God’s Glory | Our Joy | To All People
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And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18–20 (ESV)
Church Planting partnerships
“Much traditional evangelism aims to get a “decision” for Christ. Experience, however, shows us that many of these decisions disappear and never result in changed lives. Many decisions are not really conversions but are only the beginning of a journey of seeking God. (Other decisions are very definitely the moment of a “new birth,” but this differs from person to person.) Only a person who is being evangelized in the context of an ongoing worshiping and shepherding community can be sure of finally coming home into vital, saving faith. This is why a leading missiologist like C. Peter Wagner can say, “Planting new churches is the most effective evangelistic methodology known under heaven.” Church attendance and adherence overall in the United States are in decline. This cannot be reversed in any other way but the way it originally had been so remarkably increasing. We must plant churches at such a rate that the number of churches per 1,000 in the population begins to grow again, rather than decline as it has since World War I.”
| Timothy Keller, Why Plant Churches?
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The mission of All Saints Church is to establish an orthodox, reformed, and evangelical church in the spiritual desert of Southwest Utah.
To learn more and to support the work of All Saints, visit allsaintschurchutah.org
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In 2023, Greg and Christie Salazar felt burdened to pray, “Lord, what would you have the Salazar family give our lives to?” In answer to that prayer God rekindled a long-held desire and sense of call, that began in 2011 to plant a church. Specifically, they felt called to plant a church near the urban core of a metropolitan city and near a university campus. Studies were revealing that those spaces increasingly had a higher percentage of folks who were without a church home, and church planting had been shown to be the most effective way of engaging them.
To learn more and to support the work of Christ Our King, visit christourkingmp.com
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Led by Pastor Matt Luchenbill with the help of a Core Team of families, Cornerstone PCA has recently begun meeting for worship in Muskegon, MI.
Cornerstone is a gospel-centered, biblically faithful, and Confessionally Reformed people. Their foundation is built on Jesus Christ and the truths found in the Holy Scriptures. They are committed to God-honoring worship, fellowship, growth in conformity to the image of Christ, and they work to make their church a place of refuge, renewal, and truth.
The mission of Cornerstone extends beyond the bounds of the people who call Cornerstone home. They are dedicated to helping spread the Good News of Jesus to every corner of the world. They believe in the life-giving, transformative power of the Gospel and seek to share it with others through outreach, service, partnership, and evangelism.
To learn more and to support the work of Cornerstone PCA, visit cornerstonepca.church
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The Detroit Project is a church planting initiative in Detroit, MI, within the PCA (Presbyterian Church in America), committed to gospel renewal.
The vision of the Detroit Project is to plant many churches throughout Detroit/Metro Detroit, where the pure gospel is uncompromised and maintained in all of life. But this will require the calling of many gifted evangelists—those who are able to engage the culture, reach the lost and harvest the elect.
To learn more and to support the work of the Detroit Project, visit detroitproject.org
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Oxford Pres was planted in 2018. They are a church of ordinary, less-than-ordinary people, seeking to put Jesus first – to sit under, enjoy, and obey his word; to bless and encourage his people with fellowship and support; to reach out with the news of his amazing initiative to save to those who don’t yet know him; and in all these ways to grow up into his image and embrace the priorities of his kingdom.
To learn more and to support the work of Oxford Presbyterian Church, visit oxfordpres.co.uk
PCA partnerships
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Covenant is the official college of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Located on top of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Covenant is a Christian college where students are known in a Christ-centered community and equipped to pursue their callings through a vibrant liberal arts education.
To learn more and to support the work of Covenant College, visit covenant.edu
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Washington is not just the home of our nation’s capital, but also of numerous think tanks and international agencies. It is a unique place with an enormous influence on the flourishing of peoples all across the world.
Through its ministry, MTS-Washington reaches believers, seekers, and skeptics alike with a holistic, Scripturally informed vision of worship and public service.
To learn more and to support the work of MTS, visit ministrytostate.org/washington-dc
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Mission to the World prepares and serves long- and short-term missionaries in 100 countries around the world. They are committed to the establishment, growth, and maturity of the church. All that they do flows into, rests within, or flows out of the local church.
To learn more and support the work of MTW, visit mtw.org
community partnerships
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Finding Freedom Ranch is a Christian non-profit organization in Byron Center, Michigan seeking to serve young women battling with eating disorder. Started by a local family as the result of their own journey with eating disorder, it is their vision that young women who come to Finding Freedom Ranch would find peace with God, peace with themselves, and peace with food.
Through the gospel truth and the encouragement of a mentor, young women will be equipped to stand in their newfound freedom by exploring the depths of their external battle, their emotional insecurities, and their spiritual identities.
Finding Freedom Ranch offers workshops, support groups, and other ways to support the Find Freedom Community. They also have a prayer circle that meets once a month to pray for those battling and for the mission of Finding Freedom Ranch. They are also in the process of building a residential treatment center unlike any other of its kind in Michigan – a gospel-based ministry that works toward healing the heart of an eating disorder with the mind of Christ.
To learn more and to support the work of Finding Freedom Ranch, visit findingfreedomranch.org
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Hope Unexpected exists to nurture, empower, and equip single mothers in West Michigan by demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ.
They offer mentoring services, Monday meal groups, professional counseling, car care, parenting education, and prayer support.
To learn more and to support the work of Hope Unexpected, visit hopeunexpected.org
MISSIONARIES & OUTREACH PARTNERSHIPS
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Heart for Orphans provides loving, nurturing, Christ-centered transition homes and programs for orphaned children in Ukraine, Belarus, Kenya, and Romania. Their goal is to transform the lives of kids that have been abandoned and are traumatized by their past. They provide mentorship and a safe place where they can heal, come to know the Lord, and begin to change from the inside out.
To learn more and to support the work of Heart for Orphans, visit heartfororphans.com
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Trinity supports a missionary with Fellowship of the World Global, who works training Bible teachers in “closed” countries that persecute Christians, thus must remain anonymous.
Please support the work of this missionary with your prayers.
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Good News Nepal (GNN) is a Pastor training and supporting mission in the mountains of NW Nepal. They now support over 100 churches.
To learn more and to support the mission of Good News Nepal, visit goodnewsnepalministry.org
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Ben and Anna Graber and their children serve with Mission to the World in Munich, Germany. In Munich, Ben serves in pastoral and music ministry and Anna in women’s and children’s discipleship for new local churches. Ben also teaches and mentors students at Martin Bucer Seminary, and together, they receive and train new missionaries for service in German-speaking Europe through Team Munich’s “incubator” program. Through these ministries, they hope to nurture a Reformed, biblically faithful church-planting movement in Munich and beyond.
To learn more about Ben & Anna and to support their work in Munich, visit mtw.org/missionaries/details/ben-and-anna-graber
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The Coalition for Christian Outreach is a college ministry movement working to see a generation of college students transformed by the power of Jesus Christ and His Gospel, in partnership with the local church, reaching the world for the glory of God. Andrew Kalthoff serves with CCO as a Training Specialist.
To learn more and to support Andrew’s work, visit ccojubilee.org/staff/akalthoff
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Brent serves with Harbour City Church and its Reformed University Fellowship ministry on four Sydney campuses, teaching at various trainings and events. With international students comprising up to half of the student population at some universities, Brent is developing a ministry to reach these students with the hope of the gospel and equip them to bring that hope back to their nations, including China and other countries where missionary access is restricted.
To learn more about Brent and to support his work in Australia, visit mtw.org/missionaries/details/brent-kooi
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Campus Outreach exists to glorify God by building laborers on the college campus for the lost world. They are committed to evangelism and discipleship on the college campus with the aim of equipping students throughout Western Michigan to take the gospel to the lost world.
To learn more about David and his work with CO, visit cowm.org/david-keeley-tenney
