Posts Tagged ‘Europe’
The Sending Triangle: Helping Global Workers Launch Well
The Sending Triangle is a crucial element in making sure a cross-cultural worker thrives from start to finish. Each entity (or corner of the triangle) is vital to the success of the mission. The sending church is tasked with commissioning workers, gathering the human resources for Advocacy Teams (more on these team later), mobilizing financial partners and…
Read MoreLessons from 40 Years in France
Editor’s Note: Leroy and Debbie Zumack recently retired from full-time missionary service after 40 years. We wanted to share an excerpt from Leroy’s last report from the field, given to his fellow workers in France at their 2024 Fall Retreat. Moving to Europe in 1985 was a bit of a shock for us. Like everyone, we…
Read MoreBreaking Bread Together: A Dinner Ministry in Germany
Megan felt inspired. She’d spent a wonderful week at a Christian community and study center, sitting around the dinner table, talking about life’s big questions with the other guests. Those conversations over delicious food had encouraged her as she pondered the next phase of her ministry with Greater Europe Mission. Her fellow diners’ words had…
Read MoreDiscipleship Multiplication Grows the Church in Europe
Discipleship multiplication is at the core of Greater Europe Mission, and the intentional, reproducible model Nathan Beck uses is one such example of Christ growing His Church. Having lived for more than two decades in the Czech Republic, Beck recently shared how discipleship multiplication is increasingly becoming the norm across Europe. After attending a discipleship…
Read MoreThe Overlooked Field: The 40/70 Window
Walking down the city streets of Budapest, London, or Rome, you’ll likely notice a cultural diversity among the urban landscapes. Europe is a kaleidoscope of cultures and its inhabitants now unmistakenly diverse. From a missional perspective, seeing the nations of the world becoming increasingly accessible—many of which coming right to our doorsteps—is inspiring. Traditionally, the focus of…
Read MoreThe Crux of Missions
Spend some time online searching for the answer to “Why Missions” and you will find two overarching responses to this question. Why do we want people to go to the nations? As a missionary mobilizing organization, Greater Europe Mission has a vested interest in getting this answer right. So, why missions? The two predominant answers simply…
Read MoreRetreat to the French Alps with the Men of GEM
For the last two years, men serving with Greater Europe Mission have gathered in the French Alps at Camp des Cimes to get refreshed, encouraged, and grow closer to Jesus. This men’s retreat was exactly what I needed after two years on the German field. It was a retreat in every sense of the word…
Read MoreThe Great Commission in the City
What do you think of when you hear the words populated, busy, or traffic? How about nightlife, museums, and restaurants? Do you think of a place where you might live? A place where you might want to live and serve? With over half of the world’s population living in cities, it’s no wonder long-time church…
Read MoreServing Physical Needs and Making Disciples in Romania
Documenting the Lives of Missionaries in Europe
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 What are we living for? For the believer, we aren’t living for this world but for God. To live a life truly dependent on Him…
Read MoreA Different Way to Think About “Sharing the Gospel”
New and growing disciples often encounter a frequent, familiar sentiment. This sentiment, implied by Christian leaders throughout church history, is that believers mustn’t get involved in secular fields, specifically those on the frontlines of creating culture like arts, music, entertainment, politics, or business. The implication is that God’s doesn’t want us to participate in the…
Read MoreReflections on D-Day: A Missionary’s Perspective
A Prayer Letter from June 1994; Paris, France The past weeks we have been submerged in the events leading up to including D-Day. Names and places swim in our minds as we attempt to understand the enormous forces that were at those early days in June 1944. Names like General Eisenhower, Prime Minister Churchill, and…
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