Serving the Least of These | the Reach August 2024
Dear Friends, Dan and Catherine B served as church planting field workers in Almaty, Kazakhstan for 18 years (1993-2011). During their tenure, they saw a network of churches planted in the area and, eventually, turned ministry leadership over to their national...
Meet Our Newly Commissioned Workers | the Reach July 2024
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...
Doubting Thomas | the Reach June 2024
Dear Friends, "Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails...
Cultivating Kingdom Partnerships | the Reach May 2024
Dear Friends, The idea was to partner with a small African village to help build a church, to join in a mutual ministry of encouragement and prayer continents apart. But how does a small rural church of less than 100 members start the journey of making that happen? We...
Join a Mission Cohort! | the Reach April 2024
Dear Friends, Have you ever been curious if global, long-term missions is something God is calling you to but don’t know where to start? Every fall the EPC launches a Mission Cohort, a year-long program where college-age young adults meet over Zoom for interaction...
Sharing Christ’s Love through Word & Deed | the Reach February 2024
Dear Friends, The smell of unwashed bodies in too-close quarters filled the room. Elena* lay with her child pressed close to her, trying to surrender to the sleep she so desperately needed. She swallowed the lump in her throat, barely keeping her head above the...
Doing the Work to Love Your Neighbor | the Reach January 2024
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! It is amazing that another year has come and gone. The start of a new year is a time when many of us reflect on the past year, and plan for the year ahead. Somewhere in there, we usually set goals. For our World Outreach workers,...
Singing Jesus’s Birth | the Reach December 2023
Dear friends, It seems like everybody sings in Luke’s story of Jesus’ birth: Mary sings (1:46-55), Zechariah sings (1:68-79), the angels sing (2:13-14), and finally, Simeon adds a chorus (2:28-32). So much singing. From our distant 21st century American vantage point,...
Serving the Lord Reaching the Unreached | the Reach November 2023
Dear friends, Dave and Mindy, after eight fruitful years of serving as World Outreach mobilizers, recruiting and coaching more than 20 people for the mission field, will transition into retirement and continue serving with World Outreach as Mission Assistants...
Great Tragedy, Great Need, Great God | The Reach October 2023
Dear friends, It was 6 a.m., and I rolled over to check my alarm before it went off. When I saw 2 missed calls at 5 a.m. from my good friend in the Southeast of Turkey, I knew something wasn’t right. And that was how it began, our gradual understanding of the...