“Missions exists because worship does not.” John Piper rightly helps us understand the purpose behind missions. At Ardena, we desire to serve and support mission agencies and missionaries whose goal is to make worshipers of Jesus Christ. Throughout Scripture, we see God’s passion and desire that all people and nations be reached with the good news of Jesus Christ. Jesus has given us the command to “go and make disciples of all nations” in Matthew 28:19-20, and so we desire to be part of God’s redemptive plan.
Missions Statement of Purpose
For Ardena to find and support both domestic and foreign missionaries that have been called by God to evangelize and make new disciples in the places we believe need missionary investment.
To fulfill the Great Commission
“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” – Matthew 28:18-20
To spread the knowledge and love of God and the message of salvation
For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!” – Romans 10:13-15
Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” – Luke 10:2
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” – Matthew 9:37-38
Serving on Foreign Fields:
Pastor Raymond AbouMekhael Sending Agency: IPM-Int'l Partnership Ministries www@ipmword.org Pastor Barnabus Amber Sending Agency: AMG International www.amginternational.org Pastor Gulfam Bashir Sending Agency: AMG International www.amginternational.org Rick Kirschman Sending Agency: SEND International www.send.org Michael & Wendy Lambert Sending Agency: TWR (Trans World Radio) www.twr.org Richard & Sandra VanDillian Sending Agency: Christar-Ministry to Muslims in Holland www.christar.org
Allan & Theresa Weikel Sending Agency: TWR (Trans World Radio) www.twr.org Josh & Sarah Whitman Sending Agency: Italian Ministries USA www.italianministriesusa.org
Domestic Missionaries:
America’s Keswick Colony of Mercy/Barbara’s House David Harris, Partner Care Liaison www.americaskeswick.org Curt & Carol Detwiler Sending Agency: TWR (Trans World Radio) www.twr.org Jersey Shore Rescue Mission Phil Richards, Development Director www.jersyshorerescue.org
Ron & Bonnie Johnson Sending Agency: Missionary Gospel Fellowship www.mgfhq.org
Tom & Lorna Simcox Sending Agency: Friends of Israel www.foi.org Solutions Health & Pregnancy Center Robert Linker, Outreach Director www.solutionshpc.com
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no
one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and
languages, standing before the Lamb…and crying out with a loud voice,
‘Salvation, belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the
Lamb.'” – Revelation 7:9-10