October 29, 1948 – May 21, 2017 Free Methodist World Missions is deeply grateful for Linda Stryker’s 33 years of dedicated service to God through the Free Methodist Church (FMC) in Africa. We celebrate her life – a life used to touch the lives of countless others. Linda was appointed as a Free Methodist missionary by the Commission on Mission in May 1981. She retired in November 2014. Linda graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College with a B.S. in Nursing and from Indiana Wesleyan University with a M.S. in Community Health. She also received licensure in midwifery from the University of Mississippi. She used her training to improve health care in the African countries she served, emphasizing prevention of medical problems among women of childbearing age. In 1994, Linda became the coordinator of medical ministries in the Free Methodist Church of Congo/Zaire, which included the Nundu Deaconess Hospital, Nundu Nursing School, and some 45 ...

Additional Resources

BIBLES

World Bibles – source to find God’s Word in over 4,000 languages

CLIPART

Graphic Maps – free world, continent and flag clipart

DIRECTORIES

World Christian Resource Directory – information and resources on how to reach your world for Jesus, including resources in many different languages
MisLinks – links to resources for communicating, developing, gathering, ministering, practicing and understanding

LANGUAGES

Ethnologue – an encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,909 known living languages

MINISTRY TO IMMIGRANTS

“Immigrants Who Are Your Neighbors”

MINISTRY TO MUSLIMS

Answering Islam – a Christian – Muslim dialog

MISSIONS HISTORY

International Bulletin of Missionary Research – mission history and analysis

MISSIONS INFORMATION

World Missions Atlas Project – maps, data and written descriptions assessing the current status of missions progress throughout the world

PEOPLE GROUPS

Joshua Project - research initiative seeking to highlight the ethnic people groups of the world with the fewest followers of Christ
PeopleGroups.com – search people groups by name, religion and language
WIN – informed prayer transforming unreached people for Christ in the 10/40 Window

PERSECUTED CHURCH

Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Jubilee Campaign
Open Doors
The Voice of the Martyrs
The Voice of the Martyrs (kid’s site)

PRAYER

24/7 Prayer – Operation World’s prayer guide to every nation
Prayer 101 – Prayercast – how and why we should pray

STEWARDSHIP

Generous Giving

TRAVEL

National Geographic – worldwide travel information and country facts and photos
Expedia – currency converter
Virtual Tourist – worldwide travel information and country facts and photos
WorldTimeServer.com – current time and date in every time zone