Tony Cole grew up in the northwest U.S. and planned to serve God by planting churches there after graduating from Boise Bible College, but his life took a different path. He was in the CMF home office recently and shared his thoughtful and engaging perspectives about his past five years as a Globalscope campus minister and what it’s like living in the beautiful university town of Tübingen, Germany.
Mission trips and child sponsorship at the Missions of Hope school in Gitathuru, Kenya, have led the West Valley Christian Church, West Hills, California, to an even bigger vision: purchasing property and renovating it for a new church plant in the Gitathuru community!
What’s better than a gathering of friends around a campfire at a local pumpkin patch? A get-together where the purpose is to support CMF recruit Alicia Bucci and the upcoming Globalscope campus ministry plant in Cork, Ireland!
Good things happen when children pray, according to CMF team members Joe and Kim Cluff, who serve with the Church Catalyst team in Kenya.
Former CMF General Director Jim Smith, Ph.D., a life-long Christian Church preacher and faithful servant of his Lord Jesus Christ, passed away October 23, 2019, at age 91.
“Child sponsorship is one of the heartbeats of our church,” said Brianna Hoover of Crossroads Church in Corona, California. The church affirmed this by sponsoring 465 more children from Missions of Hope International (MOHI) schools in Kenya during their recent Global Outreach Weekend, bringing their total number of sponsorships to more than 1,350 children!
Medical teams from two U.S. churches visited Missions of Hope International in Kenya recently, and between the two of them, screened nearly 350 students for dental, health and vision problems.
Teams from Rocky Mountain Christian Church, Frederick, Colo., and Third City Church in Grand Island, Neb., held clinics for students and their families in two communities.
Even though life in Tübingen, Germany, slows down in August and September while the local university is on summer break, new campus minister Kathryn Wurst has learned that the Unterwegs campus house rarely stays empty for long.
When the chef bowed out 24 hours before the community-wide food event sponsored by Companions for Hope (CfH) in Birmingham, England, the team could have panicked! But instead, they used the hitch to make the event even better.
