Head of the Education Department at Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, TN.

Head of the Elementary/Early Childhood Teacher Education Dept. at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA.

Dean of Teacher Education, Columbia International University in Columbia, SC.

In May of 1993, one of our TITUS teams returned from Odessa, Ukraine with a burden for hundreds of Chernobyl children, which had been brought over the course of many months to a sanatorium in Odessa. The next month, Loreen heard about this need from her father and felt that God wanted her to go and meet the need. In September of the same year, she arrived in Odessa with two graduate assistants and began daily Bible classes for the children, teenagers and adults. Three thousand Russian Bible storybooks were distributed to the children in three months, and this distribution has continued throughout her ministry.

By November an incredible opportunity presented itself. Pioneer Camp, a former training place for young communists, became the meeting place for large groups attending daily Bible clubs under Loreen's instruction. This ministry was complemented when at the beginning of 1994, Loreen was invited to teach at the Baptist Seminary in Odessa. By April, Loreen's teaching ministry had extended to include Pioneer Camp, public schools, hospitals, orphanages, Sunday schools and Central Baptist Church in Odessa.

In May of 1994, Loreen moved to Tiraspol, Moldova: the present day communist headquarters of the former Soviet Union. She started a new ministry originally focused upon teaching children in 5-day Bible clubs and training Sunday school teachers. At this time, Loreen commented,

"I will never forget how on two different occasions, we encountered rage and destruction of some of our equipment by two different Communist military officers. The common people ran in to defend us yelling, 'You Communists tried to keep us from hearing about the Bible and God for 70 years and now we are insisting that our children have the chance to hear!' Actually the disturbances increased the attendance. One rainy day we went to the courtyard to cancel Bible club, but the children said they'd been waiting in the rain for three-hours before Club was scheduled to begin and we just had to tell them a Bible story! Can you believe! Needless to say, we did just that!"

In September, Loreen was teaching at a Baptist College in Kishinev and began a Sunday school in a village 40 minutes from Tiraspol. By December her ministry was touching more than 700 people.

After a short furlough, Loreen returned to Tiraspol and once again her ministry was both increased and redirected by the grace and provision of the Lord. At that time, Loreen began training young adult believers to do the work of the ministry. From this initiative, the Titus Moldova Missionary Team was begun. This team is made up of fine, young national missionaries. Church planters are now evangelizing and pastoring in Siberia (Arctic Circle), Moldova and Prednestrovnia. Three young men are staff-pastors in a large city-church and another is the church choir director and composer of 50 songs for the Team's Sunday school teacher-training course. Some team members are Bible teachers in public schools and others have launched out and are staffing and/or leading other Christian organizations in Kishinev, as they were trained to do. An outstanding drama team ministry presents the Gospel in churches as well as in public schools, community centers and other secular gatherings.

Loreen and the National Team from Moldova at the August, 2003
Field Conference in Romania

Prison ministry, orphanage work, Bible clubs, Sunday schools, summer campsÑthere is just no end to the outreach of these kids! Please pray that God will increase their support so that our ministry team can increase. Thanks to the prayers and generosity of our supporters this group has continued to grow and develop! The continuing purpose of Titus ministries in Moldova is to train the future spiritual leaders before the doors close; and with your help, we can do that.