Missions

Doing missions outreach trips and projects is a big part of our calling. We’ve had the privilege to take our music ministry to 25 different countries around the world. We consider ourselves missionary-evangelists and like to use the term “musicianaries”. You can view our photo album to catch a glimpse of our most recent trip, follow our blog to catch real-time updates while we’re gone and read below for more information about our current missions projects or endeavors.

REACH OUT - New song by Kristian Walker written for World Serve International

I WROTE THIS SONG TO HELP CONVEY THE PARALLEL BETWEEN THE NEED FOR CLEAN WATER AND THE NEED FOR LIVING WATER. I was inspired to write this because of our involvement with humanitarian and compassion ministry in East Africa, where we’ve witnessed the water crisis firsthand. 6000 people die everyday due to waterborne illnesses or no access to clean water, with a very high percentage of those people going into eternity without any knowledge of the Living Water. I serve as a Church Relations Liaison with World Serve International, which partners with churches, corporations and individual donors to facilitate humanitarian and compassion projects around globe to build a bridge for ministry. Having a tangible human need met opens the hearts of people (and whole communities) to receive ministry for their spiritual needs. This song parallels the great need for clean water with the need for the message of the Living Water and compels us to do something about this major crisis facing our world – to “Reach out with the love of Jesus to the world.” Go to: www.worldserveintl.org to learn more about World Serve.

AFRICA 2011 – MT. KILIMANJARO CLIMB with WORLD SERVE INTERNATIONAL

In January, 2011 I was in Tanzania, E. Africa doing some worship ministry and climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro (the highest free-standing mountain in the world) with 40 other pastors & Christian businessmen. We tackled the highest peak in Africa to help conquer one of the greatest challenges – the lack of clean water. Over 1 billion people have no access to clean water, and 38,000 children die each week due to waterborne illnesses. Each pastor climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro raised the funds for a water well to be drilled in an African village, so the climb will result in 40 wells being drilled & over 100,000 people receiving clean water. Check out my BLOG posts to see some video clips and pictures from each day of the climb.

GREECE / AUSTRIA – 2010

In Oct., 2010 we did a 2-week missions trip to Greece, Austria and Switzerland . We had an awesome technical and music team with us for the first week in Greece, as we did a complete “Media Makeover” at International Christian Fellow in Athens. In addition to completely overhauling the church’s audio, video, lighting and decor, we had the opportunity to minister at the Teen Challenge Center in downtown Athens, doing outreach concerts and coffee house ministry and touching many desperate people with strong addictions. We then ministered through worship and the Word in the first service ICF held in their newly remodeled sanctuary. The people were ecstatic as they entered into a completely new environment. For the second week, Shannon and our 2 girls & I flew over to Central Europe, where we had the opportunity to share our worship and teaching ministry at a pastors’ retreat in Austria, and then in 2 Sunday services at a great church in Lugano, Switzerland.

We stepped out in faith financially for this trip to happen (as we often do), so we really need to raise some additional funds to cover the expenses we accrued – mostly for the much-needed audio & media equipment we purchased for the Athens church.

If you would like to link arms with us in a tangible way and give an offering toward the “media makeover” in Athens or toward our general expenses for this endeavor, just click here: http://kristianwalker.com/products-page (scroll all the way down to item #11). We will send you one of our CDs (of your choice) as a thank you if you are able to contribute $25 or more.
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WORSHIP ENCOUNTER AFRICA 2010

January 13-27 we took a worship ministry team to Malawi and Tanzania, E. Africa! We taught worship seminars, leading worship concerts & outreach events. We also partnered with an International Media Ministries radio launch team to install a television production studio in Malawi and start a new radio station in Tanzania. Below you can meet the team we took. To read our blog posts and daily journal from our 2010 Africa trip click HERE.