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InFaith - Why We Reach the Nation
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At the end of the day, the mission is very clear: serving those who are more disenfranchised gives you a closer look at the ways of Jesus. – Emily Mitchell, Full-time missionary in Philadelphia, PA. As a nation, we are broken, lost, and in desperate need of hope. When people feel like there's no one who can help them or...
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Local Reach: Port Orchard, Washington
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A story of reaching local and changing lives in Port Orchard, Washington, with Larry and Vonnie Pratt. Sometimes God places you in the right place at the right time. InFaith missionaries Larry and Vonnie Pratt are puppeteers who travel all over the West Coast—and didn’t realize how important their next performance would be.
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Doris and Dave's ministry update
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Local Reach: Milford, Kansas
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At 16 years old, Kiah was struggling with anxiety and depression. She was isolating from her parents and hanging out with friends who encouraged her in gender identity struggles. She had turned her back on the God of her childhood. She was angry all the time, considered herself gender fluid, and agnostic. “But God was working even when I wasn’t...
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The Mira Kim Candidate Story
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Mira Kim’s Candidate Story: The Journey to Ministry “From a very young age I knew that I lived between two different cultures. When I became a youth missionary it became very clear that God was calling me to work with refugees.” Mira was looking for a position in which to serve refugees, so she did a Google search and found...
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The Emily Mitchell Candidate Story
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“I was in line for the next big step at my job, but I knew I wanted to serve God in a different way.” So how does someone transition from a career to serving in full-time ministry? Emily continued to work at her job full time for about a year while she was raising funds to become a missionary with...
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InFaith serving the underserved and underreached with Jerry Iamurri
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Local Reach: Fort Polk, Louisiana
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Soldiers face a unique set of challenges in their daily lives, often filled with hardships. But who can they turn to when they are overwhelmed or discouraged and need someone to listen? Chaplains walk alongside soldiers and go through the challenges and struggles they face every day. Chaplains are the calming presence that soldiers need when their lives can seem...
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Camp Grace
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Galilee Bible Camp
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Victory Center Bible Camp
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Fir Point Bible Camp
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Camp of the Risen Son
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Bethel Bible Camp
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Ridge Top Bible Camp
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Camp Grace
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Camp Neyati
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Extreme Kansas Camp
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Solid Rock Bible Camp
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Camp WeWoSeJe
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Old Faithful Christian Ranch
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Cocolalla Lake Bible Camp
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Mountaintop Retreat
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Mt. Hope Bible Camp
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Mt. Gilead Bible Camp
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Forward Bible Camp
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Camp Challenge
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Rock Haven Bible Camp
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The Jasperson Story
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Doris and Dave Jasperson: Reaching Local in Rice Lake, Wisconsin It doesn’t matter what your addiction is. It could be alcohol, meth, heroin, pornography, gambling. There’s just no recovery without Jesus. When I first connected with InFaith I was encouraged by more than one person to look local. It hit me over time that I already had connections in place...
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The Dayna Carr Story
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Dayna Carr: Reaching Local in Greensboro, North Carolina At the core of everything is relationship. We live here. We are residents in this community, and we are neighbors to the people that surround us. As you live in and become part of the fabric of the community, you more clearly understand the needs there. I spent a summer here in...
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The Betty Glover Story
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Betty Glover: Reaching Local in LaFollette, Tennessee In 1958, InFaith’s Betty Glover, armed with her nursing knowledge and the gospel of Christ, moved to the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee to minister to those living in poverty. Her nursing career could have taken her anywhere, but it beckoned her to the poorest areas of these mountains, caring for needs that called...
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Hidden Local: Homeless Youth
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Hidden Local — A Young Man’s Journey Out of Homelessness “I’d probably still be living under a bridge if it wasn’t for an InFaith youth shelter.” Instead of going to school, Zach* spent his days scrounging for food and figuring out where he would sleep each night after his dad abandoned him when he was just 16-years-old. He soon started...
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Hidden Local: Unseen Realities
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Hidden Local — A Portrayal of One Woman's True Story Our country has a hidden underbelly—sex trafficking, drug abuse, and homelessness. It’s here in our own country. But there are ministries that reach out to the people and systems that make up this evil, often-unseen part of our nation. However, these pockets of needs throughout the United States are so...
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The Casady Story
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Gary & Linda Casady: Reaching Local in The Dalles, Oregon I’m Gary Cassady and my wife and I work with the Youth Empowerment Shelter here in The Dalles.* A lot of kids around here are in crisis. We felt like someone needed to do something. Once the kids enter the house we see them move from agitation to peace. We...
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The Chaplain Dalsis Story
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Chaplain (Captain) Travis Dalsis: Reaching Local in Fort Polk, Louisiana Soldiers face a unique set of challenges in their daily life, filled with hardships. But who can they turn to when they are overwhelmed or discouraged and need someone to listen? Chaplains walk alongside soldiers and go through the challenges and struggles soldiers face every day. Chaplains are the calming...
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The Quintus Story
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Ken Quintus: Reaching Local in Mason City, Iowa I serve locally in a post-jail, post-prison ministry. My ministry includes follow-up and one-on-one mentoring, small group Bible study and support groups, and transitional housing for men who are either on probation or parole. My main mission is to create an environment that helps position people to meet God through Jesus Christ...
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Considering InFaith?
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Are you considering InFaith? Hear from our missionaries about why InFaith may be the perfect place for you. They'll answer questions like: How does InFaith serve you? How did you sense God's call for you? How can you make the transition from your current job to being with InFaith? What is it like to raise your support? How have you...
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What's Next?
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God calls us all to reach locally, but He calls us in unique ways. What's your part? Pray for us. We want God's presence to rest on us. We want the truth of God's redeeming work in the world to be realized in the United States. Give to us. If you have a passion for the United States, we can...
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The Bickel Story
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Kevin & Gina Bickel: Reaching Local in Hungry Horse, Montana Note: The Bickels have since been called to another ministry role. We bless them and are thankful for the work they’ve done in this community. Gina: The first time I came to Hungry Horse, I just fell in love with the kids. There’s a lot of brokenness in this community...
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The Wilson Story
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Jim & Teri Wilson: Reaching Local in Kearney, Nebraska Jim: Press On Community Youth Center is a place for kids to come where they can feel safe and loved. We have a bus that we use to pick up kids, because if we didn’t go to their homes, they would not come. Many of these kids don’t have any Godly...
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The Grainge Story
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David & Lisa Grainge: Reaching Local in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania David: It’s what Jesus calls us to do—go where the gospel is not preached; go make disciples of all nations. The nations have come here, to South Philadelphia, and we have an opportunity to share the gospel with refugees and immigrants from as far away as Cambodia and Africa. Lisa: When...
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The Ediger Story
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Rick Ediger: Reaching Local in Poncha Springs, Colorado Why do I reach local? Because I am local—I live here, I work with these people and interact with them. I see them every day. They trust me. I was in town one day when a lady approached me. She had a broken belt on her car, and I thought, “I can...
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The Moran Story
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Freddy Moran: Reaching Local in Monmouth, Oregon I was in the restaurant industry for many years, until I came to a point in my life where it felt like everything went wrong. I went from a great year of winning awards to the following year where I was the worst general manager. I felt abandoned and alone. But after coming...
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Reach Local
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InFaith's field staff has been reaching local for years, using the gifts and abilities God has given us to reach people in our local communities by responding to the needs we see around us. Young or old, rich or poor; lonely, lost or powerless - no matter who you are, you can reach local in your community! So What's Up...