missions
The purpose of the Missions Team is to steward Peace Church’s calling to share the gospel and serve our neighbors. By strengthening, clarifying, and coordinating our local and global efforts, we seek to faithfully participate in Christ’s ongoing work through congregational input and prayerful discernment.
Missions we support in our community
360 Communities
360 Communities delivers safety and stability that improves lives. They build trusting relationships and work to break cycles of violence and poverty.
FMSC
Feed My Starving Children is a Christian non-profit that packages and distributes food to people in developing nations. Peace Church members volunteer regularly at packing events.
Kids Hope
Kids Hope connects church volunteers with elementary students for weekly one-on-one mentoring relationships. Peace Church partners with a local school to provide this proven, school-based program.
The Red Cross
Peace Church hosts several blood drives per year to support this life-saving organization. To sign up for an upcoming drive, visit redcrossblood.org.
Servants Church
Servant's Community Church is a small Christian community making a big impact on the West Side of Grand Rapids, MI. They serve their neighbors through worship, relationship, and practical care.
The Exchange
The Exchange is a co-operative community in Rochester, MN. They partner together, exchanging help, friendship, and skills for the good of all.
The Mercy Room
The Mercy Room at Peace provides free clothing and toiletries to anyone in need. It's open the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 12–3pm.
The Open Door
The Open Door connects thousands of local individuals each month with fresh, nutritious meals. They rely on community support to keep their doors open.
Missions we support around the world
Yohannes Bekele
Yohannes directs the Christian-Muslim Relations Centre at a seminary in Ethiopia, training pastors and church leaders, equipping them to provide a Christ-centered witness among their non-Christian neighbors.
The Bodes
Missionary Josh Bode and his wife Erica pastor PCO congregations in Oman. They build bridges and love their neighbors through the local church.
Samm Ellingson
Samm Ellingson serves on staff with Cru as a content creative working on the GodTools app. She is based at Cru's world headquarters in Florida.
The Staals
Cameron and Ashley Staal serve the Deaf community through the Caribbean Christian Center for the Deaf (CCCD).
"Being and becoming more like Jesus to help our neighbors know God."