
November 5, 2026
Not Just on Sunday
Lonetta McKee
Missions highlights organizations dedicated to advancing the gospel beyond their local context serving churches through global partnerships, cross-cultural ministry, and on-the-ground support. This organization type includes mission agencies and networks that equip and send workers, strengthen indigenous leaders and churches, and mobilize congregations through prayer, giving, and hands-on opportunities to participate in God's work around the world.
218 organizations
Church of ChristBibleTalk.tvBibleTalk.tv provides free Bible-teaching videos, study plans, books, podcasts, and downloadable resources for individuals, small groups,…
BibleTalk.tv — Organization Profile BibleTalk.tv is a Christian Bible-teaching platform that provides free video classes, sermons, devotionals, books, articles, podcasts, study plans, and downloadable teaching materials. The ministry’s stated mission is to provide free, high-quality, doctrinally sound Bible teaching that…
BibleTalk.tv — Organization Profile BibleTalk.tv is a Christian Bible-teaching platform that provides free video classes, sermons, devotionals, books, articles, podcasts, study plans, and downloadable teaching materials. The ministry’s stated mission is to provide free, high-quality, doctrinally sound Bible teaching that covers every book of the Bible. Its resources are designed for personal Bible study, church classes, small groups, and teachers who need structured biblical content. The ministry is overseen by the elders at Choctaw Church of Christ in Choctaw, Oklahoma, and serves users through a digital platform available to people in the United States, Canada, and worldwide. BibleTalk.tv began through the media and teaching work of Mike Mazzalongo, including earlier Bible-teaching programs in Québec, Canada. The online platform later developed…
BibleTalk.tv is a Christian Bible-teaching platform that provides free video classes, sermons, devotionals, books, articles, podcasts, study plans, and downloadable teaching materials. The ministry’s stated mission is to provide free, high-quality, doctrinally sound Bible teaching that covers every book of the Bible. Its resources are designed for personal Bible study, church classes, small groups, and teachers who need structured biblical content.
The ministry is overseen by the elders at Choctaw Church of Christ in Choctaw, Oklahoma, and serves users through a digital platform available to people in the United States, Canada, and worldwide. BibleTalk.tv began through the media and teaching work of Mike Mazzalongo, including earlier Bible-teaching programs in Québec, Canada. The online platform later developed through the work of Mazzalongo and Hal Gatewood, combining Bible teaching, video production, streaming, and web-based distribution.
BibleTalk.tv operates by organizing Bible-teaching content into series, sermons, devotionals, books, student workbooks, teacher’s guides, audiobooks, podcasts, quizzes, study plans, and topical collections. The website also offers an “Entire Bible” pathway, allowing users to follow a structured study through every book of the Bible. Many materials include video lessons, notes, transcripts, discussion questions, and downloadable resources so that individuals and congregations can use the content in multiple teaching settings.
A distinctive part of BibleTalk.tv’s work is its open-source approach to Bible-teaching materials. Most materials are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license, allowing users to play, download, teach, and share the content as long as it is not resold. The ministry also provides apps, help guides, a Church 101 section, and resources for congregations that want to use BibleTalk.tv in classes, small groups, or local teaching ministries.
BibleTalk.tv’s current team includes teachers, production staff, viewer response, church relations, outreach, platform management, and administrative support. The ministry’s public materials state that its resources are supported by individuals and congregations, with ongoing support from multiple churches. Its content is distributed through BibleTalk.tv, YouTube, Twitch, apps, podcasts, and other platforms.
People can engage with BibleTalk.tv by using its free study materials, creating a free account to track progress, sharing lessons with others, downloading resources for classes, using BibleTalk.tv in a congregation, subscribing on video or podcast platforms, or supporting the ministry financially. Donations may be made online, through Zelle, or by check through Choctaw Church of Christ with BibleTalk.tv designated in the memo.
Independent Christian ChurchBLOC MinistriesBLOC Ministries serves neighborhoods in Cincinnati, Knoxville, and Louisville through relational ministry, youth programs, recovery support,…
BLOC Ministries — Organization Profile BLOC Ministries is a Christian nonprofit organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on neighborhood-based ministry, relationship building, and practical support for vulnerable students, adults, and families. The organization states its mission as “building relationships with…
BLOC Ministries — Organization Profile BLOC Ministries is a Christian nonprofit organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on neighborhood-based ministry, relationship building, and practical support for vulnerable students, adults, and families. The organization states its mission as “building relationships with our neighbors and sharing hope in brokenness.” BLOC was started in 1998 by Dwight and Stephanie Young after years of youth ministry work among students and adults facing broken neighborhoods, limited support systems, and barriers to stability. The ministry serves communities in Cincinnati, Ohio; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Louisville, Kentucky, with a strong emphasis on staff living in the neighborhoods where they serve. BLOC’s public materials describe the ministry as creating connections and safe spaces for students, families, and adults to…
BLOC Ministries is a Christian nonprofit organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on neighborhood-based ministry, relationship building, and practical support for vulnerable students, adults, and families. The organization states its mission as “building relationships with our neighbors and sharing hope in brokenness.” BLOC was started in 1998 by Dwight and Stephanie Young after years of youth ministry work among students and adults facing broken neighborhoods, limited support systems, and barriers to stability.
The ministry serves communities in Cincinnati, Ohio; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Louisville, Kentucky, with a strong emphasis on staff living in the neighborhoods where they serve. BLOC’s public materials describe the ministry as creating connections and safe spaces for students, families, and adults to thrive in difficult circumstances. Its work includes programs for youth, men, women, families, immigrants, people affected by addiction or trafficking, and neighbors needing food, housing support, job training, mentoring, and spiritual care.
BLOC operates through several ministry pillars: women’s ministry, men’s ministry, student ministry, community ministry, and job training. Its women’s ministry includes Weightless Anchor, Redeemed Home, and jail ministry for women impacted by addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and survival sex. Its student ministry includes mentoring, tutoring, character-building, sports, after-school programs, and residential support. The organization also describes community programs such as Side by Side, For His Glory Food Pantry, Farm to Table, Horses on the Hill, and the Ola Immigrant Welcome Center.
A distinctive part of BLOC’s model is living where it serves and building long-term, personal relationships rather than operating only as a service provider. The organization says its staff live and raise their families alongside the people they serve, and many staff members raise support in a missionary-style model. BLOC has also developed job-training businesses and programs designed to help hard-to-employ teens and adults learn practical skills, gain work experience, and move toward stability.
BLOC’s impact pages describe work that includes serving women through a day shelter, providing food through For His Glory Food Pantry, training students through the Teaching Kitchen, offering healthy food access through Farm to Table, assisting immigrant families through the Ola Immigrant Welcome Center, and providing equine-assisted learning through Horses on the Hill. These programs combine practical care with mentoring, recovery support, education, and relational ministry.
People can engage with BLOC Ministries by volunteering, joining a mission team, applying for staff roles, giving to the general fund, supporting specific programs, donating through its online giving platform, or contacting the organization about local involvement. Churches, schools, groups, and individuals can also participate through BLOC Missions, which provides short-term service experiences in Cincinnati’s Price Hill community.
Independent Christian ChurchBright Hope InternationalBright Hope International works through local churches in six countries to address extreme poverty through relief,…
Bright Hope International — Organization Profile Bright Hope International is a Christian nonprofit organization based in South Barrington, Illinois. The organization describes its mission as bringing Hope to people living on less than $3 a day by working through under-resourced,…
Bright Hope International — Organization Profile Bright Hope International is a Christian nonprofit organization based in South Barrington, Illinois. The organization describes its mission as bringing Hope to people living on less than $3 a day by working through under-resourced, local, in-country churches. Bright Hope’s public materials emphasize that local churches are central to its model because they already have relationships, reputation, and long-term presence in the communities they serve. Bright Hope serves communities in Benin, Bolivia, Haiti, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia, with work focused in rural villages, remote areas, and urban slums. The organization has been engaging local churches in the fight against global poverty for more than 50 years. ECFA lists Bright Hope as an accredited member organization…
Bright Hope International is a Christian nonprofit organization based in South Barrington, Illinois. The organization describes its mission as bringing Hope to people living on less than $3 a day by working through under-resourced, local, in-country churches. Bright Hope’s public materials emphasize that local churches are central to its model because they already have relationships, reputation, and long-term presence in the communities they serve.
Bright Hope serves communities in Benin, Bolivia, Haiti, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia, with work focused in rural villages, remote areas, and urban slums. The organization has been engaging local churches in the fight against global poverty for more than 50 years. ECFA lists Bright Hope as an accredited member organization and describes its work as supporting churches that transform communities through physical aid, economic development, education, and spiritual development.
The organization’s ministry model is organized around three categories: Hope for Today, Hope for Tomorrow, and Hope for Eternity. Hope for Today addresses immediate needs such as care for orphans and vulnerable children, clean water, school feeding, medical care, and family strengthening. Hope for Tomorrow focuses on longer-term development through microfinance, job training, education, agricultural practices, and animal rearing. Hope for Eternity supports church ministries, church leadership development, evangelism, and discipleship.
Bright Hope operates by partnering with local, in-country churches rather than building programs apart from existing community leadership. The organization states that each community has unique needs, but each partner context includes an established group of Christ-followers who can serve as an accountable, local platform for holistic transformation. Its strategy is designed to help churches serve their neighbors while moving communities toward sustainability.
The organization also provides church partnership opportunities, country-specific giving, an impact catalog, prayer resources, planned giving, and donor stewardship information. Bright Hope’s public giving pages allow supporters to direct gifts toward urgent needs, countries served, Hope for Today, Hope for Tomorrow, Hope for Eternity, memorial gifts, planned gifts, and recurring giving through Hope Builders.
People can engage with Bright Hope International by donating online, praying through the prayer wall, joining the prayer team, exploring church partnerships, using the impact catalog, applying for career or internship opportunities, or contacting the organization directly. Bright Hope also provides financial stewardship documents, including audited financial information, Form 990 materials, board information, and links to accountability listings.
Independent Christian ChurchC2C MinistriesC2C Ministries trains and supports disciple makers through Chinese-focused evangelism, church planting, online discipleship, student ministry,…
C2C Ministries — Organization Profile C2C Ministries, also known as Chinese to Christ Ministries, is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Hooksett, New Hampshire. The organization describes its ultimate goal as making disciple makers for the Lord Jesus Christ. Its…
C2C Ministries — Organization Profile C2C Ministries, also known as Chinese to Christ Ministries, is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Hooksett, New Hampshire. The organization describes its ultimate goal as making disciple makers for the Lord Jesus Christ. Its public materials identify the ministry’s roots in Hong Kong Christian Mission, which began in 1974 through Wing Wong after his Bible and ministry training in the United States. C2C’s ministry focus is evangelism, church planting, disciple-maker training, and equipping Chinese Christians and Chinese-speaking communities for the Great Commission. The organization states that its work includes gospel radio broadcasting, Bible college and training centers, Bible correspondence courses, church planting, video conferencing, social media, gospel literature, community service, and team building. Its…
C2C Ministries, also known as Chinese to Christ Ministries, is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Hooksett, New Hampshire. The organization describes its ultimate goal as making disciple makers for the Lord Jesus Christ. Its public materials identify the ministry’s roots in Hong Kong Christian Mission, which began in 1974 through Wing Wong after his Bible and ministry training in the United States.
C2C’s ministry focus is evangelism, church planting, disciple-maker training, and equipping Chinese Christians and Chinese-speaking communities for the Great Commission. The organization states that its work includes gospel radio broadcasting, Bible college and training centers, Bible correspondence courses, church planting, video conferencing, social media, gospel literature, community service, and team building. Its mission page emphasizes training, equipping, sending, and supporting disciple makers in China and among Chinese students.
The organization is based in Hooksett, New Hampshire, with ministry activity connected to China, Taiwan, Chinese student populations, and Chinese communities around the world. C2C states that its church-planting work has spread across multiple provinces in China, with local leaders overseeing churches and continuing discipleship work. The ministry also describes campus ministry among Chinese students as a way to train people who can become ambassadors for Christ among friends, family, and communities wherever they go.
C2C operates through programs that include the New Approach Program, DMR Course, Youth DMR, Homeschooling English Supplementary Program, and Taiwan Outreach. Youth DMR is described as an online children’s discipleship program for ages 8–12, with classes including The Big Story Bible, I Believe, Now What?!, and New Buds on the GrOw! These classes are intended to help children understand the Bible, salvation, baptism, and Christian growth.
The organization also uses training and digital distribution to support believers and leaders in contexts where religious restrictions may limit access to in-person teaching. Its mission page describes Interactive Bible Correspondence Course as a Bible-college-level training course for church leaders, along with concentrated trainings, Bible college and seminary support, and electronic distribution of Bible and video lessons through the New Approach Program.
People can engage with C2C Ministries by giving online, donating by check, subscribing to ministry newsletters, contacting the organization, becoming an online teacher, joining a mission trip, adopting a grandchild through a gospel-sharing opportunity, or connecting through official social media channels. Donations may be made online or by mail, and the organization lists itself as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Independent Christian ChurchCamp IllianaCamp Illiana is a Christian camp in Washington, Indiana, offering summer camps, retreats, outdoor activities, service…
Camp Illiana — Organization Profile Camp Illiana is a Christian camp and retreat ministry located in Washington, Indiana. The camp describes its purpose as creating space for people to encounter God deeply and says it fosters transformative experiences that lead…
Camp Illiana — Organization Profile Camp Illiana is a Christian camp and retreat ministry located in Washington, Indiana. The camp describes its purpose as creating space for people to encounter God deeply and says it fosters transformative experiences that lead people to take their next step following Jesus. Its public materials emphasize summer camps, retreats, outdoor activities, service opportunities, and year-round ministry experiences for children, students, families, churches, and guests. The camp serves campers and partner churches across Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and the surrounding Midwest region. Camp Illiana is owned by Illiana Christian Assembly, Inc., which the camp identifies as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Its campus is listed at 723 E 450 S in Washington, Indiana, and Indiana’s youth-camp roster…
Camp Illiana is a Christian camp and retreat ministry located in Washington, Indiana. The camp describes its purpose as creating space for people to encounter God deeply and says it fosters transformative experiences that lead people to take their next step following Jesus. Its public materials emphasize summer camps, retreats, outdoor activities, service opportunities, and year-round ministry experiences for children, students, families, churches, and guests.
The camp serves campers and partner churches across Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and the surrounding Midwest region. Camp Illiana is owned by Illiana Christian Assembly, Inc., which the camp identifies as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Its campus is listed at 723 E 450 S in Washington, Indiana, and Indiana’s youth-camp roster lists the camp capacity at 394 campers.
Camp Illiana’s primary ministry pathway is its summer camp program. The camp offers First Chance for kindergarten through 1st grade, High Five for 2nd through 3rd grade, Kids Camp for 4th through 6th grade, Epic Camp for 6th through 8th grade, HS Camp for 9th through 12th grade, and Unite for 7th through 12th grade. The camp also points college-age participants toward Best 8 Days and provides a Camper Guide, mission information, session photos, and other summer resources.
The camp operates through a mix of programmed teaching, worship, recreation, small-group experiences, and outdoor activities. Its activity offerings include ziplines, a giant swing, high ropes, low ropes, a climbing wall, paintball, lake activities, pool activities, field games, and team games. These activities support the camp’s broader ministry goal by giving students and groups shared experiences that can encourage trust, community, courage, and spiritual growth.
Camp Illiana also serves churches, schools, and groups through events and facilities outside the summer season. The website lists year-round opportunities such as the Ladies Craft Retreat, Dr. Overdorf Vision Night, facility use, and an event guide for groups planning gatherings at the camp. The ministry also invites people to serve through summer staff roles, serve teams, training opportunities, and a prayer team.
People can engage with Camp Illiana by registering campers, reviewing the Camper Guide, giving online, volunteering with the Serve Team, applying for summer staff, joining the prayer team, attending a retreat, or contacting the camp about facility use. Its year-round staff provide leadership for administration, camper experience, activities, and operations while working with ministry partners and the local community.
Independent Christian ChurchCentral Brazil MissionCentral Brazil Mission serves remote Amazon communities through medical boat trips, dental care, nutrition projects, leadership…
Central Brazil Mission — Organization Profile Central Brazil Mission (CBM) is a Christian mission organization connected with Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. The ministry was developed through the long-term missionary work of Earl and Ruth Anne Haubner, who began…
Central Brazil Mission — Organization Profile Central Brazil Mission (CBM) is a Christian mission organization connected with Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. The ministry was developed through the long-term missionary work of Earl and Ruth Anne Haubner, who began serving in Brazil in 1969. CBM’s public materials describe a ministry focused on sharing Christ while meeting medical, dental, nutritional, leadership, and community needs among people in Brazil’s Amazon region. The mission serves communities in Brazil, with special focus on the State of Amazonas, Manaus, São Sebastião, remote Amazon River villages, and communities accessible primarily by boat. CBM’s work also has roots in Goiânia, Brazil, where the Haubners’ earlier church planting and leadership training work helped develop Brazilian leaders for…
Central Brazil Mission (CBM) is a Christian mission organization connected with Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. The ministry was developed through the long-term missionary work of Earl and Ruth Anne Haubner, who began serving in Brazil in 1969. CBM’s public materials describe a ministry focused on sharing Christ while meeting medical, dental, nutritional, leadership, and community needs among people in Brazil’s Amazon region.
The mission serves communities in Brazil, with special focus on the State of Amazonas, Manaus, São Sebastião, remote Amazon River villages, and communities accessible primarily by boat. CBM’s work also has roots in Goiânia, Brazil, where the Haubners’ earlier church planting and leadership training work helped develop Brazilian leaders for local churches and Amazon ministry. The organization’s U.S. forwarding address is listed in Springfield, Ohio.
CBM operates through what it calls Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. Its Amazon ministry is organized around several major areas, including medical boat ministry, nutrition work, children’s soccer outreach, construction projects, leadership training, and church planting. The organization states that its medical boat ministry allows teams to reach villages that otherwise have little access to regular medical or dental care. Visits often include medical treatment, dental care, vitamins, eye care, worship gatherings, and follow-up relationships with local leaders.
A central distinctive of CBM is its use of boat-based ministry to serve remote Amazon communities while training and supporting Brazilian Christian leaders. The mission explains that Project Amazonas depends on short-term mission teams from the United States for funding, supplies, and manpower, while the village missionaries and Amazon-region program leaders are Brazilians trained through Central Brazil Mission. This structure allows the work to combine outside support with local leadership and long-term presence.
CBM’s ministry also includes construction support for church buildings and houses for Brazilian missionaries in remote villages. Its nutrition work has included greenhouse projects designed to help improve diet and provide local income opportunities, while its children’s soccer outreach seeks to build character and evangelize through Brazil’s strong soccer culture. The organization has also described an aviation vision intended to reduce travel time, reach distant communities, support pastors and missionaries, transport medical workers, and assist in emergency situations.
People can engage with Central Brazil Mission by praying for the Amazon team, supporting the mission financially, donating needed medical supplies, joining a short-term Amazon boat trip, connecting with the mission about future trip dates, or contacting Earl Haubner or Michael Haubner directly. CBM lists scheduled and planned boat trips years in advance and invites churches, individuals, medical workers, dental workers, and other volunteers to participate in the work of serving remote communities along the Amazon and its tributaries.
Independent Christian ChurchCentral India Christian MissionCentral India Christian Mission serves South Asia through leadership training, church planting, children’s care, compassionate outreach,…
Central India Christian Mission — Organization Profile Central India Christian Mission (CICM) is a Christian mission organization serving across South Asia, with a U.S. office in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization describes itself as an indigenously led ministry that has served…
Central India Christian Mission — Organization Profile Central India Christian Mission (CICM) is a Christian mission organization serving across South Asia, with a U.S. office in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization describes itself as an indigenously led ministry that has served since 1982 by meeting spiritual and physical needs through local believers. Its stated mission is to courageously live for Jesus Christ and offer transformation to individuals and communities through Him. CICM’s work is focused especially in India and beyond across South Asia, where the organization trains leaders, plants churches, cares for children, and provides compassionate outreach. The ministry was founded by Dr. Ajai Lall and Dr. Indu Lall after they returned to India in 1982 with a burden to serve…
Central India Christian Mission (CICM) is a Christian mission organization serving across South Asia, with a U.S. office in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization describes itself as an indigenously led ministry that has served since 1982 by meeting spiritual and physical needs through local believers. Its stated mission is to courageously live for Jesus Christ and offer transformation to individuals and communities through Him.
CICM’s work is focused especially in India and beyond across South Asia, where the organization trains leaders, plants churches, cares for children, and provides compassionate outreach. The ministry was founded by Dr. Ajai Lall and Dr. Indu Lall after they returned to India in 1982 with a burden to serve people who had not heard the Gospel and to respond to India’s spiritual and physical needs. CICM describes its vision as bringing the light of the Gospel to spiritually dark places in South Asia until all have heard and experienced the transformative power of the Gospel.
The organization operates through four core ministry pillars: leadership training, church planting, children’s ministry, and compassionate outreach. Leadership training includes Calvary International Biblical Academy and women’s empowerment work, equipping pastors, ministry leaders, and women for service in their communities. CICM states that its leadership-development work includes Bible training, mentorship, discipleship, practical ministry experience, career development, life skills, and self-defense training for women.
Church planting is central to CICM’s strategy. The organization trains and sends local church planters to unreached and underserved communities, where they share the Gospel, disciple new believers, and establish local churches and house churches. CICM describes each new congregation as a center for worship, discipleship, compassion, and community outreach, with local leaders serving their own communities.
CICM’s children’s ministry and compassionate outreach address practical needs alongside spiritual care. Its public materials describe children’s homes, schools, sponsorship programs, medical care, disaster relief, community support, leprosy ministry, widows ministry, prison ministry, literature ministry, and hospital and clinic work. These ministries are intended to provide safety, education, food, shelter, medical care, relief, and long-term support for vulnerable people.
People can engage with Central India Christian Mission by giving online, partnering as an individual, partnering as a church or organization, requesting a visit, subscribing for updates, praying for the ministry, and supporting specific areas such as leadership training, church planting, children’s care, and compassionate outreach. CICM also provides financial transparency information and directs questions about giving and stewardship to its team through its website contact form.
Church of ChristChaplaincy Endorsement CommissionThe Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission (CEC) endorses and provides pastoral care for chaplains and ministry counselors serving…
Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission — Organization Profile The Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission (CEC) is an endorsing agency connected with the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. The CEC provides ecclesiastical endorsement and ongoing pastoral care for chaplains and ministry counselors who serve…
Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission — Organization Profile The Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission (CEC) is an endorsing agency connected with the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. The CEC provides ecclesiastical endorsement and ongoing pastoral care for chaplains and ministry counselors who serve in settings where endorsement is commonly required or requested—such as the military, hospitals and hospice care, prisons and corrections, and other institutional or corporate environments. CEC’s administrative contact information lists a mailing address in Vint Hills, Virginia, and the commission supports chaplains who serve across a wide range of “using agencies.” Rather than operating as a local church or a direct-service program, the CEC’s primary function is to maintain an official relationship with endorsed chaplains, confirming their standing and alignment…
The Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission (CEC) is an endorsing agency connected with the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. The CEC provides ecclesiastical endorsement and ongoing pastoral care for chaplains and ministry counselors who serve in settings where endorsement is commonly required or requested—such as the military, hospitals and hospice care, prisons and corrections, and other institutional or corporate environments.
CEC’s administrative contact information lists a mailing address in Vint Hills, Virginia, and the commission supports chaplains who serve across a wide range of “using agencies.” Rather than operating as a local church or a direct-service program, the CEC’s primary function is to maintain an official relationship with endorsed chaplains, confirming their standing and alignment with the faith community they represent while they minister in specialized contexts.
A clear part of the organization’s work is establishing shared expectations for those it endorses. The CEC publishes “Common Points of Shared Faith,” outlining theological commitments and ministry posture expected of endorsed chaplains and counselors, including a commitment to serve broadly while representing the convictions and heritage of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. This document helps define what endorsement means in practice—both accountability and unity of representation.
CEC also maintains application and policy materials for those seeking endorsement. The organization provides forms and guidance for chaplaincy endorsement, including materials for chaplain candidates, covenant agreements, and policies for different categories of chaplaincy service (including military and civilian/institutional contexts). These resources reflect a structured process designed to support chaplains before and during service, as well as to clarify standards and requirements.
People can engage with the CEC in several practical ways. Prospective chaplains and candidates can begin by reviewing the shared faith statement and then using the organization’s application materials and requirements to pursue endorsement. Churches and ministry partners can support the work through giving—either by mailing contributions or using the commission’s online giving portal—helping sustain endorsement administration and chaplain care. The CEC also publishes newsletters that highlight updates and items of interest related to chaplain ministry.
Independent Christian ChurchChazak RescueChazak Rescue trains and deploys Christian first responder teams for humanitarian aid, leadership, and crisis response…
Chazak Rescue — Organization Profile Chazak Rescue is a Christian humanitarian rescue and relief organization that trains and deploys specialized first responder teams for crisis settings. The organization describes its mission as training and deploying specialized teams to bring leadership,…
Chazak Rescue — Organization Profile Chazak Rescue is a Christian humanitarian rescue and relief organization that trains and deploys specialized first responder teams for crisis settings. The organization describes its mission as training and deploying specialized teams to bring leadership, humanitarian aid, and hope to war zones and high-risk areas. Its work focuses on people affected by conflict, natural disasters, and other emergencies where access is difficult and needs are urgent. Chazak Rescue is based in Gap, Pennsylvania, and its work is organized for deployment beyond its local region. The organization’s materials describe a global scope, including war zones, hard-to-reach areas, natural disaster sites, Ukraine, East Africa, Sudan, Kenya, and other international crisis settings. Its teams are prepared for service…
Chazak Rescue is a Christian humanitarian rescue and relief organization that trains and deploys specialized first responder teams for crisis settings. The organization describes its mission as training and deploying specialized teams to bring leadership, humanitarian aid, and hope to war zones and high-risk areas. Its work focuses on people affected by conflict, natural disasters, and other emergencies where access is difficult and needs are urgent.
Chazak Rescue is based in Gap, Pennsylvania, and its work is organized for deployment beyond its local region. The organization’s materials describe a global scope, including war zones, hard-to-reach areas, natural disaster sites, Ukraine, East Africa, Sudan, Kenya, and other international crisis settings. Its teams are prepared for service in austere environments where medical care, logistics, security, and field leadership are important parts of relief work.
The organization’s strategy is built around preparation before deployment. Chazak Rescue trains participants through Chazak Foundations and a multi-year training pathway that includes Defender Training, Defender Deployment, Guardian Training, and Guardian Deployment. Training areas include emergency medicine, tactical casualty care, search and rescue, technical rescue, swift-water and flood rescue, incident command, communications, travel safety, wilderness survival, physical fitness, leadership, and spiritual formation.
Chazak Rescue’s operating model is distinct because it combines Christian discipleship, high-risk response training, and international humanitarian deployment. Cadets are trained in body, soul, and spirit, with stated core values that include whole-heart service, leadership, a culture of learning, and service shaped by Psalm 82:3. The organization also works through specialized roles in operations, education, public relations, human resources, finance, logistics, security, medical response, and crisis response.
Recent giving materials describe East Africa Deployments through Project Sandman, including medical field deployments in Sudan, emergency food, clean water, and care for patients affected by conflict-related conditions. The organization also reports Ukraine-related efforts involving individual first-aid kits, volunteer training, and humanitarian aid with local partners. These examples show how Chazak Rescue connects trained responders with practical relief needs in current crisis environments.
People can engage with Chazak Rescue by giving financially, requesting prayer updates, applying as a cadet, joining the team, requesting a presentation, partnering through business relationships, attending events such as Chazak Endeavor, or following field updates through the organization’s blog and social channels. Donations may be made online or by check mailed to the organization’s listed Gap, Pennsylvania address.
Independent Christian ChurchChile MissionChile Mission serves families, children, youth, and churches in Chile through Dulce Refugio medical housing, Campo…
Chile Mission — Organization Profile Chile Mission is a Christian mission serving in Chile with a stated purpose of being sent out by the church to reach people, especially children, with the love of Jesus so they may know and…
Chile Mission — Organization Profile Chile Mission is a Christian mission serving in Chile with a stated purpose of being sent out by the church to reach people, especially children, with the love of Jesus so they may know and follow him. Jack and Janine Swanson began missionary preparation in 1992, arrived in Santiago, Chile, in November 1993, and the ministry later developed as an organized mission entity through the purchase of a ministry site in La Cisterna, Santiago, in 2001. The mission is based in Santiago, Chile, with ministry also extending to middle rural Chile, between Chillán and Concepción. Its work serves Chilean families, children, youth, adults, local churches, and people who travel to Santiago from other parts of…
Chile Mission is a Christian mission serving in Chile with a stated purpose of being sent out by the church to reach people, especially children, with the love of Jesus so they may know and follow him. Jack and Janine Swanson began missionary preparation in 1992, arrived in Santiago, Chile, in November 1993, and the ministry later developed as an organized mission entity through the purchase of a ministry site in La Cisterna, Santiago, in 2001.
The mission is based in Santiago, Chile, with ministry also extending to middle rural Chile, between Chillán and Concepción. Its work serves Chilean families, children, youth, adults, local churches, and people who travel to Santiago from other parts of the country for medical treatment. Chile Mission also connects with Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in Chile and with supporting churches and individuals in the United States.
One of Chile Mission’s main ministries is Casa de Acogida “Dulce Refugio,” or Sweet Refuge House. This ministry provides temporary housing with emotional and spiritual support for parents of hospitalized children and adults receiving medical treatment in Santiago. The residence operates on the mission property in La Cisterna, where families from other parts of Chile may stay while facing burns, cancer, transplants, and other long-term medical situations.
Chile Mission’s other major ministry focus is Campo Vivo, a developing Christian children’s and youth camp and retreat center on a 90-acre rural property in middle Chile. The project is designed to provide a Christian camp setting for children, youth, adults, church retreats, marriage encounters, pastoral restoration, seminars, and future community outreach. The land was purchased in 2019, and development has included planning, infrastructure work, roads, fencing, and preparation for future buildings and ministry use.
The mission has also been connected with community ministries such as English Club, a pre-evangelistic English-learning outreach, and teaching at La Casa del Alfarero, a Christian live-in drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for men. Some of these ministries are described as dormant or dependent on additional Spanish-speaking team members, but they show the mission’s broader approach of building relationships, meeting practical needs, and sharing Christian teaching.
People can engage with Chile Mission by praying for the monthly needs shared through its updates, giving financially, contacting the mission about serving, helping with Campo Vivo development, or participating in cross-cultural service opportunities. The mission also notes its need for Spanish-speaking missionaries or couples with skills such as counseling, construction, cultivation, animal-raising, and ministry support in Santiago and rural Chile.
Independent Christian ChurchChina Outreach MinistriesChina Outreach Ministries serves Chinese students and scholars at American universities through hospitality, practical support, Bible…
China Outreach Ministries — Organization Profile China Outreach Ministries (COM) is a Christian mission organization focused on international student ministry among Chinese students, scholars, researchers, and professionals studying or working in American university settings. The organization describes its mission as…
China Outreach Ministries — Organization Profile China Outreach Ministries (COM) is a Christian mission organization focused on international student ministry among Chinese students, scholars, researchers, and professionals studying or working in American university settings. The organization describes its mission as “Giving Christ to China’s Future Leaders” by sharing Christ’s love and truth, developing caring relationships, leading people to faith, discipling new believers, and preparing them to become multiplying Christian leaders. COM is based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and serves in university communities across the United States. Its listed campus locations include university communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Washington, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia,…
China Outreach Ministries (COM) is a Christian mission organization focused on international student ministry among Chinese students, scholars, researchers, and professionals studying or working in American university settings. The organization describes its mission as “Giving Christ to China’s Future Leaders” by sharing Christ’s love and truth, developing caring relationships, leading people to faith, discipling new believers, and preparing them to become multiplying Christian leaders.
COM is based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and serves in university communities across the United States. Its listed campus locations include university communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Washington, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Through these campus communities, COM serves Chinese students and scholars who are temporarily living in North America for study, research, or professional development.
The organization’s work centers on hospitality, friendship, practical service, Bible studies, evangelism, discipleship, and leadership development. COM staff and volunteers help Chinese students and scholars adapt to life in America through social activities, transportation, cultural orientation, conversational English, trips, fellowship groups, and other forms of practical support. As relationships develop, staff and volunteers also share Christian teaching and invite students into Bible study and discipleship.
COM’s approach is relational and campus-based. The organization places campus workers in university communities where Chinese students and scholars are present, while administrative and leadership staff support recruitment, training, finances, communication, and ministry development. COM also works with local churches and other ministries when possible, helping new believers grow in Christian faith and prepare to live as followers of Jesus in their families, communities, and professions.
The ministry also provides tools for people involved in Chinese student ministry. Its resource materials include articles, Bible studies, recipes, skits, evangelism tools, and other downloadable resources created or compiled by COM staff. COM also publishes IMPACT magazine three times per year, sharing testimonies, campus ministry updates, planned giving information, and ministry news for prayer and partner engagement.
People can engage with China Outreach Ministries by praying, giving financially, volunteering, exploring staff opportunities, hosting or befriending Chinese students and scholars, using COM ministry resources, or receiving COM news and IMPACT magazine. Those interested in volunteering or staff roles can contact the organization directly, while donors may give online, by phone, or by mail to the Mechanicsburg office.
Independent Christian ChurchChrist For the City InternationalChrist For the City International partners with local leaders in cities worldwide through discipleship, community development,…
Christ For the City International — Organization Profile Christ For the City International (CFCI) is an international mission organization focused on urban ministry, local leadership, and holistic community transformation. Its mission is summarized in the phrase “Transforming Cities by Transforming…
Christ For the City International — Organization Profile Christ For the City International (CFCI) is an international mission organization focused on urban ministry, local leadership, and holistic community transformation. Its mission is summarized in the phrase “Transforming Cities by Transforming Lives,” and the organization describes its work as partnering with local leaders to share the love of Jesus worldwide. CFCI is based in Omaha, Nebraska, where its international office is located. Its ministry extends across Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mali, Nicaragua, Peru, Zimbabwe, the United States, and other locations. The organization reports workers across 16 countries and dozens of cities, with most staff serving as local or national missionaries in their own countries. The ministry’s core…
Christ For the City International (CFCI) is an international mission organization focused on urban ministry, local leadership, and holistic community transformation. Its mission is summarized in the phrase “Transforming Cities by Transforming Lives,” and the organization describes its work as partnering with local leaders to share the love of Jesus worldwide.
CFCI is based in Omaha, Nebraska, where its international office is located. Its ministry extends across Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mali, Nicaragua, Peru, Zimbabwe, the United States, and other locations. The organization reports workers across 16 countries and dozens of cities, with most staff serving as local or national missionaries in their own countries.
The ministry’s core focus is developing local ministry bases that address both spiritual and practical needs in cities. CFCI’s ministries include discipleship, youth outreach, medical care, education, community development, vocational training, children’s programs, feeding centers, gang ministry, health and dental clinics, and other locally shaped outreach efforts. Each ministry base is designed to understand the needs of its community and develop programs with local leaders, churches, educators, businesspeople, and partner ministries.
CFCI’s operating model emphasizes national leadership and long-term presence. The organization states that lasting transformation happens when people within a community are empowered to lead the work themselves. For that reason, most of its missionaries are nationals serving in their own countries, bringing cultural understanding and long-term commitment to local ministry.
The organization also provides mission opportunities for churches, groups, families, and individuals. CFCI offers short-term mission experiences, U.S.-based Urban Plunge trips, international Global Teams, Global Ambassadors extended trips, and long-term missions. Its mission trip process includes orientation, ministry projects, debriefing, and service alongside long-term national missionaries.
People can engage with Christ For the City International by praying, giving to the Transformation Fund, supporting a missionary or project, serving on a short-term or long-term mission team, connecting with a missions director, donating a vehicle, or following ministry updates through CFCI’s blog and social channels. Donations may be made online or mailed to the organization’s Omaha office.
Independent Christian ChurchChrist Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, Inc (dba Cram Worldwide, Inc)Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, known as CRAM Worldwide, serves communities in Asia through evangelism, child…
Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide — Organization Profile Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, Inc., doing business as CRAM Worldwide, Inc., is a Christian mission organization focused on Asia. The organization states its mission as taking the love of Jesus Christ…
Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide — Organization Profile Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, Inc., doing business as CRAM Worldwide, Inc., is a Christian mission organization focused on Asia. The organization states its mission as taking the love of Jesus Christ to the people of Asia by meeting physical needs in order to gain opportunities to meet spiritual needs. Its work combines evangelism, benevolence, church planting, child sponsorship, education, medical support, and care for vulnerable children and families. CRAM Worldwide is based in Greenwood, Indiana, and its ministry serves communities in Asia, including Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, North Korea, and China. The organization began through the missionary work of Dr. Chan Young “C.Y.” Kim and Patricia Kim, with support from…
Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, Inc., doing business as CRAM Worldwide, Inc., is a Christian mission organization focused on Asia. The organization states its mission as taking the love of Jesus Christ to the people of Asia by meeting physical needs in order to gain opportunities to meet spiritual needs. Its work combines evangelism, benevolence, church planting, child sponsorship, education, medical support, and care for vulnerable children and families.
CRAM Worldwide is based in Greenwood, Indiana, and its ministry serves communities in Asia, including Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, North Korea, and China. The organization began through the missionary work of Dr. Chan Young “C.Y.” Kim and Patricia Kim, with support from leaders connected to Southern Indiana, and has developed into a mission with staff, board leadership, missionaries, child sponsorship programs, and country-specific projects.
The ministry operates through a “reach, rescue, restore” framework. CRAM Worldwide supports church planting and evangelism, preacher and leadership training, child sponsorship, food assistance, education, medical care, and humanitarian service. Its mission materials describe work such as churches in the Philippines and Cambodia, a medical center in Mindanao, leadership training through International Christian College of Manila, and ministry development in Vietnam.
One of the organization’s major programs is CRAM Kids, a child sponsorship ministry that began with Boat Kids in Bacoor, Philippines, and has expanded to Mindanao, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The program provides food, clothing, education, access to medical care, and spiritual guidance for children and families facing poverty. Sponsors may be assigned an individual child and support the ministry monthly.
CRAM Worldwide also supports Sharon House, a ministry in the Philippines that provides a furnished residence and care for girls at risk of or affected by trafficking and abuse. Sharon House provides meals, basic health and hygiene needs, school fees, sexual abuse prevention education, and spiritual discipleship. The organization also lists field missionaries and short-term missionaries serving in the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, and related ministry settings.
People can engage with CRAM Worldwide by giving online, sponsoring a child through CRAM Kids, supporting country-specific projects, praying for missionaries and field ministries, requesting information from the office, reading ministry stories, subscribing to the newsletter, or participating in mission work. Donations may be made online or mailed to the organization’s Greenwood, Indiana office.
Independent Christian ChurchChristian Arabic ServicesChristian Arabic Services supports Arabic-speaking Christians through church planting, leadership training, Christian literature, benevolence, education, and…
Christian Arabic Services — Organization Profile Christian Arabic Services (CAS) is a Christian mission organization focused on Arabic-speaking people, especially in Egypt and the wider Arab world. The organization’s public tagline is “Helping the Arab World Find Jesus,” and its…
Christian Arabic Services — Organization Profile Christian Arabic Services (CAS) is a Christian mission organization focused on Arabic-speaking people, especially in Egypt and the wider Arab world. The organization’s public tagline is “Helping the Arab World Find Jesus,” and its work centers on spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the Arab world through church planting, leadership training, Christian literature, and benevolent service. CAS is connected with ministry in Egypt and the Arab world, with support and donations handled through Ormond Beach, Florida. Its history is closely tied to Safaa Fahmi, who served for decades in Assiut, Egypt, before moving to Cairo to expand education, publishing, and village ministry. CAS describes Egyptian Christians as designing and implementing the educational and…
Christian Arabic Services (CAS) is a Christian mission organization focused on Arabic-speaking people, especially in Egypt and the wider Arab world. The organization’s public tagline is “Helping the Arab World Find Jesus,” and its work centers on spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the Arab world through church planting, leadership training, Christian literature, and benevolent service.
CAS is connected with ministry in Egypt and the Arab world, with support and donations handled through Ormond Beach, Florida. Its history is closely tied to Safaa Fahmi, who served for decades in Assiut, Egypt, before moving to Cairo to expand education, publishing, and village ministry. CAS describes Egyptian Christians as designing and implementing the educational and benevolent work, while the U.S.-based ministry serves as a helper through funding, teachers, and counsel.
The ministry serves Christian villages, churches, students, leaders, children, widows, orphans, and poor communities. CAS notes that Christian villages near major Egyptian cities may include thousands of people who have little access to basic Christian teaching, literacy resources, or practical support. The organization’s work includes training leaders, planting churches, printing Bibles and commentaries, running Vacation Bible School programs, operating training centers, teaching literacy and cooking classes, holding marriage seminars, and providing food, blankets, clothes, and medicine.
Education is a major part of CAS’s strategy. The organization reports that students from seven countries have studied in its seminar programs, with extension campuses in El-Minia, Sohag, Assiut, and Northern and Southern Sudan. Its leadership training is supported through teachers, seminar programs, and partnerships that strengthen Arabic-speaking Christian leaders for local ministry.
CAS also supports Christian publishing in Arabic. One major project is the Arabic Bible Commentary, a planned 50-volume commentary assembled by Safaa Fahmi with Arabic-speaking Egyptian scholars and writers. The project is designed as a commentary by and for Arabic-speaking people, with many Old Testament and New Testament volumes already in print and remaining volumes still awaiting publication.
People can engage with Christian Arabic Services by praying for the Arab world, giving online or by check, subscribing to the newsletter and prayer points, supporting a village, sponsoring a student through Hope International University, contributing to the Arabic Bible Commentary project, or participating in a custom-designed mission trip. Mission trip opportunities may include children’s work, women’s seminars, seminars for Christian leaders, literacy training, education, benevolence, medical help, or other ministry needs in Egypt.
Church of ChristChristian City, Inc.Christian City serves children, families, youth, and older adults in Georgia through residential care, foster and…
Christian City, Inc. — Organization Profile Christian City, Inc. is a nonprofit ministry serving children, families, youth, and older adults through housing, care, and crisis intervention. Its stated mission is to extend Christ’s call to love your neighbor through housing,…
Christian City, Inc. — Organization Profile Christian City, Inc. is a nonprofit ministry serving children, families, youth, and older adults through housing, care, and crisis intervention. Its stated mission is to extend Christ’s call to love your neighbor through housing, healthcare, crisis intervention, and building community for children, youth, families, and senior adults. The organization was founded in 1965 when area Christian churches helped establish its first cottage as a refuge for children needing a loving home. Christian City is based in Union City, Georgia, on a 500-acre campus in south metro Atlanta, about 15 minutes south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The organization serves people across the greater Atlanta region and Georgia, including children experiencing trauma or crisis, youth…
Christian City, Inc. is a nonprofit ministry serving children, families, youth, and older adults through housing, care, and crisis intervention. Its stated mission is to extend Christ’s call to love your neighbor through housing, healthcare, crisis intervention, and building community for children, youth, families, and senior adults. The organization was founded in 1965 when area Christian churches helped establish its first cottage as a refuge for children needing a loving home.
Christian City is based in Union City, Georgia, on a 500-acre campus in south metro Atlanta, about 15 minutes south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The organization serves people across the greater Atlanta region and Georgia, including children experiencing trauma or crisis, youth aging out of foster care, runaway or homeless youth, foster and adoptive families, working families facing instability, and seniors seeking affordable community living.
The organization’s children and family ministries include Children’s Village, Thrive, Safe Place, Crossroads Foster Care & Adoption, and Healthy Families. These programs provide residential care for children ages 5–17, transitional living for young adults ages 18–24, emergency help for runaway or homeless youth, foster and adoption support, and family stabilization resources. Christian City’s materials describe these services as evidence-based programs intended to help children and families move toward safety, stability, and hopeful futures.
Christian City also provides senior living through active senior patio homes on its campus. Its senior living model includes life-lease patio homes for adults age 65 and over, along with maintenance, on-campus shuttle service, recreational programming, pastoral care, walking paths, an indoor pool, a strengthening center, community activities, and 24-hour campus patrol. The organization states that it is open to all people regardless of belief, while its Christian faith informs its service to children, widows, people in poverty, and neighbors in need.
The ministry operates through a combination of professional staff, board governance, church partnerships, volunteers, donors, and community supporters. Christian City also runs Graceland Thrift Store and offers ways for churches, civic groups, families, teens, and individuals to serve through special events, volunteer projects, church partnerships, tutoring, host family opportunities, and other campus-based support.
People can engage with Christian City by giving financially, volunteering, becoming a church partner, supporting Graceland Thrift Store, exploring foster or adoptive parenting through Crossroads, requesting help through Children & Family Programs, considering senior living options, attending special events, or contacting the organization about current needs. Donations may be made online, and general inquiries may be directed to the administrative offices in Union City.
Independent Christian ChurchChristian HolyLand FoundationChristian HolyLand Foundation partners with local Christians in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Galilee through church planting,…
Christian HolyLand Foundation — Organization Profile Christian HolyLand Foundation (CHLF) is a Christian mission organization that partners with local believers and ministries in the Holy Land. Its work focuses on supporting local Christian communities through evangelism, church planting, discipleship, reconciliation,…
Christian HolyLand Foundation — Organization Profile Christian HolyLand Foundation (CHLF) is a Christian mission organization that partners with local believers and ministries in the Holy Land. Its work focuses on supporting local Christian communities through evangelism, church planting, discipleship, reconciliation, relief, development, education, and advocacy. CHLF describes its role as standing with Christian communities in the Holy Land and helping the living church remain rooted in the region. CHLF is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and its ministry serves Israel, Palestine, Jordan, the Galilee region of northern Israel, and surrounding Holy Land communities. In the United States, the organization also provides education and advocacy for churches, small groups, and ministry partners who want to better understand the complex realities facing Christians…
Christian HolyLand Foundation (CHLF) is a Christian mission organization that partners with local believers and ministries in the Holy Land. Its work focuses on supporting local Christian communities through evangelism, church planting, discipleship, reconciliation, relief, development, education, and advocacy. CHLF describes its role as standing with Christian communities in the Holy Land and helping the living church remain rooted in the region.
CHLF is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and its ministry serves Israel, Palestine, Jordan, the Galilee region of northern Israel, and surrounding Holy Land communities. In the United States, the organization also provides education and advocacy for churches, small groups, and ministry partners who want to better understand the complex realities facing Christians in Israel and Palestine.
The organization traces its story to ministry relationships that began in the 1970s with George Awwad, an Arab Christian minister in Jerusalem. CHLF was formally established in 1985 and later deepened its partnership with churches and leaders in Galilee after Awwad’s death in 2003. Today, CHLF emphasizes that the future of the church in the Holy Land belongs to local Christians, and its role is to support that work with humility, resources, and long-term presence.
A central part of CHLF’s ministry is the Galilee Team, a partnership with six pastoring couples native to the Galilee region of northern Israel. These leaders serve established congregations and home churches, while also leading church planting, women’s ministry, youth ministry, reconciliation events, discipleship, benevolence, and local outreach. CHLF states that the Galilee Team has grown from work in six ministries across five communities to ministry with about two dozen groups in nearly 30 villages and towns.
CHLF also supports specific ministries such as the annual Women’s Ministry gathering in Eilabun, the Holiday Youth Conference, and a Benevolence Ministry that provides food and basic supplies to families in need. Its Church Services information helps visitors connect with local evangelical congregations in Beine, Eilabun, and Cana of Galilee. These ministries reflect CHLF’s emphasis on serving both spiritual and practical needs through local pastors and congregations.
People can engage with Christian HolyLand Foundation by giving financially, praying for local Christian communities, inviting CHLF to speak at a church or small group, joining ministry news updates, participating in a pilgrimage, learning about issues affecting Christians in the Holy Land, or supporting the Galilee Team and related ministries. Donations may be made online through CHLF’s giving platform or by mail to its Indianapolis post office box.
Independent Christian ChurchChristian Ministry AllianceChristian Ministry Alliance helps churches and ministry nonprofits reduce administrative burdens through consulting, bookkeeping, digital services,…
Christian Ministry Alliance — Organization Profile Christian Ministry Alliance (CMA) is a nonprofit ministry service organization that helps churches and ministry nonprofits reduce administrative burdens so leaders can focus more fully on their mission. The organization’s stated emphasis is “More…
Christian Ministry Alliance — Organization Profile Christian Ministry Alliance (CMA) is a nonprofit ministry service organization that helps churches and ministry nonprofits reduce administrative burdens so leaders can focus more fully on their mission. The organization’s stated emphasis is “More Mission. Less Administration,” with services designed to help ministry leaders clarify direction, improve operations, and use practical tools for sustainable growth. Christian Ministry Alliance is based in Arizona, with general mail handled through Phoenix, Arizona, and its services are available to churches, ministry nonprofits, missionaries, church planters, ministry interns, fiscally sponsored organizations, and smaller ministry organizations. Its materials especially speak to leaders who feel overwhelmed by the business, financial, digital, fundraising, and administrative responsibilities that often come with leading churches…
Christian Ministry Alliance (CMA) is a nonprofit ministry service organization that helps churches and ministry nonprofits reduce administrative burdens so leaders can focus more fully on their mission. The organization’s stated emphasis is “More Mission. Less Administration,” with services designed to help ministry leaders clarify direction, improve operations, and use practical tools for sustainable growth.
Christian Ministry Alliance is based in Arizona, with general mail handled through Phoenix, Arizona, and its services are available to churches, ministry nonprofits, missionaries, church planters, ministry interns, fiscally sponsored organizations, and smaller ministry organizations. Its materials especially speak to leaders who feel overwhelmed by the business, financial, digital, fundraising, and administrative responsibilities that often come with leading churches and nonprofits.
The organization operates through a “Just For You” consultative approach. CMA states that it gets to know each organization’s budget constraints, culture, needs, and hopes before recommending practical and affordable options. This approach supports churches and ministry nonprofits with consulting, bookkeeping, digital services, learning resources, fiscal sponsorship, fundraising support, and people-related administrative tools.
CMA’s consulting services include organizational review, leadership coaching, community assessment, church and ministry interviews, facility analysis, financial and stewardship analysis, and help identifying obstacles or opportunities. Its finance and bookkeeping services include monthly bookkeeping, transaction reconciliation, accounting software setup, net asset tracking, internal controls, financial reporting support, and review by a licensed CPA.
The organization also offers digital services such as web development and branding, as well as learning resources and ministry content for leaders. Through related Alliance sites, CMA connects ministry workers with Donor Fund for support raising, fiscal sponsorship tools, Movie Bank, REIGN Global, and The Bridge Fund. Donor Fund serves missionaries, campus ministry staff, ministry interns, church planters, churches, ministries, and sponsored projects that need help processing and managing fundraising.
People can engage with Christian Ministry Alliance by scheduling a call, becoming a member, using its consulting or bookkeeping services, applying for fundraising support through Donor Fund, exploring fiscal sponsorship, attending events, subscribing to updates, giving financially, or using CMA’s free ministry tools and resources. Donations may be made online or mailed to the organization’s listed donations address in Chicago.
Church of ChristChristian Relief Fund (CRF)Christian Relief Fund (CRF) is an Amarillo, Texas-based ministry serving children and communities worldwide through child…
Christian Relief Fund (CRF) — Organization Profile Christian Relief Fund (CRF) is a Christian humanitarian organization focused on empowering orphans and vulnerable children to break the cycle of poverty through practical care and gospel-centered support. CRF describes its approach as…
Christian Relief Fund (CRF) — Organization Profile Christian Relief Fund (CRF) is a Christian humanitarian organization focused on empowering orphans and vulnerable children to break the cycle of poverty through practical care and gospel-centered support. CRF describes its approach as “holistic,” working to address needs that touch daily life—like food, education, and healthcare—while also supporting spiritual growth through Bible teaching and partnership with local believers. CRF is based in Amarillo, Texas, and serves children and communities in more than 20 countries worldwide through long-term programs and field teams. Their work includes locations such as Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Romania, Uganda, Ukraine, the United States, Zimbabwe, and additional countries where CRF partners are active. This geographic…
Christian Relief Fund (CRF) is a Christian humanitarian organization focused on empowering orphans and vulnerable children to break the cycle of poverty through practical care and gospel-centered support. CRF describes its approach as “holistic,” working to address needs that touch daily life—like food, education, and healthcare—while also supporting spiritual growth through Bible teaching and partnership with local believers.
CRF is based in Amarillo, Texas, and serves children and communities in more than 20 countries worldwide through long-term programs and field teams. Their work includes locations such as Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Romania, Uganda, Ukraine, the United States, Zimbabwe, and additional countries where CRF partners are active. This geographic spread reflects CRF’s commitment to sustained ministry in diverse cultural and economic contexts.
A defining feature of CRF is its Luke 2:52 model, which centers on helping children and communities grow intellectually, physically, spiritually, and socially. Rather than focusing on only one type of need, CRF aims to support whole-person development. In practice, this framework shows up in how CRF designs projects, evaluates impact, and communicates goals to sponsors, donors, and partner churches.
CRF identifies two core areas of work: Child Sponsorship and Clean Water Projects. Child sponsorship provides ongoing support for children’s essentials and development, with sponsors contributing a monthly gift that helps fund local programs. Clean water projects include efforts that improve reliable access to safe water and strengthen community health. CRF also notes additional ministry involvement that can include disaster relief response, schools and educational support, medical-related assistance, and support connected to church and leader training in various settings.
Engagement with CRF is structured around practical next steps. Individuals and churches can sponsor a child, give toward clean water or broader needs, or select specific giving options through CRF’s gift catalog. CRF also offers opportunities for deeper involvement through mission awareness trips that help participants learn from believers and ministry partners in other cultures. For supporters who want to expand CRF’s reach locally, the CRF Ambassador Program offers a pathway to share CRF’s work in communities, churches, workplaces, and online.
Church of ChristChurches of Christ Disaster Relief EffortChurches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort is a Nashville-based ministry that rapidly ships emergency supplies to…
Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort — Organization Profile Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort (also known as Disaster Relief Effort, Inc.) is a Christian disaster-response ministry that provides material aid in the wake of major disasters. Based in Nashville,…
Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort — Organization Profile Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort (also known as Disaster Relief Effort, Inc.) is a Christian disaster-response ministry that provides material aid in the wake of major disasters. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, the organization operates a supply warehouse and coordinates rapid shipments to communities in crisis, working through local congregations to ensure help arrives where it is needed. The ministry explains its approach in simple terms: it responds quickly to major disasters in the United States and U.S. territories by sending truckloads of emergency food, water, cleaning supplies, and other basic necessities, which are then distributed to disaster survivors through a nearby Church of Christ congregation. This model allows the organization…
Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort (also known as Disaster Relief Effort, Inc.) is a Christian disaster-response ministry that provides material aid in the wake of major disasters. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, the organization operates a supply warehouse and coordinates rapid shipments to communities in crisis, working through local congregations to ensure help arrives where it is needed.
The ministry explains its approach in simple terms: it responds quickly to major disasters in the United States and U.S. territories by sending truckloads of emergency food, water, cleaning supplies, and other basic necessities, which are then distributed to disaster survivors through a nearby Church of Christ congregation. This model allows the organization to move large quantities of practical supplies and to leverage local church relationships for on-the-ground distribution and follow-up.
A key distinctive is how Disaster Relief Effort prepares and funds shipments. The organization emphasizes that it purchases supplies in bulk at steep discounts so that donations can be stretched further and shipments can be staged and ready to deploy without waiting on donated goods to arrive. When a disaster occurs and a local congregation requests assistance, the ministry can load trailers and route deliveries to the affected area, where members and volunteers help unload and distribute supplies.
In addition to shipping supplies, Disaster Relief Effort invites churches and individuals to participate through prayer, financial giving, and hands-on service. The organization regularly schedules volunteer opportunities at its Nashville warehouse, where groups can help pack boxes, organize inventory, and prepare loads for shipment. It also communicates ongoing activity through its news updates and reports, helping supporters track where shipments are going and how relief is being distributed.
Those who want to engage can connect with the ministry through its website for giving, volunteering, and contact information. For congregations in areas affected by disasters, the organization provides clear pathways for requesting assistance and coordinating deliveries. For supporters elsewhere, the ministry offers regular updates and published reports that document shipments and relief activity over time.
Church of ChristChurches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT)Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) is a Tipp City, Ohio-based ministry that partners with…
Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) — Organization Profile Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) is a disaster-response ministry that helps communities recover after weather-related disasters by working through local congregations. DRT is based in Tipp City, Ohio,…
Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) — Organization Profile Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) is a disaster-response ministry that helps communities recover after weather-related disasters by working through local congregations. DRT is based in Tipp City, Ohio, and it mobilizes volunteers and resources to assist families and neighborhoods impacted by events such as flooding, tornadoes, and hurricanes across the United States. DRT describes its purpose as supporting the local congregation in a disaster-stricken area by helping recruit, organize, and receive volunteers who can assist with emotional, spiritual, and practical support, including clean-up and rebuilding. Rather than replacing local church leadership, DRT’s model is to strengthen the local church’s ability to serve its community over the full arc…
Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) is a disaster-response ministry that helps communities recover after weather-related disasters by working through local congregations. DRT is based in Tipp City, Ohio, and it mobilizes volunteers and resources to assist families and neighborhoods impacted by events such as flooding, tornadoes, and hurricanes across the United States.
DRT describes its purpose as supporting the local congregation in a disaster-stricken area by helping recruit, organize, and receive volunteers who can assist with emotional, spiritual, and practical support, including clean-up and rebuilding. Rather than replacing local church leadership, DRT’s model is to strengthen the local church’s ability to serve its community over the full arc of recovery—from immediate response through longer-term rebuilding.
In its public descriptions of what it brings to a disaster site, DRT highlights a set of mobile and logistical resources designed for sustained work. These include a commercial mobile kitchen capable of serving large numbers of meals daily, a mobile shower trailer to support volunteers on extended deployments, and trained coordinators who help manage distribution, work assignments, and day-to-day operations. DRT also references fully stocked tool trailers intended to equip volunteer crews for debris removal and rebuild projects.
DRT also lists practical relief supplies and kits as part of its response, including health kits, clean-up kits, baby kits, and school kits. The organization notes that it purchases food served in disaster areas as well as building materials and other supplies, with a stated focus on helping families who are without insurance or underinsured. That purchasing-and-provisioning approach is one reason DRT asks supporters for financial gifts and specific gift cards that can be used for needed materials.
Volunteer engagement is central to DRT’s work. DRT uses an online registration system for volunteers and provides guidelines intended to help coordinators plan lodging, meals, and crew assignments. In addition to responding at active disaster sites, DRT also promotes ReClaimed, a thrift store initiative that benefits the ministry and includes a hardware/tool area, aligning with DRT’s emphasis on practical help for recovery work.
Administratively, DRT notes that it is overseen by the elders at the Cassel Hills Church of Christ in Vandalia, Ohio. Individuals, churches, and groups can engage with DRT by volunteering, giving financially, and staying connected through the organization’s website and official communication channels, especially during active response seasons when deployments are underway.
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