Missions at Good News...
"We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God." - John Stott
Missions efforts are a step of obedience to Jesus' final command "Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you" (Matthew 28:19,20).
The goal is that the whole world will hear the good news of redemption through Jesus Christ so that one day "...at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" (Philippians 2:10,11).
In fact, the Lamb is worshipped in heaven because "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation" (Revelation 5:9).
GNBC missionaries are supported each month through their agencies by the weekly General Fund offering at the Chapel. The current list of supported missionaries represents a strategic effort to support the work to reach the last un-reached people groups with translations of the Bible (through the Griffis), equipping indigenous workers (through the Pecks), evangelism and church panting in closed countries (through Kevin and Liz), and domestic compassion work (through Kelsey Stebbings).
"Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't." - John Piper
Kevin & Liz
Agency: Christian Missions in Many Lands (CMML)
Location: The Middle East
Ministry Focus: "Tent-making" evangelism and church planting
Kevin and Liz have a deep passion for sharing the gospel. They are currently serving as self-supporting "tent-makers" in a middle east country where missionaries are not welcome. Kevin also visits refugee communities in Kosovo to bring the gospel and relief supplies through his music ministry.
CMML supports the work of missionaries who work in church planting, evangelism, publishing and teaching in over 100 countries around the world. Learn more at cmmlusa.org
Kelsey Stebbings
Agency: CrossTrainers Ministries
Location: Bradford, Ontario, Canada
Ministry Focus: Counseling, speaking
Kelsey, the daughter of Dave and Ellen Stebbings, is the Resident Counselor at "Mercy House", a shelter for woman, and also part of a the Cross Trainers speaker team for Bible conferences and camps for women and gilrs.
Cross Trainers is a ministry by women for women in the greater Bradford area under the leadership of local evangelical churches. For more information go to mercyhouse.ca and ctministries.ca.
Vince & Sue Griffis
Agency: Wycliffe Bible Translators / SIL International
Location: The Rainforest International School, Cameroon, Africa
Ministry Focus: Executive Director of the Rainforest International School
Vince is currently finishing a PhD in linguistics at Brown University. He is the administrator of The Rainforest International School for the children of missionaries and serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee for SIL-Cameroon, the institute doing linguistics and translation work in Cameroon.
Wycliffe is the world's largest missions agency focused on bringing translations of the bible to unreached people groups. For more information go to sil.org and wycliffe.org
Larry & Deb Peck
Agency: Greater Europe Mission / eDot
Location: Italy
Ministry Focus: Electronic discipleship
Larry and Deb are engaged in teaching and equipping Italians to reach Italians, supporting the ministries of indigenous churches.
Greater Europe Mission focuses on bringing the gospel to European countries, many of which are former East bloc countries, where less than 5% of the population are evangelicals. Learn more at gemission.com and gemission.org.