Jay Benfante

Jay Benfante

I am an inspired follower of Jesus who believes God loved humanity so much that he entered into our pain, our dysfunction, our selfishness, our greed, our violence, and our suffering; he heals us, redeems us, and walks with us through these things; and he invites us...
Riley & Lauren Hall

Riley & Lauren Hall

Riley and Lauren have been in Glasgow since November 2020, where they work with The Upper Room Church, a dual-language community made up primarily of Iranian refugees and asylum seekers. Though they are both involved in a range of ministries within the church,...
Hadi & Sepideh Jafarizadeh

Hadi & Sepideh Jafarizadeh

Hadi has been in Glasgow since 2015, and part of Upper Room Church since 2016 when it was a House Church at Wesley White’s flat. Although he had not joined Communitas International at this point, his role was growing and developing so that now he is sharing the...
Elena Frazier

Elena Frazier

Elena is currently living in France and working with at-risk children. The aim of the ministry she is interning with is to teach literacy so that the children can engage scripture for themselves. Through Homework Club and Youth Group, these children are given a...
Oli and Constance Smith

Oli and Constance Smith

Constance and Oli are Church planters with twenty years of experience each and have been involved in 8 church planting situations combined in both the U.S and U.K. They have been married since 2011 and have one amazing son. They have been involved in pioneer church...