Outreach
We are engaged with God's mission outside our church walls, both locally and to the ends of the earth. We support 19 missionaries in 18 different countries, several church plants, and 7 local ministries in our city.
Church Planting
& Support Ministries
Kevin Daane Director of Disability Coaching ministry, Engaging Disability with the Gospel.
Ted & Ann Powers come alongside churches and presbyteries to help resource them for planting new churches as leaders of the Midwest Alliance.
Pathway Covenant Presbyterian Church, Brighton, MI church plant with Pastor Andrew Chesebro.
Campus Ministry
Campus Outreach, West Michigan, in Kalamazoo at Western Michigan University and at Calvin University in Grand Rapids
Reformed University Fellowship at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Joel & Lauren Rodeheaver serve with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship as support staff in video communication
Global Missions
Jeff & Meredith Barrett in Albania working with church planting and evangelism.
Alexey & Olesya Bannikov are seeking to establish their second church plant in Kazakhstan
David & Liz Bhakiaraj are ministering in the UK among the Indian Hindu and Muslim population
Rick & Christy Gascho have successfully planted four churches in Czech Republic and continue to serve in Prague, and recruiting missionaries across Europe
David DeHaan works with Word Partners equips pastors in 44 countries around the world
Jae & Jesslyn Park doing church planting in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, near the US military base.
Vasyl & Vika Agarkov serve with MTW church planting in their home country of Ukraine
Jonathan & Holly in Northern Africa, working with Gospel Ambition, with online connections.
Jon & Johanna Ellis serve in Mafraq, Jordan with ELIC, teaching English
Daniel & Abby Eguiluz are Serge missionaries partnering with Peruvians to develop church leaders.
Aaron & Cassie Gortmaker serve in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. They are providing training and encouragement to pastors
Kuni Hotta Serving in Nagoya, Japan, with Christ Bible Seminary
Satoshi & Cally Kawachi Serving in Southern France with MTW to work directly with immigrants of Muslim background.
Emad & Michelle Mikhail serve in Egypt with MTW. They work to strengthen the indigenous churches
Confex & Mwai Makhalira lead the Malawi Reformation network, planting churches
Greg & Ingrid Orr continue to minister with evangelism in Eastern Berlin, Germany
Nelly Vos serves with MTW in Marseille, France, using the arts in evangelism in cooperation with the Protestant Reformed Evangelical Church
Ramona & Thomas Webb serve in Papua New Guinea with local PNG university graduates to help establish businesses, and training health workers
Local Ministries
CarePortal: Christ Church provides material and spiritual support for at risk families, to help them remain together as families in their own home.
David’s House has 10 foster care homes for 71 people/families with special needs.
Exalta Health provides free clinics for low-income people, including medical, dental, optical, and spiritual care. 2593 patients served last year.
Grace’s Table is a space for teen moms, offering meals, short term housing, mentoring, counseling and advocacy services.
Mel Trotter Ministries provides shelter and food for the homeless and most vulnerable in Grand Rapids as well as supporting families in danger of losing their homes.
Pregnancy Resource Center provides alternatives to abortion though counseling, education, and referrals for women with unexpected pregnancies.
Wedgewood Christian Services provides housing and mental health and behavioral services to troubled youth and families.
Ways to Give
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