The idea for Team Expansion was born in 1978, during a small prayer meeting at a Bible college in Eastern Kentucky. There were eight guys in a crowded dorm room and all of them signed their names on a world map. Our president, Doug Lucas, happened to sign beside the country of Uruguay. Four years later, Team Expansion fielded its first team, to Uruguay, by God’s grace.

For the next 40 years, Team Expansion continued to send out teams to unreached parts of the world. As we learned more about disciple-making movements and multiplication, Team Expansion evaluated and shifted strategies and tools. But our goal was always the same: to take the Gospel to people who had never heard it before.

But over the years, God has grown our team and refined our approach. In 2018 we had 300+ missionaries serving in 40+ countries, we are multiplying disciples and churches among the unreached on a huge scale. With strategies like Disciple-Making Movements, Community Health Evangelism, and Media to Movement, we are seeing an unprecedented response.

https://teamexpansion.org/

Parents with an adult child dealing with substance use disorder involving either drugs or alcohol find hope and support through Parents of Addicted Loved Ones (PAL). Meetings are available all over the country, and lives are being changed every day. It’s not an easy journey, but you don’t have to go at it alone.

You are not alone.

To have a child lost to alcohol or drug addiction is to suffer a thousand deaths. The more you try to save them from their addiction, the more it burns a hole in your heart. Watching their light fall away into darkness, you enter your own world of pain. But while you may feel stranded by fear and confusion, you are not alone.

The Pal Group

hanks to the generosity of our community, Old Town Mission offers a variety of FREE programs, services, and events to support our neighbors in need.

Join Old Town Mission today!

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Our services include a client-choice food pantry, community meals, showers, resources for people who are unhoused, Cuts for Free (haircuts), the Kids Shop, the Clothing Closet, family-friendly activities, and more!

Support Old Town Mission's efforts today!

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Annual events, including Operation: Back to School, the Great Turkey Giveaway, the Gift of Warmth, the Clothing Connection, and Christmas Celebrations

Have you ever wondered just how many people have prayed alongside you as you petition God for something dear to your heart? We are so excited to introduce our new prayer counter! This simple site helps us keep track of who is praying alongside us for those to come to know Jesus. Check it out to see just how many prayers have been prayed, and to add your prayers to the list!

Check it out!

https://gnpi.org/

https://youtu.be/Ck_pbFHcBDk

For over 35 years the Christian HolyLand Foundation has been focused on educating and advocating for issues concerning Israel and Palestine, both in the Middle East and in the United States. Israel is a nation full of beautiful and traumatic history. It has been a place of great religious significance as well as great turmoil and suffering. CHLF wants to help bring grace, peace, understanding through Christ to this incredible land and its people. 

In the Middle East, CHLF works with local churches and pastors to disciple, encourage, and grow the local Christian community through evangelism, church planting, discipleship, relief and development ministries, and many more outreach programs.

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In the United States, CHLF educates on and advocates for the many complex issues facing the Holy Land today. We offer programs for churches, small groups, or other ministries to help your church better understand these challenges. We also organize and provide trips to the Holy Land to help educate and advocate through travel by spending time in communities, providing authentic cultural engagement, showing the reality of peoples' daily lives and visiting biblical sites with experts, theologians, and historians.

​https://www.chlf.org/

Managing a blended family can be challenging and disorganized. Scattered information leads to missed appointments, communication breakdowns, and stress.

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Empowering 42,000+ Families Worldwide

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Are you ready to be changed forever? We're delighted that you have decided to take this crucial next step of going on a mission trip! Remember, you're representing not just CCV, but the Lord Jesus Christ. And so we want to remind you that at CCV, our mission is to win people to Christ, to train believers to become disciples, and to send disciples to impact the world. I’m sure you know that was Jesus final words to hid disciples and to us today when he finished his earthly mission. It is known as the Great Commission.  

 God has called a lot of different people on this trip with you. You are needed. Your skills are valued, but they're not more valuable than what the team has to offer. So we want to encourage to function as a team and just take good care of one another. 

 Someone once asked me, what is the single biggest barrier to a successful mission trip? Without hesitation, I said, understanding the culture of the region of the world that you are visiting. Imagine the world divided into three regions North, East and South. CCV goes to all three of those regions. So it is critical that the team understands the people who live in those regions. 

As we close out 2024 on behalf of CCV and our Mission and Outreach entire team, Merry Christmas. May God bless you and your family in the coming years.

Today, we have the incredible honor of hosting Dr. James O. Davis, a man whose ministry has made a profound impact around the world for decades. From founding Cutting Edge International to leading the Global Church Network, Dr. Davis has dedicated his life to mobilizing and equipping pastors and ministries to fulfill the Great Commission.

In this episode, we dive into his inspiring journey, his vision for global ministry, and the groundbreaking work of the Global Church Network—a coalition of over 2,700 Christian ministries and denominations worldwide. With more than 700,000 churches represented, this network has become the largest pastor's network in the world, uniting leaders with the shared goal of completing the Great Commission by 2030.

Dr. Davis also shares insights from his brand-new book (don’t worry, we’ll link it in the show notes!) and updates us on the exciting initiatives happening across the Global Church Network.

Join us as we hear from Dr. Davis about how God is moving through this incredible network, the importance of collaboration in ministry, and how we can all be part of this global mission.

Let’s jump in!



LINKS 

Website: https://jamesodavis.com/global/global-church-network/

Blog: https://jamesodavis.com/blog/

Book: https://jamesodavis.com/product/the-joy-book/


Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church/ 

CCV Missions:  www.ccv.church/missions  

Pastor Larrie Fraley: linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032 

Email: [email protected] 

Today, I'm joined by Travis and Abigail, who have an inspiring story about following God’s call. Formerly on staff with us at CCV, Travis, along with his wife and four children, felt led to step into mission work. They reached out for guidance, and I connected them with Team Expansion, an organization that carefully prepares missionaries through a process of deep discernment.

Today, they’ll share how their journey unfolded and the impact of their obedience.





Christ’s Church of the Valley: https://ccv.church/ 

CCV Missions:  www.ccv.church/missions  

Pastor Larrie Fraley: linkedin.com/in/larrie-fraley-53445032 

Email: [email protected]