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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Call to Prayer: The Honor of Co-Laboring
“God really does want to teach us to pray,” Ruth writes. “Prayer has become much more than something that we ‘should’ do. It is something we desire and enjoy, something that feels like a great honor.”
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Our Family Rediscovers Sabbath
“In December 2019, [my wife] Theresa suggested that we begin a few faith rhythms as a family, mostly concerning Sabbath. We’ve job-shared and worked bi-vocationally these last several years and at times it has been difficult to stop and disengage and receive God’s rest,” Seth writes. Learn what difference these changes made in their family.
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Together for a Purpose
In both marriage and the church, God brings together people who have different gifts and ways of perceiving the world in order to build communities that provide a foretaste of the kingdom of heaven. Tyler and Kendra draw on varied gifts to strengthen their ministry together.
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Journeys Into Marriage and Mission
Married couples have the opportunity to experience the sometimes seamless, sometimes arduous path toward being of one heart. Laura Campbell and Laura Green share ways God has used marriage and mission to reshape their priorities.
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Stronger Together
Partnership is one of our deeply held values at VMMissions. This year alone, we joined hands with 92 churches as they added their people, prayers and funds to the task of making Christ known among the nations. We can do more together than we ever can on our own.
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Worker Profile: Anna Renfro
Anna’s assignment in Mannheim, Germany, is to support the ministries of Dave and Rebekka Stutzman as well as to serve at a local refugee center called Friedenshaus. Most of her time is spent in the afterschool youth program Kinderreich in nearby Heidelberg.
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Call to Prayer: Life Lessons
“With our two-month-old fourth daughter in arms, we went through our training. It was all a blur, with the exception of one so very important word that God spoke to me while I was fetching something from our parked car. It stopped me in my tracks. ‘You think you are doing this for me. No, I am doing this for you,'” Carol writes.
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God Says, “You Are Adequate”
John David Thacker, VMMissions’ most recently appointed church planter, has heard God’s call to plant an Anabaptist peace church in Charleston, W.Va. A particular word of affirmation from the Lord has been a significant encouragement to him during this challenging season of relocation.
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Celebrating God’s Faithfulness
When civil war broke out in El Salvador, it brought years of suffering and fear for Alfonso and his family. They endured brutal violence and saw loved ones, friends and neighbors die or go missing. On three occasions, Alfonso felt bullets passing near him. “I knew that God was preserving my life for a purpose,” he writes.
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Called Out of the Fire
A testimony of God’s call to live and serve in a slum community became a turning point for Yosiah. Then a large fire broke out in the slum community. Helping with the fire response for a week, the experience showed him the path that the Lord wanted for his life.
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An Invitation That Leads to Life
“Upon meeting an older worker in our early days in North Africa, I was proud to hear him say, ‘God called a lot of talented, intelligent people to do this work.’ I was then stunned as he finished, ‘…but they said no. So here we are,'” Opal writes.
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Worker profile: Jay and Em
Em is teaching English Language Learning for elementary students and is mentoring a student teacher. Jay is a business developer for transformational educational businesses, mentors leadership teams to develop sustainable witness, and is helping to start a new preschool. (Names changed)
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