International Mission Forum
Teachers include various mission partners from around the world.
Description:
You are invited to hear testimonies and learn about what God is doing through these mission agencies and individuals. This workshop will inspire and encourage you and your church to be the hands and feet of Jesus outside the United States. You will have opportunity to meet these ministry leaders and learn how you can join them on mission with God.
Ministries Include:
- His Hands Mission in Honduras – His Hands is an organization with the dream of making the Living Water of Jesus Christ available to people all over the world while supplying humanitarian efforts to help better their way of life. Our Mission is to: provide for the physical and spiritual needs of people in remote areas; teach and train people in the gospel of Jesus Christ; start/develop water filtration projects and other projects to improve community health and welfare; teach communities how to complete and maintain these projects independently; train leaders to continue the mission in neighboring communities.
- Voice of Liberty Costa Rica - VoL is an association in Costa Rica made up of many churches dedicated to making disciples in the prisons of Costa Rica. VoL also works with families on the outside of the prison and assists ex-prisoners with transition to productive participation in the free world. VoL began in San Sebastian prison which is the central processing prison for the entire system. As men await trial and sentencing, they are brought to San Sebastian prison. After their trials, many go into other prisons in Costa Rica. Because of this, the church started by VoL in San Sebastian has spread throughout the prison system in Costa Rica.
- One Heart Ministry in Indonesia - Sehati Ministries means “One heart” and is based in Indonesia. Tinjau is a Pastor of a Christian Church, planted in the late 1980’s, several of whose members are Muslim-background believers. Tinjau’s church has other facets that include a school, pastoral leadership training and business training. Tinjau has planted five churches in a Muslim majority world.
- Wycliffe Bible Translators – Terry and Peggy will offer an overview of Wycliffe and its partnerships in completing the work of Bible translation in our generation. The church is witnessing the fastest rate of Bible translation in history. Will the remaining 2,400 of the world’s 6,900 languages have Scripture by 2025?
Forum Time:
Friday Morning