Chris & Wendy England

Split, Croatia

Chris is a third generation Wesleyan. When he was 18 years old, he recommitted his life to Christ at a holiness camp. Chris was called into the ministry two years later at the same camp. In 1992 he graduated from Bartlesville Wesleyan College (now Oklahoma Wesleyan University) with a B.S. degree in youth ministry. Since graduation, he has served as the youth pastor at Cedar Ridge Wesleyan in Enid, Oklahoma; Eastlawn Wesleyan in Indianapolis, Indiana; and Dayspring Christian Fellowship in New Braunfels, Texas.

Wendy (Patterson) accepted Jesus into her heart at the age of nine. At 14 she started attending a Wesleyan youth group where she learned how her life could be transformed through a relationship with Christ. She completely surrendered her life to God when she was 20. Wendy earned her degree in elementary education from Bartlesville Wesleyan College. She has been involved with children, youth, and worship ministries.

Colossians 1:28-29 speaks to Chris and Wendy about their call to ministry and missions: “We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.” They desire to see lives transformed by the power of God and then to see transformed lives grow to know and understand their own personal calls to minister.