HELP US SOW KINGDOM SEEDS!

In September, we will have our 3:16 Global Missions Offering. Our donations will help Greece, Panama, Ukraine, and Zambia. Though each country has been significantly impacted by COVID and economic decline over the last few years, our partners in these countries have stories of salvation, generosity, growth, and equipping. There is nothing that can keep our God from working wonders!

Sunday, September 29, is our 3:16 Global Missions Offering. Whether your financial gift is small or large, know that it will be used to proclaim the good news of Jesus throughout the world. Please join us in this effort. You can bring cash or a check, or you can give online by clicking the button below.

MISSIONARY SPOTLIGHTS

WATCH previous VIDEOs FROM OUR MISSIONARIES

We are so grateful to be able to communicate with each of our missionaries this season. There is a lot going on in each of their ministries, so please take a moment to watch the videos below to hear an update about each mission location.

SOWING THE SEEDS OF THE KINGDOM

We are called by God to help sow the seeds of the Kingdom and engage in mission efforts that help people see Jesus. Though that mission begins right here in Memphis, it also extends to the ends of the earth because God has called us to make disciples of all nations.

Sycamore View is involved in mission efforts around the world including Greece, Panama, Ukraine, and Zambia. God is doing great things through each of these locations including sharing the gospel, feeding the hungry, caring for orphans, providing medical assistance, and training followers to spread the message of Jesus.

Check out the map below to see each of our missions locations.

Learn more about each mission effort in the sections below.

ATHENS, GREECE

Sycamore View has partnered with Dino and Mata Tzanetos in Athens, Greece for over 30 years. Dino serves as the minister of the Ambelokipi Church of Christ and helps manage the Athens International Bible Institute. The couple helps with many local  outreach projects including children’s ministries, feeding the hungry, caring for refugees, providing medicine, and leading Bible studies. God has done and continues to do great things through their ministry. 

PANAMA OESTE

Sycamore View supports the work of Gonzalo and Mayra Salinas in Oeste, Panama. We first met the Salinas family several years ago when Gonzalo was the preaching minister for the Iglesia de Cristo, a Spanish-speaking church, that met at our church building for many years. Now he ministers to a growing church just west of Panama City. Over the last few years, this church has tripled in size and continues to grow as they minister to youth, host marriage seminars, lead Bible studies, and planting new churches. The Sycamore View Youth Group sends volunteers to work with and encourage these brothers and sisters in Panama each summer.

KIEV, UKRAINE

We are grateful for the opportunity to support two special ministries in Ukraine: Ukrainian Bible Institute and Let’s Love. UBI reopened in 2022 and continues to help men and women go deeper in their understanding of Scripture and make disciples across Ukraine and the world. The UBI director, Brandon Price, is currently residing in Slovakia due to the war and conducts the school virtually. 

Let’s Love is a ministry that shares God’s love by supporting war refugee, leading summer camps, providing humanitarian relief, and providing chaplaincy services to the military. Let’s Love was founded by our dear friend “Dema” (Dmytro Grischuk). 

Future Missions

In 2023, our Ukrainian missionary, Dema, made a transition out of his missionary position. Our 3:16 Missions Team decided to keep funding this budget line item ($15,000 annually) to create some funds to help launch a new international mission effort or support a new-to-Sycamore View mission effort.

CHILANGA, ZAMBIA

We partner with David and Lorie French in Chilanga, Zambia on the African continent. David is the Director of Zambia Missions and the President of Daybreak: Mission of Hope (DMH) where he serves as the Dean of Daybreak Bible College and a Bible teacher. Lorie serves as Supervisor of the Primary School, the women’s program, and as a teacher in the college. David and Lorie have lived in Zambia since 2004. Their work in Zambia includes teaching students at the Bible College, and supervising agricultural training, elementary education, orphan-care, distribution of humanitarian aid, and general healthcare. Daybreak is dedicated to holistic missions -- an approach that seeks to encompass both spiritual and humanitarian needs. 

 JOIN THE GLOBAL (3:16) MISSIONS MINISTRY TEAM

Our Global Missions (3:16) Ministry Team exists to support Sycamore View’s Strategic Partners and the needs they have by seeking active participation from our church family. If you would like to help with any of the ministries above or serve on this team, please contact Terry Miller.