Pike, Mel & Martha

Introduced by mutual friends, Mel and Martha Pike married on December 5, 2015. Martha came to know the Lord Jesus Christ through the witness of a co-worker. Mel and his late wife, Cindie, worked for 14 years as church planters with Mission to the World in Kherson, Ukraine.

Martha’s gifts of helps and hospitality mesh well with Mel’s pastoral and teaching abilities. They accepted with great joy an invitation to bring their gifts to MTW’s church-planting team in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Martha’s first task is to learn Russian. She will assist Mel as he works with the pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Kiev to plant a church that reaches the international community and English-speaking Ukrainians in the city.

Mel will also serve the Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine (ERSU) as a mentor offering counsel to students and modeling a pastor’s work in their professional and family lives. Martha will serve as well, offering the students a warm home and quiet atmosphere for talk and rest.