Missions
Tim and Alicia Stewart (MOHI International, Kenya)
Tim and Alicia work within the Missions of Hope International (MOHI) team, using their skills in ministry and social services to meet the needs of people living in the slums of the Mathare Valley in Nairobi.
Alicia works with visiting short-term teams to coordinate their trips and coordinates other projects initiated by MOHI partners. Tim uses his ministry skills to focus on spiritual development, working primarily with the staff at Angaza Discovery camp. He also facilitates projects initiated by MOHI partners.
Tim has a masters degree in Spiritual Formation from Friends University. Alicia has a master’s degree in human services. They began serving in Kenya in 2012.
For more information about Missions of Hope International:
https://mohiafrica.org/
Caleb and Lauren Lankford (Mustard Seed Network, Japan)
Caleb and Lauren are church planters in Sapporo, Japan where only 1% of the population identify as Christian. They currently meet every Sunday and are connecting with their community through English connect groups and by immersing themsleves in the culture.
Sapporo, the fifth-largest city in Japan, is the political, cultural, and economic center of the northernmost part of the country of Japan. Built virtually from the ground up in the late 1800s by order of the national government, the city developed with significant American influence on its agricultural economy, academic institutions, and urban planning. Hokkaido, the island and prefecture of which Sapporo is the capital, enjoys considerable brand influence within Japan and supplies much of the country’s agricultural and marine products.
After Japan reopened to international trade and subsequently allowed freedom of religion in the mid-1800s, it was in Sapporo that one of the first clusters of Christian believers formed and one of the first Protestant churches in Japan planted. Yet despite this history, the city and region are home to remarkably few believers in Christ today. For the millions in Japan’s north who have yet to find God, Mustard Seed Network aims to go and plant a new gospel-proclaiming church in the city of Sapporo.
For more information about Mustard Seed Network: https://www.mustardseed.network/
Nate Felkel (Sojurn, Rhode Island)
Nate is a campus minister with Sojourn Collegiate Ministry. He invites Rhode Island college students to discover God’s dream for their lives by providing them with experiences that facilitate a Jesus centered community, engagement with questions of faith and life, and living justly in the world.
For more information about Sojourn collegiate ministry: https://sojourncollegiate.com/
