Bring Your Skills to the Missions World
This week the blog is sponsored by TWR, also known as Trans World Radio, and is called to reach the world for Christ by mass media so that lasting fruit is produced. Pete and Debbie Lee were living the American dream. The parents of two children, the Lees lived in Greensboro, North Carolina, and were actively serving in a church they loved. Their 17-year-old IT business had just had its best year – another in a string of best years. There was no reason to think the success wouldn’t continue indefinitely. They weren’t preachers or linguists, or medical professionals — the skills one might typically connect with mission work. Yet God called them to leave their home, their church and their city and move overseas with their children where Pete would use his IT skills in missions – specifically with TWR. “I loved what I did, but once I felt God call me, I just couldn’t imagine being anywhere else,” Pete said. With its use of mass media, TWR has places for all sorts of missionaries in what might be thought of as nontraditional roles, said Alan Lawton, U.S. director of Mobilization and Human Resources for TWR. “Christ’s commission to go into the world and make disciples isn’t just for people with the gifts of evangelism or Bible translation,” Lawton said. “It is a commission for everybody.” TWR has opportunities in a wide array of fields, from video production to Spanish language proofreading. But there are four areas in which TWR is particularly looking for … Continue reading Bring Your Skills to the Missions World
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