations meeting regularly in the two states and ranging in size from dozens to thousands of participants.  Yet statistics show that hundreds of thousands of individuals are unchurched and the need to plant new churches to meet this need is great.  If you would like to join in a movement of churches passionate about planting churches please contact me.  Familiarize yourself with the EFCA mission, doctrine and distinctives at www.efca.org.  Join me in praying for open doors of opportunity to plant churches in Missouri and Arkansas.

Richard Schumacher

Education & Experience

Education

Master of Divinity, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

Master of Arts Theological Studies, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

Master of Business Administration, De Paul University, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science in Commerce, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Licensed by the Evangelical Free Church of America in 2005

Ordination by the Evangelical Free Church of America pending for 2008

Ministry

Pastor of Outreach Ministries, First Evangelical Free Church of St. Louis County, MO – 2002-2007

Lay Missions Leader and Elder, First Evangelical Free Church of St. Louis County, MO – 1988-2002

Church planting partnerships, Russia and Germany – 1994-present

Lay Church Planter, Netherlands Antilles – 1982-1985

Prior Executive Experience

Twenty-five years of financial and treasury management experience, most recently as Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Deutsche Financial Services (a Deutsche Bank Company) since 1995.  Prior financial management positions with ITT Financial Corporation, GTE Corporation (now Verizon), Bayerische Vereinsbank (now Hypo-Vereinsbank) and Continental Illinois National Bank (now Bank of America)

Personal Highlights

Richard is a native of Chicago, IL where he met his wife Pam, who comes from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.  They have been married since 1979 and have three children.  Lydia is pursuing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland; Alex is a senior at Biola University in California; and Elliot is a high school senior.  They reside in Chesterfield, Missouri.  Pam serves as Assistant Director of Nursing for a 200 bed nursing home operated by a national health care organization.

Richard and Pam enjoy being involved their home church of the past 20 years, First Evangelical Free Church of St. Louis County whenever their ministry schedule allows.  They enjoy counseling and mentoring church planters and missionary candidates and travel frequently to minister in church plants, district churches or overseas church planting works, particularly in Russia and Germany.

Personal Support Needs

The church planting ministry I am undertaking is supported entirely by individuals and churches which pray and give regular or one-time financial support.   While I am praying for 100 partners who will both pray and contribute $75 per month on average for personal support or church planting expenses, gifts of any amount can be used to advance the ministry of church planting.  Giving is tax deductible and used in Missouri and Arkansas for salary, benefits and the direct expenses of church planting.   In the few months since my appointment, God has raised up a number of supporters and the current need is for more prayer partners and additional financial support totaling $1,800 per month.  Gifts can be mailed to EFCA Central District, P.O. Box 607, Boone, IA  50036.  Online giving is available at http://www.cd.efca.org/donations/index.html.

Central District, EFCA
PO Box 607
Boone, IA 50036