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WHY WE SEND YOUTH MISSIONS TEAMS Uncategorized

WHY WE SEND YOUTH MISSIONS TEAMS

Like many others before them, the Anomaly Missions Team to Mexico returned home far richer than they left. Their increase wasn't in gold or gems but in priceless experiences and golden memories. Pastor Jeremy Gifford has been leading ministry teams south of the border for the past six years. Every trip, like every team, is unique. The 2016 team consisted of eighteen members, aged fifteen to twenty three along with Pastor Jeremy and Kerri Wagensveld (whose age remains a closely guarded secret). Peter and Bonnie Kozak from North Pointe moved to Vicente Guerrero, Mexico to serve as missionaries over a decade ago. They've hosted all of our missions teams. The onsite ministries include an orphanage, special needs care, a halfway…
Bob Jones
August 31, 2016
FEARLESS: THE RUTTENS and KOZAKS Uncategorized

FEARLESS: THE RUTTENS and KOZAKS

Here's what two of North Pointe's missionary families know about being fearless. Brian and Val Rutten have served in Addis Abba, Ethiopia for the past 20 years. "We support Church planters into a very difficult and dangerous area in North Ethiopia where there is severe persecution from the dominant religion of the area. Many times believers have been severely hurt by those hostile to the gospel. The believers there wanted to hold special meetings, "even if it brings persecution," and they invited me to speak. I felt I should honor their wish and stand with them. They set up a small shelter of tarps in the back yard of one believer. Opposition As we entered the town and began the…
Bob Jones
January 8, 2016