WGM COVID-19 Response

March  13,  2020    |    3  MINUTE  READ    |    Dr. Dan Schafer 

This post has been updated as of Friday, March 13, 2020, at 4:45 p.m. EDT.

World Gospel Mission’s COVID-19 Task Force continues to analyze the latest information related to the novel coronavirus from government agencies and medical professionals in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to ensure the safety of our members and the general public. Here is the Task Force’s official statement as of 3/13/2020:

• • Non-essential international travel for WGM staff that is scheduled for March or April will be canceled at this time.
  • International travel planned by teams and volunteers scheduled through April is canceled.
  • In response to local Indiana guidelines by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb access by the public to the WGM headquarters in Marion, Indiana has been restricted, but essential business operations of the mission continue uninterrupted. Staff who are able to are teleworking.
  • The Abbott Center, WGM’s guesthouse is closed to outside guests.
  • The limited access to headquarters is scheduled from Monday, March 16 through April 5.
  • Donations to WGM will continue to be processed normally and questions about donations can be answered by calling the office at 765-664-7331 or by emailing donations@wgm.org.

For those who were scheduled to participate in a short-term trip or volunteer experience during this time frame, we will save any funds you have raised for you to use for travel with WGM within the next year. If you do not plan to travel within that time frame, you can request to have those funds transferred to a WGM ministry of your choice. If airfare has already been purchased, we will have to see if the airline offers any type of cancellation waiver or refund. If they do not, we will not be able to recover those funds. However, the airline should offer you a travel credit for future travel within a year from purchase.

Thank you for your desire to serve with WGM, and for your passion to be a part of what God is already doing around the world. We will keep you updated through this dynamic and unprecedented situation.

Serving Him with You,

Dr. Dan Schafer
President of World Gospel Mission