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After a 27 year career as an eye technician, Jen felt the call from God to go to Europe as a GEM missionary. But in 2020, as she prepared to leave the life she knew, the world began to shut down.
With a passion for music, Germany’s Zachary McKay has used it as an outlet for ministry in his church, and more recently his home, for the last fifteen years. Music is universally familiar and appealing, so it can sometimes become a ministry unexpectedly.
Making disciples is a well-known Christian concept that’s inspired thousands of books and articles. It was Jesus’ first step when starting his ministry. Before changing the world, Jesus first chose a team of followers to teach and mentor.
In anticipation of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, GEM Arts Impact Zone leader Emilee Irwin helps to create collaboration, contemplation, and community through Agape Hub Paris.
You may have heard that life on the mission field isn’t always easy for cross-cultural workers, but have you considered its impact on their children? Do they experience the same highs and lows as their parents? Do they naturally follow in their parents’ missional footsteps, or do these third culture kids (TCKs) have entirely different hopes for their future?
GEM worker and native Romanian Tavi Berechet had given his life to Jesus as a sixteen-year-old in 2003, when Christians from northern Romania came to his town to plant a church. Before that, no evangelical church existed in his community. As an adult, he sensed God nudging him into evangelism, but when frustration and burnout set in, Tavi dared to ask God for two signs to show him whether they should quit or keep going.
