Terry and Nancy Sullivan, missionaries with Wycliffe, wish to express their gratitude to the West Side community for the many blessings and friendships they have known these past few years living in Richland and continuing their Bible translation ministry work "from afar". After a short stay in Benin for the final time, they have returned to Richland and are settling into their "official" job title of "Remote Assignment living in the U.S.". Their actual work, pretty much full-time, is the same as before, but with a U.S.-based location instead of a Benin-based location. In the Aja language, the words for "thank you very much" are: Akpe keké. However, folks add more 'very much' by adding the word "ke" at the end. So the Sullivans express their gratefulness to you, by saying: "Akpe kekekekekekekekekeke! ".
To support their ministry, please mail gifts to
Wycliffe Bible Translators
P.O. Box 628200
Orlando, FL 32862-8200
www.wycliffe.org
Tyler and Rochelle Holm are serving in Mzuzu, Malawi (Africa), at the invitation of the Church of Central African Presbyterian (CCAP), the Presbyterian Church (USA) World Mission and Mzuzu University. The CCAP is the largest and oldest Protestant denomination in Malawi. Tyler teaches theology at the University of Livingstonia, one of the CCAP’s institutions training future pastors and church leaders. With the growth of the CCAP there is only one ordained minister per every 7,000 members, training pastors and other Christian leaders in society has been identified as a priority by the CCAP. Rochelle works directly for Mzuzu University, a government university, primarily on issues of water, sanitation, and hygiene, bridging the gap across boundaries of research and innovative practice by working together with communities, government officials, academics and faith based organizations. To support our ministry, please donate to: Presbyterian Church USA, PO Box 643700, Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700. Please designate the funds for “Presbyterian World Mission: Account #E200532” or https://www.presbyterianmission.org/donate/E200532/
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Wycliffe serves with the global body of Christ to advance Bible translation and work together so people can encounter God through his Word and be transformed.
My mission is to work in partnership with nationals, organizations, churches, etc. to enable the work of Bible translation. We work to ensure the world’s 7000 languages gain access to Scripture in a language and form that speaks to their heart, and to preserve minority language and cultures. At Wycliffe, we prepare, equip, and support members and their families as they engage in the work of Bible translation.
Scott began his missionary career in 1991 in Costa Rica, and has since been involved in communications and multimedia with various ministries, most recently in outreach to Latter-day Saints in Utah. While serving at an English camp in the Czech Republic in 2023, he became enthralled with the vision and ministry of making Christ known in this challenging environment. He is beginning his work with language study, after which he will serve with the Czech Evangelical Alliance in Prague. More information can be found on his website, www.scottinprague.com.
Flourish Mid-Columbia serves Columbia Basin residents by providing Christian education and formative practices aimed at integrating faith, work, and everyday living. In partnership with individuals, churches, organizations, and institutions, Flourish Mid-Columbia helps people live integrated and flourishing lives of faith and service as followers of Jesus by encouraging, equipping, and accompanying them into thoughtful and wholehearted participation in His Life – in all of life – in their homes, workplaces, and community. To learn more about our mission, visit flourishmidcolumbia.org
We work alongside ministries internationally to create culturally effective media tools to communicate the gospel to unreached people groups. We pray that we will continue to be able to build relationships in our community and for boldness while speaking about Jesus and the Gospel.
To learn more about our mission, visit our website.
Sword Productions – Their stories. Their language. Their culture.
To Donate to our cause, click below:
Donate - Sword Productions (churchcenter.com)
International Students, Inc. exists to share Christ’s love with international students and to equip them for effective service in cooperation with the local church and others. Our plan is to focus on making disciples who make disciples. This means sowing the Gospel broadly, and investing deeply in the few who exhibit the most spiritual hunger and interest, equipping them to become disciple makers. We also are mulling over whether it makes sense to stay in Forest Grove, or to move to a larger college or university, where there is a greater number of international students. We are likely to at least finish out the school year here at Pacific University as we have a couple of students that we are pouring deeply into right now. We also are in talks with some people locally about some other ways that we can get the local church involved in God’s global purposes. How these talks go, and the level of engagement more broadly from the church may have an impact on where we stay or land. To support our ministry, donate to: https://www.isiportland.org/donate.html
Alongside Ministries International strives to advance the Gospel in Europe and North America through a network of prayer, partnerships, and practical help. We have been serving in the Czech Republic for 19 years with AMI, 10 years in our current location. Our goal is to strengthen the Church and advance the Gospel by partnering with local churches and Christian organizations. Andrew serves alongside the national office of the Czech Evangelical Alliance and Amy serves alongside The Wholehearted School, a Czech Christian elementary school. Through these partnerships we are involved in a variety of organizations and projects that serve to strengthen the Church through parish renewal and Christian education, and to advance the Gospel through evangelism and church planting. To help The Wholehearted School grow and expand its Christian influence, including adding grades 7 – 9. Help launch and expand the M4Ready program into the M4 church planting process. To work with the national youth ministry of Církev Bratrská to re-launch and expand Draft Camps. To support our missionary work, go to: https://www.alongside.org/donate or Alongside Ministries International, PO Box 610 Langley, WA 98260
Lift-off/Ripe for Harvest (linguistics support)
The mission of Lift off is to promote healthy demographics, culture/beliefs, and structures in the global work context for those who come in, specifically single men and women. Through Ripe for Harvest, I offer linguistic consulting & training upon request, to further minority language development (particularly translation). I specifically support minority communities especially of Asia, via providing consulting/training for global workers upon request.
In the next three years, I would like to:
(1) Present and publish, especially via Missio Nexus
(2) Establish Lift Off officially
(3) Move ahead on establishing a fund (and funding) for offering research grants.
(4) Move ahead on establishing structures for an online presence to promote research, interaction, and creative problem-solving.
Please pray for the Lord’s creative ideas, team of people, and prayer power that can break through some status quo rock with His light and life.
To support my ministry, please visit:
https://ripeforharvest.org/kathy
We have served with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Boston, Massachusetts for the last 13 years. Our vision is to see students and faculty transformed, campuses renewed, and world changers developed. We hope to give every college student the opportunity to encounter Jesus, helping Christians grow in their faith and witness. To support our ministry, visit: givetoIV.org/MarieAdams
ORBIT and ASHA After completing the translation of the New Testament in Kukna language of South Gujarat, we have been training the other translators, guiding them in their works of Bible translation, Literacy primer preparation and conducting Literacy Programs, Dictionary preparation, and doing consultant checking of their Translations and Literacy Primers. As the President of ORBIT, and the Executive Director of ASHA I am taking care of the administration of both the organizations. Right now I am mainly doing Consultant checking of the translations and Literacy Primers, guiding the field work, and administration. Donation to support my missionary work can be sent to West Side church office from where it will be sent to SLIM (Sight and Light India Ministries) which is our fund forwarding organization. Or it can be sent directly to SLIM. The check should be written to Sight and Light India Ministries and sent to: Sight and Light India Ministries 2937 Cimmaron Lane Fullerton CA 92835
We have been serving with Alongside Ministries International to encourage and empower Christian leaders and churches in Europe through an international network of prayer, partnership and practical help. We have been stationed in Estonia since 1998. Our main functions are pastoral ministry in the Rapla Evangelical Church, equipping ministry and lecturing in cooperation with the seminary, Church consultation, pulpit supply and seminar speaking, Mentoring of youth, young couples, Bible school and seminary students, and Academic research and writing. Some time in 2023 (Lord willing) I will take on a more active role in theological education through our seminary system in Estonia and continue to conduct research on congregational life and theology in Estonia’s churches. In line with both of these goals, we have been constructing a guesthouse on our property since 2020 with the aim of offering hospitality to small church pastors and their families, international ministry visitors and – if necessary – immigrants or refugees in need of a first home and a path to inclusion in Estonian society. Construction of the hospitality house continues incrementally on my free evenings. You can follow our progress on the Hospitality House at http://www.edminsters.com/portfolio/hospitality-house/. To support our ministry, please send gifts to Alongside Ministries International 610 Langley Loop, Langley, WA 98260
I work with United World Missions on the Created to be Free project. I am currently stationed in Tigard, Oregon. Based on Isaiah 61:1, Created to be Free hopes to contribute to the prevention and understanding of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and other Neurobehavioral Conditions as invisible brain based physical disabilities and thus help the Church and greater community love people with difficult behaviors better, like Jesus does. Suzanne does this through the following: 1. Education and training at Universities, Seminaries, churches, hospitals, schools, etc. 2. Individual consultation with professionals and family members. 3. Family support groups where the real transformation takes place. God is opening exciting new doors for this ministry on a global level. Suzanne also serves on the Member Care Team of UWM, creating “sacred space” for spiritual formation/transformation to occur as she walks alongside UWM missionaries all over the world. One day a week I serve as Nurse Practitioner at the Good News Community Health Center in one of Portland’s roughest neighborhoods. We are a non-profit faith- and community-based health center serving our neighbors in Rockwood and East Multnomah County. You can support my ministry here: https://uwm.org/missionaries/27381/
We envision building a network of people who embrace the life-shaping goodness, rhythms, power, and calling of God. At Ingalls Creek, people gain clarity about their faith, their calling, and their contribution to the world. Ingalls Creek Enrichment Center gathers people who seek to connect their faith, life, and work in the richness of community, sending them into our changing society with a renewed sense of Christian calling. Northwest American culture has moved on a steady trajectory away from previous views of life and faith, and today only a small fraction of young adults report any relevance of “church” to their day to day experience. Churches, denominations and Christians in all walks of life are looking for ways to connect in positive ways with this emerging post-Christian context. We seek to equip God’s people—the church—to engage this changing world, demonstrating God’s love in every aspect of their lives.