A Life Transformed — At Home.
Missions. What comes to mind when you hear this word? Developing nations? Community service? English lessons? Most of the time, we think of stepping out into another world. What about including those within our own homes into our world? This is how one simple invitation set off a ripple of blessings. A Timely Invitation In […]
When Missions Hits Home
Serving in Home Missions impacts more than just strangers, as Winnie from Covenant EFC’s China Nationals Fellowship found out. When we think of missions, our minds may inadvertently drift to stories of great missionaries travelling thousands of miles away from home — braving persecution, reaching out to indigenous peoples, doing heroic work for the Kingdom. After all, those […]
Mission of Love in Quarantine
“So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.” – Deuteronomy 10:19 This is the anchor verse that Indra and Esther, hold very closely to their hearts. Showing love to foreigners in a strange land is what compels their ministry as a husband-and-wife team leading Covenant EFC’s Indonesian Fellowship. But during this pandemic, how could this possibly come about in this […]
The Whole Church in Missions
What if missions, like discipleship, is for the Church – the whole Church – to be involved in? Matthew 28:18-20 records for us: 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them inthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy […]
