Biography

Jim and Zeida Lynch are intern missionaries with the Church of the Nazarene assigned to the South America Region. 

Prior to their assignment they served as a volunteer missionary in Peru from February 2003 to July 2006.   Jim’s responsibilities included office administration for the Central Andean field and workshop trainer in missions.  Zeida worked as assistant to the Field Director, presented NYI and Sunday School workshops, and developed Sunday School materials in Spanish for children and teenagers. 

Jim graduated in 1997 from Point Loma Nazarene University with a B.A. in Spanish.  He received his master’s degree from Biola University School of Intercultural Studies in 2001. 

Zeida graduated from the Nazarene seminary in Chiclayo, Peru with a bachelor’s degree in theology.  She also has a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate for junior and senior high math from the Sacred Heart Superior Pedagogical Institute.

Prior to volunteer service, Jim was an associate pastor in Los Angeles Central City Community Nazarene, and also served as the 5^th grade teacher at the International Christian School in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Zeida taught math for five years in public and private schools in Peru. She also served as President of NYI for the South America Region from 1999 to 2005.

God called Zeida to mission service when she was twelve and has developed this calling by ministering at every opportunity the Lord has provided.

Jim felt his call to missions in 1999.  He went to Peru in 2003.  He feels called to preaching holiness and evangelizing wherever God leads. 

They met in Peru and married October 1, 2004. The Lynches have two young daughters: Hannah Raquel, born February 3, 2006 and Sarah Jeanne, born September 10, 2007.