Global Go Team | United States
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Springfield is the headquarters of the Global Go Team, and the center for U.S. based operations. In the United States the team focuses on helping provide emergency food supplies to needy families, as well as helping schools in need get the supplies they require. The goal of the team in disaster relief is to provide quick and effective service to regions hit hard by natural disaster. The U.S. Go team, as with the Global Go Team, is made up of professional volunteers who come to the aid of people in need all over the country. It is the mandate of our U.S. Go Team to ensure that our volunteers are trained and ready to respond in the time of need. Our headquarters is a level two Red Cross emergency response shelter, and many of our staff are certified to house and provide medical treatment including inoculations. The team has off road response vehicles that are capable of reaching the most isolated location. The team is continually networking with other agencies to ensure a rapid cooperative response wherever the need.
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The Global Go Team is cosponsoring a bible college in Lebanon to train new Muslim converts. Before the civil war in Lebanon the Christian population was 52% in 1960. Today that number has dropped to 32%. Lebanon’s government divides the nation’s rule between Christians and Muslims. Its land is even zoned for either religion. A great deal of openness exists in Lebanon. A tolerance has grown that has come at a great price. Yet the country continues to shift towards radical Muslim schools of thought. There is a timely need for Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant churches to work together to encourage those Christians remaining and to take a proactive role in protecting the heritage of Lebanon by remembering the great commission of Jesus Christ and sharing their faith with others. A biblical studies institution is desperately needed, and especially an institution that is geared towards those who have recently been converted from Islam.