Mission
This missionary couple was called to serve as medical professionals in the country of Chad. They have amazing stories of being doctors on the frontlines as well as ministering to the people around them.
Dolphijn was the name of a local trader who lived in Apam, Ghana in the late 1800's. At the time, there were no Adventists living in the region. He picked up a tract from the sea that changed everything.
Mary’s mother died when she was 10, so Mary did the grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and other housework once they settled in La Coudre, Switzerland.
As Jacques kept pleading, he walked to the door to leave the room. Then he stopped at the door. It was like someone was blocking him or holding him back.
“How do you know it was Jesus?” she asked. “What did He look like?” The little girl could not describe Jesus or explain how she knew that it was Him.
Then Amy remembered something that one of her close friends at church frequently said: Do the next right thing. “The next right thing in this situation was to take them in,” Amy said. “So, we decided to extend hospitality to them.”
Mission Unusual Tokyo, volunteering in West Africa, and a lost summer camp in Montenegro. Join us as we explore mission around the world!
We rejoice to see new groups of believers planted in the 10/40 Window, in the city, among other religious groups, among the secular and post-Christian. But the time has come for another mission refocus. A time for aligning our hearts and minds, our people, our resources, our budgets to reach the unreached with hope.
“You’re wrong,” she said. “These children are running now, but who knows what will happen to them later. If they do not accept God, maybe some of them will not be in heaven.
The Institute of World Mission provides appropriate cross-cultural training for all missionaries. The Institute cooperates with a tentmaker program and further serves the church with consulting, training and strategic planning for the worldwide mission of the church.
The needs and challenges of the worldwide Adventist Church are great and varied. The need is for youth, and the young at heart, to respond to the call to share the good news of the gospel with those who need to hear it.
More than half the world's population will live in urban areas today. As the world's urban landscape changes, so will our approach to mission. The Adventist Church is committed to finding the best way to tell the world about Jesus.
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