Society Catalyzing Growth in Sending and Supporting Missionaries
by Stewart Wicker, SAMS President and Mission Director
This summer SAMS is undergoing some exciting transformations, and by God’s grace our capacity is growing. SAMS Missionaries Wade and Chelsea Weeldreyer are joining the home staff and are launching into a new ministry in their role as Co-Directors of Missionary Care and Mission Engagement. The Co-Directors will empower potential missionaries, candidates, and missionaries to join with God in His global mission. They will also resource Anglican Churches as they raise up and send these missionaries throughout the world.
As Co-Directors, the Weeldreyers will be focused on missionaries, supporting the servants who share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed across cultures. They will also seek to encourage churches and all senders to go deeper in their mission callings.Wade and Chelsea bring complementary gifts and experiences to this role combined with a clear passion to multiply ministry through fostering missionaries who make disciples of Jesus, who, in turn will make more disciples.
Wade and Chelsea concluded their initial missionary term in Kigali, Rwanda, two weeks ago. Wade served as a lecturer at the theological college of the Anglican Church of Rwanda. Chelsea came alongside the Rwandan-led ministry Word Made Flesh, reaching out to vulnerable women and children in the name of Christ. Wade holds a Master of Divinity and Chelsea a Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies. They both have international experience beyond Rwanda–and met each other in Israel in 2015. They were sent by their church in Highwood, IL, in 2022 with their one-year-old daughter Evelyn. Now “Evie” has a one-year-old brother William.
Wade and Chelsea will complete a brief Home Ministry Assignment and begin their second missionary term with your Society in their new role on August 1, serving as Missionaries on the Home Staff Team.
Learn more about Wade and Chelsea in this feature article of SAMS Messenger
Consider supporting Wade and Chelsea’s missionary ministry on SAMS Home Staff Team