Dear Partners,

As an important member of the WorldVenture family, we want to inform you about some new and exciting changes our ministry is making that may impact your local area. With the goal of providing better service to our supporting churches and our missionaries, we are currently in the process of reorganizing our regional offices. I, Dave Childers, will be succeeding Dave Korb as your new “Regional Mission Director” (RMD) in your North Central region.

As in the past—only more so now—my team will bring the resources of WorldVenture to your "front door," and be available to assist you in successfully developing and implementing your congregation's missional vision, which we trust will lead to a greater passion for missions and for the Great Commission. Most importantly, as part of our mission's goal to provide the best missionary care possible, we believe this new structure will enable us to provide higher and better levels of support to your WorldVenture missionaries. In this regard, my team members and I will be there to personally coach and encourage your missionaries, help them raise support and facilitate a closer bond of connection with your congregation once they go to the field.

As WorldVenture's North Central Regional Mission Director, my passion is to come alongside you and your church to help equip and resource what God is calling you to do in terms of missions. I will also be assembling and training a team of regional ministry volunteers, consisting of "Regional Mission Coaches" (RMCs) and "Regional Mission Partners" (RMPs). The RMCs will focus on providing missional support to our church partners, missionary candidate coaching, championing our business-based mission efforts and introducing young people to our Journey Corps service and training program. The RMP positions are for individuals with occasional time to serve as mission advocate partners who can provide missionary, donor and church referrals to RMDs and RMCs, and to assist with local events. If you or someone you know would be interested in serving in one of these positions, please let me know!

Warmly in Christ,

Dave Childers
North Central Regional Missions Director
Cell: (773) 647-7926
D.Childers@WorldVenture.com

About Me: I have been involved in full-time ministry since I graduated from Eastern Illinois University. I initially served on Campus Crusade's high school staff in Spokane, Washington for three years, followed by seven years as a youth pastor, which is when I became passionate about involving students in global missions. This led to a 22-year stint with Reign Ministries of Minneapolis, taking high school students on short-term missions to over 45 countries. In 1995, I helped start a ministry called First Wave, which sent youth pastors to more than 35 nations to provide discipleship training to emerging leaders. I then served as mission pastor at two churches in the Seattle area. Upon accepting the position as North Central Regional Mission Director with WorldVenture, my wife Glenda and I relocated to the Mid-West and now live in Chicago. Along with my RMD responsibilities, I am also pursuing an M.A. in Global Leadership from Faith Evangelical Seminary in Tacoma, Washington. With a passion for mentoring younger women, Glenda serves as a mission coach on my team.