About Us

We have always felt a calling from the Lord to be in full-time ministry. During the first four years of our marriage, we led a singles ministry, an outreach and compassion ministry, and various home groups. We held staff positions of church office manager, church administrator, associate pastor, and co-pastor.

Then one day in October 2001, Emil heard, "Sell your car and buy a motorcycle." Needless to say, we needed a confirmation that this was God and we sought Him earnestly in prayer about it. By the end of two months, the Lord had clearly confirmed it and we had sold Emil's car and purchased our first motorcycle, a Honda Shadow 750. Within a week of the purchase, a friend felt strongly compelled to give us an application to CMA, Christian Motorcyclists Association. We had never heard of it before and checked out the local chapter's website, www.desertdisciples.com.

We attended our first CMA meeting January 5, 2002 and came away committed to evangelizing the biker world. We soon traded in our Honda for a longer-distance bike, a Kawasaki Vulcan Classic 1500. By May 2002, Emil was unanimously voted in as Chaplain of the Desert Disciples, the Mesa CMA Chapter, which is the largest chapter in the Southwest region. During all this time, the Lord continued to show us that this was the harvest field to which He had called us. He threw the doors open to us in miraculous ways, and we simply walked through. Using our past experiences in ministry and our hearts' passion for evangelizing the lost, we realized that God was customizing a ministry for us.

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In obedience to the Lord's prompting, we went on a one-week camping trip to Colorado in June of 2003 with no other goal than to be in His presence without distraction. During that week, the Lord laid before us a full-time ministry plan. We came home and laid this plan before our pastors, Michael and Darci Niva; and they confirmed not only the plan but that the timing is NOW. We continued our ministry with CMA and extended the "stakes of our tent" to include a new ministry which we felt the Lord named "Bikers with Boundaries."

Back: Emil, Pastor Mike Niva Front: Karen, Pastor Darci Niva of City in the Desert

We believe God called us BOTH full time to this ministry. In September 2003 Emil left his full-time job and began the roadside ministry. In December we were ordained by City in the Desert Metro Church as missionary evangelists. In February 2004 Emil laid down the CMA chaplaincy to focus fully on Bikers with Boundaries, and in January 2005 Karen left her full-time job.

We now ride a 2004 Kawasaki VN 2000 and have a motorcycle trailer that was donated to the ministry. Our ministry is beyond the boundaries of the four walls of the church and extends to the highways and byways, wherever the Lord leads. We have seen God do so much on the roadside and are excited about what He's going to do in the future. His promises are real and He is faithful to them!

If God is leading you to partner with us, prayerfully or financially, please visit the You Can Help page. If you would like to receive our newsletter, please visit the Sign Up page. We are deeply grateful for the covering prayer of our intercessors and for our financial supporters. It is because of them that we are able to do what God has called us to do.

In His Love,
Emil and Karen Liko