October 22, 2026
Setting Our Hearts
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Independent Christian ChurchEvery 4 Seconds (E4S)Every 4 Seconds supports local church-planting leaders serving unreached communities in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Every 4 Seconds (E4S)
Every 4 Seconds — Organization Profile Every 4 Seconds is a Christian mission initiative focused on supporting gospel work among unreached communities in South Asia. The organization describes its central concern in its name: the belief that, in India, people…
Every 4 Seconds — Organization Profile Every 4 Seconds is a Christian mission initiative focused on supporting gospel work among unreached communities in South Asia. The organization describes its central concern in its name: the belief that, in India, people are entering eternity without knowing Jesus Christ. Its stated response is to resource church planting through local leaders rather than sending outside workers into the field. The ministry is sponsored by The Crossing Church in Quincy, Illinois, where donations are processed through The Crossing Church, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every 4 Seconds identifies its work as equipping disciplemaking church planters in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and other areas of South Asia. Its public materials emphasize that many of the…
Every 4 Seconds — Organization Profile
Every 4 Seconds is a Christian mission initiative focused on supporting gospel work among unreached communities in South Asia. The organization describes its central concern in its name: the belief that, in India, people are entering eternity without knowing Jesus Christ. Its stated response is to resource church planting through local leaders rather than sending outside workers into the field.
The ministry is sponsored by The Crossing Church in Quincy, Illinois, where donations are processed through The Crossing Church, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every 4 Seconds identifies its work as equipping disciplemaking church planters in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and other areas of South Asia. Its public materials emphasize that many of the leaders it supports serve in settings where names, faces, and exact locations are withheld for safety.
Every 4 Seconds serves local church-planting leaders who already live in the communities they are trying to reach. The organization says this model allows workers to operate across languages, cultures, villages, cities, and regions that outside missionaries may not be able to enter easily. Its stated field includes India as the primary focus, along with work in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. The ministry reports support for 26 leaders active across 19 states and regions.
The organization’s strategy centers on multiplying disciples who plant churches that multiply again. Its supported leaders share the gospel, train believers, baptize new followers, and form house churches that can reproduce in other communities. Every 4 Seconds says its partners often work in remote tribal villages, crowded cities, hostile regions, and forgotten communities. The ministry describes church planting as a process of local believers being trained over time and then beginning churches in their own homes and communities.
Every 4 Seconds also emphasizes careful reporting. Its public “How We Count” materials say the organization tracks gospel conversations, confessions of faith, baptisms, new groups, churches, and generational multiplication. It says figures are drawn from supported leaders’ own reporting rather than borrowed from other organizations, and that it would rather understate than overstate results. The ministry gives particular attention to baptisms because public identification with Christ can carry personal risk in some places where its partners serve.
People can engage with Every 4 Seconds by giving one-time or recurring gifts, praying for local believers, following the ministry’s updates, and sharing the mission with others. Donations are made through the organization’s website and processed through The Crossing Church. Gifts help provide training, resources, practical support, Bibles, support for persecuted pastors, and assistance for church plants in unreached communities.
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Independent Christian ChurchWhite Fields Overseas EvangelismWhite Fields Overseas Evangelism supports overseas evangelism, church planting, national evangelists, teaching resources, prayer initiatives, and…Independent Christian Church · Missions
White Fields Overseas Evangelism
White Fields Overseas Evangelism — Organization Profile White Fields Overseas Evangelism is a Christian missions organization established to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ to every nation. The ministry takes its name and focus from John 4:35 and Luke…
White Fields Overseas Evangelism — Organization Profile White Fields Overseas Evangelism is a Christian missions organization established to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ to every nation. The ministry takes its name and focus from John 4:35 and Luke 10:2, emphasizing the biblical image of fields ready for harvest and the need for workers to go into that harvest. Its stated approach is non-denominational in structure and patterned after the New Testament church. The ministry was founded by Reggie Thomas, who dedicated his work to overseas evangelism with the goal of taking the Great Commission seriously across national and cultural boundaries. White Fields describes its work as reaching the world with the good news that Jesus brings eternal life…
White Fields Overseas Evangelism — Organization Profile
White Fields Overseas Evangelism is a Christian missions organization established to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ to every nation. The ministry takes its name and focus from John 4:35 and Luke 10:2, emphasizing the biblical image of fields ready for harvest and the need for workers to go into that harvest. Its stated approach is non-denominational in structure and patterned after the New Testament church.
The ministry was founded by Reggie Thomas, who dedicated his work to overseas evangelism with the goal of taking the Great Commission seriously across national and cultural boundaries. White Fields describes its work as reaching the world with the good news that Jesus brings eternal life in relationship with the one true God. Its ministry identity includes evangelism, church planting, teaching, prayer for unreached peoples, and practical care for vulnerable children.
White Fields Overseas Evangelism is publicly connected with Joplin, Missouri, and describes its work as international in scope. Its website lists ministry activity in many countries and regions, including Haiti, India, Liberia, Cuba, Uganda, Antigua, the Philippines, and other nations. The organization emphasizes support for native or national evangelists who can work within their own cultural settings, often with fewer resources than foreign missionaries would require.
A central part of the ministry’s strategy is supporting native evangelists and helping plant churches in unreached nations, villages, and peoples. White Fields states that it partners with evangelists, matches them with sponsors, and encourages prayer and monthly support. The ministry also provides resources such as sermons, articles, International Bible School lessons, Muslim teaching lessons, newsletters, and a World Prayer Map focused on reached and unreached nations.
White Fields also includes White Fields Orphanage Ministries, a children’s ministry connected to the organization’s overseas work. The ministry’s official materials describe orphanage support in countries such as Haiti, India, and Liberia. This work has included feeding, housing, educating, and caring for children through partner homes and orphanage ministries, alongside the evangelistic and church-planting focus of the organization.
People can engage with White Fields Overseas Evangelism by praying for unreached nations, supporting national evangelists, giving toward ministry work, using its teaching and prayer resources, contacting the ministry about opportunities to help, or partnering with White Fields Orphanage Ministries. The organization’s “What Can I Do?” materials encourage Christians and churches to select nations for prayer, identify contacts, support evangelists, and help launch new churches where no New Testament church is present.
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Independent Christian ChurchSheltering WingsSheltering Wings is a Missouri-based mission-sending agency supporting missionaries, churches, sponsorships, and Gospel-centered relief and development…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Sheltering Wings
Sheltering Wings — Organization Profile Sheltering Wings is an international Christian mission-sending agency that partners with churches to send missionaries who take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world in word and deed. The organization equips and supports missionaries…
Sheltering Wings — Organization Profile Sheltering Wings is an international Christian mission-sending agency that partners with churches to send missionaries who take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world in word and deed. The organization equips and supports missionaries for cross-cultural service, helping them move from local church calling into long-term field ministry. The ministry is based in Leasburg, Missouri, and supports missionaries and ministry projects serving in West Africa, Mexico, the Middle East, India, the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation, and other global contexts. Sheltering Wings works alongside sending churches, missionary families, national pastors, and ministry partners so Gospel proclamation is connected with practical care and sustainable field support. Sheltering Wings describes its role as more than simply sending…
Sheltering Wings — Organization Profile
Sheltering Wings is an international Christian mission-sending agency that partners with churches to send missionaries who take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world in word and deed. The organization equips and supports missionaries for cross-cultural service, helping them move from local church calling into long-term field ministry.
The ministry is based in Leasburg, Missouri, and supports missionaries and ministry projects serving in West Africa, Mexico, the Middle East, India, the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation, and other global contexts. Sheltering Wings works alongside sending churches, missionary families, national pastors, and ministry partners so Gospel proclamation is connected with practical care and sustainable field support.
Sheltering Wings describes its role as more than simply sending workers. It helps missionaries and their churches navigate the complexities of moving and ministering cross-culturally, provides ongoing missionary care, and supports the transition from everyday life to the mission field. Its public ministry description emphasizes recruiting, training, sending, caring for, and encouraging missionaries as they develop their God-given gifts for Great Commission service.
The organization’s ministry projects include child and widow sponsorship, missionary care, clean water, medical clinic support, school funds, church planting, national pastor support, unreached people evangelism, crisis and food assistance, women’s ministry, children’s homes, leprosy outreach, Bible school support, and community development. These projects show the organization’s focus on holistic mission work that combines evangelism, discipleship, relief, development, and care for vulnerable people.
Sheltering Wings’ history includes substantial work in West Africa, where ministry efforts grew from an orphanage into a broader network that included a primary and secondary school, clinic, child sponsorship, and widow sponsorship. Current public project listings also include ministries such as Oasis of Hope, House of Samuel Children’s Home, Ruth’s Widows Basket, national pastor equipping, girls training, clean water projects, and missionary family support.
People can engage with Sheltering Wings by praying, giving to the Core Ministry Fund, supporting specific missionaries or projects, sponsoring a child or widow, exploring short-term or long-term mission service, joining the newsletter, or contacting the organization about next steps in missionary service. Its distinct contribution is church-partnered missionary sending that combines Gospel proclamation, cross-cultural support, missionary care, sponsorship, and practical relief and development work around the world.
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Independent Christian ChurchSewing Seams of HopeSewing Seams of Hope is a Brazil, Indiana sewing ministry creating handmade diapers, dresses, britches, hats,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Sewing Seams of Hope
Sewing Seams of Hope — Organization Profile Sewing Seams of Hope is the mission sewing ministry of First Christian Church in Brazil, Indiana. Formerly known as the FCC Sewing Ministry, it began in 2000 after church members learned at the…
Sewing Seams of Hope — Organization Profile Sewing Seams of Hope is the mission sewing ministry of First Christian Church in Brazil, Indiana. Formerly known as the FCC Sewing Ministry, it began in 2000 after church members learned at the National Missionary Convention, now the International Conference on Missions, of the need for cloth diapers at the birthing center of Northwest Haiti Christian Mission. Since then, the ministry has grown into a practical sewing outreach that creates handmade items for children, families, and mission partners around the world. The ministry is based in Brazil, Indiana, and ships completed items to mission partners serving in Haiti, Africa, India, Asia, South America, the Philippines, Central America, Honduras, Uganda, Nicaragua, Ukraine, Kenya, and…
Sewing Seams of Hope — Organization Profile
Sewing Seams of Hope is the mission sewing ministry of First Christian Church in Brazil, Indiana. Formerly known as the FCC Sewing Ministry, it began in 2000 after church members learned at the National Missionary Convention, now the International Conference on Missions, of the need for cloth diapers at the birthing center of Northwest Haiti Christian Mission. Since then, the ministry has grown into a practical sewing outreach that creates handmade items for children, families, and mission partners around the world.
The ministry is based in Brazil, Indiana, and ships completed items to mission partners serving in Haiti, Africa, India, Asia, South America, the Philippines, Central America, Honduras, Uganda, Nicaragua, Ukraine, Kenya, and other locations. Its work is carried out through volunteers who gather at First Christian Church and through supporters who sew from other locations using patterns and instructions provided by the ministry.
Sewing Seams of Hope’s primary projects include cloth diapers, dresses, britches for boys, baby hats, and toddler bibs. The diaper ministry remains a central focus, with volunteers sewing large quantities of flannel diapers for mission use. The dress ministry includes “pillowcase” and darling-style dresses made from donated fabric, sheets, pillowcases, scrub tops, trim, lace, buttons, and other materials. The ministry also makes boys’ britches and repurposes T-shirt sleeves and neck areas into hats and bibs.
The organization operates with a simple, volunteer-driven process. Volunteers meet for scheduled sewing dates at First Christian Church, and the website provides downloadable patterns so others can participate from home, churches, or sewing groups. Completed items may be shipped to the ministry, which then helps distribute them through mission partners. This model allows people with sewing skills, donated fabric, or a willingness to learn to take part in hands-on mission service.
Sewing Seams of Hope also serves as a connector between local churches, sewing groups, and global ministries. Its annual results pages document shipments to partners such as Haiti House of Hope, the Miriam Center in Haiti, His Eyes in Honduras, Ray of Hope in Uganda, Joey Potter Missions, Sew to Sow, Lenna’s Ladybugs, Living By Grace & Faith Ministries in the Philippines, and other mission-connected groups. These records show a ministry shaped by consistent, practical support for missionaries and ministries serving children and families.
People can engage with Sewing Seams of Hope by attending sewing dates, donating fabric or supplies, sending completed projects, making financial gifts through First Christian Church, using the downloadable patterns, or sharing the ministry with churches and sewing groups. Its distinct contribution is turning sewing, donated materials, and volunteer time into practical mission supplies for children and families served by Christian ministries worldwide.
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Independent Christian ChurchRural India Christian MissionRural India Christian Mission serves rural India through evangelism, church planting, discipleship, children’s care, education, medical…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Rural India Christian Mission
Rural India Christian Mission — Organization Profile Rural India Christian Mission, also known as RICM, is a Christian mission organization focused on reaching the unreached with the good news of salvation through the Gospel of Christ. The ministry states that…
Rural India Christian Mission — Organization Profile Rural India Christian Mission, also known as RICM, is a Christian mission organization focused on reaching the unreached with the good news of salvation through the Gospel of Christ. The ministry states that it has served for more than five decades, since 1973, and that its founders gave their lives to helping people move from darkness to light through Christ. The mission serves rural India, with a focus on communities where evangelism, discipleship, education, care for children, widows, elderly people, and humanitarian support are needed. Its public materials emphasize Gospel outreach alongside practical service, showing concern for both spiritual formation and physical needs among vulnerable people and underserved communities. RICM’s ministry approach includes…
Rural India Christian Mission — Organization Profile
Rural India Christian Mission, also known as RICM, is a Christian mission organization focused on reaching the unreached with the good news of salvation through the Gospel of Christ. The ministry states that it has served for more than five decades, since 1973, and that its founders gave their lives to helping people move from darkness to light through Christ.
The mission serves rural India, with a focus on communities where evangelism, discipleship, education, care for children, widows, elderly people, and humanitarian support are needed. Its public materials emphasize Gospel outreach alongside practical service, showing concern for both spiritual formation and physical needs among vulnerable people and underserved communities.
RICM’s ministry approach includes planting churches through evangelizing the unreached, nurturing disciples, and developing leaders. These priorities reflect a mission strategy that begins with Gospel preaching and continues through local discipleship and leadership development. The organization also lists Gospel meetings, baptisms, street preaching, youth ministry, and Vacation Bible School as parts of its outreach and spiritual formation work.
The organization’s practical ministries include a children’s home, children’s ministry, Vedha Mini School, medical ministry, hunger relief, humanitarian work, relief work, and emergency disaster management. RICM also describes support for widows and elderly people through New Life Centre, along with day care centers and efforts connected to education, health, and rural development.
Women’s empowerment and vocational training are also part of the mission’s work. RICM lists self-help groups, small business opportunities, free computer coaching, tailoring coaching, and vocational training centers among its public ministry areas. These efforts are designed to help people gain practical skills, economic opportunity, and community support.
People can engage with Rural India Christian Mission by praying, giving through its official website, contacting the ministry through its site, and supporting its church planting, children’s care, education, humanitarian, medical, disaster relief, and vocational training work. Its distinct contribution is a rural India-focused mission that combines evangelism, church planting, discipleship, leadership development, education, children’s care, women’s empowerment, medical help, and relief ministry.
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Independent Christian ChurchPartner135Partner135 is an Arkansas-based Christian mission agency equipping churches and national leaders for Gospel partnerships, short-term…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Partner135
Partner135 — Organization Profile Partner135, also written as Partner 135, is an international Christian mission agency committed to equipping today’s church to reach today’s world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The organization describes its work as empowering the national…
Partner135 — Organization Profile Partner135, also written as Partner 135, is an international Christian mission agency committed to equipping today’s church to reach today’s world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The organization describes its work as empowering the national church where it is by forming strategic partnerships between U.S. disciples and indigenous disciples who serve within specific cultures and geographic regions. The ministry is based in Van Buren, Arkansas, and serves through established work on four continents, including ministry connections in Uganda, South Asia, Romania, Tanzania, Peru, Nepal, India, the Frontier, Kenya, and Egypt. Partner135 works with national pastors, church leaders, missionaries, churches, and mission volunteers to reach unreached, under-reached, and under-served peoples. Partner135 summarizes its ministry approach through…
Partner135 — Organization Profile
Partner135, also written as Partner 135, is an international Christian mission agency committed to equipping today’s church to reach today’s world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The organization describes its work as empowering the national church where it is by forming strategic partnerships between U.S. disciples and indigenous disciples who serve within specific cultures and geographic regions.
The ministry is based in Van Buren, Arkansas, and serves through established work on four continents, including ministry connections in Uganda, South Asia, Romania, Tanzania, Peru, Nepal, India, the Frontier, Kenya, and Egypt. Partner135 works with national pastors, church leaders, missionaries, churches, and mission volunteers to reach unreached, under-reached, and under-served peoples.
Partner135 summarizes its ministry approach through three words: Discover, Develop, and Deploy. The organization seeks to discover unreached and unengaged people groups, develop contextualized strategies with national church leaders, and deploy missionaries, short-term teams, resources, and funds for training and service. This model reflects a focus on local church partnerships, contextual mission strategy, and reproducible leadership development.
Short-term mission mobilization is a major part of Partner135’s work. The organization sends disciples from the United States to serve alongside national pastors and church leaders for one- to three-week mission projects, many of them in remote areas. These trips include sharing the Gospel, meeting practical needs, and supporting ongoing ministry led by local believers.
Partner135 also supports year-round ministry through sponsorships, church planting, pastor support, child and school sponsorship, missionary support, international staff support, project funding, elderly and widow support, and emergency relief. Its giving opportunities emphasize teaching the Gospel, training the next generation of believers, and telling stories of what God is doing through partner ministries around the world.
People can engage with Partner135 by praying, giving, becoming a Gospel Partner, joining the prayer team, supporting a missionary or project, sponsoring children or schools, joining a short-term mission trip, or contacting the organization about mobilization. Its distinct contribution is connecting U.S. churches and disciples with national church leaders to advance Gospel work among unreached and underserved communities through partnership, training, mobilization, and practical support.
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Independent Christian ChurchKulpahar Kid Home and Christian SchoolKulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School provides residential care, Christian education, secure facilities, and spiritual guidance…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Kulpahar Kid Home and Christian School
Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School — Organization Profile Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School is a Christian ministry and educational work located in Kulpahar, Mahoba District, Uttar Pradesh, India, with U.S. donation support connected to Phoenix, Arizona. The ministry…
Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School — Organization Profile Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School is a Christian ministry and educational work located in Kulpahar, Mahoba District, Uttar Pradesh, India, with U.S. donation support connected to Phoenix, Arizona. The ministry began in 1947 when an infant girl named Sosun was given to Leah Moshier and Dolly Chitwood, the founders of Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School. The organization’s core focus is providing children with loving residential care, quality education, Christian spiritual guidance, and practical support in northern India. Kulpahar Kids’ Home reports that over the years approximately 800 children were received into the care of Dolly, Leah, and Linda. The ministry’s stated motto is to provide quality education, facilities, and…
Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School — Organization Profile
Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School is a Christian ministry and educational work located in Kulpahar, Mahoba District, Uttar Pradesh, India, with U.S. donation support connected to Phoenix, Arizona. The ministry began in 1947 when an infant girl named Sosun was given to Leah Moshier and Dolly Chitwood, the founders of Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School.
The organization’s core focus is providing children with loving residential care, quality education, Christian spiritual guidance, and practical support in northern India. Kulpahar Kids’ Home reports that over the years approximately 800 children were received into the care of Dolly, Leah, and Linda. The ministry’s stated motto is to provide quality education, facilities, and love.
Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School serves children and students in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, India, including Kulpahar and the wider Mahoba District. Kulpahar Christian School describes itself as serving children in northern India since 1948, with Hindu, Muslim, and Christian children and staff learning and working together. Public nonprofit listings describe the ministry as supporting a school and home for more than 400 children in the Uttar Pradesh region.
The organization operates through the Kulpahar Kids’ Home, Kulpahar Christian School, hostel life, worship facilities, educational programs, and community outreach projects. The school year runs from April 1 to March 31, and school days begin with morning assembly in the chapel building, including songs, responsive Bible reading, prayer, the Lord’s Prayer, and patriotic elements such as the national anthem or pledge. Kulpahar Christian School operates under The Church of Christ Mission as a religious society under Act XXI of 1860.
A distinctive part of Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School is combining residential care, school instruction, Christian formation, and secure facilities on a large mission campus. The ministry reports 32 acres divided into three compounds with 24-hour security, including girls, hospital, and school compounds. Its facilities include staff housing, classrooms, a computer lab, a spacious library, playground areas, generators, and other support spaces used for daily care and education.
People can engage with Kulpahar Kids’ Home and Christian School by praying, giving by check or money order through the U.S. donation address, contacting the ministry by email, or learning more through the official Kids’ Home and school websites. Support helps sustain the children’s home, Christian school, facilities, education, and ongoing care for children and students in Kulpahar.
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Independent Christian ChurchKey CommunicationsKey Communications shares Urdu-language gospel broadcasts, Christian literature, seeker resources, and follow-up for Urdu-speaking audiences, especially…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Key Communications
Key Communications — Organization Profile Key Communications is a Christian media and outreach ministry connected with Portland, Oregon. The organization focuses on proclaiming Christ to Urdu-speaking people, especially those whose roots are in the Islamic tradition. Its public theme is…
Key Communications — Organization Profile Key Communications is a Christian media and outreach ministry connected with Portland, Oregon. The organization focuses on proclaiming Christ to Urdu-speaking people, especially those whose roots are in the Islamic tradition. Its public theme is “Proclaiming a Message of Hope to a Dark World,” and its ministry has grown from gospel radio programs first produced in Pakistan in the Urdu language in 1971. The organization’s core focus is providing Urdu-language gospel broadcasting, Christian literature, seeker resources, and follow-up for people considering Christ. Key Communications states that it exists to provide people, particularly those from a Muslim background, with enough information to make an intelligent decision about accepting Christ, to help those who accept Christ form…
Key Communications — Organization Profile
Key Communications is a Christian media and outreach ministry connected with Portland, Oregon. The organization focuses on proclaiming Christ to Urdu-speaking people, especially those whose roots are in the Islamic tradition. Its public theme is “Proclaiming a Message of Hope to a Dark World,” and its ministry has grown from gospel radio programs first produced in Pakistan in the Urdu language in 1971.
The organization’s core focus is providing Urdu-language gospel broadcasting, Christian literature, seeker resources, and follow-up for people considering Christ. Key Communications states that it exists to provide people, particularly those from a Muslim background, with enough information to make an intelligent decision about accepting Christ, to help those who accept Christ form congregations, and to equip congregations to replicate themselves.
Key Communications serves Urdu-speaking audiences globally, with historic and continuing emphasis on Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India. The ministry broadcasts into South Asia by radio and reaches listeners worldwide through internet streaming and online resources. Its materials describe daily medium-wave programs, streaming listeners from more than 130 countries, and outreach to people in places the ministry cannot personally visit.
The organization operates through several connected media and discipleship tools. It produces audio programming and literature in Urdu, broadcasts into South Asia by radio, broadcasts online, maintains the Urdu/English seeker website Awaz-e-Haq, replies personally to listener contacts, sends Christian literature, speaks and trains indigenous churches, and educates followers of Christ about interacting with Muslims. Its media page also notes broadcasts into Pakistan through Trans World Radio and resources for listeners in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
A distinctive part of Key Communications’ work is combining gospel broadcasting with personal follow-up, printed and digital Urdu resources, church training, and local outreach. Its history began with Lee Turner’s missionary work in Pakistan, where he recorded teaching for people who could not read and later prepared radio programs for the Far East Broadcasting Association. After returning to the United States in 1976, Lee founded Key Communications to continue the Urdu gospel work that began in Pakistan.
People can engage with Key Communications by praying, giving, using or sharing the Awaz-e-Haq resources, contacting the ministry, inviting conversation about Urdu outreach, or supporting the production of radio programs and literature. Donations help cover program production, literature, airtime, website resources, travel, and communication with listeners and inquirers. The ministry’s public updates also invite supporters to follow news about broadcasting, publishing, outreach in Pakistan, and training opportunities connected with the International Conference on Missions.
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Independent Christian ChurchInternational Friendship MinistriesInternational Friendship Ministries serves international students and scholars through Christian hospitality, English practice, weekly dinners, friendship…Independent Christian Church · Missions
International Friendship Ministries
International Friendship Ministries — Organization Profile International Friendship Ministries, also known as IFM, is a Christian ministry based in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 1981 by Dr. Raj Aluri, the ministry began after his own experience as an international student…
International Friendship Ministries — Organization Profile International Friendship Ministries, also known as IFM, is a Christian ministry based in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 1981 by Dr. Raj Aluri, the ministry began after his own experience as an international student from India studying at the University of South Carolina. IFM seeks to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ to international students through sincere friendship, service, hospitality, practical help, and connections with local Christians. The organization’s core focus is serving international students, scholars, their families, and foreign-born people by connecting them with Christian friendship, practical assistance, English practice, Bible study opportunities, and local church relationships. IFM’s giving site describes its goal as educating, encouraging, training, helping, and involving local churches in…
International Friendship Ministries — Organization Profile
International Friendship Ministries, also known as IFM, is a Christian ministry based in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 1981 by Dr. Raj Aluri, the ministry began after his own experience as an international student from India studying at the University of South Carolina. IFM seeks to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ to international students through sincere friendship, service, hospitality, practical help, and connections with local Christians.
The organization’s core focus is serving international students, scholars, their families, and foreign-born people by connecting them with Christian friendship, practical assistance, English practice, Bible study opportunities, and local church relationships. IFM’s giving site describes its goal as educating, encouraging, training, helping, and involving local churches in ministry to internationals, with the aim of spreading the gospel among international students, scholars, families, and foreign-born people in local communities.
IFM serves from Columbia, South Carolina, especially near the University of South Carolina campus, while its history also includes outreach to international students and scholars across a much wider geographic scope. The ministry reports that since 1981 it has reached international students and scholars from more than 150 countries who studied on more than 750 college and university campuses in 48 contiguous states and Hawaii. Its history page also notes branch ministry activity in Orlando, Florida, and Bloomington, Indiana.
The ministry operates through weekly dinners, English conversation and lessons, programs, tours, holiday events, practical help, friendship connections, and volunteer service. IFM hosts Friday night dinners during the school year, followed by classes where international students can interact with Americans and practice English. It also offers special events such as welcome banquets, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s, and Easter gatherings, along with hospitality tours to places in South Carolina and other U.S. destinations.
A distinctive part of International Friendship Ministries’ work is using Christian hospitality and local church relationships to help internationals adjust to American life while encountering the love of Christ. IFM provides practical help such as rides to stores, help moving furniture, conversational English support, and access to Bible studies or international classes in local churches for those who want to learn more about the Bible and Christianity. The ministry’s office at 610 Pickens Street is located near the University of South Carolina campus and provides a space for students and scholars to study, meet, and connect.
People can engage with IFM by giving financially, volunteering, teaching or helping with English classes, supporting weekly meals and events, serving through local churches, joining friendship and hospitality efforts, or contacting the ministry directly. Supporters can give through IFM’s online giving site, contact the office, or participate in the ministry’s ongoing work of welcoming internationals with friendship, practical service, and Christian witness.
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Independent Christian ChurchInternational Christian Braille MissionInternational Christian Braille Mission provides free Braille and audio Christian materials for blind and visually impaired…Independent Christian Church · Missions
International Christian Braille Mission
International Christian Braille Mission — Organization Profile International Christian Braille Mission, also known as ICBM, is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Grayson, Kentucky. Since 1975, the organization has distributed free Braille and audio Christian materials to blind and visually…
International Christian Braille Mission — Organization Profile International Christian Braille Mission, also known as ICBM, is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Grayson, Kentucky. Since 1975, the organization has distributed free Braille and audio Christian materials to blind and visually impaired individuals around the world. Its ministry focuses on spreading the gospel of Jesus and helping people deepen their relationship with God through accessible Christian literature. The organization’s core focus is producing and distributing Christian resources in Braille and audio formats for people who are blind or visually impaired. ICBM identifies itself as a unique ministry within the Restoration Movement, serving people who may not be able to use traditional printed materials. Its work supports biblical authority, church unity, discipleship,…
International Christian Braille Mission — Organization Profile
International Christian Braille Mission, also known as ICBM, is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Grayson, Kentucky. Since 1975, the organization has distributed free Braille and audio Christian materials to blind and visually impaired individuals around the world. Its ministry focuses on spreading the gospel of Jesus and helping people deepen their relationship with God through accessible Christian literature.
The organization’s core focus is producing and distributing Christian resources in Braille and audio formats for people who are blind or visually impaired. ICBM identifies itself as a unique ministry within the Restoration Movement, serving people who may not be able to use traditional printed materials. Its work supports biblical authority, church unity, discipleship, and gospel access for readers and listeners who need accessible formats.
ICBM serves from Grayson, Kentucky, with worldwide outreach to blind and visually impaired individuals. Public resource listings describe ICBM materials being distributed in approximately 20 countries, including the United States, England, Malawi, Thailand, India, Australia, Bangladesh, and Cuba. The organization also has ministry activity in Liberia, where it partners with others to serve a village of blind individuals and a private school for blind children in Grand Bassa County.
The organization operates through Braille production, audio ministry, a sharing library, Africa ministry, conference attendance, and ministry partnerships. Its Braille production includes regular publications such as We Would See Jesus Magazine and Every Day in God’s Word devotional, along with a catalog of available publications. Its audio ministry provides monthly audio cartridges with devotionals, magazine articles, Christian books, and ministry updates recorded by volunteers.
A distinctive part of International Christian Braille Mission’s work is making gospel-centered materials available at no cost through specialized Braille equipment, volunteer readers, audio technology, and practical partnerships. ICBM uses embossers, a form burster, binding equipment, and other tools to prepare Braille resources. It also partners with Braille Bibles International for full Braille Bible requests and uses audio tools such as solar audio Bible devices for people who may not read Braille.
People can engage with International Christian Braille Mission by praying, giving financially, volunteering as audio readers, helping in person near Grayson, connecting ICBM with blind or visually impaired people who could use its materials, or supporting the “10-dollar Paper Mill” program that helps cover Braille paper costs. Supporters can also introduce the ministry to churches, organize fundraising events, donate supplies for Liberia outreach, or contact the ministry directly about partnership opportunities.
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Hisportic Global Christian Mission
Hisportic Global Christian Mission — Organization Profile Hisportic Global Christian Mission, also known as HCM or Hisportic Christian Mission, is a Christian church-planting and leadership-development ministry with contact operations in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Founded in 1984, the organization exists to multiply…
Hisportic Global Christian Mission — Organization Profile Hisportic Global Christian Mission, also known as HCM or Hisportic Christian Mission, is a Christian church-planting and leadership-development ministry with contact operations in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Founded in 1984, the organization exists to multiply Christ-followers among Portuguese-speaking peoples worldwide. Its public theme, “One Language. One Gospel.” reflects its focus on sharing Christ in the heart language of Portuguese-speaking communities. The organization’s core focus is planting churches, training leaders, developing disciples, supporting Christian education, and encouraging sustainable ministry among Portuguese-speaking peoples. HCM began as a calling to reach Brazilian and Portuguese communities in New England and has expanded into a global ministry serving across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Its work is built around…
Hisportic Global Christian Mission — Organization Profile
Hisportic Global Christian Mission, also known as HCM or Hisportic Christian Mission, is a Christian church-planting and leadership-development ministry with contact operations in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Founded in 1984, the organization exists to multiply Christ-followers among Portuguese-speaking peoples worldwide. Its public theme, “One Language. One Gospel.” reflects its focus on sharing Christ in the heart language of Portuguese-speaking communities.
The organization’s core focus is planting churches, training leaders, developing disciples, supporting Christian education, and encouraging sustainable ministry among Portuguese-speaking peoples. HCM began as a calling to reach Brazilian and Portuguese communities in New England and has expanded into a global ministry serving across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Its work is built around local believers, national pastors, and ministry leaders who can disciple people within their own language and culture.
Hisportic Global Christian Mission serves the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe, with current work publicly identified in the United States, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Goa in India, Timor-Leste, and Portugal. In the United States, HCM partners with Portuguese-speaking congregations and pastors in states such as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, and Tennessee. In Guinea-Bissau, the mission supports churches, schools, teacher training, leadership development, and plans for the Institute of Development and Evangelism.
The ministry operates through five connected areas: church planting, leadership training, entrepreneurship, in-country service, and education. HCM partners with local believers to form Christ-centered churches that become centers for worship, discipleship, and outreach. It also invests in pastoral and lay training so leaders can guide churches with biblical knowledge, spiritual maturity, and practical ministry skills. Its education work includes Christian schools that provide learning shaped by a biblical worldview.
A distinctive part of HCM’s strategy is using the Portuguese language as a bridge across cultures and continents. Portuguese connects communities in places such as Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Goa, Timor-Leste, Portugal, and immigrant communities in the United States. Through that shared language, HCM seeks to connect hearts, cultures, and generations with the gospel while strengthening local churches and developing future leaders.
People can engage with Hisportic Global Christian Mission by praying, giving, joining short-term mission opportunities, exploring long-term service, or contacting the ministry about partnership. Short-term teams may serve through construction, education, children’s outreach, community projects, and encouragement for national pastors. Long-term opportunities focus on church establishment, disciple making, education, community development, and Business-as-Mission initiatives among Portuguese-speaking communities.
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Global Impact Missions
Global Impact Missions — Organization Profile Global Impact Missions, also known as GIM, is a registered 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit organization based in Edison, New Jersey. Formerly known as GEMS-USA, the organization describes itself as a Christ-centered, mission-driven network that partners…
Global Impact Missions — Organization Profile Global Impact Missions, also known as GIM, is a registered 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit organization based in Edison, New Jersey. Formerly known as GEMS-USA, the organization describes itself as a Christ-centered, mission-driven network that partners with local and international ministries to bring the gospel to life through practical and transformative service. The organization’s core focus is connecting, equipping, and mobilizing mission-minded believers and organizations for Christ-centered outreach and sustainable community impact. Global Impact Missions states that it exists to bridge the gap between calling and action. Its purpose is to make Jesus known and glorified among all peoples through partnerships that support evangelism, discipleship, church planting, crisis response, leadership development, and care for marginalized communities.…
Global Impact Missions — Organization Profile
Global Impact Missions, also known as GIM, is a registered 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit organization based in Edison, New Jersey. Formerly known as GEMS-USA, the organization describes itself as a Christ-centered, mission-driven network that partners with local and international ministries to bring the gospel to life through practical and transformative service.
The organization’s core focus is connecting, equipping, and mobilizing mission-minded believers and organizations for Christ-centered outreach and sustainable community impact. Global Impact Missions states that it exists to bridge the gap between calling and action. Its purpose is to make Jesus known and glorified among all peoples through partnerships that support evangelism, discipleship, church planting, crisis response, leadership development, and care for marginalized communities.
Global Impact Missions serves from Edison, New Jersey, while working through global partners in India, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, South Asia, and Uganda. Its listed Global Kingdom Partners include Open Gates in India, Cephas Advanced Mercy Service in India and Nepal, Peniel Missions in Myanmar and Laos, SAMA Link in South Asia, and Healthy Charity in Uganda. Through these relationships, GIM connects with local leaders and ministries already serving in their own mission fields.
The organization operates through partnership-based mission work rather than a single-location program model. Its partnership model includes mission field collaboration, leadership and discipleship training, resource and logistics support, short- and long-term mission opportunities, joint outreach initiatives, and cross-cultural mobilization and preparation. GIM emphasizes collaboration with churches, ministries, families, individuals, and mission workers who want to participate in global mission.
Global Impact Missions’ project areas include church planting, healthcare, education, community empowerment, rescue mission work, and media mission outreach. Its church planting work focuses on urban, rural, and village communities through evangelism, discipleship, theological education, and leadership training. Its healthcare emphasis includes clinics, telemedicine, medical camps, and mission hospital partnerships in underserved areas. Its education work includes schools, tuition centers, tailoring centers, computer literacy, electrical trades, and other vocational training efforts.
A distinctive part of Global Impact Missions’ work is uniting global ministry partners around both spiritual and practical needs. The organization describes its work as rooted in the Great Commission and focused on long-term transformation rather than short-term aid. People can engage with GIM through volunteering, mission trips, prayer and intercession teams, financial giving, partner organization networking, and direct contact with the ministry.
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Central India Christian Mission
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 — 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 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.
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CMF International (CMF)
CMF International — Organization Profile CMF International (also known as Christian Missionary Fellowship International, CMF Missions) is a global missions organization that works to create dynamic, Christ-centered communities that transform the world. For more than 75 years, CMF has helped…
CMF International — Organization Profile CMF International (also known as Christian Missionary Fellowship International, CMF Missions) is a global missions organization that works to create dynamic, Christ-centered communities that transform the world. For more than 75 years, CMF has helped send and support missionaries serving across cultures and communities, partnering with local Christians and churches to pursue long-term, reproducible ministry. CMF’s home office is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and its teams serve across 26 countries and regions worldwide. Current ministry locations span places such as Kenya, Ethiopia, India, Thailand, Spain, Australia, and Ukraine, along with broader regions including West Africa and the Middle East/North Africa. This geographic breadth reflects CMF’s emphasis on collaborative, on-the-ground teams that plan and carry out…
CMF International — Organization Profile
CMF International (also known as Christian Missionary Fellowship International, CMF Missions) is a global missions organization that works to create dynamic, Christ-centered communities that transform the world. For more than 75 years, CMF has helped send and support missionaries serving across cultures and communities, partnering with local Christians and churches to pursue long-term, reproducible ministry.
CMF’s home office is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and its teams serve across 26 countries and regions worldwide. Current ministry locations span places such as Kenya, Ethiopia, India, Thailand, Spain, Australia, and Ukraine, along with broader regions including West Africa and the Middle East/North Africa. This geographic breadth reflects CMF’s emphasis on collaborative, on-the-ground teams that plan and carry out ministry alongside national leaders and local congregations.
A key distinctive of CMF is its focus on four interrelated ministry strategies. First, CMF supports church-planting efforts that aim to develop disciples and leaders who can multiply new faith communities—often through mentoring and leadership training. In multiple contexts, CMF has helped establish leadership training centers that strengthen Bible knowledge and practical ministry skills so that local leaders can guide churches toward maturity and reproduction.
Second, CMF’s Marketplace Ministries place working professionals in roles and settings where traditional mission access can be limited. These teams pursue holistic ministry and development through education, business, and community engagement—sometimes helping disciple and train local entrepreneurs toward “Kingdom businesses” that contribute to spiritual and economic transformation. Third, through Globalscope, CMF welcomes university students into community on international campuses where Christian ministries may be difficult to find. Globalscope emphasizes open, relational community where students can ask hard questions while experiencing Christian hospitality and witness.
Fourth, CMF’s holistic poverty-focused ministries address practical needs while integrating gospel-centered discipleship. CMF describes work such as education and community sponsorship (including support like education, nutrition, and medical care where possible), microfinance and Village Savings and Loans, Community Health Evangelism (CHE), medical ministry, and water projects that expand access to safe water and support community resilience.
CMF also describes itself as a “full-service” missions organization, providing support before, during, and after intercultural service. This includes assessment for field fit, training and coaching for support-raising, help with documentation such as visas and permits, financial accounting services, and member care that can include counseling and crisis support. People interested in serving can explore multiple pathways—from REACH (an 8-week intercultural internship) and an Exchange Semester, to the EQUIP Experience (a 10-month program in England) and long-term service. Others can engage by praying, partnering as a sending church, or giving to specific people and projects or broader needs.
