Category: Cooperative Program

God gripped Reggie’s heart with a passion to plant a church where God is, but the church is not. That led Reggie and Courtney to the West End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  West End has deep physical and spiritual needs. Classified as a food desert with pockets of low-income housing, the neighborhood is highly diverse.  Christ…

IMB missionaries Dan and Lori Upchurch minister to Ukrainian refugees in Poland along with their ministry partners, Christian Community Church. The church provides a space for worship, service, community, and belonging.  Many Ukrainians found their Savior in this church, meeting in a room that looks like it may have been a dance studio in a…

Vergil and Kelsey Brown planted a successful church in Portland. Ten years later, God called them to plant a new church in another, very different part of the city.  In this new location, Christianity is foreign to most residents, but many people are curious about spiritual topics.  Redemption Church has a passion for sharing the…

IMB missionaries Don and Pam Lynch live and serve in Belgium. The country ranks high on the number of suicides, people suffering from depression, and percentages of people who take antidepressants.  “If you have no hope for the future, you don’t have anything to look forward to. Life is either a great adventure or a…

God led Brandon and Ellen Hembree to start Impact Church when they became burdened for all the people coming to the Washington D.C. area who needed to hear the Gospel.  Not long after the Hembrees started Impact Church, the Afghan refugee crisis gave them the unique opportunity to share the love of Jesus with people…

When Marty and Chandler were on the field, they saw intentional discipleship lead to church planting and multiplication in a refugee camp in the Middle East. They felt led to try this strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa, since it has been identified as the future epicenter of Christianity.  Marty trains seminary students to carry the gospel…