Episode 175: Medical Missions: The Need for Healthcare Professionals in Global Missions
Mar 22, 2022
In this episode, Doug Christgau, ambassador for MedSend, speaks to the need for healthcare professionals around the world. This interview includes discussion on some of the obstacles for those wishing to participate in medical missions, stories of God at work through medical mission, and next steps for healthcare professionals considering missions involvement. As you listen, you will learn about a “well rounded” approach to medical missions and the strategic way medical missions can be used to fulfill the Great Commission.
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Rev. Doug Christgau, with his wife Christine, has served as outreach pastor in three churches since 1985, most recently at Valley Community Baptist Church of Avon, CT. During his tenure these three churches have sent 40 long-term missionaries while 2000+ people made commitments as missionary prayer partners. Doug has personally led over 100 short-term mission trips in several U.S. cities and 45 countries. Doug currently serves as Global Ambassador for MedSend, an organization that pays the educational loans of health care professionals who want to serve God in long-term missions both in U.S. cities and around the world. Doug is an avid road cyclist who has toured 30 U.S. states and rode from San Francisco to NYC in a month. Doug and Christine have 2 children and 11 grandchildren.
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