Join the Mission

GO Teams are a great way to experience cross-cultural service firsthand by serving 7 to 10 days alongside one of our missionaries or partners.  Every year, our church offers several GO Teams for adults, plus some for students and families. These short-term teams serve at the invitation of our missionaries to meet a specific need. Recent GO Teams have: 

• Extended compassion and practical help to vulnerable children in the Dominican Republic and Kenya 

• Deepened relationships with First Nations Peoples in Ontario 

• Done Gospel outreach in key European cities 

• Used their construction skills to rebuild a community devasted by wildfires or hurricanes

Want to get to help extend a warm welcome to missionary families as they arrive for a short or extended stay?  Or help us extend missionary care in times of need? If you have a heart for hospitality and would enjoy getting to know our global workers more personally—join our “on call” team of Missionary Care volunteers.  When opportunities arise, we would reach out to explore who is available to help in the following ways: 

• Drive to O’Hare to pick up or drop off a missionary single, couple, or family. 

• Provide cookies, a welcome meal, or restaurant gift card when missionaries arrive. 

• Help stock the fridge where they are staying with a few basics for their first day back. (a great family or group project!) 

• Invite them for lunch or coffee at your home or a favorite eatery. 

• Offer your guest room overnight. 

• Join a team to help spruce up our missionary townhome in Wheaton, as we prepare for an arriving missionary family. 

To be added to our “on call” list, email Bethany Wetzel with ways you could help.  (bwetzel@wheatonbible.org). 

Many Christians have a burden for a part of the world but don’t quite know how to pray in an informed way. Prayercast.com videos (4 to 6 minutes long) are a powerful resource—combining the arts with innovative media to activate world-changing prayer.  Each video leads you in intercessory prayer for a specific culture and people group.  These videos are a great add to your devotional life or can be used in your small group. 

Check out this Prayercast video for France: https://prayercast.com/prayer-topic/france/ 

To pray specifically for our WBC missionaries, consider these options: 

• Join the email list of a missionary you would like to track with.   

• Receive a pictorial prayer sheet each month from our Global Outreach team with succinct requests from 8 to 10 of our current missionaries.  Email Bethany Wetzel bwetzel@wheatonbible.org to express your interest.  

When you give to Wheaton Bible Church, 30 cents out of every dollar supports our global and local outreach ministries—which are advancing God’s kingdom in over 50 nations. Special offerings, such as during MissionsFest or a major crisis (such as the war in Ukraine), help our missionaries and partners go the “second mile” as, together, we let our light shine to bring glory to God.   

Consider these strategic projects, which your “over and above” giving has funded this past year—in addition to providing monthly support for over 90 WBC missionaries and partners: 

• Development of a new Scripture app

• Launching a full-fledged sports program

• Launching a commercial bakery

• Opening a counseling center

• Providing daily meals, vocational training, and solar powered energy

• Equipping classrooms and adding new grade levels at international schools

• Providing theological education in Uganda and South Asia

If you feel the nudge to stick your toe in the water and explore missionary service, contact Pastor Bill Oberlin at boberlin@wheatonbible.org.  He would explore your interests and sense of call, and suggest options to gain understanding of and experience with cross-cultural service. This may include joining a GO Team, taking a “go on your own” missions trip to serve alongside one of our global workers, connecting with a WBC missionary, being matched with a missions mentor, or taking the Perspectives course. We also have an informal Missionary Preparation Program, which is customized for people considering God’s call on their life. Our team is eager to walk this journey with you, wherever you are in the process.

Each October, our church hosts MissionsFest—a nine-day churchwide focus on how God is working through our missionaries, partners, and our people to “Love  Our Neighbors” and “Love the Nations.” Inspiring, informative, and catalyzing—MissionsFest is an annual highlight for our church family as together, our eyes are opened to what God is doing in the world and here locally.  It is amazing what God is doing “through us” as we combine our talents, resources, and prayers to lift up Christ impactfully around the world and in our neighborhoods.  Soak in this opportunity to meet and hear from some of our 15+ missionary families and partners who join us for a week. And don’t miss special events, such as MissionsFest Classified, when we hear God-size stories from missionaries and partners who take us to the front lines and share glimpses of God at work in their contexts.