Daniel and Myriam Liberek
Serving in Belgium
Born in the U.K. to missionary parents, Daniel was raised in Belgium and trained at Columbia Int. University and at Wheaton College
Graduate School. He is presently taking Classes from Columbia Int. University in view of obtaining at Doctor of Ministry degree.
Myriam, a Belgian citizen, was raised in a committed household. They were married in 1983 and have three daughters (Mical, 27; Elizabeth, 25 and Rebekah, 24) and two sons (Joel, 20 and Timothy, 16). They are the very proud grandparents of Fanny (born march 2011 to Rebekah and Gregory).
They joined United World Mission in 1980 (Myriam in 1983). After serving for 20 years in Belgium they were also given regional
responsibilities. After serving for over ten years as Regional Director for Europe and four years as Regional Director for Africa they asked to be relieved of these responsibilities to be able to concentrate on and deepen their ministry in Belgium.
Their ministry is presently all about church growth in Belgium !
Daniel and Myriam are helping to:
Establish a strong, visible, contextualized, outward focused, holistic, socially aware and reproducible ministry church in Huy,Belgium
Train Belgians for a variety of ministries (evangelism, church-planting, soical outreach, mentoring, etc.)
Anchor and mentor the Expedition 237 team in Belgium as its members discover and establish outreach platforms to reach post-moderns
Serve as a resource person for special tasks and assignments for United World Mission
Open new locations for strategic and innovative ministries in Belgium
Past experiences:
Through the years the Lord has seen fit to involve us in the following ministries (We stand amazed at his grace and empowering!) :
Pastoring
Mentoring new national pastors
Church-planting
Evangelism of many kinds and types
Youth camp work (camp counselor, camp director, camp speaker)
Interpretation and translation -- It has been a great privilege to interpret for men and women of God such as Joni, Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Ravi Zacharias, Joseph Stowell, Billy Kim, Chuck Colson, ... Jim Colledge !
Mentoring younger missionaries
Speaking at several regional gatherings of missionaries (Asia, Africa, Europe)
Overseeing the ministries of UWM in Africa (5 years)
Overseeing the ministries of UWM in Western Europe (10 years) and in all of Europe (4 years)
Leading the construction of new church buildings
Leading the construction of the social center (9 social housing units) and establishing a
Teaching at the Belgian Bible Institute (10 years) and at CEFOBI (Bible school in Congo, Brazzaville)
Leading a support group for church-planters in Belgium
Leading a group seeking to produce a DVD based mentoring program for new believers
Hosting countless teams of short term missionaries from many churches in the US (including 5 or 6 from Hudson Community Chapel). These focused on construction projects, evangelism, bike-evangelism ...
Contact information:
Email: <DanielUWM@me.com> or <dliberek@wheatonalumni.org>
Web page: www.liberek.net
Web page UWM: WWW.UWM.org