our people
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...
Andrew Perriman
My wife and I got to know Christian Associates, as it then was, in the early 1990s when we were living just round the corner from where Crossroads Amsterdam was meeting. Belinda was working for Shell, and I was doing a biblical studies PhD at the Free University of...
Kevin & Kathy Johnson
Our journey to Communitas began with a dream. A dream of experiencing the beauty of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. When I realized Communitas was making that happen our family was off to The Netherlands to be a part of such a grace-filled enterprise. We have never...
Jack LoMonaco
Jack is a native Californian whose life journey has led him to live in the Netherlands for the past 30 plus years. In 1985 he left his secure government job with the US Dept. of Treasury to do a 6-month Discipleship Training School with Youth With a Mission (YWAM)....