by Steve Austvold | Apr 24, 2026 | Missions Mobilization
Last month, at the North Central District Conference, there was a missions affinity group that met. It included a combination of local church mission people and ReachGlobal missionaries. NCD Mobilizer Dave Bliss asked two questions. What is working well with missions...
by Steve Austvold | Dec 11, 2025 | Missions Mobilization
There are a growing number of missionaries, who live in the states. What should a church mission team do with this growing number of stateside missionaries? Should they support them, reduce their support, drop their support? There are a lot of factors to consider in...
by Steve Austvold | Oct 15, 2025 | Missions Mobilization
Greetings in Christ. Many churches have extra mission funds at the end of the year. In this letter, I would like to encourage you to consider giving from your mission account or to do a special offering for Crisis Response and this South Asia project. There is an...
by Steve Austvold | Aug 20, 2025 | Missions Mobilization
Greetings in Christ. This past June the 2025 EFCA One National Conference was held in West Des Moine, Iowa at Valley Church. This church started with three couples and now they are the largest EFCA church in the Central District. Starting in 2009, they started “Love...
by Steve Austvold | May 14, 2025 | Missions Mobilization
Recently, I was asked about short-term opportunities to serve with ReachGlobal Crisis Response beyond the one-week teams. While at a recent conference, I saw a Next Gen Opportunities brochure and here are some short-term opportunities I found. Currently, there are 14...
