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Global Missions & GO Trips
Calvary Church is committed to reaching the world for Christ!
We currently support 77 missionary families who serve in over 30 countries around the world. Calvary missionaries share the Gospel through personal ministry, Bible translation, planting churches, discipling believers, and training and equipping local believers to reach their own countries.
Global Outreach Trips (GO Trips) provide opportunities for our Calvary family to participate in short-term missions trips around the world.
Below, you'll find ways to get involved in world missions projects and activities and ways to support our missionaries through prayer.
Contacts: Pastor Sibu Rajappan, 704.341.5336,srajappan@calvarychurch.com & Sandy O'Donovan, 704.341.5323, sodonovan@calvarychurch.com
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Global Outreach Trips [GO Trips] offer Calvary members unique short-term missions experiences, usually lasting ten days to two weeks. Frequently, Calvary GO Trips support one of our missionaries in the field.
GO Trips are open to everyone, including students, young adults, families, and seniors. They provide a life-changing opportunity to get involved in missions work and share the Gospel with people in another culture.
If you have questions about your GO Trip application, the status of trips, or related details, please contact Sandy O'Donovan, Missions Coordinator, at 704.341.5323 or sodonovan@calvarychurch.com.
You may contribute toward a GO Trip using the links provided below.
2025 GO Trips
GO Senegal — June 11–20
This team, including our high school students, will host a soccer camp for local children, work with campus service projects, visit a Christian foster home, and do light construction projects with missionaries Nathan and Leah Finstad. They will also visit an agroecological training camp that prepares missionaries for farming ministries using ecological principles to design and manage agricultural systems and create sustainable food systems. Downtime will include a safari! Trip is FULL.
GO Germany — June 12–23
Calvary Worship Ministry will continue our partnership with churches in Germany, reaching out to the Kusel communities through concerts and evangelism. Missionaries Rich and Julia Rudolph partner with us for evangelistic outreach on this mission. Trip is FULL.
GO Romania — July 2–13
This team, including Calvary college students, will serve alongside missionaries Gabriel and Emma Aron in Constanza, working with their church-plant community and a local university. Opportunities include evangelism in an English café and outreach in a gypsy community. Trip is FULL.
GO Northern Kenya — July 25 – August 6
Medical missions, medical mission support, and desert evangelism with the Muslim population are the focus of this trip with missionaries Getachew and Betty Teshome. Trip is FULL.
GO Kazakhstan — October 2025
Calvary partners with two missionary families in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest metropolis and cultural hub. Our team will use recreation, children’s activities, and humanitarian aid to support them in reaching their communities for Christ. Accepting applications now!
Joni & Friends Family Retreats — August 11–15
Our teams will serve as camp buddies to those with disabilities at the Bonclarken Conference Center in the Blue Ridge Mountains, providing families with encouragement and a summer respite. For participants ages 16 and older.+ 
Joni & Friends Family Retreat
Special Needs
Serve a week at summer camp
Do you have a heart for special needs families? Consider serving at a Joni & Friends Retreat this summer. Volunteers assist families with special needs, allowing them to relax, enjoy a week away, and participate in activities without worry. Training is provided!
- August 11 –15, 2025 Retreat
Bonclarken Conference Center
500 Pine Drive
Flat Rock, NC
Contacts: Sandy O'Donovan, 704.341.5323, sodonovan@calvarychurch.com, or Pastor Jim Cashwell, 704.341.5393, jcashwell@calvarychurch.com
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2025 Missions Projects
Sharing the Gospel Worldwide
Calvary Church is committed to reaching the world for Christ. Your faithful and generous weekly giving will fund these special missions projects in 2025.
Calvary provides materials and financial resources for global outreach opportunities, ministry development, special projects, and humanitarian aid through our missionary partnerships and agencies. Ongoing priorities include translating Scripture, planting churches, training pastors, printing and distributing Bibles, and evangelizing in closed-access countries.
Below are some of our projects this year:
Youth Building // Philippines
In 2023–24, Calvary partnered with missionaries Jun and Amy Fabra to construct a building for their church plant. Praise the Lord, that church is thriving! God has blessed the church with many children and students. With a new youth building now under construction, Calvary continues to support this growing ministry.Church Addition // Kazakhstan
God has blessed missionaries Sergey and Svetlana Kadyrkulov as they reach families near Almaty. Providing a ministry space for children and students is the next step in reaching this community for Christ. The new outdoor recreation center will be used for sports outreach, Bible study, and evangelism.Bible Translation // Burkina Faso
God continues to use Calvary members George and Kathy Cail to reach the people of Burkina Faso. Over 1,000 people groups still have no Scripture in their language. Calvary will contribute toward translation efforts for one of these people groups.Church Building // Philippines
Missionaries Philip and Vina LeRoux have been translating Scripture, teaching Christ’s salvation story, and planting a church with the Agutaynen people on a remote island in the Philippines. Now it is time for a church building! This island is so remote that local boats will transport the building materials.Ifugao Project // Philippines
Now in its seventh year with missionaries Michael and Garet Gatawa, this church planting and discipleship effort funds ten full-time indigenous pastors, training them to lead self-sustaining congregations and reach their communities. Calvary provides motorbikes to help the pastors travel more effectively in this mountainous region.
Bible Translation // Wycliffe Bible Translators
Calvary is actively engaged in Bible translation in Tajikistan, Central Asia, India, Colombia, tribal Brazil, and tribal Mexico. These projects are often code-named in the closed-access areas with little Christian witness.Trauma Healing Conferences // SIM
Calvary missionaries David and Nancy Writebol equip church leaders to use Scripture and sound mental health principles to biblically care for victims of personal and global trauma, including trauma created by wars, conflict between people groups, civil disturbances, crimes, natural disasters, and epidemics.Church Planting // South America Mission
Continuing this five-year church planting project, Calvary supports two new churches in Santa Marta, Colombia.Muslim Outreach // SIM
Our ministry partners are training Kenyan pastors and using a missionary-led medical clinic to share Jesus and start churches among Muslim refugees.Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church // SIM
This project supports new office and dormitory space for the Calvary-supported Harding Bible School as they train the next generation of Christian leadership in Ethiopia and beyond.Training Pastors International
Calvary underwrites Pastor Training Institutes each year with missionaries John and Jennifer Balmer, helping pastors develop and disciple churches in Africa and Asia.Bible Distribution
Calvary provides Bibles for students in local public schools, internationals in our ESL programs, and people worldwide through various ministry projects.Missionary Support & Care
In addition to the monthly support our missionaries receive through the General Fund Offering, Calvary helps meet our missionaries' emergency needs throughout the year.Local Ministry Partnerships — Learn more at calvarychurch.com/local
Calvary Local Outreach — Learn more at calvarychurch.com/communityevents
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Missionary Residence
Help provide furnishings from our gift list!Calvary Church owns a new townhouse located just four miles from Calvary!
This townhouse provides rest and relaxation for Calvary-supported missionaries, usually for three to six months at a time. The residence features four bedrooms (or three bedrooms, plus a study), three full bathrooms and a half bath, and a large dining area for fellowship and entertaining.
A generous donation from a Calvary family fully funded the purchase of the new construction home.
The residence is located at:
4130 Alexander View Drive
Charlotte, NC 28226SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS—You can help furnish the new residence with a wide range of decor and houseware items to make it feel and function more like home. Choose items from our Amazon Gift List below to ship directly to the townhouse. Be sure to select "Calvary Church's Gift Registry Address" in your shopping cart.
Thank you for your support! Please note: we can only receive items from the gift list; we cannot accept other donations at this time.
Contact: Sandy O'Donovan, 704.341.5323, sodonovan@calvarychurch.com
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Missionary Prayer Team
Support our missionaries through prayerJoin our Missionary Prayer Team to support our Calvary missionaries each month through prayer.
Our missionaries share their specific prayer requests and praise reports with us each month. To receive the monthly Missionary Prayer and Praise newsletter by email, contact Sandy O'Donovan to join our prayer team.
Contact: Sandy O'Donovan, 704.341.5323, sodonovan@calvarychurch.com
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Missions Interest Groups
Educators & AviationCalvary is forming new missions interest groups. We invite you to join us and discover how you can help reach the world with the Gospel!
Christian Educators
If you are an active or retired teacher, teacher's assistant, administrator, or librarian, we need your help! The Calvary Missions team is working to organize educators in our congregation for prayer and to explore ways that educators can be involved in local and international missions.
Missions Aviators
Attention all Calvary missions aviators! We need your assistance in identifying and recruiting our next generation of missions aviators. Will you share your expertise and guide us in serving our current aviators well? Help educate the church on the history, testimonies, and opportunities available in missions aviation!
Contact: Pastor Sibu Rajappan, 704.341.5336,srajappan@calvarychurch.com