Replicating Trauma Treatment through the Gospel
It’s a dusty, jaw-rattling, two-hour drive over rough Ugandan roads to get to the Kiryandongo Refugee Camp in northern Uganda. SAMS Missionary Cathy Clevenger and her team make the drive once or twice a month to minister to groups of refugees living there, but wisely,...
SAMS Offers “Complete Package” of Short-term Missions
Jennifer Ruben is a Jesus-follower and an Anglican committed to help other Anglicans engage in mission. As the founder of One 8 Go Global, her main aim is to summon others to take the Gospel to all nations. Her ministry takes its name from Acts 1:8, “But...
What is Mission?
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” (John 20:21) The idea of mission is not an exclusively Christian term. Corporations have mission statements. Astronauts are given missions. In one of my favorite...
Overheard in the Reijksmuseum
Two weekends ago, I took my older kids on a trip to Germany and The Netherlands to prepare for our deputation to Germany as SAMS Missionaries. After taking them to see our future home, I decided to take them up to Amsterdam, specifically to see the wonderful Van Gogh...
New Director to Orient Camp’s Focus on Church Planting in Europe
New SAMS Missionary Candidates Lee and Ela Nelson are responding to a call to contribute to the re-evangelization of Europe through the Knüll Camp and Conference Center in Schwarzenborn, Germany. Two ACNA jurisdictions will come alongside Lee and Ela and their...
Reflection from Kerry and Cynthia Buttram
Kerry and Cynthia Buttram, SAMS Missionaries to the Netherlands We see the Light of the World... ... in Christ's work all around us. Here in Amsterdam at this time of year beautiful lights are on display all over the city reflected in the many canals and creatively...