Covenant World Mission Blog http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:21:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2018/10/cropped-ECC-favicon-512-32x32.png Serve Globally Blog http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/ 32 32 The Awesome Privilege of Partnership in the Gospel http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/04/10/the-awesome-privilege-of-partnership-in-the-gospel/ http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/04/10/the-awesome-privilege-of-partnership-in-the-gospel/#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:21:49 +0000 http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/?p=1561 By Donn Engebretson, Project Leader of Covenant Kids Congo

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the …

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“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the …

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When I came back from my first trip to my grandfather’s homeland in Palestine, my soul ached. Within the span of two weeks, I experienced so much beauty and so much sorrow.…

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When I came back from my first trip to my grandfather’s homeland in Palestine, my soul ached. Within the span of two weeks, I experienced so much beauty and so much sorrow.…

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“When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me, …

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]]> Stephanie Voland is a Covenant missionary. She and her husband, Phillip, will be returning to Germany with their three daughters this summer.

“When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me, …

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]]> http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/03/13/parenting-third-culture-kids-and-navigating-family-grief/feed/ 0 Humility in Mission http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/03/04/humility-in-mission/ http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/03/04/humility-in-mission/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:26:55 +0000 http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/?p=1533 Johnna Hayward Muniz is a Covenant Missionary in France.

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the …

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]]> Johnna Hayward Muniz is a Covenant Missionary in France.

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the …

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It was a hot summer afternoon during Ramadan when I first met Bea.* I was with a missions team—a group of young people from Salem Covenant Church in Duluth, Minnesota—and we had …

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It was a hot summer afternoon during Ramadan when I first met Bea.* I was with a missions team—a group of young people from Salem Covenant Church in Duluth, Minnesota—and we had …

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I made a table.

I bought a slab of raw wood from some folks that make and sell rustic furniture and I took …

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I made a table.

I bought a slab of raw wood from some folks that make and sell rustic furniture and I took …

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What does a “normal” “or “typical” week look like for us as we minister in Colombia? This is a great question …

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What does a “normal” “or “typical” week look like for us as we minister in Colombia? This is a great question …

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“We had a beautiful home in downtown Damascus. Our sons went to school around the corner. My husband taught math and I taught English at the university nearby,” Mazeia …

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“We had a beautiful home in downtown Damascus. Our sons went to school around the corner. My husband taught math and I taught English at the university nearby,” Mazeia …

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]]> http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/02/04/my-syrian-neighbors/feed/ 0 The Gospel-Spreading Work of Teaching English http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/01/28/the-gospel-spreading-work-of-teaching-english/ http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/01/28/the-gospel-spreading-work-of-teaching-english/#respond Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:50:36 +0000 http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/?p=1500 Kristi Johnson was commissioned at the 2016 Annual Meeting and now serves as a Serve Globally missionary in Thailand.

How does teaching English help spread the gospel? I have been surprised by the number of times I have been asked …

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]]> Kristi Johnson was commissioned at the 2016 Annual Meeting and now serves as a Serve Globally missionary in Thailand.

How does teaching English help spread the gospel? I have been surprised by the number of times I have been asked …

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]]> http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/01/28/the-gospel-spreading-work-of-teaching-english/feed/ 0 Bearing God’s Light in a Dark Place http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/01/14/bearing-gods-light-in-a-dark-place/ http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/01/14/bearing-gods-light-in-a-dark-place/#respond Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:20:55 +0000 http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/?p=1488 Adrienne Satterberg was commissioned to France at the 2016 Annual Meeting.

It is late at night and we are making the rounds at the hostess bars not far from the tourist area of the Old Port of Marseille. In my …

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It is late at night and we are making the rounds at the hostess bars not far from the tourist area of the Old Port of Marseille. In my …

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