Support for Missions

Greenstead Evangelical Free Church supports several missionaries and missionary societies.

The church supports a pastor and his wife in Lodz, Poland. Members of both churches have benefited from visiting the other fellowship.

The church prays regularly for missionaries working in Chad, Ecuador, Peru, Albania, Kenya, Asia and Poland.

More than ten missionary societies are supported by the church including:

• European Missionary Fellowship
• Africa Inland Mission
• Open Air Mission
• London City Mission
• Christian International Relief Mission
• Christian Witness to Israel
• Open Doors
• Albanian Evangelical Mission
• Grace Baptist Mission
• Asia Link
• Gideons

The secretary arranges for a missionary speaker to come and take Sunday services once a quarter. Occasionally a missionary speaker is invited to speak of his/her work at the Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer Meeting.

The missionary committee is responsible for:

1. Bringing topics for prayer each week to the church prayer meeting. These are tabulated on a white board so that different members can pray specifically for the prayer requests.
2. Helping to stimulate interest in world mission among the members.
3. Ensuring that each group in the church is linked with at least one missionary or missionary society; e.g. the Women's Meeting pray regularly for a family in Chad and also knit garments and blankets for Africa. The primary Sunday Discoverers children also support a missionary family in Chad and write to and pray for them regularly.
4. Arranging a missionary half-day conference or missionary film on occasions at the church; e.g. during the Africa Inland Mission centenary, a conference was organised which included speakers, videos, an African meal and a stimulating programme for children.
5. Two members of the missionary committee are responsible for changing the missionary display each month in order to focus particular prayer for the missionary or missionary society for that month. A missionary prayer item is now being included in the church notices.
6. Missionaries are remembered at the quarterly Day of Prayer held at the church.
7. At Christmas the Sunday Discoverers children bring toys to the Toy and Carol Service to send to the London City Mission.
8. The church gives hospitality to students from overseas who attend the church, and many lasting friendships have been made with people who go back to their own country.

Recently one of our young members spent a year teaching in Kalacha, Kenya with Africa Inland Mission. Our prayer for the future is to continue to be able to send missionaries from this church to other parts of the world.

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