Category: Cooperative Program

A few years ago, Stephen and Lisa Shaw arrived in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, to replant Sequoyah Creek Church. In just a small amount of time, the Shaws have led the church to be involved in giving back to their community and around the world. For example, the church participates in regular mission trips to Peru,…

Jefferson Hernandez had not given a moment’s thought to what he and his wife Carol would call their new church plant in Sterling, Virginia. “I’d just read in John 4 where it says the fields are white unto harvest, and the phrase ‘Campo Blanco’ crossed my mind. That was the name given to the church—Campo…

Four years ago, God told Josh and Beth Glymph to simultaneously do the two hardest things they’d ever done: “Foster care and church planting,” says Beth. And yet, everything began to make sense after the Glymphs adopted three children, two out of foster care, while starting Refuge Church in the Jacksonville community of Ortega.  “People…

“When people think of Vegas, they think it’s just casinos,” says Kristen. “But families live here. And we didn’t fall in love with the Strip. We fell in love with the people.” In 2020, the Gibbons left their home in Alabama to plant Favor City Church in Henderson, Nevada. “The people who run the Strip…

As a missionary serving at the Send Relief Ministry Center in downtown Boston, Faith often finds herself in alleyways looking for women who are looking for help. “In anti-trafficking and sexual abuse awareness work, you have to remember that everyone you meet is searching for Christ’s perfect love,” she says. “They just don’t always know…

Noelson and Edna are Haitian immigrants. They discovered that most Haitian churches in their community worshipped only in Haitian Creole. “Everything in the churches was done for adults, whether the kids can speak Creole or not,” Noelson says. “So, we started Bible study in English with our kids at home.” When other Haitian families learned…