The light still wins.
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.” Isaiah 9:2
This Advent, pray with us for the nations, hear a word from Brad Staton each week, and see how the hope of Jesus is reaching people from anywhere to everywhere.
Four weeks, four stories of light
Each Sunday of Advent, MV President Brad Staton shares a short video and a written devotional, plus a story from the field.
The light still wins
Before Advent begins
Advent begins Sunday, November 29. Join Brad Staton for four weeks of hope, peace, joy, and love, and stories of the light breaking through around the world.
Hope
Peace
Joy
Love
Travel the world in prayer, five minutes a day
Each day from November 29 to Christmas, read a short passage together, pray for one place or group of people, and add a link to your paper prayer chain. Made for families, small groups, and anyone who wants to pray for the nations this Advent.
Click to download and open as a PDF to print at home on regular printer paper. On a phone, press and hold the button above to save or open.
Prayer Chain
Ornament
Phone wallpapers
Small Groups
Praying with a group? Pray through one week’s page each time you meet.
Faith passed from one person to the next
From a children’s home in Honduras to a living room in the United Kingdom, here is what the light of Christmas is doing through MV missionaries this year. New stories are added each week of Advent.
Keep each week’s prayers in front of you
Free graphics for each week of Advent, plus Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Use them as your lock screen, or share them on your Instagram or Facebook Story.
Carry the light with us in 2027
MV is a community of missionaries, pastors, disciple-makers, and churches who’ve said yes to the same calling. There’s a place for you with us.
Pray
After Advent, keep praying with us for the nations all year through the work of our missionaries and partners worldwide.
Go
Serve alongside MV missionaries for a week or two, and come home changed. See where teams are going in 2027.
Serve
Sense God calling you to the field? MV helps missionaries get ready, get sent, and stay connected, resourced, and growing.
Partner
Send a team, pray for a field, or walk alongside a missionary family. Let’s talk about what fits your church.
Get the weekly Advent devotional
Don’t get our emails yet? Sign up now to receive Brad’s devotional, his video, and a new story in your inbox each week of Advent. You’ll then be on the list for future email updates about Missionary Ventures.
Stand with missionaries this Christmas
Core Mission is the support behind every MV missionary: the care, leadership, and training that keep the gospel moving from anywhere to everywhere. Every story on this page is part of the mission Core makes possible.