MISSIONS

Prayer: Prayer is the strongest support

Valley View constantly prays for its missionaries.  We know what is going on in their lives and earnestly seek the Father on their behalf; praying that our Lord would protect them, give them perseverance, and open doors for the Gospel to be clearly proclaimed.

Presence: Active involvement in the lives of missionaries is vital.

Missionaries are encouraged with regular updates about Valley View, contacted about upcoming mission trips, and asked to share experiences that demonstrate God’s work being implemented.

Provision: Our gifts of financial support will be substantial.

Valley View’s financial support is intentional and impactful proving that we are a church who believes that missionaries and the work they do are highly valuable.

Partner Information: Training Tomorrow's Leaders exists to facilitate the planting of new churches in West Africa by financially supporting indigenous church planters, training indigenous church planters, and facilitating projects that will enable new churches to be planted. 

TTL was founded by missionaries David and Barbara Kalbs, who spent almost 30 years serving in Ghana, West Africa. The first church planter was sent out in 1991, and today, TTL works with about 30 indigenous church planters who have together started over 125 churches in Northern Ghana, Northern Togo, and Burkina Faso.

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Partner Information: Pioneer Bible Translators® (PBT) bridges the gap between the church and the Bibleless people around the world. Our team is composed of Bible translators, literacy evangelists, church planters, and a variety of support personnel working to see transformed lives through God’s Word in every language. 

In 1981, PBT had 15 members and now has 622 adults and 276 children working in 32 countries in 123 languages that impact 189 million people.

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Partner Information: Josiah and Jessica Weece are ministering with a new church plant from Trace Church in Colorado Springs, CO. See https://tracechurch.com for more information. Trace Church is part of a church planting organization, Orchard Group, based in Newtown, PA. Orchard Group has been connecting church planters to cities needing church plants since 1948.

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Partner Information: Carmen Filbeck has served with Christian Ministry to the Orient (CMO) in Thailand for 26 years. She currently serves as the Administrative Director for Lanna Theological Center (LTC), a leadership training center located in Chiang Mai, Thailand. For 40 years, LTC has been training leaders from multiple ethnic groups and denominations. Alumni are serving in Thailand and Laos in all kinds of ministries.

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Missionary in Italy: Pioneer Bible Translators

Partner Information: In 2014, Pioneer Bible Translators (PBT) established a team operating out of an old Abbey in the small town of Breme, Italy, to serve their field missionaries around the world. Beginning in 2017, the Wilkos joined the PBT team in Italy. Charlie is the Abbey renovator and also typesets scriptures from around the world. Their biggest thrill is seeing the Lord touch and transform people’s lives. 

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Missionary in South Korea: English Leadership Ministry

Partner Information: English Leadership Ministry (ELM) exists to empower North Korean young adults to become leaders and witnesses of Christ in our local and global community through education. This is accomplished two ways: 1) Provide English education, mentorship, Bible studies and leadership training. 2) Practice grace through life together in a safe and harboring Christian community. Sam and Lilly Osee are native Dallasites who were members of Valley View Christian Church from 2010 to 2018 when they moved to South Korea to start serving North Koreans. They continue to advocate for North Koreans and help overcome the generalizations of North Korean people.

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Missionary in Kenya: Schrage Christian Mission

Partner Information: Schrage Christian Mission (SCM) is celebrating 40 years of mission work. SCM was incorporated in 1983 and VVCC began financially supporting that team in 1990 as they planted churches, established an orphanage and educational entities, and supported Good News Productions International (GPNI).  VVCC began to specifically support the Schrage Christian Mission in 1999. Mike and Karolyn arrived in Kenya on January 10, 1984. They moved to West Pokot, Kenya, learned the Pokot language, and lived with the people using agriculture and nursing to make relational inroads.

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