Support Missions from Your Own Backyard

The internet has made our world both bigger and smaller—we communicate more with people globally, but our in-person time with those around us is shrinking. What does this mean for missions? In this session, you’ll discover creative ideas for how we can all participate in the joy of sharing the gospel in our neighborhoods and around the world.

Tina Boesch has lived in seven countries on three continents. She and her family lived in the Middle East for more than a decade. She works at Lifeway and manages the women’s Bible Study publishing team. She’s the author of Given: The Forgotten Meaning and Practice of Blessing and has written for The Gospel Coalition and Christianity Today. You can find more of Tina’s writing and her stained glass window design at her website.

Jen Oshman has been in women’s ministry for over two decades on three continents. She’s the author of Very Good: What the Bible Says About Being a Woman, as well as Enough About Me, Cultural Counterfeits, It’s Good to be a Girl, and Welcome. Jen is the mother of four young adult daughters and the director of women’s ministry at her church. Her family lives in Colorado where they planted Redemption Parker.

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra (BA, Dordt University; MSJ, Northwestern University) is senior writer and faith-and-work editor for The Gospel Coalition. She is also the coauthor of Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age and editor of Social Sanity in an Insta World. Before that, she wrote for Christianity Today, homeschooled her children, freelanced for a local daily paper, and taught at Trinity Christian College. She lives with her husband and two sons in Kansas City, Missouri, where they belong to New City Church. You can reach her at sarah@tgc.org.