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June 29, 2020Pointing People to God in the Chaos of COVID-19
Even though life has slowed down for many people, COVID-19 has robbed peace. Many people are stressed, anxious, lonely, and uncertain.
“I think right now is such a chaotic time,” said Ashley Bonnes, who co-pastors Lafayette CRC in Indiana with her husband, Mark.
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June 24, 2020Church Planting Recognized as a Denominational Priority Moving Forward
Resonate Global Mission is championing a new priority for the Christian Reformed Church in North America’s ministry plan for the next five years: church planting.
Resonate, the mission agency of the CRCNA, is equipped and ready to strengthen church planting within the denomination—but ministry leaders note that it will take the entire denomination to make prioritizing church planting a reality.
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June 23, 2020After the Easter Drive-In Worship Service You Helped Make Possible
In late March, Bridge Church—a CRC church plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta—submitted an application to Resonate Global Mission requesting $3,000 to host a drive-in Easter worship service in their community.
“This is a HUGE opportunity to reach people in the COVID-19 crisis,” wrote Pastor Ryan Pedde.
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June 16, 2020
A Little Heaven on Earth
"Our calling is to serve these children," said Benard, the director of A Little Heaven on Earth School. Benard founded the school after he participated in Educational Care training led by Resonate missionary Diana Boot. A curriculum of Raise Up Global Ministries, Resonate missionaries like Diana use Educational Care to equip teachers to share the gospel in their classrooms.
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June 16, 2020Filled with the Holy Spirit
In Cambodia, many people believe in spirits that can inhabit lands, buildings, or even people. Such was the case of Pok.
Pok and his wife, Oeun, live with their two children in Toul Sala, a village where you send Resonate missionaries Navy Chann-Chhay and Ly Chhay to train Christian leaders. Just an hour’s drive from the hustle and bustle of Phnom Penh, the land is greener and the pace of life is a little slower.
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June 16, 2020You Helped Two Sisters-in-Law Reconcile
Marlette and Veronica are sisters-in-law. They live right down the road from one another, but they did not get along—not until you helped to give them the push they needed to reconcile.
Fractured FriendshipFrom the moment Veronica and Marlette met one another, they didn’t get along. Naturally outgoing and talkative, Veronica would try to say “Hi” to Marlette whenever they saw each other, but Marlette felt uncomfortable around Veronica. She didn’t want to talk to her.
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June 12, 2020‘A Family that Loves You’
Lazarus and his wife, Robina, live in a small, one-room home in Uganda. Their house always had sturdy walls, a roof, and a door—but no windows to let in natural light. It was difficult to see while inside, even when the sun was shining bright.
In their seventies, Lazarus and his wife didn’t have as much energy and strength as they once did. They weren’t able to work a full day, and even if they could, no one would hire them because of their age.
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June 11, 2020Resonate Volunteers Recover from Coronavirus
Resonate volunteer John Wind had just begun reading about the coronavirus in the news—in March, before the response to the pandemic became widespread in North America—when he became ill with it himself.
John and Shirley Wind served for 33 years as missionaries with Resonate Global Mission. Now, serving as Family Ministry Volunteers, the Winds continue to develop family ministry in Mexico and Latin America.
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June 10, 2020From Country Life to Big City Ministry
After growing up on a family farm in a rural town, Resonate Global Mission missionary Sheryl Canché never imagined she would live and serve in Mexico City—but God has shown her how to be a light in both places.
Growing Up on the FarmLife on the farm in New Era, Michigan was special for Sheryl. She and her three sisters became farm hands at a young age, working alongside their parents and taking on various tasks.
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June 9, 2020This Is Our Church
The Christian Reformed Church in North America started as an immigrant congregation, but immigration isn’t only part of our history—it’s still part of our story today.
Historically, many members of the CRC came from the Netherlands. While many members are still from Dutch backgrounds, the denomination is becoming increasingly diverse and multicultural. Today, people from a variety of cultures and countries are resonating with the Reformed expression of faith and finding a home in the CRC.
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June 5, 2020How God Is Working through a ‘Little Free Library’ in Mexico
During the coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home orders, your Resonate Global Mission missionaries James and Barbarita Lee and their children wanted to provide books for their neighbors to read, so they set up a “Little Free Library” in front of their house. People told them it was a bad idea, but God put it on the Lees’ hearts.
Turns out, God had a whole other plan for the small library.
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June 2, 2020Not a Foreign God
The Mbembe people of Cameroon may live in different cities and villages, but they all share one thing in common: their language. “Mbembe is their language and it also defines a lot of their culture and who they are,” said Resonate Global Mission missionary Allison Westrate.
But until recently, it seemed like God didn’t speak their language. Not until they held Mbembe translations of the New Testament in their hands.
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May 29, 2020COVID-19 in Taiwan: ‘Conversations Quickly Take on a More Meaningful Impact’
Taiwan is located near the initial outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, but life and ministry continues for Resonate Global Mission missionaries Brian and Bette Vander Haak—with a few precautions.
The Initial OutbreakThe Vander Haaks serve with Morrison Academy, a Resonate partner in Taiwan that provides Christian education for children of missionaries and other international workers.
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May 27, 2020Strengthening Church Planting in Canada and the United States
Resonate Global Mission is working with ministry leaders from a variety of denominational ministries to strengthen church planting in Canada and the United States.
“The more initiative and ownership that can be taken by a variety of staff to support church planting, the better off we’ll be as a denomination,” said Kevin Schutte, a CRCNA church planter who leads Resonate’s church planting initiative.
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May 21, 2020Something to Believe in
Allie’s life was in a downward spiral after her friend died by suicide. Running out of hope, she doubted whether she could go on living. At this terrible time in her life, you were there for her.
“I didn’t know what to do with myself anymore, and I didn’t know why I was still living,” Allie said.
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