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MINISTRIES

missions

It is the great privilege of the Church to testify to the grace of God in Jesus Christ as we seek to promote the Gospel to all nations in word and deed. The spread of the Gospel is the unique and central calling of the Church, therefore First United seeks to preach, teach and allocate resources to this end. The Missions Team oversees our partnerships with missionaries around the globe as well as seeks to offer intentional ways for the congregation to be informed of missions efforts around the world. Some of missions initiatives currently going on at First United include:

  • Scholarships for individuals who wish to take the Perspectives in World Missions course. See www.perspectives.org for more info.
  • A commitment to allocate a tithe (10%) of the total operating budget to the Missions Team to use to support missionaries.
  • A commitment to give money that is received in surplus of the First United’s annual budget to ministries both local and global. Past recipients of surplus giving include: Lifesong for Orphans, Churches Helping Churches, Heart to Heart Counseling, and Midwest Food Bank.
  • A 2013 short-term mission trip from First United to Guatemala to work with Village of Hope, a Lifesong sponsored school.
  • Intentional education of our children about global missions through V.B.S., Sunday School, Children’s Church, and Little Lambs Preschool.

    • You can view our Mission Policy which includes our Core Convictions about missions here.

    Romans 10:14-15 states, “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” We aim to be a church who deliberately seeks to spread the Good News among all peoples of the earth and consequently, “Beautiful Feet” has been one of the five Core Values at First United. It is our continual prayer that the Lord will raise up missionaries from First United to participate in the global enterprise of the making disciples of all nations

    Applications and Forms:

    Application for long-term missionaries interested in receiving support from First United.

    Application for short-term missionaries (3 months or less) interested in receiving support from First United.