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A Pastor’s Faith in Action

1 month ago | thebanner.org | Cassie Marcionetti |Zachary King |Shiao Chong |Clayton Lubbers

When Nakese, Nakole Ruth, and Loiki’s mother died from AIDS, the three young girls were left to fend for themselves in their grief. They survived by rummaging through garbage for food and sleeping in abandoned houses in their Ugandan village. They found a home again when Sylvia, a pastor of a nearby church, attended a Timothy Leadership Training led by Resonate Global Mission.
A Sustained and Healthy Connection to the Broader Church

1 month ago | thebanner.org | Zachary King |Cassie Marcionetti |Shiao Chong |Clayton Lubbers

Building connections with other believers often happens over food. That’s why I appreciate Jesus’ command to “eat what is offered to you” (Luke 10:8). Sitting at a table piled high with rice and beans, yams, mangos, okra soup, beets, chicken, goat, and plantains, I join with the saints in all places and ages in raising my hearty “Amen!” But before digging in, my host shares a reflection on Psalm 133.
The World Belongs to God

Feb 19, 2025 | thebanner.org | Cassie Marcionetti |Albert kok |Sam Gutierrez |Leah Jolly

“The world belongs to God, and the world is everything—including our professions and our callings,” said Mwikali Wambua, a Resonate Global Mission missionary. Resonate is the Christian Reformed Church’s mission agency. As Resonate missionaries, church planters, and campus ministers work to spread the gospel throughout the world, ministry leaders such as Wambua are discovering that Reformed theology resonates with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Mission at a Chess Club

Dec 11, 2024 | thebanner.org | Cassie Marcionetti |Clayton Lubbers |Leah Jolly |Dean R. Heetderks

It’s Friday night at Casa Adobe, a ministry house in Costa Rica, and the loudest chess club ever is meeting. Resonate Global Mission missionary Micah Schuurman and his friend, José Mario, just explained how to checkmate with two bishops. As the kids start their games, birds chirp in the garden, a German Shepherd barks at the front gate, and someone strums a guitar nearby. But the kids are definitely the loudest. “Jokes, laughter, and victory dances are all pretty common,” Schuurman said.
Sustainable Change in Cambodia

Oct 9, 2024 | thebanner.org | Cassie Marcionetti

Only 3% of Cambodia’s population identifies as Christian. Resonate Global Mission missionaries Ly Chhay and Navy Chann-Chhay are working with local pastors, churches, and ministries to grow that percentage to at least 10% by 2033—2,000 years from the year in which many Bible scholars put Christ’s resurrection. For Chhay and Chann-Chhay, that work goes hand-in-hand with seeing individuals, families, and entire communities lifted out of poverty and thriving. “God’s Word changes lives,” they said.
Walking on Holy Ground

Aug 14, 2024 | thebanner.org | Cassie Marcionetti

“I came to the Middle East having experienced quite a lot of loss. … I had a lot of healing to do—spiritually, emotionally, physically,” said Elena,* a Resonate Global Mission volunteer. “God answered my prayers.”Elena had been discerning a call to ministry for years, but as she was finishing her undergraduate studies, she didn’t feel ready to go straight to seminary.
Under the Shea Tree

Jun 26, 2024 | thebanner.org | Cassie Marcionetti

Kang Heo joined the circle of women under a big shea tree next to a Ugandan village’s grass-thatched church. The sun blazed overhead, and the church was stifling in the heat. The tree provided some much-needed shade as the group read from the Bible together. Heo, a student at Calvin Theological Seminary, was volunteering with Resonate Global Mission missionary Stephen Omoko to lead Timothy Leadership Training sessions.
Calvin Theological Seminary Partners with Missional Training Center

May 1, 2024 | thebanner.org | Leah Jolly |Michael Wagenman |Karen Wilk |Cassie Marcionetti

In February 2024, the Association of Theological Schools officially approved a partnership between Calvin Theological Seminary and Missional Training Center of Tempe, Ariz. The idea for Missional Training Center came from the Surge Network, a collaborative group of more than 100 churches formed in 2007 to plant churches, sponsor community outreach programs, and train lay leaders.
The Biggest Fears About Evangelism-and How to Overcome Them

Apr 24, 2024 | thebanner.org | Cassie Marcionetti |Brian Clark

When you think of evangelism, what do you picture? Someone standing on a street corner or going door to door to hand out tracts? Do you imagine awkward conversations? If so, it’s no wonder the idea of sharing our faith might seem scary. Julia Kooy is a campus minister in Ontario who sympathizes with this evangelism anxiety.
Walking by Faith: Planting Churches with Haitians

Mar 13, 2024 | thebanner.org | Cassie Marcionetti

Si Dye vle. In Haitian Creole, it means “if God wills.”“I’ve learned that Haitians embody this attitude that you don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow,” explained Johnny Gryglewicz, a missionary with Resonate Global Mission. “If you’re saying goodbye to someone with plans to see them the next day, they’ll say “Si Dye vle.” If you don’t say it, someone will say it for you.