Lauren Fox
France | 18905
My Story
Over the past several years, the Lord has gradually shaped my heart toward loving His people across all nations.
While serving with Greater Europe Mission in the summer of 2023, I experienced life and ministry in Europe in a deeper way and saw both its beauty and its spiritual need.
In 2025, GEM invited me to consider serving long term in France, and through prayer and discernment, that invitation became a clear next step. I am eager to step into life and ministry in France and continue responding to God’s leading.
Where I Work
I will be serving in France, one of the most influential yet spiritually resistant nations in Europe. While many identify culturally as Catholic, less than two percent of the population are practicing believers. Churches are few, and most young people have never opened a Bible or met a follower of Jesus. Beneath the surface of art, intellect, and beauty lies a quiet hunger for meaning and belonging.
France is a strategic place for the gospel. What happens there often shapes the culture of the wider continent. Yet the Church is small and often under-resourced. The need is not only for evangelism but for long-term discipleship and leadership development that helps believers grow into mature, multiplying followers of Jesus.
My first step will be language and cultural training at Les Cèdres, a Christian French language school in Massy, just south of Paris. Learning the language is essential to build genuine relationships and understand the French worldview. From there, I hope to partner with local churches and ministries to disciple young adults and equip them to reach their peers.
In a place where Christianity is often misunderstood or forgotten, relational ministry and faithful presence matter deeply. My prayer is that through everyday conversations, hospitality, and community, many in France would come to encounter the living Christ, and that this nation, once a missionary sender, would once again become a place of gospel renewal.