tag: world missions

This summer, BIC U.S. World Missions welcomed two new staff members: Becky Owen and Stephen Badiger. Becky Owen Becky Owen, Becky Owen serves as the Member Care Assistant for BIC U.S. World Missions. In this part-time role, she works closely with Pam Arnold to care for our global team with a particular focus on Third Culture Kids (TCKs) before…

BIC U.S. World Missions is excited to announce the launch of a new project to support young musicians in Thai BIC congregations. All around the world, Christians use music to glorify God, to repeat his promises, and to remind ourselves of his goodness…

Walking by faith is risky and filled with paradoxes, something that Jesus’ disciples certainly felt. They simultaneously experienced miracles, hunger, fellowship, derision, provision, threats, healing, weariness, breakthroughs, great loss, and great love. Just like the disciples, Jesus beckons us to take risks with him…

“I had it all set. And then I met this guy!” M says with a chuckle, fondly remembering the dreams she once held for her future and how “this guy” – B – became her husband just a few years later…

Doug and Barb Miller served in Mangochi, Malawi from 2000-2023. They were pioneers among the Yawo, a people group that was historically resistant to the Gospel. Slowly, surely, Bible fellowship groups formed as they sought out connections with Yawo people in their neighborhood and in surrounding villages…

Mike and Lori Cassel have served as church planters in Latin America since 2005, first in Mexico and now in Guatemala. Their vision is twofold: to plant churches through evangelistic outreach, discipleship, and leadership development; and encourage and equip others to plant churches as well…

Kris had a lot on her mind as she unpacked her bags. Sifting through the keepsakes and dirty laundry she brought back from her week in Venezuela, she reminisced on the relationship she built with the missionary couple that hosted them…

Nearly seventy years after its founding in 1957, Macha Mission Hospital in Zambia continues to provide life-changing medicine in the name of Jesus. Through the Partnership Handbook, individuals and congregations in the U.S. financially support the hospital in its mission. In 2023…

Dear friends, Twenty-three years ago, Doug and Barb Miller moved their young family to Malawi to serve among the Yawo people, a group that has historically been hard to reach with the Gospel. Through the Miller’s ministry of prayer, chronological Bible teaching…

On a hot July morning in Kansas in 2022, nearly 80 men and women gathered under a blue- and white-striped tent to pray, reflect, and celebrate the work of World Missions at the former site of Bethel BIC. Large stone steps are all that remain of the church building…