Four Christian photographers with PhotoMission, including one Brit, took part in a recent missions trip to Belgium to encourage the growth of the Christian faith in the city of Ghent.
Three US members, Krista Guenin, Julie Robles, and Connie Wragge, and one UK member, Ian Homer, encountered the living God in new ways through a week of rich worship experiences and ministry that included a daily outreach to Belgium residents, international students and refugees.
The PhotoMission group joined up with a larger Operation Mobilisation Autumn Challenge team at the International Community Church Ghent (ICCG) where they worked together on reaching out to the city's residents.
Through the team's presence, their commitment to work together and their individual gifting, nine people served in a catalytic way to move the interest in the gospel forward in the city.
The team worked alongside Leo Proot, senior pastor and church planter of the ICCG who led the team members as they discovered more deeply through their time in the city what it means to reflect the character of Jesus and how this aspect of the Christian life becomes visible to, and in, the world.
The team served each other through daily household assignments, met for worship and Bible study and then applied what was learned on the streets of the city, in small groups held in college dormitories and during a time of worship and fellowship with refugees in a private residence.
This was the second missions trip undertaken by PhotoMission, following their first one to India in 2004.
The International Community Church Gent first began meeting in 1999 with a mission to establish a multi- cultural, city church with four sites at different locations by the year 2015. The vision of the church is to serve international people residing in Gent, offering them a community which helps them as they live beyond the borders of their homeland. The ICCG website is found at www.iccg.be
For more information about PhotoMission, the worldwide community of Christian photographers serving Christ through their lives and their talents go to www.photomission.com
Details of Operation Mobilisation UK can be found at http://www.uk.om.org/
