Phil Metzger is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Budapest, Hungary. He is also the director of Calvary Chapel Bible College and Conference Center Europe, which is located in Vajta, Hungary. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he oversees Calvary church plants throughout Eastern Europe, Ethiopia and Nigeria.
He is originally from Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, where he served in the youth ministry as a youth pastor. After serving stateside, Phil moved to Moscow, Russia, and worked as a missionary there in1992. Then, Phil moved to Hungary in 1998, and has been serving in various cities throughout Hungary ever since, beginning as an assistant pastor at a new church plant in Esztergom, Hungary, and then planting and pastoring two Calvary Chapels in Kaposvár and Sárbogárd, Hungary, before eventually ending up in Budapest.
His heart and ministry is focused on making disciples and seeing the church grow in quality and quantity to impact the world for Christ. He would like to see more churches planted in Hungary in order to bring the Word of God to the lost.
Phil and his wife Joy have four children: Niki, Karina, Judah, and Hannah.
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