The Missionary Lifecycle: Part II – Getting Established in the Field
This is the second perspective in a four-part series covering the various stages of missionary life. In this 2nd stage, we hear from SAMS Missionaries Bob and Traci Gresser, who with their three special needs children Andrew, Daniel and June, have been getting...
The Missionary Lifecycle: Part 1– Preparing to go to the field
This is the first in a four-part series of articles covering the various stages of the cycle of missionary life. We will hear directly from SAMS Missionaries themselves about their experiences. In this pre-field stage, we hear from Logan and Samantha Gates, who with...
The Seminary and Global Mission Today: Hard Questions and Real Challenges
In recent years there has been a conspicuous trend in North American theological education: small, residential seminaries with strong denominational identities are those most likely to be in institutional decline, while large, interdenominational seminaries that...
Owens called to lead Christ Church Bangkok
Wesley and Ana Owens are pursuing a missionary call with SAMS and the Diocese of Singapore, where Wesley has been invited to serve as the Vicar of Christ Church Bangkok, in the Anglican Church of Thailand. The call to lead this parish integrates well with Wesley and...
Unto Us a Church is Born
If you scroll in and search a Google map of San Miguel de Allende, you’ll see a, “Capilla Sin Nombre” which is to say, “Chapel with No Name.” And I think if you were in a small town in Mexico, looking for a traditional Anglican priest, it would be a similar task. Who...
Young Anglicans getting involved in Mission through SAMS
“Go to the ends of the earth.” For young adults opportunities abound to serve cross-culturally from one month to one year through the SAMS Missionary Bridger Program. CJ McDowell, a member of The Falls Church Anglican in Virginia, is one such example. Having graduated...