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, Josiah Harling, will be your new “Regional Mission Director” (RMD) in your Southwest 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 Southwest 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,

Josiah Harling
Southwest Regional Missions Director
Phone: 800-487-4224 x2531
J.Harling@WorldVenture.com

About Me: I come with a strong family background in ministry and missions. Born in Sudan when my parents served there as missionaries, I was raised in America as my parents assumed pastoral positions in a number of churches. Prior to taking on the role as WorldVenture's Southwest RMD, I worked for four years with WorldVenture in missionary recruitment primarily in the Southwestern U.S., where I gained much experience and insight into the process of mobilizing missionaries, and developed a deeper understanding of the church's role in global missions. I have previously served in mission leadership positions in several congregations throughout the U.S. as well. I possess a B.A. in Psychology from Houghton College in Houghton, New York, and am currently pursuing an M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. I currently live in Westminster, Colorado, and plan to marry in June of this year; afterwards, my bride Shaina and I will be relocating to Southern California.