Stories of Mission
Explore mission themes in our quarterly magazine as workers tell stories of making disciples in the way of Christ.
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Worker Profile: Joy M. (name changed)
Joy (name changed) serves on the Launch Team in Central Asia, where she is studying the local language and culture and teaches middle and high school science part-time at an international school. She sees her role as integral in the spiritual formation of these students with whom she has the privilege of developing relationships.
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The Story of Squirrel Toys
When Anowar’s uncle was forced out of his ancestral Muslim village because he now followed Jesus, he wondered how he could help his uncle find work. Anowar had two young daughters of his own and wanted his kids to develop creativity. The idea was born to create quality wooden toys, and the business, organized around B4T principles, took off.
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Call to Prayer: Reflecting Christ in Relationships
We want to reflect Christ in our lives here; that is the most important aspect of our vision for our work in this Central Asian country. Our Muslim neighbors are often outwardly religious, but there are often underlying longings. Prayer helps us connect with what is below the surface.
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Business as Gospel Opportunity
Seeing business as a tool for transformation allows for a holistic approach in an authentic manner as relationships are built and cultivated over time. We believe that business is a great venue for spreading the knowledge of Christ and what it means to follow him through ongoing relationships.
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Work as Worship and Blessing
The Business for Transformation (B4T) that I will be joining in Central Asia is part of a bigger network with a vision to use agricultural businesses in Central Asia to empower national believers to live in rural areas and make disciples through business connections.
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An Impact for Generations
I would like to see business enterprises in Central Asia that make a long-term economic, social, and spiritual impact. Part of what drives me is creating legitimate roles for Christians to be able to live in Muslim communities as salt and light, and business is a way to be become that blessing.
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Workplace Witness
I have never served in business, but my experience as a teacher gives me a window into what it is like to have a genuine and readily understood role in a cross-cultural context. This is only one of many reasons we have embraced the Business for Transformation (B4T) movement.
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Worker Profile: Nathan and Anya Stan (and J. and D.)
It is now our generation’s turn to serve others in areas where the gospel is almost unknown. We are glad to follow God’s calling and to partner with VMMissions in this calling. Now we are part of the Launch Team in one of the post-Soviet countries in Central Asia.
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Call to Prayer: Music as Prayer
Recently I was driving alone to the airport and decided to sing prayers rather than think or speak them. I was surprised how much more real my praises and petitions felt to me as I expressed them in this way. The words felt enlivened by the Spirit of God groaning within me, connecting me with the Father God.
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Planting Kingdom Seeds
My husband Skip and I have often said that our saying “yes” to going to an unreached people group was like stepping into a river that swept us along in its powerful current. Within a few months of saying “yes,” we were a family of six, with four-month-old Noelle in arms, on the other side of the world in Thailand.
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Do You Want a Puppy?
“Reaching unreached people groups demands more than what is easy or comfortable,” writes Anita Rahma. To reach Muslim neighbors and remove barriers to the gospel, her family uses contextual language and lifestyle to connect. For them, it means choosing to surrender some things they have a “right” to.
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Ambassadors to the Unreached
VMMissions increasingly partners with churches in the global south, the majority Christian world, as they send workers to live and work among UPGs as ambassadors of the gospel. Many of these sent ones continue to work in the professions they practiced in their passport nations.
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