Roger and Becky Buckland
Roger Buckland was the Ohio District Pentecostal Conquerors secretary when he and his wife, Becky, received their appointment to the Philippines in October 1984. They spent eight years overseeing approximately 380 churches on the island of Mindanao, laboring as the president of the Apostolic Institute of Ministries in Davao City, and serving on the Executive Board of the United Pentecostal Church (Philippines). In August 1993 the Foreign Missions Board appointed Roger and Becky Buckland as the first UPCI missionaries to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. They reside in Prague, the Czech capital, where they are pioneering the United Pentecostal Church. They have established a Bible school program and are having the entire curriculum translated and printed in the Czech language. Buckland also serves as the area coordinator for the nations of Eastern Europe.