Global Missions

CURRENT SHORT TERM MISSION OPPORTUNITY

India – Training leaders in strengthening their English as a Second Language (ESL) skills

June 19 – 29, 2020

*Limited spaces available

 

Short-Term Mission  (STM) Interest– Please take a moment to reflect on some of the below questions for those interested in participating in a STM. Also, take a moment to read through the Reach Global and Reach Local pages on the BVG website to learn about our current mission partners or contact Reach

 

• Where are you in your walk with Christ?
•  How are you growing, serving and sharing as a Christ-follower?
• Which areas locally and/or globally are of interest to you?
• What questions, if any, do you have about BVG Missions vision, values and strategy?
• Are you part of a Big Valley Grace ministry group? (Men’s or Women’s Bible Study, Celebrate Recovery, MOPS, Primetime, Young Adults, etc.)
• Are you part of a Home Growth Group or Life Group? If not, visit BVG Growth Groups or email the Administrative Assistant [email protected]
• How long have you been regularly attending BVG?
• Are you a member of Big Valley Grace Church? Is it more than nine months?
• Are you influencing/helping someone to grow in their faith?
• Have you completed a Perspectives class to understand various cultures, faiths and history around our world? If not, are you willing or interested in being a part of a class? Visit the Perspectives link to find a class in your area Perspectives Class Search
• Have you completed a SEEDS (Evangelism Explosion) class or attended a Share Your Faith Workshop to understand how to share your faith efficiently and practically? Are you comfortable in sharing your testimony?
• Have you been on a short-term mission prior to this inquiry? Are you interested in experiencing a Big Valley Grace STM?

 

Please follow the link STM Form to submit an application to our Reach Board for review. Thank you.

 

FUTURE SHORT TERM MISSION OPPORTUNITIES:

• June 2020 – India to teach English as a Second Language (ESL)
• 2020 – Slovenia to work with the Deaf community (must be fluent in American Sign Language)
• 2021 – Jordan to work with war-torn refugee families
• 2021 – South Africa to work with P.L.A.Y. as counselors

 

If there is an STM you are interested in participating in, please contact our Reach Missions Department at 209-577-1604, ext. 337 to receive an STM application to submit to the Missions Board of Big Valley Grace. The above statements are merely a basis to begin the vetting process. If you have not participated in a Perspectives class or Share Your Faith class, this does not exclude you from a Short Term Mission visit. Our team is interested in your current status as a follower of Christ. Thank you for understanding our perspective.

 

REACH out to our Global Partners through encouragement notes and email! The small blessing of receiving a surprise note of encouragement speaks volumes to our partners. Please consider sending correspondence on a regular basis to help uplift the spirits of our missionaries and let them know you are praying for their efforts! THANK YOU!!   For contact information, please email [email protected]

INTERNSHIPS Wycliffe Bible Translators – Experience a taste of missions and see God utilize your missionary gifts!

• Year-long terms available
• College credit
• Stateside or overseas

Visit Wycliffe Internships for more information about mission related opportunities.   JOB OPPORTUNITIES Wycliffe Bible Translators – Learn how literacy and teaching can impact Bible translation across the globe. At Wycliffe, they are searching for teachers who are interested in teaching overseas and the pivotal impact educators can make in Bible translation. Explore literacy as a tool for making a difference in various communities.  Visit Wycliffe Total Education to learn more. Translation and Linguistics – Through Wycliffe Bible Translators, you can enroll in a five day course that will introduce you to linguistics, the work of Bible translation and opportunities to share God’s word through specific languages. During the class you can learn language and translation skills,  phonetics, grammar, IT technology among many other skills. Please visit Total It Up and find out how you can learn to share the gospel in a different language.

Unengaged Unreached People Group (UUPG)

There are nearly 2,293 Unengaged Unreached People Groups (UUPG) of the world. An Unreached People Group (UPG) means there is no indigenous community of believing Christians with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize to their own people. An unengaged unreached people group (UUPG) has no known active church planting underway. “A people group is engaged when a church planting strategy, consistent with evangelical faith and practice, is under implementation.”

The Reach Ministry here at Big Valley Grace would like to challenge other FOLLOWERS OF JESUS to join our team in reaching the UUPG’s of the world and helping to complete God’s call to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 24:14 and Matthew 28: 19-20). Reach will provide UPG prayer cards and distribute to as many prayer warriors as possible to begin praying about minimizing and ultimately reaching the 2.293 groups of people in this world without the opportunity to know Jesus. Pray for the gospel to extend to various areas of the globe through Missionaries, Church Planters, Bible studies and home groups and Biblical Christian materials in the heart language of those we are trying to reach. For more information on how you can do this, please Contact Katie Fuentes for a current, printable list of UPG prayer cards or follow the link Joshua Project lists and the Issachar Initiative – Finishing the Task

Big Valley Grace has partnered with congregations in Baja Mexico to build worship facilities, work with local orphanages, train pastors, build houses and present the gospel to thousands of children during Vacation Bible School programs. Become part of the High School Ministry, Men’s Ministry or Spanish Ministry teams that go on short-term mission trips. Help financially and spiritually by supporting youth and young adults as they experience short-term mission life in Mexico.

It’s a small act that makes a big difference to reach the Unreached.   As part of the Great Commission, given in Matthew 28:19 to “go and make disciples of all nations,” Adopt a Verse is a Wycliffe Bible Translators campaign to engage churches in Scripture translation for people who do not yet have the Bible in their native language or dialect.  Big Valley Grace is joining with Wycliffe to reach the Unreached People Groups of South Asia. As a church, our goal is to have the following Books of the Bible translated into the three native dialects of people in South Asia: Romans (completed in 2017), John 1-3, James, Philemon and Hebrews.  The average cost to translate one verse is approximately $40 USD.  The monies raised through our adoption efforts will translate the books into the heart language, allowing more than 1.25 million Unreached people to read the books of the Bible for the first time! How to Adopt A Verse Throughout the year, you can donate online through Big Valley Grace online giving. Please indicate the following: Adopt A Verse in the memo line or look for the specific Adopt A Verse column. The donation amount is a minimum of $40 per verse, per language. AAV giving 

Pray for the Unreached people of South Asia without access to God’s Word and the opportunity to have their lives transformed by the Living God. Pray for the Wycliffe translators as they translate the books into a language that touches the hearts and lives of the hearers. Pray for the impact of the gospel to reach beyond South Asia to other Unreached Unengaged People Groups of the world.

Impact It’s an opportunity to adopt a verse for just $40, to invest in the vision of reaching the people of South Asia with the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ.  If you cannot afford the total donation amount, invite a family member or friend to invest with you to adopt a verse. Together, the family of Big Valley Grace can bring the various books of the Bible to those who have never read of the great problem of sin and God’s greater plan to save us!

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The vision of Ethnos 360 representing Papua New Guinea is to establish indigenous tribal churches in the Lavongai and Mengen tribes, then help them come to maturity through teaching, discipleship, literacy programs and Bible translation.

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