Category: Cooperative Program

As Justin and Lacy McKay celebrated their new marriage in Denver, Colorado, they looked around and asked a question they couldn’t answer: “Where are all the churches?” As they did some research, they realized Denver was in a Gospel desert and desperately needed more churches. To help engage metro Denver with the Gospel, the couple…

God called Matt and Ruth Lahey to start a church in Kilbride of St John’s in Newfoundland, Canada. For many Newfoundlanders, the idea of church is associated with a building. It’s something you attend, not something you are. Church planting in Kilbride isn’t quick and isn’t easy, but the Laheys are committed to the long,…

Jack Wattanawongsawang and his wife, Prinna Puakpong, watched the news on March 11, 2011, documenting the triple disaster unfolding in Japan – the earthquake, the tsunami and the nuclear power plant meltdown. With no intention to go, Jack and Prinna prayed and asked God to send someone who wasn’t them to tell the Japanese they…

Planted in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, One Six Eight Community Church intentionally meets community needs. For example, they partner with an autism school. The church longs to be a part of its community’s flourishing. John teaches the congregation to get involved in the lives of their neighbors, inviting them into their daily lives…

When Sarah Mitchell first moved to Bangkok, Thailand, to serve as a Journeyman to the Deaf with the International Mission Board, it was the first time she’d lived anywhere besides the house where she grew up. Mitchell was quickly immersed not only in Thailand’s culture, but also in Deaf culture.  “It’s been amazing to see,…

Matt Hadden planned to become an international missionary before he visited the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota on a short-term mission trip. While there, he saw the tremendous needs around him. Matt saw how his family could be international missionaries without leaving the United States.  Less than 3 percent of the Oglala Lakota people…