October 22, 2026
Setting Our Hearts
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Independent Christian ChurchVida Nueva MinistriesVida Nueva Ministries serves communities in Mexico through Christian education, child sponsorship, open meal programs, church…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Vida Nueva Ministries
Vida Nueva Ministries — Organization Profile Vida Nueva Ministries is a Christian nonprofit ministry serving communities in Mexico with the stated mission of “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Disadvantage Through Christ.” The ministry exists to help people develop a…
Vida Nueva Ministries — Organization Profile Vida Nueva Ministries is a Christian nonprofit ministry serving communities in Mexico with the stated mission of “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Disadvantage Through Christ.” The ministry exists to help people develop a personal relationship with Jesus while operating practical programs that address physical, social, educational, and spiritual needs. Its work combines outreach, Christian education, church planting, leadership development, benevolence, and discipleship. The ministry’s roots are in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, where Jair and Norma Castillo began serving in the mid-1970s after moving into the El Ejido community. Vida Nueva Ministries formally opened in 1989 as an open meal program and children’s home serving people living near the city dump and children facing…
Vida Nueva Ministries — Organization Profile
Vida Nueva Ministries is a Christian nonprofit ministry serving communities in Mexico with the stated mission of “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Disadvantage Through Christ.” The ministry exists to help people develop a personal relationship with Jesus while operating practical programs that address physical, social, educational, and spiritual needs. Its work combines outreach, Christian education, church planting, leadership development, benevolence, and discipleship.
The ministry’s roots are in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, where Jair and Norma Castillo began serving in the mid-1970s after moving into the El Ejido community. Vida Nueva Ministries formally opened in 1989 as an open meal program and children’s home serving people living near the city dump and children facing severe poverty. Over time, the ministry adapted its programs as community needs changed while continuing its emphasis on relational ministry and gospel-centered service.
Vida Nueva serves Mexico, with ministry locations and partnerships connected to Piedras Negras, Tepic, Acapulco, Cancún, and Puebla. Its programs are designed to create “relationship bridges” through which staff and local leaders can share the love of Christ. The ministry describes itself as an independent Christian ministry rather than a social agency, with practical outreach intended to support people while pointing them toward deeper spiritual hope and discipleship.
A major focus of Vida Nueva’s work is Christ-centered education and child sponsorship through the Life For Them Program, also called LIFT. The ministry has operated education programs in Piedras Negras, including preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school development. LIFT sponsorships help students with limited resources attend VNM schools or support outreach efforts such as open meal programs and food distribution.
Vida Nueva also works through church planting, church leadership development, open meal programs, medical care, food distribution, recreation, vocational skills training, and discipleship. Its outreach page describes church plants in Piedras Negras, Cancún, Tepic, and Acapulco, along with a commitment to planting reproducing churches throughout Mexico. The ministry also connects with Rio Bravo Christian Ministries, which has served border communities and works to strengthen churches, make disciples, and continue outreach in the region.
People can engage with Vida Nueva Ministries by praying, giving, sponsoring a student, joining a short-term mission trip, or contacting the ministry about church planting and outreach needs. Mission teams may serve at locations such as Piedras Negras, Tepic, Acapulco, or Cancún. Donations can support general ministry needs or specific locations, while sponsorships help students and children participate in ministry programs connected to education and open meals.
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Independent Christian ChurchHasten International MinistriesHasten International Ministries supports Christian medical missions through local partners, healthcare services, supplies, evangelism, and mobile…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Hasten International Ministries
Hasten International Ministries — Organization Profile Hasten International Ministries, commonly presented as HASTEN International, is a Christian medical missions organization based in Kernersville, North Carolina. Its public theme is “Health and Salvation to Every Nation,” drawn from Psalm 67:2, and…
Hasten International Ministries — Organization Profile Hasten International Ministries, commonly presented as HASTEN International, is a Christian medical missions organization based in Kernersville, North Carolina. Its public theme is “Health and Salvation to Every Nation,” drawn from Psalm 67:2, and its work focuses on helping medical and ministry partners bring both physical care and the message of Christ to underserved communities. The organization’s core focus is supporting Christian medical missions through healthcare, evangelism, local partnerships, supplies, facilities, and financial support for field workers. HASTEN describes its work as supporting physicians, nurses, clinic workers, pastors, educators, and churches who often serve with limited resources in communities with many basic needs. HASTEN International serves ministry partners in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Haiti,…
Hasten International Ministries — Organization Profile
Hasten International Ministries, commonly presented as HASTEN International, is a Christian medical missions organization based in Kernersville, North Carolina. Its public theme is “Health and Salvation to Every Nation,” drawn from Psalm 67:2, and its work focuses on helping medical and ministry partners bring both physical care and the message of Christ to underserved communities.
The organization’s core focus is supporting Christian medical missions through healthcare, evangelism, local partnerships, supplies, facilities, and financial support for field workers. HASTEN describes its work as supporting physicians, nurses, clinic workers, pastors, educators, and churches who often serve with limited resources in communities with many basic needs.
HASTEN International serves ministry partners in the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Zimbabwe, and the United States. Its mission fields include medical and dental care in Villavicencio, Colombia; a clinic in Gonaives, Haiti; support for medical work in the Dominican Republic; a clinic connected with Workers for Mexico in Monclova, Coahuila; and medical ministry connected with Dama in Zimbabwe. Its U.S. work includes a mobile medical mission effort for impoverished and underserved areas.
The organization operates by funding and supporting local Christian workers who understand the needs of their own communities. HASTEN states that it is often more effective to send funds rather than material goods because indigenous Christian partners can identify what is needed locally, whether that is medicine, transportation, food, medical supplies, or other resources. This approach allows field workers to respond within their own cultural and ministry contexts.
A distinctive part of HASTEN’s ministry is connecting medical care with Christian witness through locally led clinics, church relationships, and practical compassion. In the Dominican Republic, its partner clinic serves underprivileged people and is used on Sundays as a Christian church. In Colombia, HASTEN supports medical and dental services in Villavicencio. In Mexico, clinic workers also travel to villages and churches with medicines, hygiene items, clothing, school supplies, and gospel literature.
People can engage with HASTEN International by praying, giving financially, becoming a Friend of HASTEN, contacting the ministry, or supporting its medical mission fields and domestic mobile medical mission. The organization depends on donations and invites supporters to help provide care, hope, and improved quality of life through gospel-centered medical outreach in hard-to-reach and underserved communities.
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Independent Christian ChurchCrossRoads MissionsCrossRoads Missions mobilizes churches and volunteers for hands-on mission trips, construction, disaster recovery, outreach, and ministry…Independent Christian Church · Missions
CrossRoads Missions
CrossRoads Missions — Organization Profile CrossRoads Missions is a Christian missions organization that mobilizes churches, groups, families, and individuals for hands-on service. Its stated mission is mobilizing the Church in meaningful mission and service, with a vision of seeing the…
CrossRoads Missions — Organization Profile CrossRoads Missions is a Christian missions organization that mobilizes churches, groups, families, and individuals for hands-on service. Its stated mission is mobilizing the Church in meaningful mission and service, with a vision of seeing the Church passionately mobilized to fulfill the Great Commission through Christ-centered service. CrossRoads Missions is based in Louisville, Kentucky, and serves communities in the United States and Mexico. Its ministry fields include Louisville, Kentucky; Appalachia in Eastern Kentucky; Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico; New Orleans, Louisiana; and East Tennessee. Since 1993, the organization states that it has mobilized more than 250,000 volunteers and partnered with more than 1,000 churches and organizations in the U.S. and Mexico. The organization’s work combines mission trips,…
CrossRoads Missions — Organization Profile
CrossRoads Missions is a Christian missions organization that mobilizes churches, groups, families, and individuals for hands-on service. Its stated mission is mobilizing the Church in meaningful mission and service, with a vision of seeing the Church passionately mobilized to fulfill the Great Commission through Christ-centered service.
CrossRoads Missions is based in Louisville, Kentucky, and serves communities in the United States and Mexico. Its ministry fields include Louisville, Kentucky; Appalachia in Eastern Kentucky; Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico; New Orleans, Louisiana; and East Tennessee. Since 1993, the organization states that it has mobilized more than 250,000 volunteers and partnered with more than 1,000 churches and organizations in the U.S. and Mexico.
The organization’s work combines mission trips, volunteer service projects, construction, home repair, disaster recovery, immigrant and refugee care, youth outreach, medical missions, education, tutoring, evangelism, and language instruction. CrossRoads Missions emphasizes that service projects are not only intended to meet practical needs, but also to build relationships that create opportunities for discipleship and ongoing spiritual care through local churches and ministry partners.
CrossRoads Missions operates through field-based programs and local partnerships. ServeLouisville works with churches, nonprofits, veterans’ ministries, families, and community advocates through construction, outreach, service projects, and community development. In Appalachia, the ministry partners with local churches, community centers, schools, and organizations in Eastern Kentucky through home repairs, cookouts, game nights, outreach, and community relationship-building.
In Piedras Negras, Mexico, CrossRoads Missions supports construction projects, affordable home ownership, education, immigrant care, outreach programs, and ministry in the Piedra Angular neighborhood. Help Build Hope brings construction projects to churches, businesses, schools, conventions, and organizations across the United States, where volunteers frame walls for affordable homes in partnership with housing organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and Fuller Center-related partners.
People can engage with CrossRoads Missions by registering for mission trips, joining one-day or multi-day volunteer opportunities, serving through Help Build Hope, applying for internships, giving financially, supporting staff, promoting mission opportunities, praying for field ministries, or partnering as a church or organization. Donations may be made online, and general inquiries are handled through the Louisville office.
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Independent Christian ChurchColegio BiblicoColegio Biblico prepares Spanish-speaking Christian leaders through Bible, theology, ministry, and practical service training at campuses…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Colegio Biblico
Colegio Biblico — Organization Profile Colegio Biblico is a Spanish-speaking Bible college and ministry training school preparing workers for Christian ministry among Hispanic and Spanish-speaking communities. The school describes its purpose as preparing workers for ministry in the Spanish-speaking world…
Colegio Biblico — Organization Profile Colegio Biblico is a Spanish-speaking Bible college and ministry training school preparing workers for Christian ministry among Hispanic and Spanish-speaking communities. The school describes its purpose as preparing workers for ministry in the Spanish-speaking world and providing an integral education for Christian ministry. Its training is focused on students preparing for preaching, teaching, evangelism, pastoral leadership, and service in local churches. Colegio Biblico is based in Eagle Pass, Texas, with a second campus in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. The school serves students from the United States, Mexico, Latin America, and the wider Spanish-speaking world. Its location on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border allows students to study in Eagle Pass or Piedras Negras, including students…
Colegio Biblico — Organization Profile
Colegio Biblico is a Spanish-speaking Bible college and ministry training school preparing workers for Christian ministry among Hispanic and Spanish-speaking communities. The school describes its purpose as preparing workers for ministry in the Spanish-speaking world and providing an integral education for Christian ministry. Its training is focused on students preparing for preaching, teaching, evangelism, pastoral leadership, and service in local churches.
Colegio Biblico is based in Eagle Pass, Texas, with a second campus in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. The school serves students from the United States, Mexico, Latin America, and the wider Spanish-speaking world. Its location on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border allows students to study in Eagle Pass or Piedras Negras, including students who may not be able to obtain visas for study in the United States.
The school was founded in 1945 by Harland Cary and his wife, Frances, after they saw the need for biblical and ministry training among Spanish-speaking communities. Colegio Biblico later expanded its work in Mexico, and its official materials state that in 1996 it began operating on both sides of the border. This binational campus structure remains one of the school’s key distinctives.
Colegio Biblico offers academic programs designed to prepare Spanish-speaking leaders for preaching, Bible teaching, Christian education, and vocational ministry. Its listed programs include Christian Education, Sacred Literature, Ministerial Science, and Theology. The school also provides core classes and course materials intended to form students in Bible knowledge, theology, ministry practice, and Christian service.
The school combines classroom education with practical ministry involvement. Its official materials describe Christian service through local ministries in churches in Texas and Mexico, evangelism in ministry fields, camps, youth conventions, preaching, music, and drama. Colegio Biblico also lists ministries connected with church planting, orphanages, radio and television, nursing homes, medical clinics, Bible colleges, and local church ministries.
People can engage with Colegio Biblico by applying as a student, supporting scholarships, giving financially, praying for students and staff, attending events, reading school news, or contacting the Eagle Pass or Piedras Negras campuses. The school’s scholarship information notes that churches and individuals help make ministerial education more accessible, including through work-study support for students preparing for Christian ministry.
