Glocal Missions and Evangelism

We who are united by a shared sense of Mission face a renewed and fresh challenge as our world moves headlong into the 21st century.

The Glocal Missions and Evangelism Team envisions all Virginia Baptists being on mission to fulfill God's call in their lives. Our purpose is to mobilize, train, and equip individuals and churches, in cooperation with other ministry partners, to carry the witness and ministry of Christ to Virginia and to the ends of the earth.

“Glocal” is not a misspelling. It is a hybrid word, made up of global and local. Missions is something we do near and far.

Introducing...

Mobile Mission Connection

The Mobile Mission Connection is a co-missioning ministry of the
Virginia Baptist Mission Board and its partners
and is coordinated by the Glocal Missions and Evangelism Team.

The MMC seeks to help Virginia Baptists to become involved in missions service by considering the amount of time they have available for serve and the gifts, talents, and interests they wish to offer.

Responders are individuals or groups of individuals with specialized skills, abilities, knowledge or experience or with other particular resources such as commitment to prayer, financial giving, or simply an able body and willing heart who stand “on call” to offer themselves when Virginia Baptists’ mission ministries have need of their gifts and talents.

Examples:

Disaster response ministries, construction missions, medical missions, Crisis Care Chaplains, volunteers helping with administrative needs, financial adoption of a missionary or orphan child, and prayer support for victims of disaster or for particular mission ministries ventures, etc.

Servants are individuals or teams who serve in hands-on missions for one week to six months.

Examples:

INDIVIDUALS: project or field coordinators,
collegiate summer missionaries, ministry apprentices

TEAMS: Partnership teams, youth groups on mission trips, camp staff, Impact VA! and Transformers

Venturers are individuals, eighteen years or older, who serve in hands-on mission roles for a period of six months to two years.

Examples:

Young adults taking a break
between high school and college or during their college career, new college graduates, adults transitioning from a secular career into a ministry, and retirees

Kingdom Advance Ambassadors are individuals who serve in an on-going specialty role in a mission field setting. Terms are usually longer than two years.

Examples:

Ambassadors to a country or people group (China, Liberia, Romany Gypsies, Latinos,
Military, and Muslims)