We believe growing in Christ involves finding your place in the grand adventure of seeing the gospel planted, taking root and growing in every people group God created. Taking this gospel across social, ethnic, religious, linguistic and sometimes even geographic barriers is the task Christ gave his first disciples. Since the task is not completed, we seek to do our part in our time. Revelation 7:9-10 gives us a glimpse of what it will be like when the job is done!

 

After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

 

Until that great day, followers of Christ have a collective job to do and it will mean that each of us needs to be seeking to do our part. Your part might be to go, it might be to give, it might to be pray, to help send or to welcome. It might be some combination of all of these throughout your life in Christ.
 
Through our church mission budget we support a number of people and a few organizations whose part is to GO. We call them Mission Partners. Some partners are crossing those barriers right here in Fresno. Some mission partners work in difficult region we call the 10/40 Window. Still others are scattered about and we call them Global Mission Partners.

 

A great way to grow in mission is to get involved in some activity that crosses one of those social, ethnic, linguistic or geographical barriers. Check out our local opportunities. You’ll find some one-time projects, some monthly opportunities and even some weekly opportunities. We also send teams out for short term mission experiences from time to time. Contact us for information.
 
Another way to grow in mission is to pray regularly for any of our mission partners. Pick up a prayer update any Sunday at church or download a copy now. You might want to pray for a certain part of the world or group of people. Remember...prayer changes things!
 
To find out about local mission involvement, go to the Serve in the Community page. To find out about global mission opportunities, go to the Serve in the World page.