About Us
OUR VISION
To make Christ known in every vocational context around the world
Biblical Foundations
Vocational ministry is nothing new. In Acts we read of Aquila and Priscilla leaving Rome and conducting their tent making professions in Corinth. Next we read of Paul asking them to join his mission team in Ephesus by using their professions as their ministry platform.
In Acts 18.26 we read of them taking Apollo home for lunch after synagogue and “showing him a better way.” Thus, our name comes from Acts 18.26.
Meet Our Team
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Tom and Catalina
Nachtergaele
Chief Operating Officer and
18.26 Network board,
Finance Director
"Efficient, Effective and Economical"
Description of the 18.26 Network by Robby Holt
Pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Birmingham
Two Different Models, One Goal
Vocation as Mission
Secular career is ministry
Self-generated support
Employer provides salary and benefits
Partner with local missions team
Work alongside local church partners
Advance the Kingdom
Support-raising Model
Full-time Christian ministry
Churches and individuals' support
Mission agency provides salary and benefits
Fully engaged mission team member
Work alongside local church partners
Advance the Kingdom
An estimated 9 million American citizens live abroad...
BENEFITS
Vocational missionaries partner with an already-established team or global partner. The teaching, networking, and collective public witness of the team is a powerful gospel picture. In your job, you’ll begin by getting to know your co-workers and learning their needs and desires. Fruitful ministry will come through your desire to fellowship, cooperate, and witness to these co-workers. You will have the opportunity to reach folks, inside your company, that the team would not normally have access to.