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Missions Ministry

The Missions Ministry has an international and national evangelistic focus designed to assist the church in fulfilling Jesus’ recorded words “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every nation” (Mark 16:15) “…baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19). The ministry is led by a servant leader approved by the elders and is composed of an open committee of member volunteers who have a passion for missions. The committee operates in consultation with the elders. Funds for the support of missions come from an annual Church contribution generally collected during the Spring semester. The missions committee recommends to the elders and the church how mission funds are distributed each year after the annual collection.

The functions of the mission ministry are:

1. To create a culture of support for missions and missionaries among University Church of Christ members. This includes facilitating relationships and a sense of engagement between supported missions/missionaries and Church members by sharing missions-related information, prayer requests, and presentations of missionaries with the Church.

2. To respond to requests for missions support. This includes making recommendations to the elders regarding the allocation of Church missions funds. Priority for funding is given to missions/missionaries with a connection to Pepperdine University. This .means missions which have been started by and/or are staffed by former or current Pepperdine students or faculty members.

3. To provide mental, physical, spiritual, and financial support to supported missions/missionaries through prayer, phone/email communication, and financial contributions.

The University Church of Christ does not view itself as a sponsoring body, rather we provide partial support to missionaries. Missionaries desiring long- or short-term support from the Church should formally make a request by sending information about their missions goals, methodology, purpose, budget, sponsoring Church (if applicable), and the ways in which they would like to be supported by the University Church to: Missions Committee, University Church of Christ, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90263.

To facilitate the functions of the Mission Ministry, we request that supported missionaries provide periodic prayer requests and updates about their mission work. This should include at least an annual report of evangelistic work, results, and budget.
 

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Links to mission websites:

Let's Start Talking- www.lst.org
ITCM, Russia- www.itcm.ru/english
Mission Predisan, Honduras- www.predisan.org
Sonrise Christian School, Ghana- www.sonriseghana.org
Vintage Christian Fellowship, Arizona- www.vintagecf.com



Servant Leader
Susan Giboney

Susan Giboney is a graduate of George Pepperdine College and taught for the LA City School District. She and her husband Terry served as teaching missionaries at Ibaraki Christian College in Omika, Japan, for three years. After finishing graduate school, Susan taught for Hope International University in Fullerton, CA, and then she and Terry came to work at Pepperdine University where Susan taught in the Education Department. Susan, a member of the Boone Center for the Family Board, the Alumni Leadership council, the AWP Board, and continues to work with students and serve the church. She is passionate about developing healthy families for the Lord and ministering to missionaries throughout the world.

 

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