When Helping Hurts: Responding to Global Poverty
Missions is one of our church’s key values - extending the grace we have received to others in need, both locally and around the world. But, we don’t just want to pay lip service to this value; it’s...
View ArticleMcLean on a Mission: Church Planting in Rockville
Church planting is central to our vision here at MPC. We’d love to see our entire region covered with thriving churches, each reaching new people for Jesus. We’re excited to announce that our newest...
View ArticleMissions Update: Extending Mercy in Romania
This Christmas, MPC supported missions partner Romanian Christian Enterprises (RCE) with Angel Tree gifts for impoverished Romanian families. We are just starting to receive stories from the families...
View ArticleRe-Thinking Our Definition of Poverty
How would you define poverty? Most definitions include the condition of lacking material possessions and money; the deprivation of basic human needs, including food, water, sanitation, clothing,...
View ArticleMercy in Action in Romania
Over twenty years ago a group from our congregation started a ministry called Romanian Christian Enterprises (RCE) to rescue orphans and restore them to life in Christian families. The ministry...
View ArticleMcLean on a Mission: Supporting German Church Plants
In July, thirteen MPC members traveled to Germany to visit and support missions partner ProjektBerlin and its church plants in Berlin and Hamburg. We sat down with Carl Meyer, team leader, to learn...
View ArticleGet to Know Church Planter Paul May
Church planting is central to our vision here at MPC. We’d love to see our entire region covered with thriving churches, each reaching new people for Jesus. We’re excited to announce that our newest...
View ArticleThe Story Behind Our 2016 Thanksgiving Offering
“The Kibera slum is degrading, undignified. It is the rape capital of Kenya...It is Satan’s domain where he rules in all his power...Even after being in the slum for only a few hours, you come out...
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