Serve with purpose + significance
God has invited and equipped us to share His love to others,
and we find our greatest purpose in serving and connection.
I want to serve! Where do I start?
1. Check out our list of missionaries, upcoming trips, and Compassion partners above.
2. Pray! Ask God where He's inviting you to get involved.
3. Fill out THIS FORM to let us know You’re ready to serve.
“Participating in mission trips has given me a beautiful picture of God’s heart and love for his people throughout the world.”
Meet our Grace Missionaries
Grace supports the following missionaries — across the U.S. and around the world — as they testify to the power of the gospel, to the ends of the earth.
To find out how you can be involved, contact the Missions Commission Chairman, Robert Harrell.
Alan + Cami Goble
Word Made Flesh | Kroo Bay, Sierra Leone
Dan + Tori Beaver
First Love International Ministries | Boracay, Philippines
Sam + Tracey Schwartz
Encompass World Partners | Lisbon, Portugal
Rob + Laurie Yackley
Thresholds | San Diego, CA
Christian + Sonya Gray
InCommon Community Development | Omaha, NE
Cecil + Debbie O’Dell
Encompass World Partners | Long Beach, CA
Matt Higby
Encompass World Partners | Osaka, Japan
Julio + Joanne Marin
Encompass World Partners | Long Beach, CA
Patty Morris
Encompass World Partners | Lyon, France
Junko Saito
Encompass World Partners | Long Beach, CA
“Compassion ministry at Grace connects me to my local community and gives me a space to share Christ with my neighbor.”
Compassion Ministry
Compassion…does it make a difference?
It’s understandable to see the mountain of need in our world and feel unable to make a dent. We get it! At the same time, showing compassion (or meeting felt needs with good deeds) is the calling of every Christian and so we must be involved with those around us who need our support.
WORLD RELIEF
In his book, Involvement: Being a Responsible Christian in a Non-Christian Society, author John Stott, writes:
It is exceedingly strange that any followers of Jesus Christ should ever have needed to ask whether social involvement was their concern, and that controversy should have blown up over the relationship between evangelism and social responsibility. For it is evident that in his public ministry Jesus both ‘went about teaching and preaching’ (Matthew 4:23; 9:35) and ‘went about doing good and healing’ (Acts 10:38). In consequence, evangelism and social concern have been intimately related to one another throughout the history of the Church. Christian people have often engaged in both activities quite unselfconsciously, without feeling any need to define what they were doing or why.
OUR COMPASSION PARTNERS
Through our compassion partners we have a history of providing significant help for many people in need of help and hope. If you would like to join us in these efforts, you can email the liaison for each specific ministry, or contact the head of our Compassion Ministry team, David Gray.
Click the image below to connect to each ministry’s website, or to contact the liaison.
WHERE DO I START?
We know that it’s sometimes hard to know where to start. We’re here to help! You can:
1. Check out our compassion partners online (see above)
2. Contact the partner liaison to find out more
3. Contact Dave Gray to join the Compassion Ministry Team meeting.
“God shows us so much about Himself when we get out of our comfort zone and experience new places and cultures!”
