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International
short-term
missions
55 individuals of all ages took part
in five trips this year, as well as 17
people who served in Greece.
mozambique
In Spring 2016, a team went to our
“adopted” village of Chinhangane to
continue teaching and discipleship,
and encourage our missionaries.
france
A group of young adults worked
alongside our missionaries in a
Muslim community serving and
proclaiming the love of Jesus.
Central Asia
A small group spent two weeks
working alongside our partners in
the region, planting seeds among
young adults.
Spain
This team encouraged our mis-
sionary there by deepening rela-
tionships through an English camp.
Guyana
Once again this year, a team
worked with our missionaries in
Guyana holding street crusades
and introducing the love of Jesus
to both young and old.
Greece
This year, after a preliminary trip by
Lee Content, we sent two teams
to the Greek island of Lesvos to
minister to and serve the refugees
making their way to western Eu-
rope and beyond.
Missions
conference
Our 2016 Missions Conference,
Salvation Revealed, focused on
reaching out to Muslims, espe-
cially refugees, both here in Grand
Rapids and around the world. The
conference included two days at
the Legacy 2016 conference at
Sunshine Church where we were
equipped to reach Muslim refu-
gees, women, international stu-
dents, and business associates, as
well as how to disciple new Muslim
converts, answering Jihad, and
much more. We were also bless-
ed in the plenary sessions to hear
from Georges Houssney, Nabeel
Qureshi and Abdu Murray, among
others. Georges also spoke at Cal-
vary@Calvin on Sunday, June 19.
local efforts
Thanksgiving
offering
open door project:
leadership for a
New generation
Last year our Open Door Project fo-
cused on equipping church leaders
in two African nations as well as
India to reach the next generation
of global leaders, and to extend an
opportunity for both theological
education and mutual collabora-
tion to urban Grand Rapids pas-
tors. Through your generous dona-
tions, we funded Bible training and
skills training for students at the
Mwanza Bible College in Tanzania;
provided leadership training for Ni-
gerian students through one of our
partners; added to the facility and
library at Kerala Baptist Bible Col-
lege and Seminary in India; funded
continued ministry and outreach at
Trinity Church in Oxford England;
and sustained the Urban Cohort
training program at Grand Rapids
Theological Seminary.
Just over $3,000 was collected
for David’s House Ministries at our
Thanksgiving Eve Service.
Annual Christmas
project
Once again, our 2015 Christmas
Project went to Urban Family Minis-
tries’ Christmas Shoppe – the local
portion of our Open Door Project.
Your generosity filled the shelves
of their Christmas Shoppe to over-
flowing, and gave moms and dads
of this tough Grand Rapids neigh-
borhood some dignity as they were
able to buy gifts for their kids at dis-
counted prices. Your giving bless-
ed these families abundantly.
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