Global Missions at Christ Church
"For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations.
For my name will be great among the nations says the LORD of hosts."
~ Malachi 1:11 ~
Christ Church exists to proclaim and portray the Lord Jesus Christ and His gospel as the only message of salvation and life. As Christ Church strives to be a “training and sending church,” we understand the primary role of our local church to take biblical responsibility for equipping, sending, and shepherding those among us whom God has set apart for missions.
Vision & Focus
At Christ Church, we use the term missions primarily to describe cross-cultural ministry carried out by trained and qualified workers who plant and strengthen indigenous local churches. The Missions Team seeks to inform, inspire, and involve the whole congregation in the work of global missions.
The Missions Team to mobilize the congregation in their involvement in missions through various means and opportunities.
We want to lead in creatively supporting, serving, and shepherding our corporate missions interests. Ultimately, we aim to identify missionary candidates and establish a training pipeline that provides a pathway for those sent out from Christ Church to be well-equipped for mutually agreed-upon long-term ministry in strategic fields.
The Elders and Missions Team agree that the two primary focuses of missions at Christ Church will be the planting and strengthening of local churches.
Missionary & Ministry Partners
Steve and Lois Krogh, Training Leaders International
Since 2014, Steve has served with Training Leaders International, equipping pastors in twenty countries where theological training is limited or unavailable. For over thirty years, he served in pastoral ministry, including roles as Senior Pastor in Northern California and Grand Rapids, Michigan. A graduate of Biola University and Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M., Old Testament), Steve is the author of Topography: A Pastor's Reflection on the Terrain Between Sundays, and his wife, Lois, wrote Pour Out Your Heart Prayer Journal: A Planner for a Life of Prayer (Crossway). In 2021, the Kroghs moved to Atlanta to help plant Christ Church, where Steve serves as an elder and Lois ministers to women; they have six children and nine grandchildren.
Gulf Theological Seminary
Gulf Theological Seminary is uniquely positioned for its vision for training church leaders to strengthen and plant local churches across a large area of the least-reached peoples on earth. Their local missions mindset harmonizes with our own. They do God's work from Central Asia, the Middle East, North and Central Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and parts of India and Pakistan.