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Independent Christian ChurchPsalm 82:3 MissionPsalm 82:3 Mission develops a Christ-centered foster care village and community center in Liberia through child…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Psalm 82:3 Mission
Psalm 82:3 Mission — Organization Profile Psalm 82:3 Mission is a Christian nonprofit organization working to defend the weak and fatherless by empowering communities through foster care and sustainable community resources. The ministry takes its name from Psalm 82:3 and…
Psalm 82:3 Mission — Organization Profile Psalm 82:3 Mission is a Christian nonprofit organization working to defend the weak and fatherless by empowering communities through foster care and sustainable community resources. The ministry takes its name from Psalm 82:3 and applies that biblical call through long-term care for vulnerable children, families, and communities in Liberia. The organization is based in Lexington, Kentucky, and its field work is focused in Grand Bassa County, Liberia, West Africa. Psalm 82:3 Mission is developing 50 acres into a safe, Christ-centered children’s village and sustainable community center. Its public materials describe daily work among hundreds of children through foster care, education, medical care, agriculture, and church and community outreach. Psalm 82:3 Mission’s model centers on…
Psalm 82:3 Mission — Organization Profile
Psalm 82:3 Mission is a Christian nonprofit organization working to defend the weak and fatherless by empowering communities through foster care and sustainable community resources. The ministry takes its name from Psalm 82:3 and applies that biblical call through long-term care for vulnerable children, families, and communities in Liberia.
The organization is based in Lexington, Kentucky, and its field work is focused in Grand Bassa County, Liberia, West Africa. Psalm 82:3 Mission is developing 50 acres into a safe, Christ-centered children’s village and sustainable community center. Its public materials describe daily work among hundreds of children through foster care, education, medical care, agriculture, and church and community outreach.
Psalm 82:3 Mission’s model centers on five target areas: Foster Care, Church & Community, Education, Medical, and Agriculture. The foster care program provides safe homes and loving care for children. The education work includes Defenders Christian Academy, which the organization has expanded from primary education toward middle school. The medical work includes King Jesus Children’s Clinic, while agriculture and business initiatives are intended to support long-term sustainability and local income generation.
The ministry also employs a large Liberian staff team organized across departments including administration, foster care, education, medical care, church and community outreach, social work, agriculture, grounds, security, and transportation. This staffing structure reflects Psalm 82:3 Mission’s emphasis on local care, Liberian leadership, and sustainable community impact rather than short-term intervention alone.
Psalm 82:3 Mission invites churches, businesses, schools, families, and individuals to become partners in the work. Partnership options include student education support through Gatekeeper giving, staff support through Armor Bearer giving, full foster care sponsorship through Protector giving, and larger project support through Champion giving. The ministry also describes mission trips, meal packing events, collection drives, student scholarships, church presentations, special events, and prayer partnerships as ways to participate.
People can engage with Psalm 82:3 Mission by praying, giving, joining a mission trip, connecting the ministry with a church or school, supporting foster care and education, helping with needed supplies, sharing updates, or partnering through recurring support. Its distinct contribution is a Christ-centered foster care village and sustainable community center in Liberia that integrates child protection, education, medical care, agriculture, local employment, and church-based outreach.
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Independent Christian ChurchPan de VidaPan de Vida is a Gospel-centered mercy ministry in Quito, Ecuador, serving children and families through…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Pan de Vida
Pan de Vida — Organization Profile Pan de Vida is an international, Gospel-centered mercy ministry that works to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ while meeting immediate needs among children and families in critical need. The organization is legally established…
Pan de Vida — Organization Profile Pan de Vida is an international, Gospel-centered mercy ministry that works to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ while meeting immediate needs among children and families in critical need. The organization is legally established in the United States and serves through volunteer-based programs focused on hunger relief, education, health care, shelter, microbusiness, empowerment, and emergency relief. The ministry is located in Quito, Ecuador, and serves families living below the poverty line in the peripheral areas of Quito and other communities in Ecuador. Pan de Vida describes its work as helping children, parents, and families break the cycle of poverty while also inviting people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and helping them develop…
Pan de Vida — Organization Profile
Pan de Vida is an international, Gospel-centered mercy ministry that works to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ while meeting immediate needs among children and families in critical need. The organization is legally established in the United States and serves through volunteer-based programs focused on hunger relief, education, health care, shelter, microbusiness, empowerment, and emergency relief.
The ministry is located in Quito, Ecuador, and serves families living below the poverty line in the peripheral areas of Quito and other communities in Ecuador. Pan de Vida describes its work as helping children, parents, and families break the cycle of poverty while also inviting people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and helping them develop their God-given potential.
Pan de Vida operates through a practical, community-facing ministry model. Its programs include Hunger Relief, Education, Health, Entrepreneurship, Shelter, and Emergency Relief. The hunger relief program includes preparing and distributing hot meals to people in need, while also sharing the Gospel. The education program supports children through school supplies, backpacks, youth camps, sports, and Vacation Bible School-style outreach.
The ministry’s health program provides medical access and health-related support for beneficiaries, including medical appointments, health fairs, basic screenings, vitamins for children, and attention to malnutrition. Its entrepreneurship program helps selected beneficiaries develop business ideas by providing seed capital in materials. The shelter program includes practical projects such as garbage removal and construction or improvement of bathrooms, kitchens, and small living spaces.
Pan de Vida has also responded to emergencies in Ecuador, including flood relief, earthquake recovery, support for Venezuelan immigrant families, and aid after local disasters. These responses have included food kits, emergency kits, shelters, hygiene kits, medical care, clothing, and other practical assistance. This disaster-response work fits the organization’s larger emphasis on meeting urgent needs while building relationships and long-term community trust.
People can engage with Pan de Vida by donating, volunteering in weekly feeding programs, serving in special programs, applying for internships, joining short-term mission teams, or exploring long-term missionary service. Volunteer and mission opportunities may include cooking, serving meals, playing with children, cleaning, construction projects, children’s programs, sports camps, microbusiness support, teen ministry, communication, planning, and logistics. Its distinct contribution is a Gospel-centered mercy ministry in Quito that combines evangelism, poverty relief, education, health care, shelter, microbusiness support, and volunteer mission opportunities.
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Independent Christian ChurchGlobal 8235Global 8235 serves communities in Zambia through discipleship, educational enrichment, literacy development, vocational training, nutrition, medical…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Global 8235
Global 8235 — Organization Profile Global 8235 is a Christian nonprofit ministry serving communities in Zambia, with U.S. support operations connected to Louisville, Kentucky. The organization describes its mission as holistically transforming lives in Zambia through seven areas of outreach:…
Global 8235 — Organization Profile Global 8235 is a Christian nonprofit ministry serving communities in Zambia, with U.S. support operations connected to Louisville, Kentucky. The organization describes its mission as holistically transforming lives in Zambia through seven areas of outreach: educational enrichment and literacy development, vocational training, secure housing, medical care, nutrition, financial principles, and discipleship. The organization’s core focus is helping impoverished women, men, youth, and the children under their care experience educational, economic, and eternal transformation through Christ-centered service. Global 8235 targets people who have not been given a chance to grow and thrive, while fostering educational growth, character development, and a personal faith relationship with Jesus Christ. Its public materials describe the ministry’s vision as making educational,…
Global 8235 — Organization Profile
Global 8235 is a Christian nonprofit ministry serving communities in Zambia, with U.S. support operations connected to Louisville, Kentucky. The organization describes its mission as holistically transforming lives in Zambia through seven areas of outreach: educational enrichment and literacy development, vocational training, secure housing, medical care, nutrition, financial principles, and discipleship.
The organization’s core focus is helping impoverished women, men, youth, and the children under their care experience educational, economic, and eternal transformation through Christ-centered service. Global 8235 targets people who have not been given a chance to grow and thrive, while fostering educational growth, character development, and a personal faith relationship with Jesus Christ. Its public materials describe the ministry’s vision as making educational, economic, and eternal changes now and for generations to come.
Global 8235 serves people in Zambia, with work connected to learning centers and ministry activity in the Lusaka area. The ministry’s outreach includes children, teens, adults, artisans, families, pastors, students, and people affected by poverty. Its founder, Tracy Murray, first connected with Zambia in 2005, moved there in 2007, and later helped develop what became RecycloCraftz before the ministry rebranded as Global 8235 in 2022 to reflect a broader mission.
The organization operates through seven connected outreach areas. Educational enrichment and literacy development include learning-center activities such as reading support, puzzles, tutoring, books, and games that help children and youth build memory, planning, problem-solving, and academic confidence. Vocational training includes practical skill-building connected to RecycloCraftz, while secure housing, medical care, nutrition, and financial principles address needs that affect family stability and long-term opportunity.
A distinctive part of Global 8235’s work is combining Christian discipleship with practical development programs that address multiple dimensions of poverty at the same time. Its financial-principles work includes money management, budgeting, saving opportunities, and interest-free microloans. Its discipleship work includes women’s Bible study, evangelistic eye clinics, financial aid for pastors in rural areas, seminary student assistance, Jesus Film outreach, Bible distribution, and regular Bible-centered learning for children and teens at the learning center.
People can engage with Global 8235 by donating, subscribing to updates, praying, contacting the ministry, or supporting its outreach areas. The organization invites supporters to help provide educational enrichment, medical and therapeutic assistance, secure housing, nutrition, financial literacy, and opportunities for people to know Jesus. Supporters can also follow Global 8235 on social media, sign up for the newsletter, and contact the ministry’s U.S. or Zambia representatives for more information.
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Independent Christian ChurchCOPE MinistryCOPE Ministry serves Pokot children and families in West Pokot, Kenya, through Christian education, child sponsorship,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
COPE Ministry
COPE Ministry — Organization Profile COPE Ministry, formally Children of Pokot Educational Fund, is a Christian mission serving Pokot children and families in Kenya. The ministry’s mission is to provide education for Pokot children by empowering Christians and their community…
COPE Ministry — Organization Profile COPE Ministry, formally Children of Pokot Educational Fund, is a Christian mission serving Pokot children and families in Kenya. The ministry’s mission is to provide education for Pokot children by empowering Christians and their community to nurture children spiritually, mentally, and physically so they can grow into local and national leaders who think and act from a Christian worldview. COPE’s U.S. mailing address is Lincoln, Illinois, and its African mission is located in Tapadany, Pokot, Kenya, serving the West Pokot region of Kenya. The organization states that it does not operate from a physical U.S. office; instead, volunteers and board members support the ministry remotely while mission work continues through local employees and leaders in…
COPE Ministry — Organization Profile
COPE Ministry, formally Children of Pokot Educational Fund, is a Christian mission serving Pokot children and families in Kenya. The ministry’s mission is to provide education for Pokot children by empowering Christians and their community to nurture children spiritually, mentally, and physically so they can grow into local and national leaders who think and act from a Christian worldview.
COPE’s U.S. mailing address is Lincoln, Illinois, and its African mission is located in Tapadany, Pokot, Kenya, serving the West Pokot region of Kenya. The organization states that it does not operate from a physical U.S. office; instead, volunteers and board members support the ministry remotely while mission work continues through local employees and leaders in Kenya.
The ministry began after Paul and Mary Boatman visited Pokot in 1995 and saw the need for basic education among children from the nomadic Pokot tribe. Barbara O’Donohue later helped establish the nonprofit in 1997 to fund Tapadany Christian Academy. What began as a small school has grown into Tapadany Christian Academy, COPE House, a feeding program, medical care, evangelism, and community outreach projects.
Education remains central to COPE’s work. Tapadany Christian Academy began with a preschool and now serves hundreds of students through primary grades. The school provides classroom instruction, Christian Religious Education, worship assemblies, a library, play space, and two meals each school day for students and employees. COPE describes the school as both an education ministry and a Christian outreach arm into the Pokot community, since children share what they learn with their families.
COPE’s evangelism and outreach ministries include Sunday worship, women’s Bible study, individual witness, parent prayer days, the Jesus Film, and weeklong teaching events for boys and girls. Its community programs include COPE House for children in need, Good Samaritan sponsorships, relief food, clean water, medical care, a bakery, canteen, Farming God’s Way, sewing, and jewelry projects. These efforts respond to needs in an area with limited employment and limited access to education and medical care.
People can engage with COPE Ministry by giving financially, sponsoring a child through the Good Samaritan Program, joining the prayer team, receiving newsletters, volunteering with fundraising or marketing, inviting COPE representatives to visit a church or group, supporting relief or growth projects, or participating in mission opportunities such as the 2026 Medical Mission Trip. Donations may be made online or mailed to the Lincoln, Illinois address.
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Independent Christian ChurchChrist Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, Inc (dba Cram Worldwide, Inc)Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, known as CRAM Worldwide, serves communities in Asia through evangelism, child…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, Inc (dba Cram Worldwide, Inc)
Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide — Organization Profile Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, Inc., doing business as CRAM Worldwide, Inc., is a Christian mission organization focused on Asia. The organization states its mission as taking the love of Jesus Christ…
Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide — Organization Profile Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, Inc., doing business as CRAM Worldwide, Inc., is a Christian mission organization focused on Asia. The organization states its mission as taking the love of Jesus Christ to the people of Asia by meeting physical needs in order to gain opportunities to meet spiritual needs. Its work combines evangelism, benevolence, church planting, child sponsorship, education, medical support, and care for vulnerable children and families. CRAM Worldwide is based in Greenwood, Indiana, and its ministry serves communities in Asia, including Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, North Korea, and China. The organization began through the missionary work of Dr. Chan Young “C.Y.” Kim and Patricia Kim, with support from…
Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide — Organization Profile
Christ Reaching Asia Mission Worldwide, Inc., doing business as CRAM Worldwide, Inc., is a Christian mission organization focused on Asia. The organization states its mission as taking the love of Jesus Christ to the people of Asia by meeting physical needs in order to gain opportunities to meet spiritual needs. Its work combines evangelism, benevolence, church planting, child sponsorship, education, medical support, and care for vulnerable children and families.
CRAM Worldwide is based in Greenwood, Indiana, and its ministry serves communities in Asia, including Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, North Korea, and China. The organization began through the missionary work of Dr. Chan Young “C.Y.” Kim and Patricia Kim, with support from leaders connected to Southern Indiana, and has developed into a mission with staff, board leadership, missionaries, child sponsorship programs, and country-specific projects.
The ministry operates through a “reach, rescue, restore” framework. CRAM Worldwide supports church planting and evangelism, preacher and leadership training, child sponsorship, food assistance, education, medical care, and humanitarian service. Its mission materials describe work such as churches in the Philippines and Cambodia, a medical center in Mindanao, leadership training through International Christian College of Manila, and ministry development in Vietnam.
One of the organization’s major programs is CRAM Kids, a child sponsorship ministry that began with Boat Kids in Bacoor, Philippines, and has expanded to Mindanao, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The program provides food, clothing, education, access to medical care, and spiritual guidance for children and families facing poverty. Sponsors may be assigned an individual child and support the ministry monthly.
CRAM Worldwide also supports Sharon House, a ministry in the Philippines that provides a furnished residence and care for girls at risk of or affected by trafficking and abuse. Sharon House provides meals, basic health and hygiene needs, school fees, sexual abuse prevention education, and spiritual discipleship. The organization also lists field missionaries and short-term missionaries serving in the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, and related ministry settings.
People can engage with CRAM Worldwide by giving online, sponsoring a child through CRAM Kids, supporting country-specific projects, praying for missionaries and field ministries, requesting information from the office, reading ministry stories, subscribing to the newsletter, or participating in mission work. Donations may be made online or mailed to the organization’s Greenwood, Indiana office.
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Independent Christian ChurchChrist For the City InternationalChrist For the City International partners with local leaders in cities worldwide through discipleship, community development,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Christ For the City International
Christ For the City International — Organization Profile Christ For the City International (CFCI) is an international mission organization focused on urban ministry, local leadership, and holistic community transformation. Its mission is summarized in the phrase “Transforming Cities by Transforming…
Christ For the City International — Organization Profile Christ For the City International (CFCI) is an international mission organization focused on urban ministry, local leadership, and holistic community transformation. Its mission is summarized in the phrase “Transforming Cities by Transforming Lives,” and the organization describes its work as partnering with local leaders to share the love of Jesus worldwide. CFCI is based in Omaha, Nebraska, where its international office is located. Its ministry extends across Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mali, Nicaragua, Peru, Zimbabwe, the United States, and other locations. The organization reports workers across 16 countries and dozens of cities, with most staff serving as local or national missionaries in their own countries. The ministry’s core…
Christ For the City International — Organization Profile
Christ For the City International (CFCI) is an international mission organization focused on urban ministry, local leadership, and holistic community transformation. Its mission is summarized in the phrase “Transforming Cities by Transforming Lives,” and the organization describes its work as partnering with local leaders to share the love of Jesus worldwide.
CFCI is based in Omaha, Nebraska, where its international office is located. Its ministry extends across Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mali, Nicaragua, Peru, Zimbabwe, the United States, and other locations. The organization reports workers across 16 countries and dozens of cities, with most staff serving as local or national missionaries in their own countries.
The ministry’s core focus is developing local ministry bases that address both spiritual and practical needs in cities. CFCI’s ministries include discipleship, youth outreach, medical care, education, community development, vocational training, children’s programs, feeding centers, gang ministry, health and dental clinics, and other locally shaped outreach efforts. Each ministry base is designed to understand the needs of its community and develop programs with local leaders, churches, educators, businesspeople, and partner ministries.
CFCI’s operating model emphasizes national leadership and long-term presence. The organization states that lasting transformation happens when people within a community are empowered to lead the work themselves. For that reason, most of its missionaries are nationals serving in their own countries, bringing cultural understanding and long-term commitment to local ministry.
The organization also provides mission opportunities for churches, groups, families, and individuals. CFCI offers short-term mission experiences, U.S.-based Urban Plunge trips, international Global Teams, Global Ambassadors extended trips, and long-term missions. Its mission trip process includes orientation, ministry projects, debriefing, and service alongside long-term national missionaries.
People can engage with Christ For the City International by praying, giving to the Transformation Fund, supporting a missionary or project, serving on a short-term or long-term mission team, connecting with a missions director, donating a vehicle, or following ministry updates through CFCI’s blog and social channels. Donations may be made online or mailed to the organization’s Omaha office.
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Independent Christian ChurchCentral India Christian MissionCentral India Christian Mission serves South Asia through leadership training, church planting, children’s care, compassionate outreach,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
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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Independent Christian ChurchBe There MinistriesBe There Ministries serves vulnerable families, children, and women in Ethiopia through sponsorships, projects, partnerships, medical…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Be There Ministries
Be There Ministries — Organization Profile Be There Ministries (BTM) is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Amissville, Virginia. The organization’s stated mission is to be a Christ-centered ministry that assists vulnerable people by meeting physical, emotional, and spiritual needs…
Be There Ministries — Organization Profile Be There Ministries (BTM) is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Amissville, Virginia. The organization’s stated mission is to be a Christ-centered ministry that assists vulnerable people by meeting physical, emotional, and spiritual needs through equipping youth, families, and Christian leaders. Its public materials summarize the ministry with the phrase “Equip. Grow. Serve.” and describe its work as a response to poverty, family instability, lack of education, medical needs, and spiritual needs. BTM’s primary geographic focus is Ethiopia, with public project and sponsorship pages describing work among families, children, women, and vulnerable communities there. ECFA identifies the organization’s ministry sectors as children, family, and missions, and its ministry types include international missions, children’s ministry,…
Be There Ministries — Organization Profile
Be There Ministries (BTM) is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Amissville, Virginia. The organization’s stated mission is to be a Christ-centered ministry that assists vulnerable people by meeting physical, emotional, and spiritual needs through equipping youth, families, and Christian leaders. Its public materials summarize the ministry with the phrase “Equip. Grow. Serve.” and describe its work as a response to poverty, family instability, lack of education, medical needs, and spiritual needs.
BTM’s primary geographic focus is Ethiopia, with public project and sponsorship pages describing work among families, children, women, and vulnerable communities there. ECFA identifies the organization’s ministry sectors as children, family, and missions, and its ministry types include international missions, children’s ministry, children’s homes, child sponsorship, community development, family services, medical and health services, and orphan care. The organization also lists activity connected with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, including work among street orphans and families in poverty.
The ministry operates through a combination of sponsorships, projects, partnerships, and direct giving opportunities. Its sponsorship program is designed to help families living in extreme poverty in Ethiopia by providing support for rent, food, and medical expenses. BTM also describes sponsorship as a way to help children continue education, assist families affected by generational poverty, and support women leaving exploitation. Public sponsorship listings include individual sponsorships as well as group-home needs.
BTM’s project work includes biblical counseling, budgeting help, self-sustaining business development, Christian education, medical care, temporary housing, Gospel proclamation, missional outreach, and church-building support. The organization states that its goal is to help families in ways that can affect their communities, not only immediate needs. Its partners page also describes work involving medical care, education, Christian counseling, and income-generation support through local partners.
People can engage with Be There Ministries by giving online, sponsoring a child or family, contributing to specific project funds, supporting trip participants, becoming a BTM Ambassador, purchasing through the gift catalog, or contacting the ministry directly. Donations can be made online, by text giving, or by mail. The organization also provides access to Form 990 information and is listed by ECFA as an accredited member organization.
