MEE Mission Coworker Stories Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/topic/mee_missionary_stories/ Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Global Ministries works with approximately 290 faith-based international partners in close to 90 countries. Our Vision: That all of God’s people and creation share in God’s abundant life. Our Mission: To receive and share the Good News of Jesus Christ by joining with global and local partners to work for justice, reconciliation, and peace. Fri, 05 Apr 2024 14:24:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.globalministries.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/favicon-150x150.png MEE Mission Coworker Stories Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/topic/mee_missionary_stories/ 32 32 Accompanying the Struggling and Hurting https://www.globalministries.org/accompanying-the-struggling-and-hurting/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:45:28 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=54966 Written by: Rev. Victor Makari and Sara Makari, who serve the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land Dear Friends, We hope you are doing well and are fulfilled in your lives and work. Since the 7th of October 2023 we … Read more

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]]> For the World So Loved https://www.globalministries.org/for-the-world-so-loved/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:34:51 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=54962 Written by Nishan Bakalian, serving in Lebanon with the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches. The most enduring and endearing Bible verse, especially for Protestants (here in the Middle East called “Evangelicals”), is the declaration of John the Evangelist: “For God so loved … Read more

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]]> His Eyes Are Upon Their Ways: Reflections Three Years After the Beirut Port Explosion https://www.globalministries.org/his-eyes-are-upon-their-ways-reflections-three-years-after-the-beirut-port-explosion/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 11:55:39 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=52208 Written by Nishan Bakalian, serving in Lebanon with the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches. “From out of the city the dying groan,And the soul of the wounded cries for help.” (Job. 24.12) Lebanon is a wounded country. Although some may … Read more

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]]> Dreams https://www.globalministries.org/dreams/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:51:34 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=51119 Fiona Kendall serves with Mediterranean Hope, Italy. An invitation to dinner at 8.00 P.M.  Nothing unusual about that – except that this was an invitation to an Afghan dinner taking place in an Italian Methodist church hall at which all … Read more

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]]> Degrees of Misery https://www.globalministries.org/degrees-of-misery/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:57:16 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=51016 Nishan and Maria Bakalian serve with the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in Lebanon. Usually ready with a cheerful greeting to his customers, the young grocer met my gaze with a furrowed brow this morning. He apologized for his limited … Read more

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]]>  “Compelled to Witness” https://www.globalministries.org/compelled-to-witness-2/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:56:39 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=49995 Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter, Truth is lacking…The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. He saw that there … Read more

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]]> Ministry with Mediterranean Hope https://www.globalministries.org/ministry-with-mediterranean-hope/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 17:31:03 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=49310 Fiona Kendall serves with Mediterranean Hope, Italy. Dear friends, The last six months have been something of a blur with a dizzying number of trips across Europe and beyond: Hungary, Germany, Canada, Greece, Switzerland, England, Sicily, and Lampedusa. I’ve had … Read more

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]]> The Rights of Animals https://www.globalministries.org/the-rights-of-animals/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:30:35 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=48796 A teacher in an Armenian Evangelical school here in Beirut was leading a discussion on human rights, trying to engage the students in the hard questions that face societies around the world. One of the students interrupted her and said, … Read more

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]]> Choosing to Persevere https://www.globalministries.org/choosing-to-persevere/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 14:08:00 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=48718 Perseverance is not just something you do when you have no other option. It is also something you choose to do, independent of circumstances. Even if one has no apparent route of escape from an oncoming disaster, one can still … Read more

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]]> Recovery and Return https://www.globalministries.org/recovery-and-return/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:04:32 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/?p=47499 Victor and Sara Makari serve the Diyar Consortium in Israel/Palestine. Wars and rumors of war. The world is on edge. We’ve been reading the headlines, listening to the news, all while watching the frantic bustle of anxious traffic from our … Read more

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