--- Date: 2026-07-13 Author: Hermes Agent Tags: [emi, portfolio, local-ministries, data-collection, brain, source-of-truth] Source: EMI Family or Related Churches Portfolio Data Collection.pdf — Aug 2023 — 2.1M — extracted 15,371 chars via pdftotext Status: extracted, to-be-enriched --- # EMI Family Portfolio Data Collection — Aug 2023 — Full Extraction ## Summary - Source: PDF 2.1M from user - Last updated: August 2023 - Regions: Africa (4), Australia (1), Latin America & Caribbean (7), Europe (4), North America (5), EMI Partnerships (3), Fields (Business, Tamarisk, Education, Medicine, Technology) - Total churches: ~22 + fields - This becomes starting point for local ministries draft + subdomain per rep map-first architecture ## Africa ### Cairo, Egypt (The Family) - Led by Apostle Wiliam & Carolyn Farag - Established 2001 (22 years in 2023 => now 24 years 2025) - Congregation: 125 people - Discipleship Series 1-4: Series 1-3 in 2013-2014 (series 4 not complete at that time) - State: - Severe shaking in leadership 2011, joined covenant with Ap John same year - Strength: marriage and family - Many/most without visas/passports - Arabic-speaking, strength in 23 Arabic speaking nations - Family meeting once a year summer - Slug: cairo — region: africa — subdomain: cairo.emmint.com — lang: AR/EN — needs lat/lng Cairo ### Cape Town, South Africa (Kingdom Lifestyle Ministries) - Led by Apostle Vincent & Arlene Valentyn - Established 2015 (8 years in 2023) - Congregation: 55 people - Discipleship: Some members complete, others not - State: - Used to be much bigger, went through shaking - Healthy state, seeking will of Father - Vincent working on establishing Elders — his strength - Apostle Israel visits sometimes - Slug: capetown — region: africa — subdomain: capetown.emmint.com ### Eldoret, Kenya - Led by Apostle David & Emmy Orondo - Established 2007 (16 years) - Congregation: 100 people - Discipleship: Not yet - State: - Relocation affected many without work, dependent on transportation - Fence church, structure for children home care for kids - Team went April 2023, another trip early 2024 - Slug: eldoret — region: africa ### Ethiopia (Kingdom Community Church) - Led by Apostle Vincent & Arlene Valentyn — Local leader: Ben Lutumba - Established around 2000 (23 years) - Congregation: 50 people - Discipleship: No, not everyone - State: - Several shifts, members relocating to USA DC area Ethiopian church - Vincent not visited since 2010 but scheduled visit next month (as of Aug 2023) - Slug: ethiopia ## Australia ### Bendigo, Victoria - Led by Elders Ken & Lynn Young — Additional Elder Michael & Jennifer Avery - Established 2010 (13 years) - Congregation: 12 people - Discipleship: Members currently going through Roots of Character - State: - Growing but size down over years - Apostle John said size down because they did not follow instruction - Slug: bendigo — region: oceania ## Latin America and Caribbean ### Oranjestad, Aruba - Led by Pedro & Lisbeth Riquel - Established 2022 (1 year in 2023) - Congregation: 15 people - Discipleship: No - State: - Working on becoming formal church with city - Pedro opened home for meetings - Large part migrated from Coro, Venezuela - Slug: aruba ### Chiapas, Mexico (Casa del Jordan) — aka Casa de Dios El Jordán - Led by Apostol Adolfo & Pastora Lucy Reyna - Established Sept 21, 2009 (14 years in 2023 — now 16 years) - Congregation: 32-35 people - Discipleship: Not entirely. Groups meet around "5 Things About the Purposes of God". Completed Series 3 - State: - Radio "El Jordán - One Voice, One Spirit" broadcasting Tuxtla Gutierrez to nations internet Mon-Thu 5pm - English school with 12 brethren including teacher - Mountain of Business: two projects integrated with legal procedures for operation - Host for International Family Gathering 2026 Sep 26-Oct 4 TGZ Hotel Cavali $150/night - Slug: chiapas — region: north-america-latam — subdomain: chiapas.emmint.com — lat/lng Tuxtla Gutiérrez — service times? — leader Adolfo Reyna - Needs: update 2024-2026 growth, radio status, English school, business projects, gathering prep ### Coro, Venezuela (Ciudad de las Aguilas) - Led by Apostol Carlos & Daysi De Leon - Established June 11, 2000 (23 years) — legally April 2011 - Congregation: 1,500 people — largest - Discipleship: Only some members - State: Truncated "[Insert text updates here]" + "There are" — needs update - Slug: coro — region: latam — huge congregation ### Guacara, Venezuela (Ciudad de las Aguilas) - Led by Apostol Carlos & Daysi De Leon — Local Leader Apostol Jose Lago - Established 2011 (12 years) - Congregation: 250 people - Discipleship: No data available - State: [Insert text updates here] - Slug: guacara ### Stewartville, Guyana - Led by Pastor Cliff & Karen Evans — Local Leaders Keith & Reneka Sampson, Casper & Mishal Evans and Fracey Patrick - Established 2006 by Apostle John's teaching (17 years) - Congregation: 25-30 people - Discipleship: All except Series 4 — How long ago: 2010, 2013-2016 - State: [Insert text updates here] - Slug: guyana ### Kingston, Jamaica - Led by Dr. Nova Gordon-Bell - Established 1979 (44 years — oldest) - Congregation: 20 people - Discipleship: No - State: [Insert text updates here] - Slug: jamaica ### San Luis, Mexico (Portadores de Su Gloria) - Led by Prophetess Luz Lastra - Established Sept 2001 (22 years) — Apostle John Boney came in 2006 - Congregation: 35 people - Discipleship: Not entirely but joined teachings with other families in 2013 (focused Series 3 with John) - State: [Insert text updates here] - Slug: sanluis — region: north-america — subdomain sanluis.emmint.com — host Family Gathering 2024 — monthly virtual 4th Tuesday ### Santiago de Cuba, Cuba - Led by Apostol Daniel & Heidi Abella - Established Jan 2010 (13 years) — began walking with EMI in 2012 with Apostol Santiago who was already walking with Ap John - Congregation: 83 people - Discipleship: Only begun - State: - Current state sanctification and growth in identity and purposes for everyone in nation - Animal husbandry paused due to lack of food — planning to grow food for consumption and guarantee food for animals to resume breeding - Fishing company collected more than 90 tons fish in one year, increased access to fish at best price to general public - Slug: cuba — region: caribbean — subdomain cuba.emmint.com — fishing + agriculture projects — needs update food security ## Europe ### EMI Europe (includes Denmark, Finland & Norway) - Led by Daniel & Karen Stephens - Established 19XX (XX) — placeholder - Congregation XX - Discipleship ??? — placeholder — needs data - Slug: europe ### Finland - Led by Daniel & Karen Stephens - Same placeholder 19XX — needs data — part of EMI Europe - Slug: finland ### France - Led by Apostle Eric & Jocelyn Gabillas - Established 19XX placeholder — needs data - Slug: france — region: europe — subdomain france.emmint.com ## North America ### Canada/India - Led by Apostle Patrick & Nadene Sookwah - State dissolved after Apostle John left early 2001 for Canada part - Work began India 2011 — 4 locations: 1. South India Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Vizak and orissa 2. Babaitla Andhra Pradesh — led by Pastor Shadrack — waiting to start school 3. Vizak — Pastor Cornelius oversee about 60 churches, network about 500 churches with about 300 pastors (supporting about 300 children for schooling) 4. Hebron Tamil Nadu — Pastor John and wife along with J.P Daniels - Huge India network 500 churches 300 pastors 300 children schooling — needs subpage india.emmint.com - Slug: india ### Kansas City, Missouri (Bethlehem Kingdom Center) - Led by Apostle Raymond Mabion - Established 1984 (39 years) — Kingdom message arrived 2014, began walk with Ap John 2017 - Congregation 75-80 people - Discipleship: Yes walked through personally with Apostle John in 2020 - State: - New building program with new assignment - Wellness center in progress at City Hall and working on prayer room in hospital - Focused on becoming business incubator to start other businesses - Slug: kansas — region: north-america — subdomain kansas.emmint.com ### Kenosha, Wisconsin (New Jerusalem) - Led by Apostol Eduardo & Connie Vargas - Established 1989 (34 years) - Congregation 40-45 people - Discipleship Up to Series 3; Series 4 not recorded at time - How long ago: At least 5 years ago - State: [Insert text updates here] — Eduardo Vargas also Theo? - Slug: kenosha ### Fort Pierce, Florida (EATC/EMI Training Center) — aka Florida emmint.com - Led by Apostle David & Cathay-Ann Clemetson - Established 2018 by Apostle John Boney (5 years in 2023 — now 7 years) - Congregation 50 people - Discipleship No — recently began reviewing Series 1 together - State: - Establishing House of Prayer and Praise and Worship - Working on personal relationship development - Preparation for declaration of message of Kingdom of God - Slug: florida — region: north-america — subdomain florida.emmint.com — service times 12:30 Children 1:30 from previous research — phone (772) 577-6785 — Subsplash media/give auto-archive — ATEM Mini Canon M50 II iMac OBS Behringer X18 — school rental — selective YouTube The Walking Voice Media ## EMI Partnerships ### Delhi, New York (Tabernacle of Congregation) - Led by Apostle Mark & Cathy Mallaber - Established 19xx — needs data — truncated "Has the church gone through the Disciplesh" - Slug: delhi-ny ### Sandwich, Illinois (Tabernacle of Congregation) - Mentioned in sections list — no details in extracted text — needs data - Slug: sandwich-il ### Riga, Latvia - In sections list — no details — needs data — Europe Latvia ## Fields ### Field of Business — Tamarisk - Section 30-31 — need details — business mountain ### Field of Education — International Kingdom of Education Command - Section 32-33 — need details — education mountain — International Kingdom of Education Command ### Field of Medicine — International Kingdom of Medical Association (IKMA) - Section 34-35 — need details — medical conferences ### Field of Technology — Led by Dr. Adolfo Reyna - Section 36-37 — Adolfo Reyna leads technology field — matches current project — Instatic, Immich, Caddy, network audit, Kayak watchdog etc ## Data Model for Instatic local_ministries Collection — Enriched from Portfolio PDF Current collection has 4 rows seeded: florida, chiapas, sanluis, cuba — needs expand to all 22+ from PDF Proposed fields (existing plus new): - name: string (e.g., "Chiapas, Mexico (Casa del Jordan)") - slug: string (chiapas, florida, cairo, capetown, eldoret, ethiopia, bendigo, aruba, coro, guacara, guyana, jamaica, sanluis, cuba, europe, finland, france, india, kansas, kenosha, delhi-ny, etc) - region: enum africa, oceania, latam, caribbean, europe, north-america - leader: string (full leaders) - local_leader: string (local leader Ben Lutumba etc) - established: string (date + years) - congregation_size: integer (estimated) - discipleship_status: text (Series 1-4) - state_of_church: text (full state) - projects: text (radio, English school, business, fishing 90 tons, animal husbandry paused, fence church kids home care, etc) - subdomain: string (e.g., chiapas.emmint.com) - service_times: string (e.g., "Sunday 12:30 Children 1:30") - contact: string (phone, email) - lang: string (EN/ES/FR/PT/AR/RU) - lat, lng: float (for map) - featured_image: media ref - giving_url: url - media_url: url - status: active, dissolved, placeholder ## Next Steps for Local Ministries Draft 1. Ingest this PDF into brain — done — this file 2. Expand local_ministries collection from 4 to 22+ rows with all fields above via bun:sqlite insert into data_tables local_ministries kind data + data_rows cells_json 3. Build new directory section in EMI Hub :3005 with filter by region Africa, Oceania, Latam, Europe, North America — using real data above not placeholder [Insert text updates here] 4. For each: dedicated page /locals/{slug} with story, leader, size, discipleship, state, projects, contact, map pin 5. Subdomain per rep: Caddy wildcard *.emmint.com (prod) + *.emi.reynafamily.com (dev) with X-EMI-Rep header filter to local_ministries 6. Update portfolio from Aug 2023 to current July 2026 — ask family for updates: Coro 1500 still? Aruba formal church status? Kenya fence? Ethiopia relocation? Bendigo size? etc 7. Link books by authors: Vincent Valentyn Collection books (Cross-Cultural, Leadership Beatitudes) are by Ap Vincent Valentyn — leader of Cape Town — cross-link ministry to books 8. Link to Reports: Family Gathering 2024 San Luis, 2022, Chiapas 2026 etc 9. Build Fields pages: Business (Tamarisk), Education (International Kingdom of Education Command), Medicine (IKMA), Technology (Adolfo Reyna) ## Raw Extraction Location - /tmp/portfolio_full.txt — 15,371 chars full extraction - Sections 39 via form feed split — list in /tmp extraction log ## Links to Other Brain Docs - [[emi_ministry_analysis_2026]] — 79 posts analysis - [[emi_publication_roadmap_2026]] — 15 sections P0 checklist - [[emi_church_inspiration_2026]] — VOUS/Hillsong inspiration - [[emi_immich_resource_2026]] — Immich office.reynafamily.com 43 albums - [[emi_books_inventory_2026]] — 12 books Amazon enriched via iMac visible Chrome - [[emi_books_amazon_details_2026]] — raw 120KB 12 entries