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Redwood Chapel's Missions At A Glance

Q: With what organizations are Redwood Chapel's missionaries affiliated?

A: Career missionaries whom we support are affiliated with

Q: With what other missions organizations is Redwood Chapel regularly involved?

A: In addition to other churches in the Castro Valley area, our prayer and/or working partners include

  • Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment (ACMC)
  • The Bible League 
  • EquipNet
  • The Gideons International
  • Northwest Medical Teams International
  • Pregnancy Choices Clinic 
  • Redwood Christian Schools
  • Valley Crisis Pregnancy Center
  • Walk Thru The Bible Ministries
  • World Impact
  • Q: Where are Redwood Chapel's missionaries stationed?

    A: Career missionaries whom we support are stationed in

  • Bolivia
  • Canada (British Columbia, Quebec)
  • Germany
  • Guatemala
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Kenya
  • Mexico
  • Okinawa
  • Philippines
  • Spain
  • U.S.A. (Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, Washington)
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • We also support others in undisclosed closed countries.
  • Q: In what sort of roles do Redwood Chapel's missionaries serve?

    A: Career missionaries whom we support serve as

  • Administrators
  • Bible translators
  • Church planters (including nationals)
  • Evangelists
  • Executive directors
  • Mentors (including nationals)
  • Mobilizers (including nationals)
  • Pastors (including nationals)
  • Pilots
  • Schoolteachers
  • Trainers
  • Q: Whom do Redwood Chapel's missionaries reach?

    A: Career missionaries whom we support seek to evangelize, disciple, and/or mobilize groups such as

  • Children who are abandoned or neglected
  • International students in the San Francisco Bay Area
  • National churches
  • National pastors and church planters
  • People groups who are "unreached"
  • Prisoners
  • Soldiers who are stationed overseas
  • Tribes who lack the Bible in their own language
  • University campus communities
  • Q: How is the financial support in Redwood Chapel's missions budget distributed?

    A: As of January 2003, our ongoing financial support is distributed as follows:

    By target group:

  • 32% unreached peoples
  • 19% reached peoples
  • 19% internationals
  • 20% campus/youth
  • 10% other
  • By job function:

  • 30% "discipling" (e.g. church planters, pastors, evangelists)
  • 28% "equipping" (e.g. trainers, mobilizers, Bible translators)
  • 42% "organizing" (e.g. executives, pilots, tech support, administrators, fundraisers, schoolteachers)
  • By missionary demographics:

  • 66% Redwood Chapel members
  • 9% nationals
  • 25% other
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    For more information on Redwood Chapel's missions program, contact our missions director Bob Pitney.

     

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