GLOBAL MISSIONS

Helping grow disciples through mission engagement.

We aim to encourage those at Crestwood to follow Christ in relevant missions engagement and through meaningful support of our partners worldwide.

5 Simple Ways to Pray for the World
Learn More about Our Partners with Monthly Updates
Our Upcoming Mission Trips

RESOURCES

Read these passages to discover God’s heart to bring salvation to the world.

  • Read Great Commission Verses and write any observations you have for each:

    Genesis 12:1-3; Psalm 67:1-7; Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:45-49; Acts 1:8, Revelations 5:9-10 and Revelations 7:9-10.

  • Acts 1:8 says "You shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." 

    Read the book of Acts and trace that mission outline through the book.

  • Brief Bible Study on Missions:

    1 week or 1 meeting

    5 weeks or 5 meetings

    Join an 8-week inductive Bible Study - God’s Heart for the Nations - designed to awake believers to God’s global purpose

    Enroll in a nine-week online foundational course on world Christian mission called KAIROS

Watch these videos on Global Missions to see the inspiring work that is done around the world.

Check out these online resources to learn more about God’s plan to spread the Gospel.

Pick up a book that will show God’s impact on the lives of people who never knew Him or His truth.

  • Bruchko by Bruce Olson

    The astonishing true story of a 19-year-old American, his capture by the Motilone Indians and his adventures in Christianizing the stone age tribe.

  • Peace Child by Don Richardson

    The unforgettable story of living among headhunters and cannibals, who valued treachery through fattening victims with friendship before the slaughter. 

  • I Dare to Call Him Father by Bilquis Sheikh

    It is the fascinating true story of Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman in South Asia who faced these questions at the crossroads of her life and found the astonishing answers.  Her entire life turned upside down as a series of strange dreams launched her on a quest that would forever consume her heart, mind, and soul.

  • Let the Nations Be Glad! by John Piper

    Drawing on key biblical texts to demonstrate that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship fuels missionary outreach.  Piper offers a biblical defense of God’s supremacy in all things, providing readers with a sound theological foundation for missions. 

OUR MISSION PARTNERS

Lithuania | City Church

Supporting the equipping of City Church’s Next Generation leaders through practical theology and training in their churches.

Learn More About the Ministry of City Church

Egypt | Sadat City Church

Supporting the work of building up believers as disciples and leading Muslims in their community to turn their hearts to Jesus Christ.

Check Out Our Most Recent Visit

Russia | Church of Grace

Supporting the evangelistic effort to introduce the Gospel to youth, orphans, and families through camps and missional outreach.

Uganda | Central Baptist Church-Wakiso

Supporting an annual youth conference in Wakiso that gathers young people from throughout the country.

Somalia | Somali Language Development

Supporting the capturing of Jiiddu language and the translation of Scriptures into their mother tongue so that this unreached people group may one day see the planting of Christian churches.

Frontier Fellowship

Connecting the Western Church with people groups where the good news of Jesus and His Kingdom is not yet known.

Haiti | Haiti Outreach Ministries

Sharing God’s love and the good news of Christ through service and partnerships that help Haitians becomes the individuals God intended them to be.

Albania | Bilisht Evangelical Church

Seeking to make Christ known by encouraging every believer to proclaim Christ as Lord and King.

Serge-Kenya | Stephanie Black

Teaching graduate-level theology in parts of the world where Christianity is growing the fastest.

Iran | PARS Theological Center

Cultivating a community of theologically informed, spiritually mature servant-leaders who will bring the light of God’s presence to Iran and across the Persian world.

The Outreach Foundation

Fueling the global mission of Christ by growing trusted relationships.