October 22, 2026
Setting Our Hearts
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CohortsConnections Recovery NetworkConnections Recovery Network equips churches to develop Jesus-centered recovery ministries through launch resources, Scripture-based curriculum, leadership…Cohorts · Independent Christian Church
Connections Recovery Network
Connections Recovery Network — Organization Profile Connections Recovery Network (CRN) is a Christian recovery-ministry network that equips local churches to launch and sustain recovery ministries centered on discipleship, relationships, and Jesus. The network grew out of the recovery ministry at…
Connections Recovery Network — Organization Profile Connections Recovery Network (CRN) is a Christian recovery-ministry network that equips local churches to launch and sustain recovery ministries centered on discipleship, relationships, and Jesus. The network grew out of the recovery ministry at Mt. Gilead Church in Mooresville, Indiana, where church leaders developed a ministry culture for walking alongside people affected by addiction and supporting their movement toward recovery and spiritual growth. CRN takes that experience and shares it with other congregations through a church-to-church, practitioner-to-practitioner model. Rather than asking participating congregations to adopt a centrally controlled or franchised ministry, CRN emphasizes local church ownership of recovery ministry. Its approach is built around ten distinctives: Jesus Is Our Solution, Grace Over Shame, Truth…
Connections Recovery Network — Organization Profile
Connections Recovery Network (CRN) is a Christian recovery-ministry network that equips local churches to launch and sustain recovery ministries centered on discipleship, relationships, and Jesus. The network grew out of the recovery ministry at Mt. Gilead Church in Mooresville, Indiana, where church leaders developed a ministry culture for walking alongside people affected by addiction and supporting their movement toward recovery and spiritual growth. CRN takes that experience and shares it with other congregations through a church-to-church, practitioner-to-practitioner model.
Rather than asking participating congregations to adopt a centrally controlled or franchised ministry, CRN emphasizes local church ownership of recovery ministry. Its approach is built around ten distinctives: Jesus Is Our Solution, Grace Over Shame, Truth With Love, Authenticity Over Image, Progress Not Perfection, Community Is Essential, Confidentiality Builds Trust, Servant Leadership, Multiplication Matters, and Hope Is Louder. Together, these principles shape how participating churches develop groups, train leaders, create environments for honest relationships, and connect recovery with Christian discipleship.
Connections Recovery Network serves churches seeking to establish or strengthen recovery ministry in their own communities. Its model was developed in Mooresville, Indiana, but the network is designed for churches beyond that local setting and states that churches of different sizes can participate. CRN says it partners with churches that identify Jesus as Lord and are serious about recovery, while emphasizing unity rather than requiring every participating congregation to operate identically. The goal is to help churches develop ministry that fits their community while retaining the network's core recovery and discipleship culture.
Churches joining the network receive several practical resources. CRN provides a 90-Day Launch Resource that covers steps from recruiting leaders through holding an initial recovery meeting. Participating churches also receive one year of Scripture-based meeting curriculum organized around themes including identity, inventory, community, and freedom. A further component is one year of leadership development and coaching, designed to help churches develop healthy recovery-ministry leaders who can eventually train and support others. CRN describes its approach as practitioner-led, meaning churches learn from people with experience operating recovery ministry rather than primarily from outside consultants.
The process for churches begins by contacting Connections Recovery Network and explaining their congregation's current situation and interest in recovery ministry. A CRN practitioner then schedules a conversation to learn about the church, answer questions, and determine whether the network is an appropriate fit. Churches that move forward as Founding Churches begin using the launch resources, curriculum, coaching, and practitioner community. Through this process, CRN seeks to help congregations create relational, reproducible recovery ministries that connect recovery with ongoing discipleship in Jesus.
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Independent Christian ChurchWoodburn Christian Children’s HomeWoodburn Christian Children’s Home provides faith-based residential care, counseling, education support, life-skills training, and family-style ministry…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home — Organization Profile Woodburn Christian Children’s Home is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, state-licensed, faith-based residential children’s home located near Fort Wayne, Indiana. The ministry’s mission is to provide a Christian home for children in need and minister…
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home — Organization Profile Woodburn Christian Children’s Home is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, state-licensed, faith-based residential children’s home located near Fort Wayne, Indiana. The ministry’s mission is to provide a Christian home for children in need and minister to children and families on physical, educational, emotional, and spiritual levels. WCCH serves boys and girls ages 6–21 in family-style homes on a 30-acre campus. The organization is based in Woodburn, Indiana, and accepts private placements, including placements from the Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio tri-state area. WCCH does not contract with DCS and describes its placement process as private, assessment-based, and focused on children who can function in a least-restrictive Christian family environment. The ministry states that children accepted into…
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home — Organization Profile
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, state-licensed, faith-based residential children’s home located near Fort Wayne, Indiana. The ministry’s mission is to provide a Christian home for children in need and minister to children and families on physical, educational, emotional, and spiritual levels. WCCH serves boys and girls ages 6–21 in family-style homes on a 30-acre campus.
The organization is based in Woodburn, Indiana, and accepts private placements, including placements from the Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio tri-state area. WCCH does not contract with DCS and describes its placement process as private, assessment-based, and focused on children who can function in a least-restrictive Christian family environment. The ministry states that children accepted into care must be willing participants in the program.
WCCH’s residential program is built around consistent Christian family living. Children participate in daily chores, family activities, prayer, devotions, corporate worship, youth group, and special events. The home also supports physical development through life-skill training, exercise, nutrition, recreation, and medical and dental care. Educational support includes school placement, monitoring academic progress, tutoring, and communication with teachers.
The ministry also provides Christian counseling, emotional support, and treatment planning for children in care. Its program includes individual and group counseling, weekly treatment-team reviews, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma-Focused CBT approaches. WCCH measures outcomes through goals such as high school graduation, return home when appropriate, improved school performance, and healthier social interaction.
In addition to residential care, WCCH has expanded its work through community counseling and strategic campus development. Its Community Counseling Program offers mental health and pastoral counseling for community members and surrounding churches. The ministry’s “Strong and Courageous” strategic expansion includes a completed Learning and Counseling Center and plans for additional housing and transitional support for older youth and young adults.
People can engage with Woodburn Christian Children’s Home through prayer, private donations, pantry needs, volunteer work projects, annual fundraisers, the Legacy Fund, benefit auction, golf outing, counseling referrals, and child placement inquiries. WCCH states that it receives no federal, state, or county support and is funded through voluntary contributions from churches, individuals, businesses, community partners, and private foundations.
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Independent Christian ChurchTHE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat CenterTHE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center serves students, churches, schools, and retreat groups through…Independent Christian Church · Missions
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center — Organization Profile THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center is a nonprofit Christian camp and retreat ministry in Indiana. The organization exists to create communities of grace everywhere God leads…
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center — Organization Profile THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center is a nonprofit Christian camp and retreat ministry in Indiana. The organization exists to create communities of grace everywhere God leads and describes its ministry as Bible-based, Christ-centered, discipleship-directed, and mission-minded. Its public materials state that THE ARK began in 1948 as a summer camp for children and teens and continues to serve through camps, retreats, internships, missions, schools, and year-round programming. THE ARK is located in Converse, Indiana, between Marion and Kokomo, and serves children, teens, families, churches, schools, retreat groups, volunteers, and ministry partners from the surrounding region and beyond. Its campus provides space for youth formation, outdoor learning,…
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center — Organization Profile
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center is a nonprofit Christian camp and retreat ministry in Indiana. The organization exists to create communities of grace everywhere God leads and describes its ministry as Bible-based, Christ-centered, discipleship-directed, and mission-minded. Its public materials state that THE ARK began in 1948 as a summer camp for children and teens and continues to serve through camps, retreats, internships, missions, schools, and year-round programming.
THE ARK is located in Converse, Indiana, between Marion and Kokomo, and serves children, teens, families, churches, schools, retreat groups, volunteers, and ministry partners from the surrounding region and beyond. Its campus provides space for youth formation, outdoor learning, team building, spiritual retreats, and group gatherings. The ministry’s stated purpose is to reach and teach the next generation while serving its community with a Christ-like attitude.
The organization’s core focus is summer camp and year-round discipleship programming for students of all ages. Its camp schedule includes programs for elementary, middle school, and high school students, with options such as Quest, Connect, Huddle Up, Extremes, Jungle Huts, S.T.E.M. ’N Nature, Switch, Edge, Thai Huts, wilderness camps, Encounter, Pathway, and Mephibosheth. Camp experiences are designed around community, worship, Bible study, outdoor activities, and age-appropriate opportunities for students to grow in faith.
THE ARK also operates as a year-round retreat and conference center for churches, schools, families, organizations, and guest groups. Retreat facilities include a Conference Center with meeting space, dining support, dormitory lodging, a gym-style multipurpose room, lobby, fireplace, and commercial kitchen. Additional lodging and gathering spaces include The Cave, Lakeside Cabins, Cottages, and the Dome, with options for large groups, smaller leadership teams, retreat speakers, and personal sabbatical use.
Beyond camps and retreats, THE ARK offers school programming, internships, missions opportunities, volunteer roles, and special events. Its school options include resources for homeschoolers and public or private schools, while its internship ministry includes summer and two-year pathways for developing young leaders. The ministry also provides ways for people to serve through summer camp volunteer faculty, kitchen volunteering, maintenance volunteering, and Program 365 volunteer opportunities.
People can engage THE ARK by registering for camp, booking a retreat, volunteering, applying for an internship, supporting the ministry financially, attending events, using school programming, or contacting the camp office for more information. Churches and families can also connect through camper registration, retreat rentals, missions opportunities, alumni events, and donations that support the ongoing work of the camp and retreat center.
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Independent Christian ChurchSonSet SolutionsSonSet Solutions equips global ministry partners with technology-based solutions including radio, solar power, remote monitoring, power…Independent Christian Church · Missions
SonSet Solutions
SonSet Solutions — Organization Profile SonSet Solutions is a Christian technology ministry that provides technology-based solutions to advance the Gospel worldwide. The organization comes alongside Christian ministries that need technical help but may not have engineers, IT specialists, troubleshooting technicians,…
SonSet Solutions — Organization Profile SonSet Solutions is a Christian technology ministry that provides technology-based solutions to advance the Gospel worldwide. The organization comes alongside Christian ministries that need technical help but may not have engineers, IT specialists, troubleshooting technicians, media specialists, or equipment designers available on their own teams. The ministry is based in Elkhart, Indiana, and serves partner ministries in dozens of countries around the world. SonSet Solutions supports well over 100 ministry organizations each year, helping them use practical technology to communicate the Gospel, strengthen ministry operations, and reach people in remote or difficult-to-access locations. SonSet Solutions traces its history to the HCJB World Radio Engineering Center, established in Elkhart in 1986. That engineering work grew out…
SonSet Solutions — Organization Profile
SonSet Solutions is a Christian technology ministry that provides technology-based solutions to advance the Gospel worldwide. The organization comes alongside Christian ministries that need technical help but may not have engineers, IT specialists, troubleshooting technicians, media specialists, or equipment designers available on their own teams.
The ministry is based in Elkhart, Indiana, and serves partner ministries in dozens of countries around the world. SonSet Solutions supports well over 100 ministry organizations each year, helping them use practical technology to communicate the Gospel, strengthen ministry operations, and reach people in remote or difficult-to-access locations.
SonSet Solutions traces its history to the HCJB World Radio Engineering Center, established in Elkhart in 1986. That engineering work grew out of earlier shortwave radio efforts connected to HCJB World Radio and later expanded into community radio, fixed-tuned solar radio receivers, remote monitoring systems, solar ministry tools, power protection, media, and other technology services. In January 2015, the HCJB Global Technology Center began operating independently as SonSet Solutions.
The organization’s solutions include SonSetLink® remote monitoring systems, radio broadcast support, SonSet® solar-powered radios, solar ministry tools, power protection, and technical assistance. SonSetLink monitors help water ministries track clean-water systems remotely through internet-accessible data. Radio broadcast services include consultation, equipment, installation, training, and ongoing technical support for Christian radio partners. SonSet® radios are fixed-tuned, solar-powered receivers used by partner ministries in places where electricity and media access may be limited.
SonSet Solutions also helps ministries with broader technical needs. Its Solar Ministry Toolkit provides rugged devices for lighting, charging USB devices, and sharing media in remote areas. Its power protection solutions help protect sensitive equipment from damaging electrical fluctuations common in many developing regions. The ministry also offers technical assistance when partners face problems that can be solved through engineering, communications, electronics, software, or practical design.
People can engage with SonSet Solutions by giving, praying, serving, applying for internships, joining short-term discovery opportunities, exploring service roles, subscribing to updates, or contacting the ministry about a technical challenge. Its distinct contribution is using engineering, media, radio, solar power, remote monitoring, and practical technology to help global ministry partners overcome barriers to Gospel communication and community service.
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Independent Christian ChurchSonlight Ministries – Port de Paix, HaitiSonlight Ministries serves Port-de-Paix, Haiti, through Gospel-centered education, Sonlight Academy, Sonlight Church, student sponsorship, community outreach,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Sonlight Ministries – Port de Paix, Haiti
Sonlight Ministries — Organization Profile Sonlight Ministries is a Christian mission serving Port-de-Paix, Haiti, through Gospel-centered education, church ministry, student sponsorship, community outreach, and missionary service. The ministry exists to reach and train Haitian people to reach and train others…
Sonlight Ministries — Organization Profile Sonlight Ministries is a Christian mission serving Port-de-Paix, Haiti, through Gospel-centered education, church ministry, student sponsorship, community outreach, and missionary service. The ministry exists to reach and train Haitian people to reach and train others for the Kingdom of God by effectively communicating the Gospel through education, lifestyle, and words. The ministry is based in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, with U.S. financial correspondence handled through Evansville, Indiana. Its work serves Haitian children, families, students, church members, teachers, and community contacts in Port-de-Paix, La Pointe, St. Louis du Nord, and the surrounding region of northwest Haiti. Sonlight’s vision is to see generations transformed for God through education and to equip graduates as servant-leaders with a biblical worldview. Sonlight…
Sonlight Ministries — Organization Profile
Sonlight Ministries is a Christian mission serving Port-de-Paix, Haiti, through Gospel-centered education, church ministry, student sponsorship, community outreach, and missionary service. The ministry exists to reach and train Haitian people to reach and train others for the Kingdom of God by effectively communicating the Gospel through education, lifestyle, and words.
The ministry is based in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, with U.S. financial correspondence handled through Evansville, Indiana. Its work serves Haitian children, families, students, church members, teachers, and community contacts in Port-de-Paix, La Pointe, St. Louis du Nord, and the surrounding region of northwest Haiti. Sonlight’s vision is to see generations transformed for God through education and to equip graduates as servant-leaders with a biblical worldview.
Sonlight Ministries began when Roger and Norma Alexander moved to Haiti in 1983 to train and teach church leaders. In 1986, they started a preschool class in their living room with four children, teaching all subjects in English and making Bible a central part of each day. That early class grew into Sonlight Academy, an English-immersion Christian school that now serves students from preschool through twelfth grade.
Sonlight Academy is one of the ministry’s central programs. Students receive academic instruction, Bible teaching, English-language education, French instruction, and Christian worldview formation. The academy describes its graduates as trilingual in Creole, English, and French, and it emphasizes that education can open wider career and college opportunities while also influencing families spiritually.
Sonlight Church grew out of the school community so students, staff, and families could receive consistent biblical teaching. The church now serves the Port-de-Paix community through worship, Sunday school, and pastoral ministry under Haitian leadership. The ministry has also included Sonlight Bible College, which operated from 2004 to 2021 and graduated more than 120 students, some of whom became involved in new church plants in the region.
People can engage with Sonlight Ministries by giving, sponsoring a student, praying, visiting with a group, applying for long-term missionary service, subscribing for updates, or contacting the ministry about employment and service opportunities. Its distinct contribution is a long-term Port-de-Paix ministry that connects Christian education, local church life, student sponsorship, leadership development, community outreach, and Haitian-led Gospel witness.
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Independent Christian ChurchShepherd’s Heart Ministries, IncShepherd's Heart Ministries, Inc. is an Indiana prison ministry serving incarcerated people, juvenile offenders, ex-inmates, and…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Shepherd’s Heart Ministries, Inc
Shepherd's Heart Ministries, Inc. — Organization Profile Shepherd's Heart Ministries, Inc. is a Christian prison ministry affiliated with the Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in the Restoration Movement. The ministry is focused on bringing the Gospel, pastoral care,…
Shepherd's Heart Ministries, Inc. — Organization Profile Shepherd's Heart Ministries, Inc. is a Christian prison ministry affiliated with the Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in the Restoration Movement. The ministry is focused on bringing the Gospel, pastoral care, chaplaincy, counseling, discipleship, and long-term support to incarcerated people, juvenile offenders, ex-inmates, and their families. The ministry is based in Speedway, Indiana, and serves correctional settings and people connected to incarceration in Indiana, including county jails and state correctional facilities. Public ministry materials identify work connected to the Marion County Jail in Indianapolis, the Madison County Jail in Anderson, the Indiana Women’s Prison, and other correctional ministry contexts. Shepherd's Heart Ministries takes its name from the Parable of the Lost…
Shepherd's Heart Ministries, Inc. — Organization Profile
Shepherd's Heart Ministries, Inc. is a Christian prison ministry affiliated with the Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in the Restoration Movement. The ministry is focused on bringing the Gospel, pastoral care, chaplaincy, counseling, discipleship, and long-term support to incarcerated people, juvenile offenders, ex-inmates, and their families.
The ministry is based in Speedway, Indiana, and serves correctional settings and people connected to incarceration in Indiana, including county jails and state correctional facilities. Public ministry materials identify work connected to the Marion County Jail in Indianapolis, the Madison County Jail in Anderson, the Indiana Women’s Prison, and other correctional ministry contexts.
Shepherd's Heart Ministries takes its name from the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Luke 15. Its public materials describe a calling to go after people many others have written off, especially incarcerated youth and adults who are isolated, lonely, spiritually searching, or facing long sentences. The ministry’s approach combines biblical teaching, pastoral presence, personal testimony, correspondence, chaplaincy, counseling, and relational follow-up.
Shawn and Lynn Springer bring complementary experience to the ministry. Shawn’s story includes incarceration, spiritual transformation, Bible study, and a later call to return to correctional settings as a minister. Lynn has served in jail and prison ministry since 1987, with a particular focus on juvenile offenders, including youth who have been remanded to the adult system. Her work has included Bible studies, pastoral care, volunteer coordination, training, and long-term correspondence and visits with incarcerated people.
The ministry has served through Bible studies, pastoral care, Celebrate Recovery, chapel services, volunteer chaplaincy, juvenile ministry, correspondence with inmates, support for ex-inmates, and relationships with families affected by incarceration. Its public site also includes articles, testimony pages, prayer requests, recommendations, pictures, prison poems, and project-support information related to correctional ministry.
People can engage with Shepherd's Heart Ministries, Inc. by praying, giving, contacting the ministry, reading ministry updates, supporting chaplaincy and counseling work, and helping provide spiritual and financial support for ongoing prison outreach. Its distinct contribution is Restoration Movement prison ministry rooted in lived experience, long-term jail and prison presence, juvenile offender care, and Gospel-centered discipleship for people affected by incarceration.
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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 ChurchRemember the ChildrenRemember the Children serves vulnerable children and communities through orphan care, church planting, leadership development, sponsorship,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Remember the Children
Remember the Children — Organization Profile Remember the Children, also known as RTC, is a Christian ministry focused on transforming lives and communities through leadership development, church planting, and orphan care. The organization works with local leaders and churches to…
Remember the Children — Organization Profile Remember the Children, also known as RTC, is a Christian ministry focused on transforming lives and communities through leadership development, church planting, and orphan care. The organization works with local leaders and churches to care for vulnerable children, strengthen communities, and share the hope of Christ through long-term ministry relationships. The ministry is based in Noblesville, Indiana, and its work is centered primarily in Romania, with additional ministry connections in Tanzania and Ukrainian refugee relief. Remember the Children describes Romania’s orphan and vulnerable-child crisis as requiring more than institutional support; its approach also includes strengthening local leaders and planting churches in underserved areas so communities can care for their own people more effectively. Remember…
Remember the Children — Organization Profile
Remember the Children, also known as RTC, is a Christian ministry focused on transforming lives and communities through leadership development, church planting, and orphan care. The organization works with local leaders and churches to care for vulnerable children, strengthen communities, and share the hope of Christ through long-term ministry relationships.
The ministry is based in Noblesville, Indiana, and its work is centered primarily in Romania, with additional ministry connections in Tanzania and Ukrainian refugee relief. Remember the Children describes Romania’s orphan and vulnerable-child crisis as requiring more than institutional support; its approach also includes strengthening local leaders and planting churches in underserved areas so communities can care for their own people more effectively.
Remember the Children’s orphan care work emphasizes family-based homes rather than institutional orphanage care. Children placed in RTC homes live with committed house parents and receive food, housing, medical care, education, biblical mentorship, church involvement, and long-term relational support. Through sponsorship, supporters help provide children with practical care and spiritual encouragement in a home environment.
Church planting is another major part of RTC’s strategy. The ministry states that churches serving children can reach entire villages, because care for children creates trust with families and community leaders. Through church-based programs, children receive school support, tutoring, homework help, school supplies, snacks, Bible lessons, and opportunities to participate in Vacation Bible School and other Gospel-centered activities.
Remember the Children also invests in leadership development for pastors, ministry leaders, and future leaders. Its ministry overview describes mentoring current and future leaders, investing in biblical education, and hosting leadership trainings. This work is designed to strengthen local churches and equip leaders who can guide communities spiritually and practically.
People can engage with Remember the Children by sponsoring a child, giving, praying through the ministry partner prayer guide, participating in mission trips, supporting church engagement, leaving a legacy gift, supporting Tanzania ministry, or contributing to Ukrainian refugee relief. Its distinct contribution is a Romania-focused ministry model that connects orphan care, church planting, leadership development, sponsorship, and short-term mission engagement for long-term community transformation.
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Independent Christian ChurchPolish Christian MinistriesPolish Christian Ministries supports Polish Christian churches and leaders through church planting, resources, prayer, mission trips,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Polish Christian Ministries
Polish Christian Ministries — Organization Profile Polish Christian Ministries, also known as PCM, is a Christian mission organization that exists to assist Polish Christians in becoming healthy, growing, self-supporting, and reproducing congregations with a mission mindset. The ministry does this…
Polish Christian Ministries — Organization Profile Polish Christian Ministries, also known as PCM, is a Christian mission organization that exists to assist Polish Christians in becoming healthy, growing, self-supporting, and reproducing congregations with a mission mindset. The ministry does this through church planting, resourcing Polish churches, building friendships, supporting local leaders, and helping U.S. churches and donors participate in Gospel work in Poland. The organization’s U.S. contact address is in Rockville, Maryland, with a donation mailing address in Indianapolis, Indiana. Its ministry focus is Poland, especially Polish Christian churches and leaders serving congregations across the country. PCM’s public materials also connect its work with the Fellowship of Christian Churches in Poland, known in Polish as Wspólnoty Kościołów Chrystusowych. PCM supports…
Polish Christian Ministries — Organization Profile
Polish Christian Ministries, also known as PCM, is a Christian mission organization that exists to assist Polish Christians in becoming healthy, growing, self-supporting, and reproducing congregations with a mission mindset. The ministry does this through church planting, resourcing Polish churches, building friendships, supporting local leaders, and helping U.S. churches and donors participate in Gospel work in Poland.
The organization’s U.S. contact address is in Rockville, Maryland, with a donation mailing address in Indianapolis, Indiana. Its ministry focus is Poland, especially Polish Christian churches and leaders serving congregations across the country. PCM’s public materials also connect its work with the Fellowship of Christian Churches in Poland, known in Polish as Wspólnoty Kościołów Chrystusowych.
PCM supports Polish churches through practical, relational, and financial partnership. The ministry states that it currently supports 32 churches and 3 mission stations in Poland. Its work includes helping provide resources, strengthening congregations, supporting Polish pastors, assisting with church building projects, and administering U.S. donations for ministry personnel and church-related needs.
The ministry also encourages prayer and short-term participation. PCM invites supporters to pray for the hearts of Polish people to be open to the Gospel, for Polish churches, for ministry leaders, and for ongoing needs connected to churches and ministry sites. Its “Minister With Us” page describes opportunities for people to participate in what God is doing in Poland, including mission trips when available.
A major part of PCM’s role is serving as a trusted U.S. fund-management and support agency for Polish Christian churches and ministry personnel. Donations may be given by check, bill pay, Zelle, card, PayPal, ACH, memorial gifts, gifts-in-kind, and qualified charitable IRA gifts. The organization notes that gifts are administered by the PCM Board of Directors, with attention to donor intent and current ministry needs.
People can engage with Polish Christian Ministries by praying for Poland, giving to the ministry, supporting specific Polish church needs, requesting information about mission trips, following ministry updates, and contacting staff about ways to participate. Its distinct contribution is long-term partnership with Polish Christian leaders and congregations to strengthen Gospel-centered churches in Poland through friendship, resources, prayer, and financial support.
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Independent Christian ChurchPension Fund of the Christian ChurchPension Fund of the Christian Church provides retirement, savings, financial wellness, and ministerial relief programs for…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Pension Fund of the Christian Church
Pension Fund of the Christian Church — Organization Profile Pension Fund of the Christian Church, also known as Pension Fund, is a financial ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that exists “for the support of ministry.” The organization…
Pension Fund of the Christian Church — Organization Profile Pension Fund of the Christian Church, also known as Pension Fund, is a financial ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that exists “for the support of ministry.” The organization provides retirement, savings, financial wellness, and relief programs for people serving churches and church-related organizations within the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement. Pension Fund is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and serves members and employers across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and related international ministries. Its members include pastors, ministers, seminary students, church employees, missionaries, university employees, ministry staff, spouses where applicable, and lay employees serving congregations and related organizations. The organization’s work centers on helping ministry workers and church employees prepare…
Pension Fund of the Christian Church — Organization Profile
Pension Fund of the Christian Church, also known as Pension Fund, is a financial ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that exists “for the support of ministry.” The organization provides retirement, savings, financial wellness, and relief programs for people serving churches and church-related organizations within the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement.
Pension Fund is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and serves members and employers across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and related international ministries. Its members include pastors, ministers, seminary students, church employees, missionaries, university employees, ministry staff, spouses where applicable, and lay employees serving congregations and related organizations.
The organization’s work centers on helping ministry workers and church employees prepare for a strong, smart, and secure retirement. Pension Fund offers employer-sponsored products such as the Pension Plan, Tax-Deferred Retirement Account 403(b)/Roth 403(b), and 457(b) Plan. It also offers individual retirement and savings products, including Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, and Benefit Accumulation Account options.
Pension Fund also provides Ministerial Relief & Assistance programs designed to meet the evolving needs of new, active, and retired clergy and their families. These programs include support for new and active clergy, active and retired clergy, retired clergy, and Cornerstones. The relief and assistance work reflects the organization’s long history of supporting ministers and their families during financial hardship, transition, and retirement.
Financial education is another important part of Pension Fund’s service. Its public resources include member and clergy tools, employer resources, financial wellness materials, annual reports, forms in multiple languages, events, webinars, and publication resources. Pension Fund also partners with services such as Your Money Line and Learn to Live to support financial and mental wellness for members and clergy families.
People can engage with Pension Fund by enrolling through an eligible employer, opening individual savings or retirement products, contacting Client Relations, using member and employer resources, supporting Ministerial Relief & Assistance, donating to relief programs, or participating in financial education opportunities. Its distinct contribution is retirement and financial wellness ministry designed specifically for clergy, missionaries, church employees, and church-related workers of the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement.
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One Mission Society
One Mission Society — Organization Profile One Mission Society, also known as OMS, is a global Christian mission organization focused on multiplying disciples, churches, leaders, and missionaries through evangelism, discipleship, church planting, and missionary mobilization. Founded in 1901 as The…
One Mission Society — Organization Profile One Mission Society, also known as OMS, is a global Christian mission organization focused on multiplying disciples, churches, leaders, and missionaries through evangelism, discipleship, church planting, and missionary mobilization. Founded in 1901 as The Oriental Missionary Society, OMS began in Japan through the work of Charles and Lettie Cowman, Ernest and Julia Kilbourne, and Japanese evangelist Juji Nakada. The organization is based in Greenwood, Indiana, and serves in more than 85 countries through missionaries, national workers, volunteers, church partners, and global ministries. OMS describes its work as “engaging the one to reach the many,” with an emphasis on training a nation’s sons and daughters to reach their own people for Christ and then partner…
One Mission Society — Organization Profile
One Mission Society, also known as OMS, is a global Christian mission organization focused on multiplying disciples, churches, leaders, and missionaries through evangelism, discipleship, church planting, and missionary mobilization. Founded in 1901 as The Oriental Missionary Society, OMS began in Japan through the work of Charles and Lettie Cowman, Ernest and Julia Kilbourne, and Japanese evangelist Juji Nakada.
The organization is based in Greenwood, Indiana, and serves in more than 85 countries through missionaries, national workers, volunteers, church partners, and global ministries. OMS describes its work as “engaging the one to reach the many,” with an emphasis on training a nation’s sons and daughters to reach their own people for Christ and then partner in reaching others.
OMS operates through a multiplication strategy. Its public materials describe four central areas: multiplying disciples through evangelism and relationships, multiplying churches through church planting, multiplying leaders through training methods such as Train & Multiply, Seed Sowers, and New Village Church Planting, and multiplying missionaries through mobilization efforts such as the 125 by 125 initiative. This strategy reflects the organization’s focus on locally rooted Christian witness that develops indigenous leaders and churches.
The organization’s ministries include long-term, mid-term, short-term, and internship opportunities, along with Embark, a 1- to 12-month cross-cultural mission experience primarily for college-aged young adults. OMS also supports church partners, global projects, prayer resources, missionary sending, theological education, community ministries, and field opportunities in regions such as Africa, Asia-Oceania, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America.
OMS also participates in broader collaborative efforts, including Billion.Global, a network launched from the vision of former OMS president Bob Fetherlin. Its public resources include Outreach magazine, the Global Impact Report, prayer guides, One Mission Radio archives, missionary stories, and opportunities to support missionaries and projects. These resources help churches and individuals stay connected with the mission’s work across different countries and ministry contexts.
People can engage with One Mission Society by praying, giving, supporting missionaries, giving to projects, applying for mission service, exploring internships, connecting with a missions coach, inviting OMS to speak, or partnering as a church. Its distinct contribution is a long-standing interdenominational mission movement that equips local believers and cross-cultural workers to form Christ-centered communities around the world.
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Independent Christian ChurchNorthwest Haiti Christian MissionNorthwest Haiti Christian Mission serves northwest Haiti through Christian ministry, Haitian church partnerships, medical care, education,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Northwest Haiti Christian Mission
Northwest Haiti Christian Mission — Organization Profile Northwest Haiti Christian Mission, also known as NWHCM, is a Christian mission organization that serves people in northwest Haiti through Gospel-centered ministry, practical care, education, medical work, and community support. Its stated mission…
Northwest Haiti Christian Mission — Organization Profile Northwest Haiti Christian Mission, also known as NWHCM, is a Christian mission organization that serves people in northwest Haiti through Gospel-centered ministry, practical care, education, medical work, and community support. Its stated mission is to serve the people of Haiti by providing sustainable support that enriches lives spiritually and physically. The organization is based in Lebanon, Indiana, and its field work is concentrated in the northwest region of Haiti. NWHCM works through Haitian churches, schools, clinics, orphan care, nutrition programs, elder care, special-needs care, and mission partnerships. Public ministry descriptions state that the organization serves thousands of people across northwest Haiti regardless of age, gender, or religion. NWHCM’s ministry model combines local Haitian…
Northwest Haiti Christian Mission — Organization Profile
Northwest Haiti Christian Mission, also known as NWHCM, is a Christian mission organization that serves people in northwest Haiti through Gospel-centered ministry, practical care, education, medical work, and community support. Its stated mission is to serve the people of Haiti by providing sustainable support that enriches lives spiritually and physically.
The organization is based in Lebanon, Indiana, and its field work is concentrated in the northwest region of Haiti. NWHCM works through Haitian churches, schools, clinics, orphan care, nutrition programs, elder care, special-needs care, and mission partnerships. Public ministry descriptions state that the organization serves thousands of people across northwest Haiti regardless of age, gender, or religion.
NWHCM’s ministry model combines local Haitian leadership, missionary staff, church partnerships, and donor support. The organization describes its work as serving through the instrument of the church, with programs that include primary and secondary education, nutrition, orphanages, medical clinics, and indigenous church empowerment. It also states that it is one of the largest employers in the northwest zone of Haiti.
Medical ministry is one of NWHCM’s major areas of service. Its programs include clinics, surgery-related care, eye care, a birthing center, pharmacy support, and medical services for people who need free or low-cost care. The mission also supports education through a network of schools, nutrition sponsorships for children, orphanage care, the Miriam Center for children with special needs, and Gran Moun elder care for seniors in need.
NWHCM has historically welcomed short-term mission teams, interns, long-term missionary candidates, and church partners. Due to ongoing difficulty in Haiti, including travel limitations, rising costs, supply challenges, and security concerns, the organization has emphasized continued financial support, prayer, and partnership to help keep ministries operating and Haitian staff employed.
People can engage with Northwest Haiti Christian Mission by giving to the general fund, supporting missionaries, sponsoring orphanage care, nutrition, elder care, special-needs care, medical ministry, or education, applying for internships, exploring missionary service, subscribing for updates, and praying for Haiti. Its distinct contribution is long-term Christian mission work in northwest Haiti that integrates evangelism, Haitian church empowerment, medical care, education, nutrition, orphan care, elder care, and special-needs ministry.
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Independent Christian ChurchNew Life InternationalNew Life International is an Indiana-based Christian nonprofit providing water purification technology, training, innovation, and Gospel-focused…Independent Christian Church · Missions
New Life International
New Life International — Organization Profile New Life International, also known as NLI, is a Christian nonprofit ministry focused on bringing safe water and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people in need through practical technology and ministry partnerships. Since…
New Life International — Organization Profile New Life International, also known as NLI, is a Christian nonprofit ministry focused on bringing safe water and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people in need through practical technology and ministry partnerships. Since 1998, the organization has used water purification systems and related innovations as tools for physical care, evangelism, and community service. The ministry is based in Underwood, Indiana, and serves communities in more than 80 countries worldwide. Its work is especially directed toward places where unsafe water affects children, families, schools, orphanages, medical clinics, hospitals, prisons, villages, and remote communities. New Life International works with missionaries, pastors, church leaders, volunteers, and partner organizations who identify needs and help deploy solutions. New…
New Life International — Organization Profile
New Life International, also known as NLI, is a Christian nonprofit ministry focused on bringing safe water and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people in need through practical technology and ministry partnerships. Since 1998, the organization has used water purification systems and related innovations as tools for physical care, evangelism, and community service.
The ministry is based in Underwood, Indiana, and serves communities in more than 80 countries worldwide. Its work is especially directed toward places where unsafe water affects children, families, schools, orphanages, medical clinics, hospitals, prisons, villages, and remote communities. New Life International works with missionaries, pastors, church leaders, volunteers, and partner organizations who identify needs and help deploy solutions.
New Life International’s core solution is a patented water purification system that uses table salt, water, and a 12-volt battery to produce disinfectants that make unsafe water safe for drinking. The organization states that one purifier can serve up to 1,000 people in a community and that its systems can be used in schools, orphanages, medical clinics, and homes. Missionaries, pastors, and church leaders may come to the Underwood campus for a free one-day training on placement and installation.
The ministry has also expanded beyond its original purifier. Its Innovation Center develops additional technologies connected to water treatment, automated purification, wound care, and disinfectants. New Life International describes these tools as part of a wider effort to improve physical and spiritual well-being while supporting Gospel access in communities that may not otherwise have reliable resources.
New Life International’s wound care and disinfectant work uses its purification technology to produce hypochlorous acid for communities with limited access to sterile bandages, safe water, and medical clinics. The ministry also provides manuals in multiple languages and offers training resources for water purification system use and maintenance. These tools support practical deployment in varied field settings.
People can engage with New Life International by donating, volunteering, praying, learning about church partnership, requesting information, or helping assemble and support water purification systems. Volunteer opportunities listed by the ministry include assembling portions of the NLI Water Purification Systems, inventory, grounds maintenance, and ambassador roles. Its distinct contribution is combining water technology, innovation, training, and Gospel partnership to serve communities with both safe water and Christian witness.
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Independent Christian ChurchMuscatatuck Christian RanchMuscatatuck Christian Ranch is a Christian ranch camp in North Vernon, Indiana, offering youth camps, retreats,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Muscatatuck Christian Ranch
Muscatatuck Christian Ranch — Organization Profile Muscatatuck Christian Ranch, also presented online as C.A.M.P. at M.C.R., is a Christian-based ranch camp dedicated to teaching the gospel through outdoor camp experiences, worship, and community life. The ministry describes its work as…
Muscatatuck Christian Ranch — Organization Profile Muscatatuck Christian Ranch, also presented online as C.A.M.P. at M.C.R., is a Christian-based ranch camp dedicated to teaching the gospel through outdoor camp experiences, worship, and community life. The ministry describes its work as “making Christ real” and has identified its camp setting as a place where children, families, churches, and guests can learn, worship, and grow together. The ranch is located in North Vernon, Indiana, and serves campers and families from southern Indiana and surrounding communities through summer camps, retreats, Cowboy Church gatherings, and family events. Its setting is a major part of its ministry approach. The camp describes 250 acres of woods and pasture along the Muscatatuck River, with a lake, trails,…
Muscatatuck Christian Ranch — Organization Profile
Muscatatuck Christian Ranch, also presented online as C.A.M.P. at M.C.R., is a Christian-based ranch camp dedicated to teaching the gospel through outdoor camp experiences, worship, and community life. The ministry describes its work as “making Christ real” and has identified its camp setting as a place where children, families, churches, and guests can learn, worship, and grow together.
The ranch is located in North Vernon, Indiana, and serves campers and families from southern Indiana and surrounding communities through summer camps, retreats, Cowboy Church gatherings, and family events. Its setting is a major part of its ministry approach. The camp describes 250 acres of woods and pasture along the Muscatatuck River, with a lake, trails, cabins, animals, and outdoor areas used for recreation, teaching, and worship.
Muscatatuck Christian Ranch operates with a ranch-style camp model that combines Bible teaching with hands-on outdoor activities. Camp experiences may include swimming, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, horseback riding, campfire gatherings, music, recreation, and time with animals. The camp also emphasizes worship and spiritual growth through scheduled camp sessions, Cowboy Church, and special gatherings with singers and speakers.
The camp offers several described program areas for different ages and needs. These include Wee Wrangler Day Camp, Wee Wrangler Overnight Camp, Basics of Faith Week, Handi-Camp, Music Camp, Camp Classic Week, and other seasonal gatherings. The Handi-Camp program is described as serving disabled youth through adults, while Music Camp focuses on contemporary and traditional Christian music. These offerings show the ranch’s focus on age-specific and needs-aware Christian camping in an outdoor ranch setting.
Muscatatuck Christian Ranch also functions as a retreat and community gathering site. Its website notes that churches and organizations may use the camp for retreats, and its schedule has included family outings, Cowboy Daze, Wildhorse Ministries, singing groups, and Fall Family Round-Up. The camp’s current public communications also ask for prayer, volunteers, support for projects, and donations to help campers who are unable to pay for camp.
People can engage with Muscatatuck Christian Ranch by registering campers, attending public events, participating in Cowboy Church, bringing a church or organization for a retreat, volunteering for camp projects, donating toward camper scholarships, or giving practical supplies listed by the camp. Its distinct contribution is a Christian ranch environment where outdoor activities, Bible teaching, music, family gatherings, and service opportunities are brought together for children and families.
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Mission Indy Inc.
Mission Indy Inc. — Organization Profile Mission Indy Inc. is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization equips and trains Christians to express the love of Jesus through service opportunities in the Indianapolis area. Its public mission…
Mission Indy Inc. — Organization Profile Mission Indy Inc. is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization equips and trains Christians to express the love of Jesus through service opportunities in the Indianapolis area. Its public mission is “Equip Christians to Serve Others,” and its vision is for local churches to be inspired to love their neighbors by serving in Indianapolis. The organization’s core focus is training youth, adults, churches, interns, and ministry groups to serve others through local mission experiences that connect Christian faith with practical love for neighbors. Mission Indy grew out of service opportunities connected with Chapel Rock Christian Church in the late 1990s, when Ron and Marsha Greiner and other founding members sensed…
Mission Indy Inc. — Organization Profile
Mission Indy Inc. is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization equips and trains Christians to express the love of Jesus through service opportunities in the Indianapolis area. Its public mission is “Equip Christians to Serve Others,” and its vision is for local churches to be inspired to love their neighbors by serving in Indianapolis.
The organization’s core focus is training youth, adults, churches, interns, and ministry groups to serve others through local mission experiences that connect Christian faith with practical love for neighbors. Mission Indy grew out of service opportunities connected with Chapel Rock Christian Church in the late 1990s, when Ron and Marsha Greiner and other founding members sensed a call to help more churches experience mission service in the city.
Mission Indy serves Indianapolis, Indiana, especially the greater Indianapolis area, through partnerships with churches, ministries, agencies, and community organizations. Its model brings groups from rural, urban, and suburban churches into service opportunities where they can learn, serve, and return home better prepared to serve their own neighbors intentionally. The organization’s emphasis is not starting new ministries, but partnering with existing churches and ministries already serving in the city.
The ministry operates through summer programs, custom service opportunities, internships, prayer experiences, resources, and local partnerships. Mission Indy provides housing, food, showers, tools, materials, and site leadership so youth and adult groups can serve in the context of the city. Summer programming offers organized mission experiences for church groups, while custom opportunities can be designed for fall break, spring break, weekends, or other group schedules.
A distinctive part of Mission Indy’s work is combining hands-on service with training, encouragement, challenge, and motivation so participants carry mission practices back to their own communities. The organization also offers summer internship opportunities where interns serve and lead participating groups while gaining hands-on ministry experience. Its Intentional Formation Initiative is described as a fellowship program combining communal living, paid work, Kingdom learning, and local church engagement.
People can engage with Mission Indy by registering for summer programming, requesting custom opportunities, applying for internships, joining prayer efforts, donating, reading the newsletter, or contacting the staff directly. Churches, youth groups, adult groups, and individuals can participate through service experiences that help them practice the love of Jesus in Indianapolis and grow in their ability to serve where they live.
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Independent Christian ChurchLa Costa Colombia MissionLa Costa Colombia Mission supports churches, pastors, children’s ministries, medical missions, and community outreach along Colombia’s…Independent Christian Church · Missions
La Costa Colombia Mission
La Costa Colombia Mission — Organization Profile La Costa Colombia Mission is a Christian nonprofit based in Indianapolis, Indiana, serving churches, pastors, ministries, and vulnerable communities along the Colombian coast. The organization describes itself as a mission that supports missions…
La Costa Colombia Mission — Organization Profile La Costa Colombia Mission is a Christian nonprofit based in Indianapolis, Indiana, serving churches, pastors, ministries, and vulnerable communities along the Colombian coast. The organization describes itself as a mission that supports missions and churches already working in their neighborhoods, building spiritual and financial support relationships with local leaders and ministries. The organization’s core focus is supporting Colombian churches and missions through children’s feeding ministries, medical missions, community health programs, pastoral encouragement, and short-term mission coordination. La Costa Colombia works with local missionaries and pastors who are already serving in their own communities, helping strengthen their work through prayer, resources, trips, and partnership. La Costa Colombia serves communities in Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Sincelejo,…
La Costa Colombia Mission — Organization Profile
La Costa Colombia Mission is a Christian nonprofit based in Indianapolis, Indiana, serving churches, pastors, ministries, and vulnerable communities along the Colombian coast. The organization describes itself as a mission that supports missions and churches already working in their neighborhoods, building spiritual and financial support relationships with local leaders and ministries.
The organization’s core focus is supporting Colombian churches and missions through children’s feeding ministries, medical missions, community health programs, pastoral encouragement, and short-term mission coordination. La Costa Colombia works with local missionaries and pastors who are already serving in their own communities, helping strengthen their work through prayer, resources, trips, and partnership.
La Costa Colombia serves communities in Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Sincelejo, Buenaventura, La Guajira, and other areas of Colombia’s coastal region. Its website identifies partner congregations and ministries that focus on feeding and educating children, supporting and training young parents, promoting community health, and providing medical outreach in vulnerable communities.
The ministry operates through U.S.-based coordination and Colombia-based collaboration. Its directors are based in the United States, where they coordinate missionary trips, children’s dining halls, medical missions, and events related to comprehensive community care. Local collaborators in Colombia work in the cities and neighborhoods where La Costa Colombia has developed relationships with churches, pastors, and mission partners.
A distinctive part of La Costa Colombia’s work is strengthening existing local ministries rather than replacing them. Its supported ministries include Construyendo Casa Firme, a children’s dining room connected with Casa Firme church in the Las Flores neighborhood, and Pesca Milagrosa, a group of churches that brings the Word of God to towns and hard-to-reach areas. The organization also supports local pastors through online meetings and occasional retreats for rest, training, and encouragement.
People can engage with La Costa Colombia by giving, praying, following ministry updates, supporting children’s feeding and education efforts, helping medical missions, or participating in short-term mission work. The organization has partnered with FAME for medical mission trips in Colombia, including outreach through Casa Firme in Barranquilla and other neighboring communities. Donations help feed and educate children, strengthen young parents, improve health in vulnerable communities, and support local pastors serving along the Colombian coast.
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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 ChurchHOPE2HOPE2 serves internationally through safe water, education, medical care, agriculture, pastoral training, mission trips, and gospel-centered…Independent Christian Church · Missions
HOPE2
HOPE2 — Organization Profile HOPE2 is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Muncie, Indiana, serving internationally through mission trips, long-term local partnerships, pastoral training, education, medical care, agriculture, and safe water initiatives. Its public theme is “Ministry is never bigger…
HOPE2 — Organization Profile HOPE2 is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Muncie, Indiana, serving internationally through mission trips, long-term local partnerships, pastoral training, education, medical care, agriculture, and safe water initiatives. Its public theme is “Ministry is never bigger than the ONE person in front of you,” emphasizing personal relationships and gospel-centered service. The organization’s core focus is sharing the love of Christ through practical care, relationship-building, and gospel witness among communities with urgent physical and spiritual needs. HOPE2 states that when God says “go,” it goes, and when God says “put down roots,” it puts down roots. Its mission is shaped by the Great Commission and by the belief that educational, medical, relational, and practical ministry should lift…
HOPE2 — Organization Profile
HOPE2 is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Muncie, Indiana, serving internationally through mission trips, long-term local partnerships, pastoral training, education, medical care, agriculture, and safe water initiatives. Its public theme is “Ministry is never bigger than the ONE person in front of you,” emphasizing personal relationships and gospel-centered service.
The organization’s core focus is sharing the love of Christ through practical care, relationship-building, and gospel witness among communities with urgent physical and spiritual needs. HOPE2 states that when God says “go,” it goes, and when God says “put down roots,” it puts down roots. Its mission is shaped by the Great Commission and by the belief that educational, medical, relational, and practical ministry should lift high the name of Christ.
HOPE2 serves from Muncie, Indiana, with home bases in Liberia and Uganda. The ministry has also taken teams or sent resources to places such as Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Thailand, Kenya, and Honduras. In Liberia, HOPE2 has a Liberian-staffed school, clinic, and church, along with the Hope Center campus. In Uganda, the ministry is developing a Hope Center as roots are being established there.
The organization operates through several connected ministry areas. Its water work distributes safe water filtration systems and supports wells and water projects. Its education work includes Hope Academy in Liberia, teacher training, and ministry to children and youth. Its medical work addresses simple but serious needs such as malaria, parasites, and basic community healthcare. Its agriculture work includes Farming God’s Way training, helping communities learn to grow food and develop sustainable practices.
A distinctive part of HOPE2’s work is combining safe water, education, medical care, agriculture, pastoral training, and mission-team service as avenues for long-term relationships and gospel ministry. Since 2006, HOPE2 has trained pastors in Africa, and its 54TEN initiative aims to conduct pastoral training in all 54 African countries over 10 years. The ministry describes training leaders as another way of “watering the thirsty” by strengthening those who are helping others.
People can engage with HOPE2 by giving financially, donating physical items, joining a mission trip, subscribing to updates, praying, attending events, using the For Reel virtual mission trip, or inviting HOPE2 to speak. Mission teams may distribute water filtration systems, invest in children, teach doctrinal truths to church and community leaders, and serve local people in Liberia, Uganda, and other places where the ministry is invited to go.
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Independent Christian ChurchHis EyesHis Eyes serves Honduras through medical care, church planting, The Milk Project, coffee farming, children’s ministry,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
His Eyes
His Eyes — Organization Profile His Eyes is a Christian mission organization serving in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with U.S. mailing and nonprofit operations connected to Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization’s public theme is “reaching Honduras for Christ,” and its work includes medical…
His Eyes — Organization Profile His Eyes is a Christian mission organization serving in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with U.S. mailing and nonprofit operations connected to Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization’s public theme is “reaching Honduras for Christ,” and its work includes medical care, church planting, children’s ministry, coffee farming, short-term mission teams, clothing outreach, scholarships, and other practical ministries. The organization’s core focus is serving Hondurans spiritually and physically through healthcare, gospel outreach, church partnerships, child development, and community-based ministries. His Eyes says it was created to serve God and serve Hondurans in and around Tegucigalpa, with all of its ministries sharing the goal of reaching more people for Christ in Honduras and around the world. His Eyes serves Honduras, especially communities…
His Eyes — Organization Profile
His Eyes is a Christian mission organization serving in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with U.S. mailing and nonprofit operations connected to Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization’s public theme is “reaching Honduras for Christ,” and its work includes medical care, church planting, children’s ministry, coffee farming, short-term mission teams, clothing outreach, scholarships, and other practical ministries.
The organization’s core focus is serving Hondurans spiritually and physically through healthcare, gospel outreach, church partnerships, child development, and community-based ministries. His Eyes says it was created to serve God and serve Hondurans in and around Tegucigalpa, with all of its ministries sharing the goal of reaching more people for Christ in Honduras and around the world.
His Eyes serves Honduras, especially communities in and around Tegucigalpa, while also working through churches and ministry connections in places such as Sampedrana and Las Botijas. Its clinic ministry began in the 1990s through medical work associated with Tom and Carol Jeffries and FAME, and the mission later expanded into a broader ministry led by Felipe and Valerie Colby.
The organization operates through several connected ministries. Its clinic provides low-cost medical care in areas such as general medicine, optometry, dentistry, obstetrics and gynecology, laboratory services, pediatrics, and related care. His Eyes also supports church planting and partnerships with local churches around Honduras, using those relationships as a base for outreach, discipleship, and future ministry development.
A distinctive part of His Eyes’ work is combining medical ministry, local church outreach, children’s programs, sustainable coffee farming, and short-term team service into one holistic mission strategy. The Milk Project began after the clinic saw malnourished children and grew into an after-school program that provides meals, spiritual teaching, homework help, play, creative activities, and a safe place for children and families. The Hill Climber Coffee ministry helps provide employment, supports community outreach, and generates income that can be reinvested into the mission.
People can engage with His Eyes by donating, sponsoring children through The Milk Project, purchasing Hill Climber Coffee, supporting listed ministry needs, joining a short-term trip, praying for the mission, or contacting the team. His Eyes hosts groups such as youth teams, church groups, adult teams, family groups, medical groups, optometry teams, and dental teams that serve alongside the ministry in Honduras.
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Independent Christian ChurchHanging Rock Christian CampHanging Rock Christian Camp serves churches, families, and campers through Christian summer camps, retreats, outdoor activities,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Hanging Rock Christian Camp
Hanging Rock Christian Camp — Organization Profile Hanging Rock Christian Camp is a Christian camp and retreat center located in West Lebanon, Indiana. The camp provides opportunities for churches, individuals, families, and communities to establish and strengthen their relationship with…
Hanging Rock Christian Camp — Organization Profile Hanging Rock Christian Camp is a Christian camp and retreat center located in West Lebanon, Indiana. The camp provides opportunities for churches, individuals, families, and communities to establish and strengthen their relationship with Christ through summer camps, retreats, outdoor activities, hospitality, worship, Bible study, and Christian fellowship. The organization’s core focus is helping guests disconnect from the pressures of everyday life and reconnect with Christ and one another in a Christian camp setting. Hanging Rock describes its vision as building and sustaining a thriving Christian camp where guests experience rest, renewal, and a deepening relationship with God and others. The camp is a 501(c)(3) organization and states that it is committed to offering…
Hanging Rock Christian Camp — Organization Profile
Hanging Rock Christian Camp is a Christian camp and retreat center located in West Lebanon, Indiana. The camp provides opportunities for churches, individuals, families, and communities to establish and strengthen their relationship with Christ through summer camps, retreats, outdoor activities, hospitality, worship, Bible study, and Christian fellowship.
The organization’s core focus is helping guests disconnect from the pressures of everyday life and reconnect with Christ and one another in a Christian camp setting. Hanging Rock describes its vision as building and sustaining a thriving Christian camp where guests experience rest, renewal, and a deepening relationship with God and others. The camp is a 501(c)(3) organization and states that it is committed to offering hospitality and maintaining the integrity of its Christian testimony.
Hanging Rock serves west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois, with support from 70 Church of Christ and Christian Churches in that region. Established in 1946, the camp has served thousands of campers and retreat guests over several generations. Its programs welcome children, youth, families, churches, and ministry groups who use the camp for summer programming, retreats, volunteer service, and spiritual renewal.
The camp operates through summer camps, specialty camps, retreat rentals, facilities, volunteer opportunities, and year-round ministry support. Its summer programs include residential camps, wilderness camps, and specialty camps such as fishing, horseback riding, hiking, and backpacking. Activities may include swimming, hiking, indoor rock climbing, zip-lines, rappelling, low-impact challenge course, basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, miniature golf, tennis, fishing, and paddle boating.
A distinctive part of Hanging Rock Christian Camp’s ministry is combining outdoor adventure, Christian community, worship, Bible study, and retreat hospitality in one setting. The camp’s facilities include lodging, dining, chapel, gym, dormitories, wilderness cabins, an inn, and retreat spaces. Its facility rental process allows churches and ministry groups to use the property for retreats, with food service, recreation activities, and adventure elements available by arrangement.
People can engage with Hanging Rock Christian Camp by registering for summer camp, booking a retreat, volunteering, applying for summer staff, praying for the camp, giving financially, joining the mailing list, or supporting specific camp needs. The camp invites supporters to pray for its mission, campers, faculty, staff, and board, and it receives financial support from churches, individuals, monthly supporters, special projects, and non-cash gifts.
