{"id":191,"date":"2024-10-07T12:12:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:12:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:12:41","slug":"upci-missionaries-to-slovakia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/?page_id=191","title":{"rendered":"UPCI Missionaries to Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven Tir, a Slovak born in Croatia, emigrated at age 12 with his family to Canada. After graduating from Apostolic Bible Institute, he worked and studied business in Ontario before serving in Slovakia under the Associates in Missions program from 1992 to 2000. Steven met Jean, a graduate of Gateway College, while they were both AIM workers in Kosice, Slovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tirs1-e1728302629253.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\" style=\"width:428px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tirs1-e1728302629253.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tirs1-e1728302629253-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tir\u2019s received their appointment as UPCI missionaries to Slovakia in September, 2000. After establishing opportunities for ministry with Slovak churches in Serbia, the Tir\u2019s were appointed in 2007 to represent the nation of Serbia, also. As the superintendent of the UPC works in Slovakia and Serbia, Steven oversees established churches, outreach points, and Bible schools. Jean is actively involved in women\u2019s ministry in both nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Tir, a Slovak born in Croatia, emigrated at age 12 with his family to Canada. After graduating from Apostolic Bible Institute, he worked and studied<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.upci.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}