Featured Missionaries

Jim & Linda Rinella

Oaks International

Supported Since 1990

Jim & Linda lead the campus ministry for Oaks International at Colorado State University. Their passion is to see college students come to Christ, to make disciples, and to send students and alumni out across the world into missions. They want to develop students to become leaders and laborers that will go on to serve God in their families, their churches, their jobs, and their communities. Jim is on the leadership team for the nationwide college ministry of Oaks International. He also serves as the Director of Staff Training with a focus on helping brand new Staff as they start in full time ministry. Jim and Linda have two sons Michael and Matthew. Matthew is also on staff with Oaks International. The Rinella family became part of the Grace Church family back in 1990. At that time, Jim also served on the Elder Board for Grace. Grace Church has prayed for and given to Jim & Linda as one of our church missionaries.

Let’s Pray 

• Praise God for a great group of freshmen men and women who have joined our campus ministry at Colorado State University this semester. They are serious about growing in their relationships with God and serving in the ministry!
• Pray for our son Matthew’s health. He suffers quite a lot with headaches, dizziness, and insomnia which all started with his traumatic brain injury. Praying for miracles for him with recovery.
• Please pray that God would send Christians into our son Michael’s life in Denver. Praying this would be the year he comes back to Christ and finds Christian friends.

Missions has been a part of our DNA from the very beginning!

1964 our first full time missionary was sent.

1966 we hosted our first missions conference.

Presently we support over 40 missionaries near and far. They include church planters, college campus ministries, international ministry, and training / discipling / mobilizing.

Who are our missionaries?

First of all we call our missionaries, "Global Partners". We consider our support of them a partnership, and we take it seriously! We pray for them continually and strive to keep in touch with them so that we can remain involved in their work. Their stories are amazing!

Grace Church Global Partners are young adults just heading out on the mission field. They are couples and families choosing to live in other countries to form relationships so they can share the gospel. They are individuals entrenched on college campuses. They are seasoned workers of God who have spent their whole lives in service to Him to share the love of Jesus and further His Kingdom. And they are people who live and work in their neighborhoods and churches to share the salvation of Jesus Christ in their own countries.

How do we support our missionaries?

No money is used from the operating budget of Grace Church to support our Global Partners.

The financial support for all our Global Partners comes directly from the generous family of Grace Church. Pledges are made in the fall of each year to help the GO Team oversee the yearly budget and make decisions on support.

Are there other ways Grace Church fulfills the command of  Matthew 28:19?                                                 YES! The GO Team supports

Short term missions trips (Adult & Youth)

Annual Missions Garage Sale (an outreach to the local community the benefits our Global Partners in a big way)

Conferences & learning opportunities