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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A Dream, a Need, a Gift: the Launch of tranSend
Over 100 persons have explored their sense of call to mission through tranSend since the program began in 2005. What were the dreams and needs behind this one-year mission internship program, and how did it become a reality?
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Extending the Reach to Every Nation, Tribe and Tongue
In recent years, VMMissions has placed greater priority on sending workers to unreached people groups. Thanks to the Lord of the harvest, dedicated and creative VMMissions workers are living incarnationally among some of the fifty largest unreached people groups in the world.
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2020 Year End Financial Goal Exceeded
VMMissions is delighted to report that we exceeded our year-end financial goal of $100,000 by almost $7,000. Thank you! We are grateful to God and to everyone who has prayed, given financially, and supported our work in many ways.
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The Walls Came Tumbling Down: Our Entrance Into Albania
When the walls came down, “We were swept along, praising God for opportunities! We could hardly keep up with it,” Willard Eberly exclaimed. An isolated nation after a forty-five year communist regime, Albania opened in 1991 to the outside world and to the gospel of Jesus.
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Will You Go? Our Expansion into the Caribbean
Twila Y. Brunk’s book, Together in the Lord, is an engaging account of the first twenty-five years of the Jamaican Mennonite Church. The following recounts those beginnings, as well as the expansion of VMMissions’ work into Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.
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In Honor of Paul Timothy (PT) Yoder, 12th President of VMMissions
Paul Timothy Yoder, Sr., president of VMMissions from 1985 to 1990, died on December 16, 2019. He was 91. During his tenure, Paul envisioned VMMissions as a channel through which resources would be released for the purpose of expanding God’s kingdom.
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From Virginia Into the Heart of Christendom
“I do not believe that it is above what we could expect, if the Lord tarries, that we would have a native Mennonite Church in Sicily,” wrote Truman Brunk in his report to the executive committee of the mission board upon his return from a visit to Sicily in 1950.
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Update: Albania Earthquake Relief Fund
VMMissions is delighted to report that the Albania Earthquake Relief Fund needs have been met! In 2019, VMMissions received $28,712 towards the expenses of a temporary shelter in Lezhë for 15 Roma families who lost their homes in Albania’s 6.4-magnitude earthquake.
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Tidewater Virginia: Our Antioch
The ministry of the early church began in Jerusalem, but Antioch became an important mission center, similar to the way Tidewater, Virginia, became in the mid-20th century. What made that particular context so special? How did VMMissions promote greater faithfulness and fruitfulness there?
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Beginnings: Called to the Mountains
In the early days, mission vision emerged at the district level of Virginia Mennonite Conference. Middle District was exemplary in mobilizing witness over the mountains into West Virginia. A steady stream of workers labored over the years, eventually giving birth to over a dozen churches.
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Catching the Wind of the Spirit: VMMissions Celebrates 100 Years
Hundreds gathered to celebrate the centennial year of Virginia Mennonite Missions. Leaders from partner church conferences were featured guests at events that included a reunion brunch, a banquet, an evening worship service, and a Sunday afternoon a cappella concert.
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One Hundred Years of Sharing Jesus with Neighbors Near and Far
This year marks 100 years of Virginia Mennonite Missions helping the church share Jesus with neighbors near and far. How did it all get started? What has God done through our work? Where might God be leading in the future?
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