Caleb Taddeo

For one week I was a West Virginian. I don’t know about you but it’s always right at the end of the trip where I get the hang of everything. The roads and the landmarks start to click. I understand the way to talk and dress, etc. For a week, I wore boots and jeans, I got called buddy, sweetie, honey and even a, hey you look like me. I started up a conversation everywhere I went and worked with my hands all week. I was a full blown, West Virginian. But it was more than that, this week I...

I want to travel and serve the Lord, but how? For a long time, I assumed that calling meant going overseas. Being a missionary sounded incredible. New places. New people. A clear sense of purpose. But the more I paid attention, the more I realized something uncomfortable and undeniable: there is so much need right here. Our neighbors are struggling. Hunger. Being unhoused. A lack of clean water. Isolation. Needs that many people don’t associate with places near them—yet they exist down the...

When most people hear the word missions , they picture passports, planes, and places far from home. Overseas work is vital, biblical, and deeply needed—and it always will be. But lately, I’ve felt a growing conviction about something closer, quieter, and often overlooked: the mission field right outside our front doors . Across the United States, there are towns tucked between highways and mountains, rural counties and small cities that rarely make the news. Places where churches are...