This is the first installment of a new ESI feature—Saturday Missions Spotlight (SMS).
My goal is to shine a light on all God is doing through The Crossing’s missions and ministry partnerships—locally and around the world—including short-term teams. May we praise God for His great work of bringing people to Christ.
- Hopefully, all of us will be stimulated to pray for those laboring to share Christ’s love.
- Some of us may be led to join their support teams giving of our treasure toward God’s work.
- Others may give of our time by writing an email to encourage their work.
- Still others may be led to give of our talents by getting more personally involved in missions.
Partner spotlights will include information about:
- Specific ministry partners and their families
- Their sending agencies
- Where they serve
- How long they have been serving
- The people they serve among
- The challenges they face
- Prayer requests
- Contact information
Short-term team updates will include:
- Dates of travel
- Itinerary overview
- Main activities
- Team goals
- Team demographics
- Target populations
- Team prayer requests
Book reviews will include:
- Missiology (the study of mission methods and purposes)—these books will help grow our understanding of the types or styles of missions that are valued and supported by The Crossing.
- Geopolitics and culture—these books will help us understand why some locations are more fertile for gospel work while others remain more difficult or dangerous.
- Biography/autobiography—these stories of missionary lives will help us see how God works to bring Christ’s love to the nations.