Pray for good summer breaks for ministry leaders. For many, the summer pace changes enough that they can catch a little well deserved and needed family time. Pray for MNA staff in doing the same.
Please prayerfully consider a contribution toward the work of MNA, as we serve those who labor at the front lines of ministry.
Thank you for your prayers and gifts to Mission to North American as we share the love of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ through church planting, church renewal, and missional partnerships across the United States and Canada. Your generosity has been used by Jesus to further our many avenues of ministry.
MNA deducts no service fees from gifts designated to specific projects or designated to MNA staff members. The administrative cost of this service is supported by undesignated gifts to MNA, or gifts to the
MNA General Fund)
. Please consider
giving to the General Fund
, so that MNA may continue to make 100% of designated gifts available to their intended recipients.
Mission to North America
PO Box 890233
Charlotte NC 28289-0233
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Check Out the MNA Disaster Response Sheds of Hope Project at RUF Summer Conference 2019!
MNA Disaster Response was selected by RUF Summer Conference to be the mercy ministry outreach focus for 2019. Each week conference participants built, delivered, and set up Sheds of Hope that were given to families that were impacted by Hurricane Michael.
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MNA Church Planting and Renewal Conference
July 22-25, Nashville TN. This four-day event features topics such as rural, suburban and urban church planting, mentoring, and the nuts and bolts of planting. as well as plenary sessions by Rob Holt, Scotty Smith and Richard Pratt.
Click here to learn more.
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MNA African American Ministries
AAM positions African Americans in the PCA to thrive and serve well in our local contexts. We attract and support emerging leaders, with an emphasis on church planters. We welcome everyone to play a role!
Visit our website
click
Join AAM
to let us know who you are and how you'd like to be involved.
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MNA ShortTerm Missions – Mission Mullins 2019 Update
MNA ShortTerm Missions partnered with Mullins PCA in Mullins SC to help with community restoration projects. Please
click here
for an update!
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LAMP Seminary RDU Trains the Called
Additionally, the Raleigh-Durham area is one of the top destinations for international immigrants and refugees. As a thriving part of the “New South,” opportunities for ministry abound in Raleigh and its surrounding suburbs.
LAMP Seminary RDU
embraces these tensions. As a site of the LAMP Theo
logi
cal Seminary network, LAMP RDU (“RDU” is the code of Raleigh-Durham International Airport), was started to “train the
called
, not call the trained.”
Read more...
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Metanoia Prison Ministries Is Looking for Someone Like You
Metanoia is always on the lookout for men and women who have a heart for helping others grow in Christ. We are always available and ready to come to speak to you and your church about the realities of prison ministry and the ways that you and your church can get involved.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
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Love and Power
Book Released by Chuck Garriott
Chuck Garriott, MNA Ministry to State Director, released the book
Love and Power: Glimpses of the Gospel for Those Addicted to Self
on May 5.
After sixteen years living in our nation’s capital, Garriott has had abundant opportunity to witness firsthand the human tendency toward self-focus. In
Love and Power,
he reflects on God’s grace and kindness in the midst of persistent narcissism and selfishness--not only in those who are overtly self-promoting on your TV screen, but in all of us.
The book’s website,
loveandpowerbook.com
includes a blog, reviews and discussion questions for using the book in small group gatherings. Love and Power is available for purchase on
Amazon
, or through the website.
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The PCA Unity Fund
Out of 4,882 Teaching Elders in the PCA, only 1% are African American, .8% Hispanic American, and 10% Korean/Korean American.
The PCA Unity Fund aims to increase these numbers through training, mentoring and developing minority leadership in the PCA, primarily through providing tuition subsidies to support training at reformed institutions.
Because of the PCA’s Unity Fund, 41 seminary tuition subsidy recipients are currently getting financial and mentoring help to become Teaching Elders.
Click here
to learn more about The PCA Unity Fund and how you can help.
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Jonesboro AK
Jeff and Lori Wreyford are currently in their third year of planting
Christ Redeemer PCA
in Jonesboro AR. God has been showing them lots of ministry opportunities in their neighborhood as well as their city and they have just recently added Assistant Pastor Barr Overcast and his wife Becca to help with their growing church. They will also be welcoming Austin and Kristen Braasch to the ministry in the next few months after his ordination. Be in prayer for them as they live out their vision of: 1. Loving God and loving others in the midst of life’s difficult and joyous seasons; 2. Growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; and 3. Serving the town God has called them to and beyond. Please
click here
to read their latest update.
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Madison WI
Three years ago Matt and April Grimsley moved to Madison WI to plant
Resurrection Madison in partnership with Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) at the University of Wisconsin. They are now 1.5 years into public worship and their attendance keeps growing despite being in a very transient city. They just recently celebrated the baptism of a new believer into their church family. Their desire is to be
in the city,
for the city, and seeking the good of the city of Madison and the University of Wisconsin. They will begin to train elders this fall with the hopes of installation in 2020.
Click here to read their latest update and how you can be praying for them.
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LDR Weekend
August 30-September 1, Chattanooga TN.
Being an African American member of a majority culture church comes with a unique set of challenges. It’s hard to be the only one and be the representative voice for diversity. It’s challenging to desire authentic relationships, yet feel isolated and misunderstood. We need to be honest about our reality and seek solutions that help us bear fruit where God has placed us. Yet God’s solutions tend to be radically different from our own.
Come join us for a time of sound teaching, vibrant worship and rich fellowship. Return home overflowing with hope and confidence rooted in Jesus Christ.
Click here
for details - registration is open!
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Bent Tree Gathering
October 7-11, Allenspark CO.
This gathering is for pastors who desire to sharpen and hone their gifts as servant leaders. God has entrusted each of us with many gifts, but how and when we use our gifts is a critical wisdom issue in ministry. Leadership in the local church is developed through brokenness and failure. Hence, the words of Jesus "Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves." There will be shared case studies in groups to that end.
Click here
for more information and
here
to register.
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World Street Experience
November 4-8, Vancouver CANADA. A training bootcamp to empower missional leaders to make disciples through kingdom prayer.
- Gather The World To Pray For The World
- Learn To Lead Prayer For Kingdom Advance
- Train Leaders & Grow Your Ministry
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Disaster Response Volunteers Needed at Wilmington NC – Now Through 8/15/19
Volunteers are needed in Wilmington NC to help with disaster response work now through the end of the summer of 2019. Both skilled and unskilled volunteers are needed; teams are asked to have at least one skilled person. For more information or to schedule a team, please contact Sherry Lanier,
slanier@pcanet.org
.
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MNA SecondCareer Seeks Webpage Designer for PCA Ministry
Have you ever wanted to lend a hand in ministry, but wondered how to serve? All around the continent, MNA SecondCareer Ministry has volunteer and paid opportunities. For example,
MNA Intercultural Development Team is looking for a Webpage Designer
to design a website in SquareSpace or another similar platform using text provided by the ministry team.
Needs are everywhere.
Learn more about this and other opportunities at
www.pcamna.org/second-career
or contact Arklie Hooten at
ahooten@pcanet.org
(phone
678-294-3011
).
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Considering Church Planting?
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“I’m leaving feeling that this is one of the best things I’ve seen going on in the PCA.”…
Fantastic week of learning, growing, stretching, and fellowship…Appreciate all the encouragement. ”
Considering Church Planting?
Then the MNA Assessment Center is for you.
The cost of assessment is less than half of one month’s salary and operating expenses for a typical church plant, and a very wise investment that individuals, churches and presbyteries can make in starting a new church
.
The next open Assessment date is September 17-20 with an application deadline of July 22.
Please plan ahead! An absolute three week lead time minimum is required prior to each application deadline in order to apply, and we often run at capacity. Not convinced? Here are a few more kudos for MNA Assessment:
“The assessors were the most valuable component of the AC… Loved the process, conversations, insight and the people. This is a life-long memory that I will certainly cherish…Getting the opportunity to learn from others in church planting and peers interested in serving the Lord in a similar way. It doesn’t happen often in the “real world” context and I felt supported and encouraged and challenged…. So much grace and love for those attending…I loved assessment, was encouraged and I’m leaving feeling that this is one of the best things I’ve seen going on in the PCA.”
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Know someone who's moving? Be sure to suggest they
check this list
of new church plants around North America as they look for a new church home. Don't see a new plant in a possible destination on the list? Contact us (678-825-1235) and we'll try to find out more information for you! You may also want to visit the
PCA Church Directory
for a list of established churches.
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Check Out Our Other Publications
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Pray for Our PCA Church Planters
The Intercessor is a quarterly letter with prayer requests from PCA church planters and MNA Ministry Leaders. The requests are organized by week, making it easy to follow along in individual or group devotions. They have expressed many times how grateful they are for prayer support.
Click here
to read online, where you will also see subscription options.
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Subscribe to Multiply and Learn More about MNA
Multiply, available as both a print or email newsletter, goes out three times a year and brings you news from the church planting field as well a special features on MNA ministries. Our Spring issue focuses on church planting in Los Angeles.
Click here
to read. Want to subscribe?
Click here
- it's free!
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Church Renewal through Loving Your Neighbor
Along with Church Planting and Missional Partnerships, Church Renewal is a core commitment of MNA. Two PCA churches with stories of gospel renewal – through engaging with neighbors in their diverse communities – are Chattanooga Valley Presbyterian Church in Flintstone GA, led by Pastor Dan Gilchrist; and Grace Church PCA in Dover DE, led by Pastor Jonathan Seda and Associate Pastor Kenny Foster. The speakers in
this 9-minute video
know firsthand the beauty and challenge of bringing different people together as one body, worshiping and serving the Lord.
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