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 Dave Bliss | Nov 6, 2025 | Missions Mobilization
William Carey is often called the father of modern missions. Before he began his ministry in the late 18th century, the Great Commission was so largely ignored by the Church that when he proposed it as a discussion topic for a Baptist association meeting he was chided...
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 Dave Bliss | Sep 24, 2025 | Missions Mobilization
The first Sunday of November is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (November 2nd this year). I must confess, suffering for Jesus is not something I like to think about. Yet hardships and persecution are repeatedly brough up in the New Testament...
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 Dave Bliss | Jul 10, 2025 | Missions Mobilization
In June, several of us had the privilege of attending EFCA One. It was a great conference with a strong emphasis on outreach. In one of the plenary sessions, a ReachGlobal missionary gave an inspiring message on the importance of missions in which he reminded us how...
