Joe and Bev Fitzpatrick

Serving in Puerto Rico

Joe and Bev met at New Life Presbyterian Church in Glenside, PA while he was studying for a master of divinity degree at Westminster Theological Seminary and she was working as a nurse in a Philadelphia hospital. Joe was preparing for teaching opportunities overseas after graduation and Bev had been on various short-term missions trips prior to meeting Joe, so when they married in 1995 they pursued missions together.

In 1999 the couple joined the MTW Philippines team in Manila where Joe taught Old Testament courses to pastors and church leaders at Presbyterian Theological Seminary and Bev occasionally joined visiting medical teams in their outreaches in slum areas. Upon hearing about ministry needs in Puerto Rico, the homeland of Joe’s mother, the Lord opened the way for relocation in 2006. Joe has completed a doctor of ministry degree in pastoral counseling from Westminster Seminary and is teaching Old Testament and counseling in various seminaries. Joe and Bev are also involved with Briarwood Presbyterian Church’s International Leadership Development Program in San Juan which trains missionaries in conjunction with a campus ministry and church-planting work.

The family is also part of a new PCA church plant (sponsored by Briarwood PCA) which is seeking to reach the unchurched in the San Juan area, a city of one million people. Joe assists with preaching. Bev and the kids tutor weekly at a public elementary school where some of the kids have lost parents to drug-related crime.

Joey (7/19/96), Anna (9/24/98), Justin (6/9/01)

Their Website:  http://www.mtwla.org/people/jfitzpatrick.htm