A local mission: Pastor Craig and Joyce Molitoris
After two decades abroad, Craig and Joyce Molitoris bring a fresh cultural perspective to the tight-knit community of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church Rev. Craig and Joyce Molitoris in the sanctuary of Mount Olive Lutheran Church. Photo by David Fairchild. Craig Molitoris thought he had it all figured out. He would graduate from college and then head off for four more years of study at a seminary to pursue his Pastoral calling. That was, until he met his future wife, Joyce. “I remember meeting Joyce, who was studying to be a Christian teacher. I remember thinking that I was just going to become a pastor here in the U.S.A., but then I heard her story, about how she not only became a Christian in Hong Kong, but also was the first Christian in her family,” says Molitoris, Pastor at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Rancho Palos Verdes. “I never really thought about overseas missionary work until I heard her story and I started thinking about how many places there are where Christianity is not so common. Joyce’s story made me begin to think about working cross-culturally.” Since their initial meeting at Concordia, Pastor Craig and Joyce Molitoris have devoted close to twenty years further…
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