October 22, 2026
Setting Our Hearts
Doug Redford
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Eastern Europe
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Independent Christian ChurchTavriski Christian Institute (TCI)Tavriski Christian Institute trains Christian leaders for ministry in Ukraine, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Tavriski Christian Institute (TCI)
Tavriski Christian Institute (TCI) — Organization Profile Tavriski Christian Institute, commonly known as TCI, is a Christian educational and mission-training organization connected with Ukraine and ministry across the former Soviet Union. Partner churches and mission organizations describe TCI as an…
Tavriski Christian Institute (TCI) — Organization Profile Tavriski Christian Institute, commonly known as TCI, is a Christian educational and mission-training organization connected with Ukraine and ministry across the former Soviet Union. Partner churches and mission organizations describe TCI as an evangelical institution focused on continuing biblical education, ministry preparation, and leadership training. The organization’s correct website is listed publicly as mission.org.ua. TCI’s work centers on training ministers, missionaries, church planters, pastors, evangelists, and local Christian leaders for long-term service. Partner descriptions identify TCI as a ministry that provides certificate and degree programs, including training designed for students who cannot relocate for a traditional four-year program. Its educational work is practical in focus, preparing leaders who can serve churches, guide new…
Tavriski Christian Institute (TCI) — Organization Profile
Tavriski Christian Institute, commonly known as TCI, is a Christian educational and mission-training organization connected with Ukraine and ministry across the former Soviet Union. Partner churches and mission organizations describe TCI as an evangelical institution focused on continuing biblical education, ministry preparation, and leadership training. The organization’s correct website is listed publicly as mission.org.ua.
TCI’s work centers on training ministers, missionaries, church planters, pastors, evangelists, and local Christian leaders for long-term service. Partner descriptions identify TCI as a ministry that provides certificate and degree programs, including training designed for students who cannot relocate for a traditional four-year program. Its educational work is practical in focus, preparing leaders who can serve churches, guide new ministries, and strengthen Christian witness in difficult contexts.
The organization serves students and ministry leaders connected with Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Partner updates describe TCI’s ministry as extending into former Soviet Union countries and several Central Asian contexts where Christianity faces restrictions. Public partner information specifically names Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Georgia among regions connected with TCI’s training and ministry reach.
TCI’s educational approach includes structured biblical training, pastoral preparation, church-planting formation, youth ministry training, and ongoing mentoring. One partner description identifies a Certificate Youth Course for men and women preparing to work with teens and young adults, along with a Certificate Pastor Training Program made up of eight courses over two years for pastors, evangelists, and local missionaries. Other partner descriptions emphasize TCI’s continuing support of leaders after training through coaching and ministry relationships.
The war in Ukraine has deeply affected TCI’s work. Partner updates report that in March 2022, TCI’s property in eastern Ukraine was seized by Russian troops, with facilities including offices, dormitories, and a large library destroyed or lost. After that disruption, TCI relocated its operations and resumed training students while also taking part in humanitarian efforts for war-affected communities. Updates in 2025 reported that TCI had moved operations to a more permanent facility in Kyiv and continued preparing graduates for ministry.
People can engage TCI by praying for its students, teachers, and ministry partners; supporting theological education in Ukraine and Central Asia; connecting through the organization’s website; or giving through partner organizations that publicly support TCI’s work. Churches interested in global missions, leadership development, and ministry training in restricted or underserved regions may find TCI’s work connected to long-term pastoral preparation, church planting, youth ministry, and humanitarian service.
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Independent Christian ChurchProem MinistriesProem Ministries serves Poland and Eastern Europe through camps, Christian education, church planting, community help, counseling,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Proem Ministries
Proem Ministries — Organization Profile Proem Ministries is a Christian mission organization that works to connect people to the hope and freedom found in Jesus through Gospel-centered ministry in Poland and Eastern Europe. Proem Poland was founded by Maui and…
Proem Ministries — Organization Profile Proem Ministries is a Christian mission organization that works to connect people to the hope and freedom found in Jesus through Gospel-centered ministry in Poland and Eastern Europe. Proem Poland was founded by Maui and Ewa Dwulat in 1990, after the opening of post-communist Poland created new opportunities for evangelism, youth ministry, Christian education, and local church development. The ministry serves from Poland, with a Proem Christian Center in Zakościele near Inowłódz, Poland, and U.S. support operations in Louisville, Kentucky. Proem’s work reaches youth, families, churches, students, volunteers, and local communities in Poland and throughout Eastern Europe. Its U.S. support ministry assists Proem Poland through communications, mission team logistics, financial administration, fundraising, and church partnerships.…
Proem Ministries — Organization Profile
Proem Ministries is a Christian mission organization that works to connect people to the hope and freedom found in Jesus through Gospel-centered ministry in Poland and Eastern Europe. Proem Poland was founded by Maui and Ewa Dwulat in 1990, after the opening of post-communist Poland created new opportunities for evangelism, youth ministry, Christian education, and local church development.
The ministry serves from Poland, with a Proem Christian Center in Zakościele near Inowłódz, Poland, and U.S. support operations in Louisville, Kentucky. Proem’s work reaches youth, families, churches, students, volunteers, and local communities in Poland and throughout Eastern Europe. Its U.S. support ministry assists Proem Poland through communications, mission team logistics, financial administration, fundraising, and church partnerships.
Proem’s ministry model brings together camps, Christian education, church planting, community help, worship ministry, and short-term mission engagement. Its camp ministries include summer and winter outreach camps, Fit & Family Camp, retreats for missionaries and churches, Journey to Bethlehem, Zako Rancho, and ministry with youth and adults who have special needs. These camps are designed to create relational settings where young people and families can hear the Gospel, build friendships, and take next steps in faith.
Christian education is another central part of Proem’s work. The ministry operates a Christian Education Center that includes preschool through high school, and it also provides English-language learning through ESL coursework and educational internships. These educational ministries allow Proem to serve children, youth, and adults while building long-term relationships with families in the community.
Proem’s church planting and outreach efforts include Tomy Church, Exodus 15, Solna 15, media production, children’s and student ministry, and men’s and women’s ministry. Exodus 15 is a worship band ministry that creates worship music, while Solna 15 serves Łódź through after-school programs, recovery groups, ESL classes, and preschool programming. Proem also produces media and Bible study resources for the local church.
Community help is a major expression of Proem’s witness. The ministry provides after-school programs, family counseling and addiction therapy, support for people in crisis, outreach through Kontakt International Volunteer Festival, and international mission trips. People can engage with Proem Ministries by praying, giving, volunteering, joining a mission trip, applying for a summer internship, partnering as a church or school, or supporting U.S.-based financial administration. Its distinct contribution is a Polish-led ministry that combines evangelism, education, camps, church planting, counseling, community outreach, and international volunteer partnerships for Gospel work in Poland and Eastern Europe.
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Independent Christian ChurchKontaktmissionKontaktmission USA sends missionaries, plants churches, trains leaders, and partners with local believers through a multinational…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Kontaktmission
Kontaktmission — Organization Profile Kontaktmission USA is a Christian mission organization based in Humboldt, Tennessee, connected with the international Kontaktmission movement headquartered in Germany. The organization describes itself as a networked mission movement that empowers Christians worldwide to live out…
Kontaktmission — Organization Profile Kontaktmission USA is a Christian mission organization based in Humboldt, Tennessee, connected with the international Kontaktmission movement headquartered in Germany. The organization describes itself as a networked mission movement that empowers Christians worldwide to live out their God-given callings and sends them out for the building up of Christ’s church. The organization’s core focus is sending missionaries, planting churches, training leaders, and multiplying self-supporting churches in areas with little or no Christian witness. Kontaktmission’s mission is summarized as “Send. Plant. Multiply.” Its public materials describe a purpose of sending missionaries to places with limited Christian witness, training and supporting local workers, and establishing churches that can eventually send missionaries to plant more churches. Kontaktmission serves from…
Kontaktmission — Organization Profile
Kontaktmission USA is a Christian mission organization based in Humboldt, Tennessee, connected with the international Kontaktmission movement headquartered in Germany. The organization describes itself as a networked mission movement that empowers Christians worldwide to live out their God-given callings and sends them out for the building up of Christ’s church.
The organization’s core focus is sending missionaries, planting churches, training leaders, and multiplying self-supporting churches in areas with little or no Christian witness. Kontaktmission’s mission is summarized as “Send. Plant. Multiply.” Its public materials describe a purpose of sending missionaries to places with limited Christian witness, training and supporting local workers, and establishing churches that can eventually send missionaries to plant more churches.
Kontaktmission serves from Humboldt, Tennessee, with ministry connected to Europe, Eastern Europe, and other countries through an intentionally multinational team. Its U.S. site emphasizes partnership with the international team in Europe and describes Europe as a major ministry focus. Kontaktmission USA exists as a platform for sending American missionaries and involving American churches and individuals in the wider mission movement.
The organization operates through full-time missionary sending, short-term trips and internships, training, church planting, pioneering ministry, networking, leadership development, and support for local workers. Its core-values materials describe church planting as its primary objective, while also noting evangelistic and support ministries, assistance for local believers, training for churches and small groups, and leadership education that can include Bible schools where needed.
A distinctive part of Kontaktmission’s model is connecting missionaries, churches, local believers, and ministry partners across national and cultural lines for more effective church planting and gospel work. Its materials emphasize flexibility, creativity, partnership, local decision-making, and cooperation with existing ministries rather than isolated work. Kontaktmission also highlights the value of helping Christians discern their calling and find places to serve according to their gifts and preparation.
People can engage with Kontaktmission by praying, giving, partnering with the ministry, exploring full-time missionary service, joining a short-term trip or internship, receiving ministry updates, supporting Ukraine relief, or contacting staff about training and partnership. Churches and individuals can also support missionaries, request information about European missions, and participate in the organization’s broader work of sending, planting, and multiplying.
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Independent Christian ChurchImpact Ministry GroupImpact Ministry Group plants reproducing churches, trains leaders, and supports ministry projects in Canada, Europe, Eastern…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Impact Ministry Group
Impact Ministry Group — Organization Profile Impact Ministry Group, also known as IMG, is a Christian church-planting ministry based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The organization is incorporated in Canada and the United States and is made up of two divisions:…
Impact Ministry Group — Organization Profile Impact Ministry Group, also known as IMG, is a Christian church-planting ministry based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The organization is incorporated in Canada and the United States and is made up of two divisions: Impact Canada and Impact Europe. Its ministry theme is “Plant / Train / Transform,” reflecting its focus on church planting, leadership development, and gospel-centered community impact. The organization’s core focus is planting reproducing New Testament Christian Churches in highly unchurched regions of Canada, Europe, and Russian-speaking communities. Impact Ministry Group states that it seeks to ignite individuals and churches with purpose in the planting of churches that continue reproducing through new disciples, new leaders, and additional church plants. Impact Ministry…
Impact Ministry Group — Organization Profile
Impact Ministry Group, also known as IMG, is a Christian church-planting ministry based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The organization is incorporated in Canada and the United States and is made up of two divisions: Impact Canada and Impact Europe. Its ministry theme is “Plant / Train / Transform,” reflecting its focus on church planting, leadership development, and gospel-centered community impact.
The organization’s core focus is planting reproducing New Testament Christian Churches in highly unchurched regions of Canada, Europe, and Russian-speaking communities. Impact Ministry Group states that it seeks to ignite individuals and churches with purpose in the planting of churches that continue reproducing through new disciples, new leaders, and additional church plants.
Impact Ministry Group serves Canada, Eastern Europe, Europe, and Russian-speaking communities. Its current plants and projects include work connected to Guelph, Ontario, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Burlington, Ontario, and Eastern Europe. The organization also identifies future ministry sites in London, Ontario, Mississauga City Centre, the Greater Toronto Area, and Eastern European or Russian-speaking communities.
The ministry operates through partnership, training, networking, and church-planting support. It partners with churches and church planters to start new churches, trains leaders through events, classes, and coaching, and networks with Christ-centered individuals, churches, and organizations to create strategies and provide needed resources. Its work includes church plants, a Training & Equipping Center in Eastern Europe, and Orphan Kid’s Camp in Eastern Europe.
A distinctive part of Impact Ministry Group’s approach is raising up leaders and resources to reach lost people in densely populated, unchurched communities with churches designed to reproduce. The ministry’s strategy connects established churches, emerging church planters, and local movements so new congregations can be planted among diverse people groups that call Canada or Europe home.
People can engage with Impact Ministry Group by praying for staff, church planters, and emerging movements; giving monthly; sending one-time gifts; requesting updates; supporting specific church plants or projects; or exploring a call to church planting. U.S. and Canadian donors can give online, and all donors may give by check or contact the office about pre-authorized electronic funds transfer.
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Church of ChristEastern European Mission (EEM)Eastern European Mission (EEM), based in Hurst, Texas, provides free Bibles and Bible-based materials through thousands…Church of Christ · Missions
Eastern European Mission (EEM)
Eastern European Mission (EEM) — Organization Profile Eastern European Mission (EEM) is a Christian nonprofit dedicated to putting Scripture into the hands of people who otherwise may not have access. Based in Hurst, Texas, EEM publishes, prints, and distributes Bibles…
Eastern European Mission (EEM) — Organization Profile Eastern European Mission (EEM) is a Christian nonprofit dedicated to putting Scripture into the hands of people who otherwise may not have access. Based in Hurst, Texas, EEM publishes, prints, and distributes Bibles and Bible-based materials at no cost to recipients, serving people and ministry partners across Eastern Europe and beyond. EEM traces its beginnings to 1961, when missionary couples began taking God’s Word to people living under Soviet rule. In those decades, Bible access was often restricted, and EEM’s work included underground printing and smuggling efforts until political barriers shifted in 1989. Over time, what began as a mission focused on Eastern Europe expanded into a broader distribution network that continues to…
Eastern European Mission (EEM) — Organization Profile
Eastern European Mission (EEM) is a Christian nonprofit dedicated to putting Scripture into the hands of people who otherwise may not have access. Based in Hurst, Texas, EEM publishes, prints, and distributes Bibles and Bible-based materials at no cost to recipients, serving people and ministry partners across Eastern Europe and beyond.
EEM traces its beginnings to 1961, when missionary couples began taking God’s Word to people living under Soviet rule. In those decades, Bible access was often restricted, and EEM’s work included underground printing and smuggling efforts until political barriers shifted in 1989. Over time, what began as a mission focused on Eastern Europe expanded into a broader distribution network that continues to prioritize language access and local partnerships.
Today, EEM states that it exists to place God’s Word into the hands of everyone who requests it, free of charge. Through a network of thousands of trusted partners, EEM supplies Scripture to a wide range of settings—local churches and ministries, public schools and universities, hospitals, prisons, youth camps, orphanages, and other community institutions. The organization also emphasizes that it works in dozens of languages so people can read the Bible in their heart language.
A distinctive in EEM’s operating model is its emphasis on collaboration with in-region partners and logistics that enable wide distribution. EEM describes publishing and printing Bibles and Bible-based materials and distributing them through partner organizations, with an added focus on printing locally where possible as part of its strategy. This model is designed to support reliable delivery while aligning distribution with on-the-ground ministry relationships.
EEM invites supporters to participate through prayer, giving, and ongoing engagement with the mission. For recurring support, EEM offers the Hope Line Community, a monthly donor community that supports continued Bible distribution. EEM also highlights focused initiatives such as Bibles for Kids and resource projects like Envisioning Truth 499, along with regular impact reporting and media updates to help supporters understand where and how materials are being shared.
