Mattheus van der Steen
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He worked in various African nations whilst serving as a marine officer
aboard a hospital ship called the MV Anastasis and then, in 2005, he worked in
Kosovo doing missionary work amongst survivors of the war which had devastated
the country. Mattheus then met and married Rebekah and together they started
TRIN, a multifaceted ministry which has since grown into a multi national
organisation. It not only reaches out across the world to fulfil the Great
Commission and see revival and transformation usher in the Kingdom of God, but
also reaches out to the poor, hungry, widowed and destitute.
Mattheus does outreaches in many countries, mainly in India, Pakistan, Indonesia
and Uganda where TRIN has offices, but also in Myanmar, Mozambique, Israel and
throughout America and Europe. These outreaches are normally accompanied by
healings, signs and wonders.
TRIN often holds training and equipping seminars for pastors and other church
leaders in Myanmar, Pakistan, Indonesia and India and Mattheus regularly teaches
at Heidi and Rolland Baker's Bible School in Mozambique.
Mattheus and his wife Rebekah have God's heart for the poor, widowed, oppressed
and homeless which has lead them to start outreaches to these people everywhere
TRIN goes. They have built orphanages in Mozambique, Uganda, India and Kosovo,
and Project Held, a ministry within TRIN, sponsors over 900 disadvantaged
children across the world, giving them a home, medical care, food, clothing and
schooling. This year children who previously lived on the streets with no hope
of a decent future now, after having being taken into a TRIN home, have
graduated from high school and have started studying at university.
Mattheus is also an ordained minister in the GISI IFGF church which has it's
headquarters in Indonesia. This group of 3000 churches is spread across 35
different nations and, along with its leader, Pastor Jimmy Oentoro, it is their
hope to raise up 10,000 revivalists to win one million souls to accept Jesus
Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
