Missions

Included in Jesus’s last words before He ascended to His Father was a command to go and make disciples of all nations. The GFC Global Mobilization Team aims to encourage and equip members at GFC to each fill a role in missions as part of fulfilling that Great Commission.

This includes

  • going to all nations

  • sending missionaries and resources

  • praying for God’s work around the world

  • learning about other cultures and God’s work throughout history

  • welcoming internationals right in our hometown

  • mobilizing others to support God’s Kingdom causes.

One way we seek to live out these roles is by partnering with like-minded missionaries in their disciple-making efforts around the world.

Japan

We have chosen to focus on Japan, as the Japanese are one of the largest unreached people groups in the world.

Robert and Roberta Adair

Robert, Roberta, and their 4 boys (Joseph, Benjamin, Anderson and Timothy) serve in the town of Shiogama in Miyagi prefecture. (Roberta grew up in nearby Bellefonte, PA!) They desire to come alongside the church in Japan, to be an encouragement in sharing the love of Christ. This can look like quite a diverse set of activities, such as language study, relational evangelism, teaching English, discipleship, coaching, and doing whatever else is necessary to help build the church in Japan.

Recently they partnered with a Japanese congregation to start a church plant in their local area, where none existed before!

Get to know more about them and their ministry at adairupdate.com.

Uganda

Eric and Lauren Ranck

We are also a sending church for our own members, Eric and Lauren Ranck, who serve as missionaries in Uganda. Lauren has served in East Africa since 2011, teaching and serving in leadership at three different schools in Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda. Eric has spent time in Ghana and Uganda, volunteering with agriculture projects and helping with administrative tasks. Since getting married in 2018, they have been teaching and helping with farm work at local universities, mentoring groups of students, connecting with the local body of believers in many ways, and much more!

You can also keep up with them via their blog, or visit the Nguvu Dairy page to learn more about Eric's work and The Market Project to donate financially.

Local ministries