Global Mission

Alternative Christmas Gifts

Alternative Christmas Gifts are being sold Sundays, beginning November 25, by CtK’s Global Mission Team. Order forms and shopping assistance are available at our table in the narthex. Stop and see our charming gifts! New this year: ornaments to help address infant and maternal mortality in Africa through Global Health Ministries. Give a gift to our Tanzanian partners in faith and you will receive a specially-crafted Christmas ornament and card, made by GM team members, to share with a loved one. (You may also download a form by clicking on the button below.)

Alt Gifts Form

Travel with Global Mission

Apply for a CtK Global Mission Scholarship
Scholarship funds are available for anyone planning to go on a international mission trip.
To apply for a scholarship, download the application (PDF) and a completed copy via email to Trish Blomquist.

Tanzania
Young adults (ages 19-29) from across the Saint Paul Area Synod are invited to walk shoulder-to-shoulder with peers in Tanzania. By connecting change-makers from different parts of the world, we’ll see what new thing God might be calling us all to.

Tentative dates: May 17-31, 2017
Estimated cost: $3500-4000

Additional applications will be received and reviewed until Feb. 1, 2017. For more information or to download an application, visit www.spas-elca.org/youngadults or email info@spas-elca.org.

Guatemala
The Saint Paul Area Synod also partners with the Lutheran Church of Guatemala (or ILAG). The Synod’s Guatemala Task Force is organizing a mission trip to Guatemala for all interested, whether you are part of a congregation partnered with Guatemala or not.

Tentative Dates: May 27-June 4, 2017

Cost: $1900

This trip is intended for anyone who would like to learn more about Guatemala and our mission work there. To apply, email info@spas-elca.org or contact Trish Blomquist at 651-283-3173 or trish-blomquist@comcast.net.

A bit about our partnership

Bega Kwa Bega (Shoulder to Shoulder)
Bega Kwa Bega is the name of our synod’s companion relationship with the Iringa Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Bega Kwa Bega—“shoulder to shoulder” in Swahili—describes both the model of accompaniment with the Iringa Diocese and the umbrella name under which a variety of programmatic efforts are carried out, including:

Congregational visits
Scholarship support for secondary and theological students
Congregational projects
Various other efforts around health care, agriculture, support for pensions for retired pastors, wells, sanitation and hygiene, conservation, and microfinance—to name just a few.

Iringa Diocese, ELCT
It is because of the generosity of our congregation, we have been able to do so much for the Iringa Diocese including:

Support capital improvements
Provide scholarships at several schools
Support economic development through agricultural initiatives
Organize trips to Tanzania for short-term missionary work

As we continue to address the challenges our brothers and sisters face each and every day, we welcome you to join us and continue to bring God’s love to the Iringa Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. There is nothing more rewarding than building life-long relationships with our brothers and sisters in Tanzania.

Our Missionaries
Christ the King sponsors two missionaries through the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and our Global Missions Team. Christ the King's current missionaries are Dr. Mark and Linda Jacobson. The Jacobsons have been medical missionaries in Tanzania since 1985. Mark is a physician serving as Director of Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre in Tanzania, Africa.

The Global Mission Team

The Global Mission Team serves Christ by bringing God’s love through Jesus Christ to those in other parts of our world. The Global Mission Team currently works with the Iringa Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT).

Our purpose is to sustain an outward focus for our congregation, reminding us of our larger mission in serving Christ throughout the world. We work to educate the congregation, the community, and the Saint Paul Area Synod about the improvements, accomplishments, and impact our resources have on our brothers and sisters in Tanzania.