Christ's Church of Oronogo - Impact Ministry

Maggie sits down with Jordynn Griffith, Advancement Director at Life Choices - a medical clinic that provides free, confidential, gospel-centered care for people struggling with a sexual health crisis. In this episode, they discuss the variety of services and care offered through LifeChoices, stories of transformed families in our local community, and ways you can be involved with what God is doin...

In this episode, Drake talks with Austin Marple the director of Campus Christians at Pittsburg State University. This episode provides insight into the ministry happening at PSU and multiple ways you can support the mission of Campus Christians. - Campus Christians at Pittsburg State University is a non-denominational organization reaching out to believers of all church backgrounds. Our events and...

Generosity is huge around the holiday season. We all want to make an impact but the countless ways can be overwhelming and some even unhelpful. In this episode, Maggie talks with Keely Johnson, our Impact Ministry intern, as they discuss effective ways to be generous this Christmas. 

Tanner and Delaney Salva moved to Japan in December 2020 to work with Mustard Seed Christian Church in Tokyo. In this episode, you'll learn about their first season of life in Japan—language school and ministry preparation—and how God has been moving in Tokyo. - The Salvas are church planters working with Mustard Seed Network to plant churches in urban Japan. Japan is one of the most unreache...

Christ's Church of Oronogo has a long-standing relationship with Ozark Christian College. Drake talks with Chad Ragsdale, the Academic Dean of Ozark about their mission and ministry as a bible college. Ozark has been training men and women for Christian service for eighty years and this Fall they launched a Master's program to further extend their ministry. - Many people want to serve Go...

In this episode, Drake talks with Pastor Kenroy Clarke of Church Village Church of Christ about their vision to build a legacy of faith within their community. A feature component of this vision is their new building. They've faced a number of serious challenges throughout the building campaign but have forged ahead by faith, trusting God to provide and He has done just that. In March 2023, t...

Listen to the testimony of Ricky, the foreman on the building campaign that Church Village Church of Christ in undergoing. Coming to faith in Jesus through the preaching of the Word by Pastor Kenroy Clark, Christ has transformed Ricky's life and is using him to build a legacy of faith within his community. In March 2023, the men of Christ's Church have the opportunity to go work alongsid...

Drake talks with Tresha who was born and raised on the island of Barbados. She grew up at Church Village Church of Christ and is now raising her children, alongside her husband, in the very church community she grew up in. She also serves other kids in the church as the youth and children's minister. In this episode, you will hear Tresha's compelling testimony of powerful faith when faci...

Each summer our church takes students to Christ in Youth conferences like MIX and MOVE. CIY is one of our ministry partners with with events for students year around happening all across the nation and world. In this episode, you'll hear from Caden Ray as he and Drake talk about the life-changing week he and his friends had in Michigan. For more than fifty years, CIY has always found the best...

Each summer our church takes kids to Maranatha Bible Camp, one of our local Impact partners. In this episode, Drake talks with Robbie Wood and Ellie Dalyrmple as they tell stories from their experience at camp. Maranatha Bible Camp is a year-round ministry dedicated to bringing the best in Christian, Bible-based camp experiences. The mission of Maranatha is to challenge all people, especially chil...

Drake sits down with Jay Greer, Pastor of Mustard Seed Christian Church in Tokyo—the largest concentration of unreached people in the world. In this episode, they discuss how the Greer's ministry began 14 years ago, stories of what urban church planting in Japan looks like, and ways we as a church can continue to pray and partner with them.  Mustard Seed Network is a collective of church-plan...

Drake talks with Cynthia, her mom, Nereda, and sister, Adrianna, all represented in this episode by Michelle Zuniga's voice. Michelle served as an interpreter of Mexican Sign Language along with her husband, Chuy, who was also translating into Spanish for Nereda and Adrianna during the interview. They discuss what it looks like to be a family that values learning to communicate with sign lang...

Drake talks with Ivan, represented on this episode by Michelle Zuniga's voice, who served as a translator during the interview. Ivan shares about growing up as a deaf person in Matamoros, his time at Con Mis Manos, and how he now ministers to the students there as a teacher. Con Mis Manos is a ministry that reaches out to the Deaf in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Zuniga’s ministry provid...

Drake talks with Michelle Zuniga, founder of Con Mis Manos, and her husband Chuy who together run a school for students who are deaf. In this episode, they discuss how Con Mis Manos began, the realities of living and ministering in Matamoros, and ways we as a church can continue to pray and partner with them. Con Mis Manos is a ministry that reaches out to the Deaf in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico...

Maggie talks with the founders of Fostering Hope: Sarah Burch, Executive Director, and Joanna Holden,  Program Director.  In this episode they discuss the mission and beginning of Fostering Hope, what foster care looks like in our community, and the different ways to serve those in the foster care system. Fostering Hope provides hope, support and resources to children in foster care and their fami...

Maggie talks with James Whitford, Executive Director of Watered Gardens, about the birth and breadth of the ministry, the variety of ways they serve those who are poor and homeless, and the philosophy and purpose behind their charity work. Watered Gardens exists to serve the local Church in its mission to help the poor in Jesus’ name. Their desire is to see the Church boldly engaged with the homel...

Drake talks with Chad Brown (Ministry Director, Schuber Mitchell Homes) about his experience visiting Blackbox International's aftercare facility in the Dominican Republic. They also discuss practical ways our Christ's Church family can be involved with the ministry of Blackbox. Disclaimer: With the nature of Blackbox International's ministry, this podcast does mention sexual themes...

Drake talks with Wade Landers (President & Founder) and Roger Twitchell (Vice President) about the genesis of Blackbox International, the overarching global problem of sex trafficking, and the heart and purpose behind their ministry of Aftercare. Disclaimer: With the nature of Blackbox's ministry, this podcast does mention sexual themes regarding trafficking, abuse and trauma. No actual s...