our people
David & Christina Dahlén D’Cruz
David's journey with the Lord Jesus started in 1990. A Christian classmate in High School stirred up a longing in David's heart to share his friend's experience. It was a simple prayer that started this journey - "if you are real, show yourself to me somehow". A few...
Joel de Bruine
Joel lives with his new wife Miriam in Asturias, Spain, and has 2 sons, Paul Joel (26) and Robin (21). His vision is to create safe spaces where people can find healing and a sense of belonging, through the all accepting love of Jesus. As son of Dutch...
Eric & Nicole Curtiss
The Curtiss family is passionate about the Great Commission and the Communitas vision of Transformed Lives, Transformed Neighborhoods, and a Transformed World. Their family is thrilled to serve front-line missional families around the world. Eric grew up in Austria as...
Geoff & Kristi Rinehart
From a near-death experience as a young boy, Geoff has experienced the gift of God's presence throughout his life. His ministry started when he was 20 years old by serving on high school ministry staff at several churches in the San Francisco Bay Area of California....
Dan Steigerwald
For 30+ years, I have served in various leadership capacities - from leading teams to start new expressions of faith community, to pastoring, to leading at senior levels in both national and international Christian non-profits. My Canadian wife, Ann, and I spent the...
Michael, Vanessa & Joseph Katzenberger
Michael, Vanessa and their son Joseph reside in Warsaw, Poland. Michael served with Saddleback and Calvary Community Churches before coming onto the Communitas staff in 2004. Vanessa served as an employment specialist for World Relief (Seattle) before joining...
Bob & Martha Robbins
Hi! We are Bob and Martha Robbins. We both grew up in Texas, started dating in college, started doing ministry together in 1988, and were married in 1989. We have adult 'kids' living in the USA, working full time. Our son, DJ, lives in Chicago. Our daughter, Emmy, and...
Amy Rubio Swacina
I was born in Chicago, grew up in Maryland, and went to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During high school and college I studied German because of my family heritage, but instead God used that time to show me the need for people in Europe to know about His...
Bethany Labue
Bethany Labue is married to Stephen and they have two beautiful daughters. Bethany has served with the Communitas International since 2004. She began as a recruiter and coordinator of short-term teams and internships while living in California. When she moved to...
Aline Kuiper
I was born and raised in the Netherlands and studied Spanish, French and international (European) law at the University of Amsterdam.Since that time, my love for this country and its passionate, lively people has grown ever since. After a discipleship training with...