Grace Church

Lyon is a beautiful city whose population is fast approaching 2,000,000, but only a small minority follow Christ.  The huge Catholic basilica that sits on the hill overlooking our city is a reminder of the Christian heritage that dates back even to the first century A.D. when Christianity first arrived here.  Our prayer is that God would once again be glorified in this city.  If you are interested in learning more about Lyon and the ministry that is taking place here, please contact us and we would love to share more.

We minister in Łódź, Poland.  The city of Łódź is located in the center of Poland.  Łódź is a hard working city with lots of places to shop.  We have 3 major shopping centers and one long walking street with many shops on both sides of the street.  Łódź has about 800,000 people, most of who do not walk with God.  It is our desire to see many people living for God's glory and that they would come together and form a church planting movement.  We are focused on 4 areas: prayer, church planting, equipping church planters, and team development. We would love to have you come and join us to grab an oar and help us lead others to Jesus for God's glory.  We are looking for those who have a clear calling from God to work with us in Łódź.  Most people here have religion as part of their background, but in most cases it is not a relationship with God.  We want to change that and work alongside other believers to see a movement of God begin in this city.  It is great to see some pastors gathering together to pray and ask God to honor His name in Łódź, Poland.  Łódź is pronounced just like "huge" except you need to remove the "h" and replace it with a "w" = wuge.  If you would like to come and join us, please contact the missions committee. 

Garth and Jody, along with their children, Samuel, Anna, and Nicholas, are missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo, based in Kinshasa, the capital city. A highlight of their ministry is seeing God use their skills and availability to bless the Congolese people.

“We enable missionaries and national pastors to bring the Gospel message to remote areas of Congo. We transport critically-needed medical personnel and supplies to places with no other medical care. We fly Bible translators in to review translation projects and train national translators. We provide flights for disaster relief which have included volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, and outbreaks of disease. We also fly medical evacuation flights and vaccines for Congo’s children.”

Gary and Chris Persons

We are working with Wycliffe Bible Translators.  Our desire is for the Bolinao people in the Philippines to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and have their lives transformed by God's Word in the language they understand best, the language of their heart.  Along with a team of co-translators, we’re translating the New Testament into the Bolinao language.  Gary and his first wife, Diane, began working in the translation project in the late '70s.  After Diane's death, Chris joined Gary in the project as his wife in 2005.