Category: Cooperative Program

International Mission Board missionaries Shaun and Joy Price moved to the “castle capital of Europe” to share the hope of Christ with residents in a less than idyllic area to live in.  Then COVID-19 complicated everything. Although there were strict lockdowns and months of isolation, the Price family took every opportunity to reach out in…

Eric and Anna Trout started Restoration Church in Adel, Iowa, to reach people who were far from God. They have seen through acts of service in the community that church members are developing relationships with those they reach, often becoming the first step in getting these new friends into the church and introducing them to…

Dave and Brie Jacobson planted City on a Hill Church in one of the most diverse areas of Madison, Wisconsin. The church is surrounded by low-income housing and apartment buildings and many of the children live in single-parent homes. City on a Hill is reaching out to their community in multiple ways. During the COVID-19…

After being separated from many of her South Asian villages due to COVID-19, missionary Sidney Dixon* braved the soaring heat and invited women and children on the unfinished roof of someone’s home to join her for a health lesson followed by a Bible story. Each week more joined and at one point the gathering topped…

When he was 24 years old, Sammy Ravelo joined the Navy. Two years later, he began serving as a chaplain’s assistant. He loved the work and eventually realized that chaplaincy was the ministry for which God had been preparing him his whole life. Sammy spends most of his day with the sailors he serves. He…

Airenakhue and Obaidiku Aimievbo planted The Impact Baptist Church to reach the growing population of immigrants in northeast Calgary. Around 70 percent of the community around the church are not Christians, with many practicing as Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs.  The Aimievbos encourage their church to reach out to the community through personal evangelism, visiting houses…