K. Kody Friesen
Steinbach,MB
Summary
Creative innovator with extensive experience at Frontiers, adept in artistic development and mentoring. Experienced in project management and cultural engagement, co-producing with wife Amy the first Christian book of Poetry and Persian-art for the Persian community. Skilled in problem-solving and prioritization, has contributed to sharing the Gospel using art and Bible teaching.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Leader (Couple) - Focus on Creative Resources
Frontiers
07.2019 - Current
- Attended Titus Week for team leader training in 2019
- Maintained an inclusive and diverse team culture, promoting respect and understanding among all members.
- Created and managed project plans, timelines and implementation.
- Implemented artistic vision to give use art and writing as means of widely sharing the Gospel and teaching God's Word.
- Contributed to the artistic development of art among the Persian believing community through the creation of the first Christian book of Poetry and Persian-style paintings.
- Created an art studio in Antalya from which we created resources, held an exhibition, and led an art club.
- Created and distributed a devotional book ("Silent Doves In Distant Lands") using birds, mainly found in the Middle East, to share lessons from God's Word.
- Created and distributed a book ("Jewels In The Dark") of poetry and Persian-style paintings about the Bible.
- Our 31 paintings from the above project are on an extended exhibition in a cultural center in Antalya, Turkey.
- Continued, as when we were team members, to teach God's Word in Persian churches, and share the Gospel with Persians and Turks, and encourage Muslim Background Believers to minister to their own people.
Team Member
Frontiers
03.2012 - 06.2019
- Candidates course, child protection training, Level 2 security training, Peacemaking training
- Studied Turkish full-time for one year.
- Studied Persian full time for two years.
- Trained and became the team Language Learning Advisor in the Growing Participation Approach.
- Translator and staff at a weekly Refugee Food Distribution project from 2013-2015 at Ankara's international church.
- Taught the Bible in Persian churches and homes
- Evangelism to Persians and Turks
- Discipleship with Muslim Background Believers
- Frequent intercessory prayer
Team Member
YWAM
12.2005 - 11.2010
- Studied Arabic
- Part of a church planting team among Palestinians
- Worked in project to provide wheelchairs to disabled Palestinians in difficult-to-access villages
- English teacher
- Studied "Common Ground" teaching for contextualized evangelism
Extended Outreach
YWAM
12.2004 - 10.2005
- Worked as an English teacher at the International Learning Center
- Friendship evangelism
- Traveled to Turkmenistan for a week to give English assessments in a school there.
Education
School of Strategic Missions - Cross-cultural Ministry
Youth With A Mission
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA12.2005
Discipleship Training School - Discipleship And Missions Training
Youth With A Mission
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA05.2005
3 Years of Study - Marketing And Photography
Northwestern Bible College
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA05.2004
Skills
- Artistic and Creativity
- Mentoring
- Problem-Solving
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Goal Setting
Websites
Languages
Persian
Professional Working
Turkish
Limited Working
Arabic
Elementary
Timeline
Team Leader (Couple) - Focus on Creative Resources
Frontiers
07.2019 - Current
Team Member
Frontiers
03.2012 - 06.2019
Team Member
YWAM
12.2005 - 11.2010
Extended Outreach
YWAM
12.2004 - 10.2005
School of Strategic Missions - Cross-cultural Ministry
Youth With A Mission
Discipleship Training School - Discipleship And Missions Training
Youth With A Mission
3 Years of Study - Marketing And Photography
Northwestern Bible College
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