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October 7, 2019Building God's Kingdom
This past spring, Ken Herfst and students from Redeemer University College in Ontario walked the narrow streets of a slum settled on the outskirts of Guatemala City’s main dump.
Thousands of people hustled in the sun’s early morning rays to scavenge through mounds of garbage, filling bags with food, glass, aluminum, and other commodities they can use or sell.
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October 2, 2019Johanna Veenstra: God’s Call into the Unknown
One hundred years ago, Johanna Veenstra took a giant leap of faith. In 1919, when she stepped onto the steamer Mauretania and crossed the Atlantic, she became the first Christian Reformed missionary to serve outside North America. She became our first female missionary. She became a symbol for the Christian Reformed Church’s exploding passion for mission.
And she was terrified.
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October 2, 2019The Difference a Mattress Makes
“About 60,000 Nicaraguans have fled into Costa Rica with nothing but a set of clothes,” said Resonate Global Mission missionary Don Ridder. “They’re starting life all over and settling in.”
That’s why Ridder and his congregation, Escazu Christian Fellowship (ECF), partnered with a local organization to demonstrate Christ’s love by providing something seemingly simple—mattresses.
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September 19, 2019
More Than a School
Thank you for supporting Resonate Global Mission missionaries who serve at Nicaragua Christian Academy International (NCAI)!
Resonate partner NCAI is more than a school—it's a community that equips students to transform the world for the gospel.
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September 19, 2019Through Their Eyes
“What does resilience mean?”
Resonate Global Mission missionary Megan Ribbens stood among a class of seventh-grade students at Kingsway Christian School in Johannesburg, South Africa. The day before, none of the students knew the meaning of the word “resilience.” But that day, after playing with rubber bands, a girl raised her hand and described resilience as “the ability to bounce back.”
And these students need the ability to bounce back, said their teacher Ms. Ntombi.
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September 18, 2019Bringing Peace and Building Unity through the Classroom
In a remote area of Kenya, children from different tribes and traditions gather at school to learn together—but with conflict among communities, days at one school were often rife with fighting. Then one teacher participated in Educational Care facilitated by Resonate Global Mission and resolved to build unity among students.
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September 16, 2019Staying the Course, Staying Connected
Resonate Global Mission partner Morrison Academy in Taiwan provides a Christian education for children of missionaries and other international workers, but one campus only had classrooms and curriculum for students through ninth grade.
When students reached high school, they had no other choice but to live and study at boarding school in another city, or even another country.
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September 12, 2019The Hope of 'Not Yet'
From Resonate director Zachary King:
Sometimes, God answers our prayers with “not yet.”
“Not yet” can be hard to hear. “Not yet” comes with a little bit of uncertainty, a little bit of disappointment, even a little bit of sadness. But “not yet” also comes with a little bit of hope.
“Lee, are you ready to say ‘yes’ to Jesus?” asked your missionary*. He has been walking with Lee for months as Lee searched for true joy and peace. They studied Scripture together and examined the teachings of Jesus.
But Lee said “not yet.”
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September 9, 201910 Ways to Raise Awareness for Mission
Do you want to raise awarness for mission in your church? Here are 10 ways to spread the word and get everyone in your church involved in God's mission.
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September 6, 2019Saying ‘Yes’ to Jesus
Students rushed into Resonate Global Mission missionary Hannah Damsteegt’s classroom at Resonate partner International School of Tegucigalpa (IST) in Honduras. They knew the day was going to be different.
Everyone at the school—from the students and teachers to the lunch workers, office workers, and principal—was dressed in white. “That was to signify Christ rising from the dead again and your sins being washed away and becoming white as snow,” said Hannah.
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September 4, 2019God’s Transforming Grace
When Scarlet was expelled from school for bad behavior, she wanted to change but was worried that no one would accept her because of her past. She experienced God’s grace at Emmanuel Christian Reformed School, a Resonate Global Mission partner in the Dominican Republic.
Searching for AcceptanceScarlet’s parents separated and her father left home when she was young. Scarlet was devastated. “I was very close to my father,” she said. “When he left, I couldn’t understand why … it left a big emotional vacuum in my life.”
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September 3, 2019Encouraging Students to Give Their Best to God
Resonate Global Mission missionary Rebekah Wissink thinks of her classroom at Good Shepherd’s Fold in Uganda as a training ground for students to give their best to God. This past year, her students did just that when they stepped out of their comfort zone and staged a performance of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
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August 28, 201910 Things Church Planters Want You to Know About Church Planting
CRC church plants are on the front lines of bringing and being the gospel of Jesus Christ in their communities—but many church plants don’t look or function the same way as established CRC churches.
“There is a disconnect between church plants and [established] churches,” said Beth Fellinger, a church planter and a regional mission leader for Resonate Global Mission. “When we work together, pray together, and aim for kingdom perspective, it can change much of that division.”
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August 26, 201927 Mission-Related Worship Songs
Is your church planning a mission emphasis service or event? Resonate Global Mission and Christian Reformed Church Worship Ministries compiled a list of mission-focused worship songs. Sing these songs in your congregations to celebrate how God works through mission and to prayerfully ask the Holy Spirit to continue changing lives and communities both locally and globally.
Note: LUYH = Lift Up Your Hearts hymnal
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August 23, 201910 Ways to Grow a Church Planting Movement in Your Classis
The nature of church planting in the United States and Canada has changed rapidly over the past decade.
Previously, a single church often could handle the broad responsibilities that come with sending out a church plant. Additionally, the church plant mostly would resemble the parent church in model, target demographic, and mission.
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