Leadership

Rich and Martha Millhouse have served with ReachGlobal for 30 years. For 18 years, they lived in Romania, where Rich served as the pastor of the Evangelical Free Church of Craiova and was involved in developing, empowering and releasing Romanians for ministry. Rich and his family moved to Budapest in 2014 and he has been pastor at Danube since 2017. He serves on the Budapest City Team of ReachGlobal Europe and ICCEurasia ministry. Rich is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary. Martha previously served with CRU at the Josh McDowell Ministry. She now serves with the ReachGlobal Resource team for Europe. They have three married children; David, Ben and Elizabeth.

Mike and JuliAn moved to Kyiv, Ukraine in 2008 where they were involved in planting churches. In February of 2022 they evacuated to Budapest, however, Mike is still active inside the country of Ukraine planting churches and helping with humanitarian aid throughout the country. Mike serves as the team leader for church planting, with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Mike and JuliAn have three children; Michael, Andrea and Joe.

Jeremy Merillat moved to Budapest in 2004.  He and his wife, Catherine, work with FamilyLife©, a ministry of Cru©, whose mission is to effectively develop godly families who change the world one home at a time.   They have two boys, Oliver (6) and Benji (4), with whom they enjoy playing, dancing, and laughing.

Tyler and Kelly Sanderford serve with The Navigators. They moved to Kyiv, Ukraine in 2005 but have lived in Budapest, Hungary since 2022. They continue to serve Ukrainians in Ukraine and abroad. Sanderford kids: Hannah and Josh are in university, and Caleb and Lydia are still at home at ICSB. We desire to fulfill the Navigator calling to Advance the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom into the nations through spiritual generations of laborers living and discipling among the lost.

Scott & Kristen are originally from the US. Since 2004 they have been serving with Cru. In 2013 they moved to Montenegro where they helped pioneer the ministry and gave leadership for 10 years. Since 2023 they have lived and served in Budapest. They currently serve local Hungarians in a variety of ways as well as give leadership towards helping launch a Cru ministry in Iceland. They love their life here in Budapest with their 3 kids: Westin, Emerson and Shepherd.

Brian and Ariel Dicks moved to Budapest from Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2020 with their two boys, Andrew and Joshua. They returned after previously spending three years teaching at the International Christian School of Budapest from 2014 to 2017. They are ABWE missionaries with a ministry focus in serving Third-Culture Kids through Christian discipleship and evangelism. Brian also serves as a Bible teacher at the International Christian School of Budapest.

Andrea is a native Hungarian who is also a Texan by passport and by heart. She moved back to Budapest after having lived in the US for 22 years. She serves children and their families as an educational therapist at the International Christian School of Budapest. Andrea has two children who currently attend college in Hungary. 

Bekah Leary is originally from Virginia, USA but grew up as a missionary kid in Kiev, Ukraine. During college, Bekah served as the Children's Nursery Coordinator at her church. She is now on the ReachGlobal Budapest City Team and serving in the international student ministry at Danube. Bekah is the youngest of five kids and proud aunt to thirteen nieces and nephews. 

Josh is originally from Northern, CA where he and his wife were on Cru staff for 18 years serving university students. In 2023 Josh and his family of 6 moved to Budapest (Diósd) where he and his wife worked with a Teach with Cru team at ICSB. Though they had plans to stay for only one year, the Lord has had other plans. They are currently starting their 3rd year here and are excited about the doors the Lord has opened to serve Him both at ICSB and Danube International Church.

Sam Szemző is originally from Middletown, Delaware, and has taught internationally in Laos, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. She moved to Budapest in 2021 and now serves as a missionary with ICC Eurasia. After the birth of her first child in 2023, Sam started a moms' community to encourage and connect young mothers in Budapest. What began as a small group inspired the creation of the MomsConnect Ministry at Danube. Sam and her Hungarian husband, Péter, have two boys, Judah and Misi.