Category: Cooperative Program

Gatineau sits on the border between the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Ottawa is Canada’s capital city and is on the English-speaking Ontario side. Gatineau is in French-speaking Quebec. Many of the people in Gatineau work in the government in Ottawa but live in Gatineau. To help reach the people of Gatineau, Josias and…

International Mission Board summer missionary, Courtney Mobbs, served in Colombia at a refugee center. She was discouraged at the start of her time there, however, because few refugees would engage. Courtney struggled with her purpose for even being there. One day Courtney was to teach a women’s group, but when it came time to start,…

International Mission Board missionaries Shaun and Joy Price moved to the “castle capital of Europe” to share the hope of Christ with residents in a less than idyllic area to live in.  Then COVID-19 complicated everything. Although there were strict lockdowns and months of isolation, the Price family took every opportunity to reach out in…

Eric and Anna Trout started Restoration Church in Adel, Iowa, to reach people who were far from God. They have seen through acts of service in the community that church members are developing relationships with those they reach, often becoming the first step in getting these new friends into the church and introducing them to…

Dave and Brie Jacobson planted City on a Hill Church in one of the most diverse areas of Madison, Wisconsin. The church is surrounded by low-income housing and apartment buildings and many of the children live in single-parent homes. City on a Hill is reaching out to their community in multiple ways. During the COVID-19…

After being separated from many of her South Asian villages due to COVID-19, missionary Sidney Dixon* braved the soaring heat and invited women and children on the unfinished roof of someone’s home to join her for a health lesson followed by a Bible story. Each week more joined and at one point the gathering topped…