“He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives… to set at liberty those who are oppressed.”
Luke 4:18
Freedom that had to be lived before it could be multiplied.
Freedom Multiplied 4:18 began with a man who was set free. Joshua Y.’s own life was transformed by faith while he was imprisoned — and the freedom he found there became the mission he has carried ever since.
Alongside his wife — a neonatal nurse with a heart for the unreached — and their children, the Y family has given their lives to the hardest places: India, the Middle East, and the prisons of Texas. Wherever they go, the pattern is the same — make disciples, plant churches, raise up leaders, and send them out.
One family, following the call across borders
Joshua Y. serves as a disciple-maker, evangelist, and church planter — stateside and abroad — after completing the Denton Freedom House program.
The Y family relocates to India for church planting, disciple-making, and orphanage work.
After an unexpected season back in the U.S., they move to Northern Iraq — training indigenous leaders and distributing Bibles.
FM 4:18 spans the Texas prison system to North India and the MECANA region, with 7,000+ house churches and growing.
- Greg Burns
- Chris Walden
- Trey Vick
- Mont Wilkes
- Joshua Y.
- Ray Vaughn
- David Dedyan
- Randy Murray
- Sean Smith
- Dan Denui
- Terri Denui
- Ron Johnson
- Chris Scanlan
- Doug Allen
- Damon Thames
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The mission only multiplies through partners who give and pray. There is room in this story for you.