For North American missionaries “here and now” is the field that God has called them to and where He has gone in advance to prepare the way. Each missionary you have prayed for this week has a unique call to a unique place. They daily experience the joy and the Read more…
HOMETOWN HOPE Missouri native Kempton Turner and his wife, Caryn, have dedicated their lives to helping restore hope in East St. Louis, an area known for gangs, drugs, and staggeringly high murder rates. Their church plant, City of Joy Fellowship, focuses its ministry on the tough inner city where Kempton Read more…
LOST AND FOUND Las Vegas native Heiden Ratner fulfilled a dream when he played Division 1 college basketball, but his time on the court wasn’t his most defining university experience. At a college Bible study, he says, “I realized I was missing something. I thought, These people have something I Read more…
Crossing Cultures Trent and Elizabeth DeLoach share a passion to reach the nations. As Send Relief missionaries and leaders at Clarkston International Bible Church (CIBC), they invest their lives in people from around the world in Clarkston, Georgia, a city sometimes called the most diverse square mile in the United Read more…
Speaking Out Travis gave his life to Christ at an early age. After college, he struck out on his own as a Christian musician letting the lyrics testify to his faith—until God called him to do more. “I never wanted to plant churches,” he says. “Because of my stuttering problem, Read more…
FREEDOM AND TRUTH Immigration is an experience Kesavan and Viji Balasingham share with much of their church, Fellowship Church Rouge Park, in Toronto’s East End. “Roughly half were born in another country,” says Kesavan. “Clarity of the gospel is a major need.” TORONTO IS ONE OF THE MOST ETHNICALLY DIVERSE Read more…
PRACTICAL APPROACH At Graffiti Church in New York’s Lower East Side, the motto is: “From small things come great things.” “Jesus started by meeting needs first,” says Graffiti’s Taylor Field, a Send Relief® missionary. “His compassion grew people’s faith, and then He built the church on that faith.” ONLY 4% Read more…
NOW IS THE TIME The people who live in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the shadowland of death, light has dawned. –MATTHEW 4:16 (HCSB) The missions field is all around us. According to statistics, 269 million people across North America do not know Christ, Read more…