Dear Friends,
This year at the 44th General Assembly and Gospel Priorities Summit, World Outreach had the joy and privilege of commissioning 15 Global Workers. The commissioning service at General Assembly is a sacred time for the denomination to come alongside those who have undergone a rigorous assessment process and have been appointed by the World Outreach Committee as new Global Workers. We are thrilled to introduce you to the newest members of the World Outreach family.
Peter and Jasmine come from the Presbytery of the East and are eagerly looking forward to ministry in Central Asia, both teaching expat children at an international school and exploring ministry to refugees there.
Pray that they would keep their eyes on Jesus, that they would be fruitful in their own and others’ lives, and pray for wisdom as they discern God’s long-term calling on their lives.
If you would like to support the work Peter and Jasmine are doing, visit their giving page here.
Bill and Sharon are joining the U.S. Church Mobilization team as well as pursuing diaspora outreach in their native context in the Presbytery of the West.
Pray for Christians in the U.S. to reach out to newcomers from least-reached nations. Pray that Bill and Sharon would have wisdom and the ability to support a fellowship of Afghan Christians as they grow in their leadership, life together, and mission vision. Pray that they would be able to effectively mobilize EPC churches to become more involved in local and global cross-cultural outreach. Pray for God’s help in knowing how to parent their children well as they go off to the work world and college, and finally, pray for provision as Bill continues the support-raising journey.
If you would like to support the work Bill and Sharon are doing, visit their giving page here.
After many years working cross culturally, Andrea Craddock will be joining Bill and Sharon on the Mobilizing Team here in the U.S., specifically working with the EPC Mission Cohorts to help raise up the next generation of global workers.
Pray that God would give Andrea wisdom as she works with young adults in the EPC. Pray that more workers would go to the least reached. Pray for the development of strong and strategic partnerships that will support the growth of the Mission Cohorts, and pray for an expanding network of ministry partners to join Andrea in her new role.
If you would like to support the work Andrea is doing, visit her giving page here.
Chris and Kirsten Furr have spent several years at a missional community in Scotland and are now joining the World Outreach Member Care Team while remaining Directors of the East Mountain UK charity in Edinburgh, Scotland. There they will be providing coaching, pilgrimages, soul care, evangelism, and discipleship.
Pray for their new roles on the WO Member Care Team, for their daughter, Maren, as she begins theological studies at the University of Edinburgh, and for their sons, Reece and Carlson, as they attend Scottish high school with all its challenges. Pray for the work of East Mountain UK as they provide soul care to European pastors, church planters, and leaders. And pray for a movement of God to break out again in Scotland and bring spiritual benefit to the world.
If you would like to support the work the Furrs are doing, visit their giving page here.
K and B are launching from the Presbytery of the Midwest to serve as team leaders in education and discipleship in Central Asia.
Pray for K and B to remain connected and passionately in love with our Redeemer. Pray they can represent Jesus well to the national government, employees, and friends, and pray for wisdom and discernment in relationships. Pray they remain safe in a very restrictive environment. Finally, pray for their three adult daughters back in the USA to grow in grace and truth as they pursue a university education and beyond.
If you would like to support the work K and B are doing, visit their giving page here.
Randy and Martha H have been full-time workers among unreached Muslim people groups since 2000. Randy has been newly commissioned to his new role starting September 1st to serve on the director team for the Frontiers US office. Frontiers helps to recruit, train, send, and serve teams of long-term workers (currently 570+ from the US), who live in the Muslim world and bring the Gospel to those who might otherwise never hear it.
He has been serving for the past seven years as EPC World Outreach’s Training and Development Coordinator and more recently as Engage Field Coordinator. Prior to that, Randy and Martha were serving in SE Asia among an unreached Muslim people group in church planting teams along with their two kids.
Pray for Randy and Martha in their shift in this new role and for continued wisdom, unity, and strength as they’re seeing God call and send the next wave of leaders to unreached Muslim people groups who’ve never heard about Jesus.
If you would like to support the work Randy and Martha are doing, visit their giving page here.
After feeling a call to leave her job teaching in the states and pursue missions, Gretchen plans to begin ministry in Europe/Balkans teaching English, sharing the gospel, and loving those around her. She is launching from the Presbytery of the East.
Pray for complete financial support. Pray God will raise up prayer warriors for these unreached people, for clear direction moving forward, and for a strong ear and tongue for a new language and the stamina and perseverance to learn it. Pray that God’s light will shine brightly through Gretchen, and pray for her unsaved children and grandchildren.
If you would like to support the work Gretchen is doing, visit her giving page here.
Gloria’s ministry will primarily focus on church planting in South Asia.
Pray for teammates to come join her in this work and for raising support for business as mission.
If you would like to support the work Gloria is going, visit her giving page here.
David and Heather had been drawn to Japanese language, media, and culture, and felt this was an interest that should glorify God, but it wasn’t until they learned that the Japanese are the second largest unreached people group in the world that they really felt called to the field. They plan to launch later this year from the Presbytery of the Gulf South to Rural Japan to begin church planting there.
Pray for God to continue drawing the people of Japan to Himself, for the Holy Spirit to embolden Japanese Christians to share their faith, and for unity in the Skinner family as they continue trusting God to equip them for the work ahead.
If you would like to support the work the Skinners are doing, visit their giving page here.
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