missions at ccm
"And you will be my witness in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8
Christ's Church at Mason supports a number of ministries both in our community and around the world. The point is to use the collective resources God gives us as a church to help further the gospel by sharing God's love. Resources include everything from volunteers giving of their time, to food collections, to prayer commitments, to financial resources.
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The World
Asia Christian Services: laverne and lois morse
LaVerne Morse serves as Director Emeritus of Asia Christian Services. LaVerne and his wife Lois first went to Burma as missionaires in 1955. The Morses lived in a primitive Burmese village, not far from Tibet, China and India. The Morses are now based in Mason, but continue to be heavily involved in mission outreach throughout Asia.
Eastern europe and central asia: TCM International
Since 1963 TCM International has been serving Christians in Eastern Europe. During the years of communist domination, TCM carried Bibles, Christian literature, food, medicine, and clothing behind the Iron Curtain. In 1971 TCM purchased Haus Edelweiss near Vienna, Austria. This Haus serves not only as a strategic point from which to travel into Eastern Europe but also as a place of preparation for Christian leadership. Over 760 students from 19 countries are enrolled in TCMI Institute. The students come to the Haus for intense two-week sessions and then go back to serve and lead in their own countries. www.tcmi.org
Ethiopia: Adrian and Jennifer Fehl
Adrian, Jennifer, Addison, Mallory, Darby and Ethan Fehl currently serve in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After 10 years of ministry in the remote village of Yasow among the Gumuz people, the Fehls relocated to Addis Ababa in 2009. Adrian now serves as the Team Leader of the CMF-Ethiopia Church-Planting Team and as the primary liaison with the leadership of CMF’s national partner church. He travels from Addis Ababa to various remote locations to teach, preach, and encourage national Christians and the members of the CMF church-planting team. Jennifer homeschools their four children and serves as the CMF guesthouse manager.
Mission Services
Mission Services is a mission support organization which specializes in helping missionaries in communicating with their supporters. MS offers both electronic media and print media services. In addition MS publishes a monthly mission journal called Horizons which is distributed in the US and in 75 other countries.
www.missionservices.org.
National Missionary Convention
The NMC is an annual gathering of missionaires from all over the world and interested church members. Like the NACC, the NMC features preaching, teaching and workshops designed to inform, equip and inspire interest in world evangelism. www.nmc-windows.org
venezuela: john and zandra dye
John, Zandra, Julia and Sophia Dye serve in Caracas, Venezuela. John grew up as a missionary kid in Venezuela and after graduating from Bible college he returned there to serve. He and Zandra work with the El Bosque church in Caracas. They focus a lot of their efforts on working with young adults and are also involved in leadership training.
Zimbabwe: denford and shingie chizanga
Denford, Shingie, Hannah and Caleb Chizanga live in Harare, Zimbabwe. They work with Africa Development Mission Trust in the areas of planting new churches, leadership training and community development. In 2009 CCM partnered with ADMT to adopt the village of Nyamashesha in the Mhondo area, providing both physical and spiritual help through digging wells, building a church building, providing resources for schools, helping with a clinic and sponsoring training programs.