Category: Cooperative Program

A healthy woman in her early 40s, an International Mission Board (IMB) missionary in Uganda, began feeling an intense, unexplainable exhaustion. With a full schedule, including planning her family’s stateside assignment, her oldest son Elijah’s move to the U.S. for college, and an upcoming family vacation to the U.K., she thought the fatigue was just…

For Josh and Madison Oakes, being missionaries doesn’t feel like a sacrifice; they are simply following God’s call to bring the gospel to the nations. A mosque stands on nearly every corner, a reminder that many in the community do not yet know Jesus. Shopping is done at small neighborhood stores, with different shops for…

IMB missionary Gary Warrior and his friends enter a small restaurant in Central Asia. A large cast iron pot of *plov*, a popular rice pilaf, cooks on an open fire near the entrance. Gary chooses a booth where they can draw a curtain for privacy, a space typically used for business discussions. But today, Gary’s…

God first called Trevor and his family to Miami when he saw the city’s spiritual needs after a mission trip to the city. Miami is a diverse global city with unique challenges, including a high percentage of unchurched residents and a multitude of languages spoken. Faith Church meets at a local YMCA. Often, people will…

A couple of years ago, Jacob and Julie Stanley, missionaries in an island nation in the Asia Pacific Rim, partnered with local believers to stage a dramatic presentation of Jesus’ miracles, death, burial, and resurrection in public spaces around town. Local believers filled all 24 roles in the cast, portraying Jesus, Pilate, narrators, and others,…

Jacob and Jessica led a team to the city in 2021 to specifically engage the community around the University of Washington. They believe that college campuses are one of the least-reached and most-strategic mission fields in the world. Resonate Church of Seattle is reaching an area that is largely affluent, young, diverse, and unchurched. Recent…