Jesus commissioned the Church to be his witnesses "to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8).  The churches networked together in the Evangelical Association strive to have a global impact in various ways that bear witness to Christ's love all over the world.

Bethsada Evangelical Church in St. Louis, MO, recently raised over $1800 to help plant a church in Kisumu, Kenya.  Daniel Otieno is the church planter partnered with the St. Louis congregation.  The Mission Committee notes, "What a great gift God has given us to be able to spread God's Word and Christian worship in a country in Africa."  The church is in the process of getting paired up with a new church planting pastor to help fund a second new church start in Kenya within the next year.  Bethsada Evangelical Church is pastored by Rev. James Barnes, Jr.  Learn more about the congregation online: www.achurch4you.com.

The Women's Fellowship at St. Paul's Reformed Church, Newton, NC, currently sponsors a child in India named Sumitra through Compassion International.  The church's monthly support of Sumitra provides health care, education and Christian faith training.  In addition, the church receives updates from their Compassion child's progress through letters and school reports.  Learn more about Compassion International at www.compassion.com.   Rev. Steve Disher serves as the church's pastor.  Learn more about the congregation online: www.stpaulsreformed.org.

St. John's Christian Church in Archbold, OH, recently finished their "Soap for Haiti" collection as part of the church's Mission-A-Month emphasis.  The Archbold congregation collected 662 bars of soap along with $335 in funds that will be sent to Haiti.  Rev. Erich Christman and Rev. Adam Just serve as pastors of the congregation.  Learn more about St. John's Christian Church online: www.stjohnsarchbold.org.

Salem Evangelical Reformed Church in Lancaster, PA, sent a 13 member mission team, led by the church's pastor, Rev. Bruce Tulley, to Guatemala.  Pastor Tulley noted in his church's newsletter that "the crowning moment" of the trip, beyond their mission work, travels and tourist activity, would be Sunday morning worship in their host church wearing headphones to translate the liturgy from Spanish to English.  He states, "We've said and/or heard many times that our worship here on earth is simply practice for eternity.  For quite a few of us that has meant that we will continue to worship among people who look and talk like us.  Now we will more fully understand that is not the case.  Our eternal worship  will be amid all the people of God's created world.  In a foreign nation we have the opportunity to have that experience on a very small level right now!"  Learn more about the church's Guatemala trip on their website: www.salemhellers.com.