missions
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Jesus challenged His followers to
"Go and make disciples to all the nations."
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From one end of the earth to the other, we want to impact communities with God's love that we might see His kingdom come and His will be done. Our regional, national and international missional opportunities are designed to expose us, and allow us to take part in, what God is doing in the nations through the healing power of Jesus Christ.
BIG CREEK MISSIONS
This 5-day trip to rural Kentucky with Big Creek Missions addresses the material and relational poverty of people living in some of the United States’ poorest counties. Serving with Big Creek is a great opportunity for whole families or individuals with limited or advanced missional experience.
If you’d like to learn more, click the button below or check out the Big Creek Missions website.
UPCOMING TRIPS
April 18-25, 2026
(option to go for a partial or full week)
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July 19-25, 2026
(Student Ministry trip)
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October 3-10, 2026
(option to go for a partial or full week)
NEW YORK CITY, NY
Spend 4-7 days supporting a long-term missionary in his work among West African Muslims. GO and teach English, share a meal and fellowship, prayer walk, visit a mosque, and worship with other nations. Learning about Islam and how it differs from following Jesus will be an essential part of trip preparation. This trip is recommended for young adults who have taken our missions classes. It will be hosted by Global Gates and led by members of our NYC vision trip team. Dates are still being finalized.
UPCOMING TRIPS
May 2025
September 2025
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Build relationships and share the gospel through basketball, baseball, and soccer clinics. GO and equip local church leaders with discipleship training and resources. This trip is open to men ages 16 and older, and men’s discipleship opportunities will be part of the trip preparation. It will be hosted by SCORE International and led by members of our DR vision trip team. Registration opens November 23.
UPCOMING TRIPS
May 26- June 1, 2026
PANAMA
On this 1-week trip to Panama, our team will serve with SCORE International’s missionaries David and Marianella to address physical and spiritual poverty through medical and evangelistic ministries. In addition to people with medical backgrounds, this missions trip is a great opportunity for anyone to serve evangelistically or in other support roles with children and families in a cross-cultural setting.
UPCOMING TRIPS
July 11-18, 2026
JAMAICA
On this 1-week trip to Harmons, our team will serve with Won by One to Jamaica to address physical and spiritual poverty. Won by One to Jamaica asserts that a partnership between Americans and Jamaicans is what allows their motto “Changing Lives by Changing Lives” to be a reality.
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If you’d like to learn more, click the button below or check out the Won By One to Jamaica website.
UPCOMING TRIPS
October 31 - November 7, 2026
SOUTHEAST ASIA INTERNSHIP
4-WEEK CROSS-CULTURAL MISSIONS INTERNSHIP
Are you interested in exploring your fit in long-term cross-cultural ministry? Are you wondering if you are called to the nations? We invite you to spend a month with Charter Oak Church missionaries in SE Asia to experience every-day life in a Muslim-majority nation. You will gain greater understanding of God’s mission and how He can use the gifts, abilities, and passions He’s given you to share the Gospel and build His Church among unreached people groups. You will participate in cross-cultural life and gain hands-on ministry experience serving alongside experienced missionaries who will mentor you and help you process what you are experiencing.
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Do you have questions?
Reach out to Kelli Whitehead at kwhitehead@charteroak.church
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Are you ready to apply?
SEND
"And how are they to preach unless they are sent." - Romans 10:15
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We should recognize that there are some that God calls to cross-cultural ministry and there are those who
co-labor behind them.
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Never think that just because you stay back while others go that you are less important or less meaningful in the case of world missions. You simply have a different role, but it is a vital one. Those that go depend on you.
How can I be a Sender?
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Send by using your finances to launch out others that are taking the Gospel to the world.
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Send by using your prayers. You can daily shoot prayer arrows around the world asking God to raise up laborers, empower those that are laboring, and bring about fruit for His glory in the world.
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Send through the work of discipleship. Disciple others with a world vision and seek to send them into the harvest field.
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TESTIMONIES
BIG CREEK
2023
PANAMA
2024
JAMAICA
2024