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Independent Christian ChurchWISE MissionsWISE Missions equips Caribbean churches and leaders through training retreats, theme classes, online studies, church collaboration,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
WISE Missions
WISE Missions — Organization Profile WISE Missions is a Christian ministry focused on equipping leaders for the churches of the Caribbean. Formerly known through its long-running work as Windward Islands School of Evangelism, WISE exists to help evangelize Caribbean societies…
WISE Missions — Organization Profile WISE Missions is a Christian ministry focused on equipping leaders for the churches of the Caribbean. Formerly known through its long-running work as Windward Islands School of Evangelism, WISE exists to help evangelize Caribbean societies and encourage growth toward spiritual maturity through the development of leaders for the church. Its current ministry emphasizes teaching, encouragement, and equipping rather than a residential degree program. WISE is publicly connected with Carl Junction, Missouri, and its ministry work is directed toward Caribbean churches and leaders. The ministry’s history began in St. Lucia in 1979, followed by many years of Bible college ministry in St. Vincent from 1980 to 2015 and Barbados from 2015 to 2025. Students came from…
WISE Missions — Organization Profile
WISE Missions is a Christian ministry focused on equipping leaders for the churches of the Caribbean. Formerly known through its long-running work as Windward Islands School of Evangelism, WISE exists to help evangelize Caribbean societies and encourage growth toward spiritual maturity through the development of leaders for the church. Its current ministry emphasizes teaching, encouragement, and equipping rather than a residential degree program.
WISE is publicly connected with Carl Junction, Missouri, and its ministry work is directed toward Caribbean churches and leaders. The ministry’s history began in St. Lucia in 1979, followed by many years of Bible college ministry in St. Vincent from 1980 to 2015 and Barbados from 2015 to 2025. Students came from the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti, and WISE reports more than 300 graduates serving churches in at least 12 countries.
Beginning in 2025, WISE adopted a new ministry model: going to churches in the Caribbean rather than hosting students in one central location. This shift allows the ministry to continue its historical mission while focusing more directly on the needs of local congregations. WISE describes the advantages of this model as focusing on specific church needs, remaining flexible across multiple countries and ministry situations, and partnering with God’s people in Caribbean churches.
WISE now offers training retreats, theme classes, online studies, and church collaboration. Training retreats provide brief periods of teaching and fellowship in various countries. Theme classes are week-long learning opportunities on selected topics. Online studies offer short instruction in biblical and practical subjects, and church collaboration allows WISE to participate in conferences, seminars, and other activities with local churches.
The ministry serves individual church members, church leaders, and congregations seeking practical biblical training. Individuals may attend classes or retreats when offered in their church or area, join online studies, and encourage others to participate. Church leaders may work with WISE to assess specific needs in their congregation, schedule a training retreat or theme class, and invite members to take part in available learning opportunities. WISE states that individuals may participate in any class or study it offers at no charge.
People can engage with WISE Missions by praying for its activities, giving financially, contacting the ministry about training opportunities, or participating in a traveling church team. WISE notes that teams may help with Caribbean trips by leading Vacation Bible School for children while training sessions are underway or by supporting other aspects of training retreats. Churches interested in trip opportunities are encouraged to contact WISE directly for dates, venues, responsibilities, and other details.
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Independent Christian ChurchWhite Fields Overseas EvangelismWhite Fields Overseas Evangelism supports overseas evangelism, church planting, national evangelists, teaching resources, prayer initiatives, and…Independent Christian Church · Missions
White Fields Overseas Evangelism
White Fields Overseas Evangelism — Organization Profile White Fields Overseas Evangelism is a Christian missions organization established to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ to every nation. The ministry takes its name and focus from John 4:35 and Luke…
White Fields Overseas Evangelism — Organization Profile White Fields Overseas Evangelism is a Christian missions organization established to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ to every nation. The ministry takes its name and focus from John 4:35 and Luke 10:2, emphasizing the biblical image of fields ready for harvest and the need for workers to go into that harvest. Its stated approach is non-denominational in structure and patterned after the New Testament church. The ministry was founded by Reggie Thomas, who dedicated his work to overseas evangelism with the goal of taking the Great Commission seriously across national and cultural boundaries. White Fields describes its work as reaching the world with the good news that Jesus brings eternal life…
White Fields Overseas Evangelism — Organization Profile
White Fields Overseas Evangelism is a Christian missions organization established to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ to every nation. The ministry takes its name and focus from John 4:35 and Luke 10:2, emphasizing the biblical image of fields ready for harvest and the need for workers to go into that harvest. Its stated approach is non-denominational in structure and patterned after the New Testament church.
The ministry was founded by Reggie Thomas, who dedicated his work to overseas evangelism with the goal of taking the Great Commission seriously across national and cultural boundaries. White Fields describes its work as reaching the world with the good news that Jesus brings eternal life in relationship with the one true God. Its ministry identity includes evangelism, church planting, teaching, prayer for unreached peoples, and practical care for vulnerable children.
White Fields Overseas Evangelism is publicly connected with Joplin, Missouri, and describes its work as international in scope. Its website lists ministry activity in many countries and regions, including Haiti, India, Liberia, Cuba, Uganda, Antigua, the Philippines, and other nations. The organization emphasizes support for native or national evangelists who can work within their own cultural settings, often with fewer resources than foreign missionaries would require.
A central part of the ministry’s strategy is supporting native evangelists and helping plant churches in unreached nations, villages, and peoples. White Fields states that it partners with evangelists, matches them with sponsors, and encourages prayer and monthly support. The ministry also provides resources such as sermons, articles, International Bible School lessons, Muslim teaching lessons, newsletters, and a World Prayer Map focused on reached and unreached nations.
White Fields also includes White Fields Orphanage Ministries, a children’s ministry connected to the organization’s overseas work. The ministry’s official materials describe orphanage support in countries such as Haiti, India, and Liberia. This work has included feeding, housing, educating, and caring for children through partner homes and orphanage ministries, alongside the evangelistic and church-planting focus of the organization.
People can engage with White Fields Overseas Evangelism by praying for unreached nations, supporting national evangelists, giving toward ministry work, using its teaching and prayer resources, contacting the ministry about opportunities to help, or partnering with White Fields Orphanage Ministries. The organization’s “What Can I Do?” materials encourage Christians and churches to select nations for prayer, identify contacts, support evangelists, and help launch new churches where no New Testament church is present.
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Independent Christian ChurchTRAIN InternationalTRAIN International equips missionaries, families, churches, and global workers through pre-field training, debriefing, coaching, spiritual direction,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
TRAIN International
TRAIN International — Organization Profile TRAIN International is a Christian missions training organization that helps churches and global workers prepare for cross-cultural ministry and remain healthy and effective in service. The organization describes its work around the phrase “Go Prepared.…
TRAIN International — Organization Profile TRAIN International is a Christian missions training organization that helps churches and global workers prepare for cross-cultural ministry and remain healthy and effective in service. The organization describes its work around the phrase “Go Prepared. Stay Effective.” Its services include church missions consulting, missionary pre-field training, debriefing, coaching, spiritual direction, orality training, and related resources for global workers. TRAIN International is based in Joplin, Missouri, with programs serving missionaries, families, churches, mission teams, and cross-cultural workers in the United States and abroad. Its public calendar includes trainings and debriefings in Joplin, Missouri; Conception, Missouri; Atlanta, Georgia; and Proem, Poland, reflecting both stateside and international ministry settings. The organization serves people preparing to go overseas, workers…
TRAIN International — Organization Profile
TRAIN International is a Christian missions training organization that helps churches and global workers prepare for cross-cultural ministry and remain healthy and effective in service. The organization describes its work around the phrase “Go Prepared. Stay Effective.” Its services include church missions consulting, missionary pre-field training, debriefing, coaching, spiritual direction, orality training, and related resources for global workers.
TRAIN International is based in Joplin, Missouri, with programs serving missionaries, families, churches, mission teams, and cross-cultural workers in the United States and abroad. Its public calendar includes trainings and debriefings in Joplin, Missouri; Conception, Missouri; Atlanta, Georgia; and Proem, Poland, reflecting both stateside and international ministry settings. The organization serves people preparing to go overseas, workers already on the field, and missionaries navigating transition, furlough, reentry, or long-term ministry stress.
The organization’s core focus is equipping churches and global workers with practical tools for sustainable mission service. Its Orient Pre-Field Training prepares cross-cultural workers to adapt to culture, work well with others, manage stress, understand team dynamics, maintain spiritual vitality, and thrive on the field. The training includes classroom instruction, group discussion, and experiential learning, including a wilderness component through a partnership with Discovery Ministries in Eminence, Missouri.
TRAIN also provides Abide Debriefing for missionaries and families who need space to process field experiences. These group debriefings and retreats help adults and children reflect on gains, losses, expectations, stress, and transition while connecting with other cross-cultural workers. The organization offers stateside debriefing as well as Abide Abroad, giving missionaries structured support when returning, transitioning, or serving during high-stress seasons.
For churches, TRAIN offers Envision Church Missions Consulting, a process designed to help congregations clarify missions vision, evaluate strategy, strengthen global outreach, and care well for workers they send and support. Consulting modules include Vision and Strategy, Caring for Global Workers, Short-Term Missions, Engaging Internationals, and Sending Church. TRAIN describes itself as an independent and unaffiliated training organization that serves a variety of agencies, churches, and denominations.
People can engage TRAIN International by registering for pre-field training, debriefing, coaching, spiritual direction, or orality training; requesting church consulting; reviewing the training calendar; joining the email list; praying for missionaries and staff; or donating to support affordable training. Churches and mission agencies can also connect with TRAIN to support global workers before departure, during service, and through major transitions.
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Independent Christian ChurchShow-Me Christian Youth HomeShow-Me Christian Youth Home provides Christ-centered residential care, counseling, education, leadership development, and family-style homes for…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Show-Me Christian Youth Home
Show-Me Christian Youth Home — Organization Profile Show-Me Christian Youth Home is a Christian residential child-care ministry that is compelled by Christ to rescue and restore young lives. Since 1967, Show-Me has provided safe, stable, loving homes and families for…
Show-Me Christian Youth Home — Organization Profile Show-Me Christian Youth Home is a Christian residential child-care ministry that is compelled by Christ to rescue and restore young lives. Since 1967, Show-Me has provided safe, stable, loving homes and families for children and youth facing difficult circumstances in their current home environments. Its care is designed to help each child grow physically, academically, emotionally, and spiritually. The ministry is based in La Monte, Missouri, with additional locations in Barnett, Galt, and Mayview, Missouri. Show-Me serves children and families in Missouri and surrounding communities, offering an alternative to state-based foster care for children who need a stable family setting. Boys, girls, and sibling groups may be considered for placement when the ministry…
Show-Me Christian Youth Home — Organization Profile
Show-Me Christian Youth Home is a Christian residential child-care ministry that is compelled by Christ to rescue and restore young lives. Since 1967, Show-Me has provided safe, stable, loving homes and families for children and youth facing difficult circumstances in their current home environments. Its care is designed to help each child grow physically, academically, emotionally, and spiritually.
The ministry is based in La Monte, Missouri, with additional locations in Barnett, Galt, and Mayview, Missouri. Show-Me serves children and families in Missouri and surrounding communities, offering an alternative to state-based foster care for children who need a stable family setting. Boys, girls, and sibling groups may be considered for placement when the ministry determines it can provide a safe and appropriate environment.
Show-Me’s residential model is built around traditional family settings with trained houseparents and six to eight children living as siblings in each home. Children participate in daily family life, learn responsibility through household contributions, and benefit from consistent structure, spiritual guidance, healthy role models, and a Christ-centered neighborhood of support. The ministry also provides professional counseling to help children process trauma, overwhelming emotions, and life challenges.
Education and life preparation are important parts of Show-Me’s care. The ministry offers individualized education through its private Christian school and provides leadership and transition programs. Leadership U helps students develop service, knowledge, confidence, and wisdom through hands-on animal care, horsemanship, Scripture memory, apologetics, mentoring, and public-speaking opportunities. Path to Purpose helps older students prepare for adulthood through career exploration, job shadowing, life skills, money management, driver’s education, mentorship, and transition support.
Show-Me also works with parents, guardians, relatives, volunteers, churches, and donors. The ministry does not take legal custody of children; instead, it uses a temporary delegation of powers agreement with the parent or guardian so the child can receive care while healthy family relationships and reunification possibilities remain part of the process. Care is offered at no required cost to families because expenses are privately funded by donors.
People can engage with Show-Me Christian Youth Home by praying, giving, volunteering, touring the ministry, helping with current needs, supporting family care, participating in events, or beginning a placement conversation for a child in need. Its distinct contribution is donor-supported, Christ-centered residential care that combines family homes, counseling, individualized education, leadership development, and transition support for vulnerable children and youth.
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Independent Christian ChurchShiloh Christian Children’s RanchShiloh Christian Children's Ranch provides no-cost Christian residential homes, education, counseling, and family-based care for abused,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Shiloh Christian Children’s Ranch
Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch — Organization Profile Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch is a Christian residential care ministry that provides loving Christian homes for abused, neglected, and other at-risk children. Founded in 1977, Shiloh exists to meet the spiritual, emotional, social,…
Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch — Organization Profile Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch is a Christian residential care ministry that provides loving Christian homes for abused, neglected, and other at-risk children. Founded in 1977, Shiloh exists to meet the spiritual, emotional, social, physical, and educational needs of children who need safety, stability, and family-centered care. The ranch is based in rural Northeast Missouri, with its mailing office in Shelbina, Missouri and its residential homes now centered at the Clarence, Missouri site. Shiloh serves children from throughout the United States, ages birth to 15, when the ministry determines that its family-based setting can meet a child’s individual needs. The ranch does not charge families, insurance providers, or government agencies for care. Shiloh’s ministry…
Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch — Organization Profile
Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch is a Christian residential care ministry that provides loving Christian homes for abused, neglected, and other at-risk children. Founded in 1977, Shiloh exists to meet the spiritual, emotional, social, physical, and educational needs of children who need safety, stability, and family-centered care.
The ranch is based in rural Northeast Missouri, with its mailing office in Shelbina, Missouri and its residential homes now centered at the Clarence, Missouri site. Shiloh serves children from throughout the United States, ages birth to 15, when the ministry determines that its family-based setting can meet a child’s individual needs. The ranch does not charge families, insurance providers, or government agencies for care.
Shiloh’s ministry model is built around traditional Christian homes led by married homeparents who provide daily structure, nurture, biblical teaching, and family life. Children live in homes that function much like family households, with chores, meals, school, outings, church involvement, devotions, youth group, summer camps, and other shared experiences. The ranch setting also gives children opportunities to learn responsibility, work ethic, animal care, and accountability.
Education and counseling are important parts of Shiloh’s care. The ministry uses multiple educational options, including faith-based on-site schooling, off-site Christian school, public school, and tutoring according to each child’s needs. Shiloh also provides mental health care through Christian licensed counselors, with support determined by the child’s caregivers and situation.
The placement process is individualized rather than first-come, first-served. Shiloh reviews applications, provider records, educational needs, homeparent strengths, available openings, and the needs of children already in the home before accepting a placement. This process is intended to help determine whether Shiloh can provide the safest and most beneficial environment for a particular child.
People can engage with Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch by giving financially, volunteering, supporting work projects, praying, scheduling a presentation, learning about employment opportunities, or contacting the ministry about placement. Its distinct contribution is a no-cost, donor-supported Christian residential care ministry that offers vulnerable children safety, stability, spiritual formation, education, counseling, and family life in a rural ranch setting.
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Independent Christian ChurchSheltering WingsSheltering Wings is a Missouri-based mission-sending agency supporting missionaries, churches, sponsorships, and Gospel-centered relief and development…Independent Christian Church · Missions
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Sheltering Wings — Organization Profile Sheltering Wings is an international Christian mission-sending agency that partners with churches to send missionaries who take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world in word and deed. The organization equips and supports missionaries…
Sheltering Wings — Organization Profile Sheltering Wings is an international Christian mission-sending agency that partners with churches to send missionaries who take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world in word and deed. The organization equips and supports missionaries for cross-cultural service, helping them move from local church calling into long-term field ministry. The ministry is based in Leasburg, Missouri, and supports missionaries and ministry projects serving in West Africa, Mexico, the Middle East, India, the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation, and other global contexts. Sheltering Wings works alongside sending churches, missionary families, national pastors, and ministry partners so Gospel proclamation is connected with practical care and sustainable field support. Sheltering Wings describes its role as more than simply sending…
Sheltering Wings — Organization Profile
Sheltering Wings is an international Christian mission-sending agency that partners with churches to send missionaries who take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world in word and deed. The organization equips and supports missionaries for cross-cultural service, helping them move from local church calling into long-term field ministry.
The ministry is based in Leasburg, Missouri, and supports missionaries and ministry projects serving in West Africa, Mexico, the Middle East, India, the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation, and other global contexts. Sheltering Wings works alongside sending churches, missionary families, national pastors, and ministry partners so Gospel proclamation is connected with practical care and sustainable field support.
Sheltering Wings describes its role as more than simply sending workers. It helps missionaries and their churches navigate the complexities of moving and ministering cross-culturally, provides ongoing missionary care, and supports the transition from everyday life to the mission field. Its public ministry description emphasizes recruiting, training, sending, caring for, and encouraging missionaries as they develop their God-given gifts for Great Commission service.
The organization’s ministry projects include child and widow sponsorship, missionary care, clean water, medical clinic support, school funds, church planting, national pastor support, unreached people evangelism, crisis and food assistance, women’s ministry, children’s homes, leprosy outreach, Bible school support, and community development. These projects show the organization’s focus on holistic mission work that combines evangelism, discipleship, relief, development, and care for vulnerable people.
Sheltering Wings’ history includes substantial work in West Africa, where ministry efforts grew from an orphanage into a broader network that included a primary and secondary school, clinic, child sponsorship, and widow sponsorship. Current public project listings also include ministries such as Oasis of Hope, House of Samuel Children’s Home, Ruth’s Widows Basket, national pastor equipping, girls training, clean water projects, and missionary family support.
People can engage with Sheltering Wings by praying, giving to the Core Ministry Fund, supporting specific missionaries or projects, sponsoring a child or widow, exploring short-term or long-term mission service, joining the newsletter, or contacting the organization about next steps in missionary service. Its distinct contribution is church-partnered missionary sending that combines Gospel proclamation, cross-cultural support, missionary care, sponsorship, and practical relief and development work around the world.
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Independent Christian ChurchPartnership for Indigenous Peoples-PIPES InternationalPIPES International serves indigenous and vulnerable communities through discipleship, education, child sponsorship, empowerment, mission teams, and…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Partnership for Indigenous Peoples-PIPES International
Partnership for Indigenous Peoples-PIPES International — Organization Profile Partnership for Indigenous Peoples-PIPES International, commonly known as PIPES International, is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit that works to make disciples and help end extreme poverty through holistic transformation among indigenous and vulnerable…
Partnership for Indigenous Peoples-PIPES International — Organization Profile Partnership for Indigenous Peoples-PIPES International, commonly known as PIPES International, is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit that works to make disciples and help end extreme poverty through holistic transformation among indigenous and vulnerable communities. Since 2011, PIPES has served indigenous people groups by combining Gospel proclamation, education, discipleship, community empowerment, and poverty-fighting initiatives. The organization is based in Hazelwood, Missouri, and serves communities in East and Central Africa, Asia, Central America, and the United States. Its public materials identify current or recent ministry connections in DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other countries. PIPES has a particular history with the Bambuti people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where its…
Partnership for Indigenous Peoples-PIPES International — Organization Profile
Partnership for Indigenous Peoples-PIPES International, commonly known as PIPES International, is a 501(c)(3) Christian nonprofit that works to make disciples and help end extreme poverty through holistic transformation among indigenous and vulnerable communities. Since 2011, PIPES has served indigenous people groups by combining Gospel proclamation, education, discipleship, community empowerment, and poverty-fighting initiatives.
The organization is based in Hazelwood, Missouri, and serves communities in East and Central Africa, Asia, Central America, and the United States. Its public materials identify current or recent ministry connections in DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and other countries. PIPES has a particular history with the Bambuti people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where its work began after Samuel Mwangi encountered displaced indigenous families facing severe poverty, lack of education, and limited access to basic resources.
PIPES operates through discipleship, education, empowerment, youth development, health and sanitation, water access, farming, mission trips, and community-based partnerships. Its mission model emphasizes equipping local communities rather than creating dependency. The organization works with pastors, church leaders, Christian Union leaders, teachers, local partners, and volunteers to strengthen faith, leadership, family stability, and economic opportunity.
Education is one of PIPES International’s central areas of service. The organization supports students through child sponsorship, school development, teacher support, meals, school materials, and Christ-centered learning environments. Its work in DR Congo includes Hope Academy Schools and education support for children in Mugunga and Idjwi Island. PIPES states that its education efforts serve vulnerable and indigenous children who might otherwise have little or no access to formal schooling.
The organization also emphasizes women, youth, and family empowerment through skills training and sustainable livelihoods. Publicly described programs include sewing skills, agribusiness, kitchen gardens, poultry keeping, small enterprises, farming support, and the Living Water Transformation Center. These efforts are intended to help families grow in self-reliance while also receiving discipleship, leadership training, and community support.
People can engage with PIPES International by praying, giving, sponsoring students, joining a mission team, participating in internships or service-learning opportunities, becoming an ambassador, subscribing to The Pipeline, using discipleship resources, or contacting the organization about church partnership. Its distinct contribution is a locally engaged Christian mission model that connects disciple-making, education, child sponsorship, indigenous community support, and socioeconomic empowerment among vulnerable communities worldwide.
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Independent Christian ChurchOutreach InternationalOutreach International is a Missouri-based Christian mission organization that recruits, sends, and supports missionary volunteers and…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Outreach International
Outreach International — Organization Profile Outreach International is a Christian missionary sending and support organization that describes itself as a Missionary Motivation Ministry designed to recruit and serve missionary volunteers for overseas work, especially in places unreached with the Gospel…
Outreach International — Organization Profile Outreach International is a Christian missionary sending and support organization that describes itself as a Missionary Motivation Ministry designed to recruit and serve missionary volunteers for overseas work, especially in places unreached with the Gospel of Christ or difficult to enter. Founded in 1977 by Al Hamilton and John O. Schofield, the organization’s stated primary goal is to obey the Great Commission as recorded in Matthew 28:19–20. The ministry is based in Shelbyville, Missouri, and supports mission work in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, and other global fields. Public project listings identify work connected to Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda,…
Outreach International — Organization Profile
Outreach International is a Christian missionary sending and support organization that describes itself as a Missionary Motivation Ministry designed to recruit and serve missionary volunteers for overseas work, especially in places unreached with the Gospel of Christ or difficult to enter. Founded in 1977 by Al Hamilton and John O. Schofield, the organization’s stated primary goal is to obey the Great Commission as recorded in Matthew 28:19–20.
The ministry is based in Shelbyville, Missouri, and supports mission work in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, and other global fields. Public project listings identify work connected to Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, the United States, Zimbabwe, and broader worldwide opportunities.
Outreach International operates as a sending organization for missionary volunteers and mission projects. It helps people explore full-time missions, one-year internships, and field survey opportunities, while also helping missionaries coordinate work through support services and, when appropriate, other organizations. Its ministry areas include teaching, preaching, evangelism, discipleship, Bible translation, church planting, English teaching, medical work, pioneering new fields, and support for people in need.
The organization’s current project listings show a broad network of independent mission efforts and missionaries. Listed ministries include Haiti Active Evangelism, Labors of Love, Refuge of the Pines, Me and My House Outreach, Mexico Missions, Colegio Biblico, the ApMa Project, Pastoral Counseling Ministry, Gateway Community Development Initiative, Togo Christian Mission, Uganda East Africa Outreach, Rescue Innocence, Mission Fields Unlimited, Outreach International Tennessee, Designs for Sharpening Leadership, Global Transformation, Forging Ploughshares, Tiny House Ministries, Vision Venezuela, Ministry of Encouragement, and Outreach International Zimbabwe.
Outreach International’s giving model depends on direct support from churches and individuals. The ministry states that its missionaries and stateside staff are supported by donors, and that gifts may be designated for specific mission projects or sent to the general fund. Supporters may give online, by mail, through bank bill pay, or by contacting the office for help with project account numbers and donation questions.
People can engage with Outreach International by praying for mission workers, giving to mission projects, contacting the organization about service opportunities, supporting missionary families, subscribing to updates, or exploring internships and full-time missionary service. Its distinct contribution is helping Christians move from mission interest to mission service through recruiting, sending, support, consulting, and project coordination for Gospel work around the world.
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Independent Christian ChurchMyanmar Agape Christian MissionMyanmar Agape Christian Mission trains Christian leaders and supports evangelism, church planting, Bible education, and music…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Myanmar Agape Christian Mission
Myanmar Agape Christian Mission — Organization Profile Myanmar Agape Christian Mission, also known as MACM, is a Christian mission organization established in January 2003 to fulfill the Great Commission through evangelism, Christian education, leadership training, and church planting. The mission…
Myanmar Agape Christian Mission — Organization Profile Myanmar Agape Christian Mission, also known as MACM, is a Christian mission organization established in January 2003 to fulfill the Great Commission through evangelism, Christian education, leadership training, and church planting. The mission communicates the Gospel, baptizes believers into Christ, teaches Scripture, equips teachers and church leaders, and plants churches for evangelism and the maturing of believers. The organization is located in Yangon, Myanmar, with U.S. forwarding and board support based through Imperial, Missouri. Its ministry serves people in Myanmar and bordering areas of China, with work connected to urban and rural communities, the China border region, Kachin State, Danai, northeastern Shan State, and other areas where trained leaders, pastors, missionaries, evangelists, youth…
Myanmar Agape Christian Mission — Organization Profile
Myanmar Agape Christian Mission, also known as MACM, is a Christian mission organization established in January 2003 to fulfill the Great Commission through evangelism, Christian education, leadership training, and church planting. The mission communicates the Gospel, baptizes believers into Christ, teaches Scripture, equips teachers and church leaders, and plants churches for evangelism and the maturing of believers.
The organization is located in Yangon, Myanmar, with U.S. forwarding and board support based through Imperial, Missouri. Its ministry serves people in Myanmar and bordering areas of China, with work connected to urban and rural communities, the China border region, Kachin State, Danai, northeastern Shan State, and other areas where trained leaders, pastors, missionaries, evangelists, youth ministers, and music ministers serve.
MACM’s ministry is built around two main areas: leadership training and evangelism with church planting. Its leadership training includes Yangon Christian College and Seminary, the China Border Training Center, and Danai Bible Training Center. Yangon Christian College and Seminary was established in January 2003 in Yangon and offers degree-level Christian education, including Bachelor of Theology and Master of Divinity programs.
The mission’s evangelism and church-planting work includes ministry in Danai, northeastern Shan State, and other areas. MACM describes its work in Danai as involving village and church establishment, land reclamation for rice cultivation, and Bible training. Its northeastern Shan State ministry has focused on tribal communities including Lisu, Lahu, and Ah Kha peoples. The organization also lists a Nagaland Initiative and Music Ministry among its evangelism and church-planting efforts.
MACM’s Music Ministry reflects its broader strategy of using local languages and cultural forms to communicate the Gospel. The mission describes open-air preaching, gospel music programs, recording and distribution of gospel albums, and training for Christian musicians. These efforts have included Burmese, Lisu, Rawang, Lahu, Chin, Kachin, and Shan language materials.
People can engage with Myanmar Agape Christian Mission by giving, praying, supporting Christian education, supporting church planting, and helping provide resources for ministry needs in Myanmar. The organization states that gifts may be designated for specific needs and that U.S. donations may be sent by check through its forwarding address. Its distinct contribution is training Myanmar-based Christian leaders while connecting education, evangelism, church planting, music ministry, and community-centered outreach.
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Independent Christian ChurchMustard Seed NetworkMustard Seed Network plants gospel-centered churches in urban Japan through church planter training, disciple-making, leadership development,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Mustard Seed Network
Mustard Seed Network — Organization Profile Mustard Seed Network is a Christian church-planting organization with the mission “to glorify God by making disciples through planting gospel-centered churches in Japan.” The network focuses on gospel proclamation, disciple-making, leadership development, and the…
Mustard Seed Network — Organization Profile Mustard Seed Network is a Christian church-planting organization with the mission “to glorify God by making disciples through planting gospel-centered churches in Japan.” The network focuses on gospel proclamation, disciple-making, leadership development, and the formation of local churches in major Japanese cities. Its work began when a team of church planters moved to Japan in 2007, and the first church was planted in Nagoya in December 2009. The ministry has a U.S. mailing office in Oronogo, Missouri, while its church-planting work is centered in urban Japan. Mustard Seed Network serves Japanese cities including Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Tokyo, Sendai, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Sapporo, Saitama, Fukuoka, and Chiba. The organization identifies Japan as a major mission…
Mustard Seed Network — Organization Profile
Mustard Seed Network is a Christian church-planting organization with the mission “to glorify God by making disciples through planting gospel-centered churches in Japan.” The network focuses on gospel proclamation, disciple-making, leadership development, and the formation of local churches in major Japanese cities. Its work began when a team of church planters moved to Japan in 2007, and the first church was planted in Nagoya in December 2009.
The ministry has a U.S. mailing office in Oronogo, Missouri, while its church-planting work is centered in urban Japan. Mustard Seed Network serves Japanese cities including Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Tokyo, Sendai, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Sapporo, Saitama, Fukuoka, and Chiba. The organization identifies Japan as a major mission field because of the country’s low percentage of Christians and the need for gospel-centered churches and trained Christian leaders.
Mustard Seed Network operates as a network of church-planting churches in Japan. Its model includes recruiting and training church planters, catalyzing new church plants, and supporting existing church planters and church plants. The network emphasizes biblical teaching, expository preaching, discipleship, evangelism, church leadership, and culturally engaged ministry in urban settings.
The organization’s churches describe themselves as gospel-centered, disciples-making-disciples, and diverse. While many worshipers are Japanese, Mustard Seed Network notes that its churches include people from multiple countries. Its churches seek to proclaim the person and work of Jesus, equip believers for discipleship, gather in Christian community, baptize believers, and establish healthy local congregations.
Mustard Seed Network’s Kingdom Campaign expands this strategy by focusing on church multiplication, leadership development, church revitalization, and ministry training. The campaign describes a goal of helping establish additional churches and supporting ministry training in Japan. The network also maintains specific city pages for church plants, giving donors and prayer partners information about local church-planting teams.
People can engage with Mustard Seed Network by praying for Japan, giving to the general church-planting fund, supporting church planters, learning about ministry preparation, sharing the organization’s work, or connecting through its contact page. Its distinct contribution is long-term, cross-cultural church planting focused on making disciples and establishing gospel-centered churches in Japan’s cities.
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Independent Christian ChurchMission to Russia InternationalMission to Russia International multiplies churches among Russian-speaking people through church planting, Christian education, discipleship, and…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Mission to Russia International
Mission to Russia International — Organization Profile Mission to Russia International, also known as MTR International, is a Christian mission organization based in St. Peters, Missouri. The organization exists to make disciples in Russian-speaking nations through church planting and Christian…
Mission to Russia International — Organization Profile Mission to Russia International, also known as MTR International, is a Christian mission organization based in St. Peters, Missouri. The organization exists to make disciples in Russian-speaking nations through church planting and Christian education. Its public ministry focus is multiplying churches among Russian-speaking people and taking the gospel message of forgiveness, love, and salvation to people living in the former Soviet Union. The organization’s core focus is multiplying churches among Russian-speaking people through church planting, local leadership development, Christian education, and gospel-centered partnerships. MTR International began its church-planting mission with its first church plant in Kostroma, Russia. That congregation has matured and continues to serve its community while raising up men and women…
Mission to Russia International — Organization Profile
Mission to Russia International, also known as MTR International, is a Christian mission organization based in St. Peters, Missouri. The organization exists to make disciples in Russian-speaking nations through church planting and Christian education. Its public ministry focus is multiplying churches among Russian-speaking people and taking the gospel message of forgiveness, love, and salvation to people living in the former Soviet Union.
The organization’s core focus is multiplying churches among Russian-speaking people through church planting, local leadership development, Christian education, and gospel-centered partnerships. MTR International began its church-planting mission with its first church plant in Kostroma, Russia. That congregation has matured and continues to serve its community while raising up men and women for Christian service.
Mission to Russia International serves Russian-speaking communities in the former Soviet Union, with current or associated church work identified in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Abkhazia. Its public church pages identify established churches in Kostroma, Gomel, and Mogilev, along with associate churches in Davydovsky and Gus-Hrustalniy. Current church-planting locations include Minsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Ivanovo, Lutsk, Nesvizh, Krivoy Rog, Sukhum, and a second Lutsk church plant.
The ministry operates through church planting, support for established congregations, missionary partnerships, leadership involvement, and Christian education. Its sister ministry, Light to the World Ministries, supports kingdom work among families in Russia through Light to the World Christian Academy in Kostroma. The academy was established in 1999 to meet the educational and spiritual needs of children in Kostroma, providing Russian primary and secondary education while regularly teaching students the Bible.
A distinctive part of Mission to Russia International’s work is connecting church planting with long-term Christian education and discipleship among Russian-speaking families. Through Light to the World Christian Academy, students receive eleven years of instruction in English and biblical teaching, and many families encounter the gospel through the school. MTR International’s church-planting work also emphasizes existing and emerging congregations that can serve their communities and continue raising up Christian workers.
People can engage with Mission to Russia International by praying, giving, supporting church planting, sponsoring Light to the World Christian Academy students, following ministry updates, or contacting the ministry directly. Supporters can give online, set up recurring donations, text to give, or mail gifts to the St. Peters address. Churches and individuals can also follow MTR International and Light to the World Ministries through their official social channels for updates from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Abkhazia, and the academy in Kostroma.
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Living Water Christian Mission
Living Water Christian Mission — Organization Profile Living Water Christian Mission is a Christian mission located in Gonaives, Haiti, with U.S. support coordinated through Moberly, Missouri. The mission serves Jesus in Gonaives and surrounding communities through churches, schools, health care,…
Living Water Christian Mission — Organization Profile Living Water Christian Mission is a Christian mission located in Gonaives, Haiti, with U.S. support coordinated through Moberly, Missouri. The mission serves Jesus in Gonaives and surrounding communities through churches, schools, health care, nutrition, vocational training, farming, and short-term mission partnerships. The organization’s core focus is relieving physical and spiritual poverty, primarily in Haiti, through church planting, education, nutrition, health care, and work-training programs. Its mission statement connects this work with the Great Commission, emphasizing evangelism, sound teaching, disciple making, and transformation into the likeness of Christ. Living Water Christian Mission serves Gonaives, Haiti, and other Haitian communities including Marmelade, Bassin Bilé, and Morne Blanc. The ministry began in 2003 with a growing…
Living Water Christian Mission — Organization Profile
Living Water Christian Mission is a Christian mission located in Gonaives, Haiti, with U.S. support coordinated through Moberly, Missouri. The mission serves Jesus in Gonaives and surrounding communities through churches, schools, health care, nutrition, vocational training, farming, and short-term mission partnerships.
The organization’s core focus is relieving physical and spiritual poverty, primarily in Haiti, through church planting, education, nutrition, health care, and work-training programs. Its mission statement connects this work with the Great Commission, emphasizing evangelism, sound teaching, disciple making, and transformation into the likeness of Christ.
Living Water Christian Mission serves Gonaives, Haiti, and other Haitian communities including Marmelade, Bassin Bilé, and Morne Blanc. The ministry began in 2003 with a growing church and a small school of 17 students. In 2009, it expanded to a church and school in Bassin Bilé near Marmelade, and in 2012 it planted a church in Morne Blanc in northern Gonaives.
The mission operates multiple connected ministries under Haitian leadership. It operates three churches and assists three others, provides two elementary schools, one traditional high school, one high school for adults, a professional and technical training center, a farm, and a health clinic. The mission also supports the Christian Biblical Seminary of the Caribbean, which currently meets at one of the schools while future seminary development is planned on farmland.
A distinctive part of Living Water Christian Mission’s work is combining Haitian-led church ministry with education, medical care, student sponsorship, vocational training, farming, and practical service projects. Its schools and student sponsorship efforts help provide meals and education for children, while the health clinic serves neighborhood residents who might otherwise lack access to care. The farm and professional training efforts are part of the mission’s broader work-training and sustainability focus.
People can engage with Living Water Christian Mission by praying, giving, sponsoring a student, donating through the giving catalog, supporting Rice and Beans for Kids, subscribing to the newsletter, or participating in short-term mission trips. Visiting teams may help with construction, medical clinic service, teaching, preaching, or other work around mission properties, with group leaders asked to apply in advance so visits can be scheduled and hosted well.
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Independent Christian ChurchLiterature and Teaching MinistriesLiterature and Teaching Ministries helps Christian leaders worldwide publish Bible-based, culturally relevant books in local languages…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Literature and Teaching Ministries
Literature and Teaching Ministries — Organization Profile Literature and Teaching Ministries, also known as LATM, is a Christian publishing ministry based in Joplin, Missouri. The organization helps Christian leaders worldwide publish Bible-based, culturally relevant books in their own languages so…
Literature and Teaching Ministries — Organization Profile Literature and Teaching Ministries, also known as LATM, is a Christian publishing ministry based in Joplin, Missouri. The organization helps Christian leaders worldwide publish Bible-based, culturally relevant books in their own languages so people can find, follow, and serve Jesus. Its public theme is “Christian Books. World’s Languages.” The organization’s core focus is partnering with church leaders around the world to publish Christian books in local languages for discipleship, evangelism, theology, apologetics, and church leadership. LATM states that billions of people do not have access to Christian books in their language and that people learn and retain information better in their own language. The ministry works to meet that need by helping leaders…
Literature and Teaching Ministries — Organization Profile
Literature and Teaching Ministries, also known as LATM, is a Christian publishing ministry based in Joplin, Missouri. The organization helps Christian leaders worldwide publish Bible-based, culturally relevant books in their own languages so people can find, follow, and serve Jesus. Its public theme is “Christian Books. World’s Languages.”
The organization’s core focus is partnering with church leaders around the world to publish Christian books in local languages for discipleship, evangelism, theology, apologetics, and church leadership. LATM states that billions of people do not have access to Christian books in their language and that people learn and retain information better in their own language. The ministry works to meet that need by helping leaders produce resources that fit their own language and ministry context.
LATM serves from Joplin, Missouri, with publishing partnerships reaching Christian leaders and churches worldwide. Its work includes projects in many world languages, with the ministry reporting more than 1,700 completed projects, 3 million books printed, and 102 languages represented. Its bookstore includes resources in languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Kurdish, Lisu, Malayalam, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Urdu, and many others.
The organization operates through a project-based publishing model. A church leader outside the United States contacts LATM with a book project that can help advance kingdom work in that leader’s language. LATM then partners with donors to raise needed funds, while the project is written or translated, edited, designed, and printed in the country where it is needed. The result is that people receive books in their language that help them study Scripture, grow as disciples, and serve their churches.
A distinctive part of Literature and Teaching Ministries’ work is funding and supporting in-country Christian publishing rather than simply exporting English-language resources. The organization’s history grew from College Press Publishing Company and Don DeWelt’s vision to provide true-to-the-Scriptures Bible study textbooks, then expand that concern to missionaries and national church leaders who needed quality Christian books in other languages. LATM was formally established in 1992 to pursue that purpose.
People can engage with LATM by donating, joining the Book Club, praying for projects, subscribing to updates, purchasing books, or connecting church leaders with the ministry. The Book Club highlights a new book project each month and has helped fund more than 500 book projects since 1994. Supporters can also give toward current publishing projects, receive World News updates, follow LATM online, and help make Bible-based resources available to churches in the world’s languages.
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Independent Christian ChurchHigh Hill Christian Camp and Retreat CenterHigh Hill Christian Camp and Retreat Center serves campers, churches, families, and retreat groups through Christ-centered…Independent Christian Church · Missions
High Hill Christian Camp and Retreat Center
High Hill Christian Camp and Retreat Center — Organization Profile High Hill Christian Camp and Retreat Center is a Christian camp located in High Hill, Missouri. The camp exists to provide facilities and programming where youth, adults, and families encounter…
High Hill Christian Camp and Retreat Center — Organization Profile High Hill Christian Camp and Retreat Center is a Christian camp located in High Hill, Missouri. The camp exists to provide facilities and programming where youth, adults, and families encounter Jesus. Its public theme is “Christ in the Center. Kids at the Heart. Fun for All,” reflecting its focus on Christian formation, fellowship, and outdoor camp experiences. The organization’s core focus is helping campers and retreat guests grow in faith through Christ-centered programming, worship, recreation, and community. High Hill Christian Camp was established in 1954 on land donated by the Harold Nebel family of High Hill, after churches in eastern Missouri needed more space for Christian camp ministry. Its first…
High Hill Christian Camp and Retreat Center — Organization Profile
High Hill Christian Camp and Retreat Center is a Christian camp located in High Hill, Missouri. The camp exists to provide facilities and programming where youth, adults, and families encounter Jesus. Its public theme is “Christ in the Center. Kids at the Heart. Fun for All,” reflecting its focus on Christian formation, fellowship, and outdoor camp experiences.
The organization’s core focus is helping campers and retreat guests grow in faith through Christ-centered programming, worship, recreation, and community. High Hill Christian Camp was established in 1954 on land donated by the Harold Nebel family of High Hill, after churches in eastern Missouri needed more space for Christian camp ministry. Its first summer included 105 campers and 20 volunteer faculty in tents.
High Hill Christian Camp serves eastern Missouri, with support from about 30 member churches. The camp hosts more than 1,600 campers and about 400 volunteer faculty each summer, while also serving churches, families, youth groups, adults, and ministry teams through year-round retreat and rental opportunities. Its setting includes wooded acreage, outdoor meeting spaces, recreation areas, a lake, and facilities designed for both summer camp and group retreats.
The camp operates through summer camp sessions, volunteer faculty, retreat rentals, summer employment, church partnerships, and facility-based ministry. Its summer programming includes age-based camps such as day camp, first chance camp, elementary sessions, junior high camp, high school camp, and other camp experiences. Registrations include programming, meals, canteen, and a camp T-shirt, with sessions designed around the grade campers will enter in the fall.
A distinctive part of High Hill Christian Camp’s ministry is combining biblical teaching, outdoor recreation, safe Christian community, and local church partnership in one camp environment. The camp’s facilities include a large worship facility, two retreat lodges, three log cabins, a dorm, dining hall, outdoor meeting areas, pool, lake, and other recreation activities. Its retreat rentals support faith-based events such as leadership retreats, men’s and women’s retreats, youth retreats, church staff retreats, church picnics, day outings, and other gatherings.
People can engage with High Hill Christian Camp by registering for summer camp, donating, volunteering, applying for summer employment, serving as summer volunteer faculty, booking a retreat, joining volunteer work projects, or supporting special camp needs. Churches and individuals can also help with maintenance projects, provide labor or funding, schedule retreat use, pray for campers and staff, and stay connected through the camp newsletter and social updates.
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Independent Christian ChurchHarvest InitiativeHarvest Initiative serves Nicaragua through Christian community development, Christ-centered education, clean water projects, food distribution, pastoral…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Harvest Initiative
Harvest Initiative — Organization Profile Harvest Initiative, also known publicly as HI Nicaragua, is a Missouri-based Christian nonprofit serving communities in Nicaragua through community development, education, environmental stewardship, discipleship, and practical support. The organization’s mission is to advance Christian unity…
Harvest Initiative — Organization Profile Harvest Initiative, also known publicly as HI Nicaragua, is a Missouri-based Christian nonprofit serving communities in Nicaragua through community development, education, environmental stewardship, discipleship, and practical support. The organization’s mission is to advance Christian unity through community development, and its stated vision is for Christians to make Christ’s peace real through organized action in evangelism, education, and the environment. The organization’s core focus is Christian community development that mobilizes local effort rather than replacing it. Harvest Initiative describes its approach as asset-based, beginning with a community’s existing resources instead of only its needs. Its values emphasize the authority of Scripture, stewardship of existing assets, and sustainable development that grows through relationships with local partners. Harvest…
Harvest Initiative — Organization Profile
Harvest Initiative, also known publicly as HI Nicaragua, is a Missouri-based Christian nonprofit serving communities in Nicaragua through community development, education, environmental stewardship, discipleship, and practical support. The organization’s mission is to advance Christian unity through community development, and its stated vision is for Christians to make Christ’s peace real through organized action in evangelism, education, and the environment.
The organization’s core focus is Christian community development that mobilizes local effort rather than replacing it. Harvest Initiative describes its approach as asset-based, beginning with a community’s existing resources instead of only its needs. Its values emphasize the authority of Scripture, stewardship of existing assets, and sustainable development that grows through relationships with local partners.
Harvest Initiative serves several locations across Nicaragua, with a mission base near Tipitapa supporting its staff, schools, feeding centers, outreach activities, agricultural demonstrations, renewable-energy demonstrations, volunteer housing, and donation distribution. The ministry also identifies work in Alamikamba, Managua, Rodeo Grande Somotilo, San Benito, and the Miskitu Tribal territory along the Prinzapolka River.
The organization operates through education, community projects, clean water work, food distribution, pastoral training, environmental stewardship, and outreach among Miskitu communities. Its education ministry includes Harvest Community Christian School in San Benito, Little Benjamin Christian School in Tipitapa, and Uba Lilika Christian School in the Miskitu area. Harvest Initiative states that it founded and operates its schools to provide quality primary and secondary education in safe, nurturing, Christ-centered settings.
A distinctive part of Harvest Initiative’s work is combining Christ-centered education, local leadership, and community-based development across multiple Nicaraguan regions. Its projects include Atlantic Coast Outreach, Clean Water Projects, Feed Nicaragua, Harvest Initiative Base Site, Miskitu Permaculture Project, Pastoral Resource Center, and Christian schools. In the Miskitu region, the ministry describes discipleship needs, local-language outreach, and educational work in communities where opportunities for formal Christian training may be limited.
People can engage with Harvest Initiative by sponsoring students, giving to active campaigns, donating to projects, subscribing to newsletters, praying for students and teachers, or supporting specific areas such as teacher salaries, clean water, food distribution, pastoral resources, and Miskitu outreach. Supporters can give online, text to donate, contact the ministry by email, or connect with the organization through its official website and Facebook page.
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Independent Christian ChurchDiscovery MinistriesDiscovery Ministries serves churches, youth groups, homeschool students, and leaders through Christian adventure retreats, wilderness expeditions,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Discovery Ministries
Discovery Ministries — Organization Profile Discovery Ministries is a Christian adventure retreat and wilderness ministry that uses outdoor challenge experiences for spiritual formation. The ministry states that it invites believers to discover greater depths in the adventurous life in Christ…
Discovery Ministries — Organization Profile Discovery Ministries is a Christian adventure retreat and wilderness ministry that uses outdoor challenge experiences for spiritual formation. The ministry states that it invites believers to discover greater depths in the adventurous life in Christ through intentional adversity and imminent victory. Its programs are designed to help participants encounter God, grow in Christian maturity, and learn through facilitated experiences in wilderness and retreat settings. Discovery Ministries is based in Eminence, Missouri, in the Ozark region near outdoor recreation areas in southern Missouri. The ministry serves youth groups, adult groups, homeschool students, missionaries, churches, leadership teams, academic groups, and other retreat participants. Since its founding by Gary Colvin in 1983, Discovery Ministries has grown from a…
Discovery Ministries — Organization Profile
Discovery Ministries is a Christian adventure retreat and wilderness ministry that uses outdoor challenge experiences for spiritual formation. The ministry states that it invites believers to discover greater depths in the adventurous life in Christ through intentional adversity and imminent victory. Its programs are designed to help participants encounter God, grow in Christian maturity, and learn through facilitated experiences in wilderness and retreat settings.
Discovery Ministries is based in Eminence, Missouri, in the Ozark region near outdoor recreation areas in southern Missouri. The ministry serves youth groups, adult groups, homeschool students, missionaries, churches, leadership teams, academic groups, and other retreat participants. Since its founding by Gary Colvin in 1983, Discovery Ministries has grown from a bare-bones campground into a retreat center with lodges, a cabin, an open-air pavilion, and multiple challenge elements.
The organization’s stated mission is to glorify God through challenge-based ministry. Discovery Ministries emphasizes wilderness expeditions, adventure retreats, experiential discipleship, small-group facilitation, and outdoor skills training. Its core values include being commanded by Christ, called to adversity, committed to the process of wilderness, crafted by facilitation, connected through small groups, and constructed with staff who are Christ-followers first.
Discovery Ministries operates through retreats, expeditions, training programs, events, internships, and seasonal experiences. Retreat options include youth group retreats, adult group retreats, homeschool Endeavor programs, Midwest Bible Campout, and adventure activities. Expedition options include Challenge Expeditions, which are intensive learning experiences for physical, emotional, and spiritual testing, and Recreation Expeditions, which combine outdoor adventure with rest, reflection, and group connection.
Training is another major part of the ministry. Discovery Ministries offers or facilitates hands-on outdoor technical skills, practical spiritual formation, rescue medicine, backcountry instruction, interpersonal skills training, and college-credit opportunities through partner institutions such as Ozark Christian College. Training areas include swift-water rescue, whitewater canoeing, wilderness first responder courses, rock climbing skills, conflict management, group processing, facilitation, listening techniques, and pre-field missionary preparation.
People can engage with Discovery Ministries by booking a retreat, joining an expedition, registering for training, participating in Endeavor programs, attending Midwest Bible Campout, applying for internships or staff openings, giving financially, subscribing to updates, or contacting the ministry about scheduling. The ministry works with groups seeking structured challenge, spiritual reflection, leadership growth, and outdoor learning in a Christian environment.
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Independent Christian ChurchCrossing CampCrossing Camp serves children, students, churches, and guest groups through Christian summer camps, retreats, worship, small…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Crossing Camp
Crossing Camp — Organization Profile Crossing Camp is a Christian camp and retreat ministry connected with Crossing Church. The camp’s mission is to help people, children and adults alike, find an intimate, personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Its programs are…
Crossing Camp — Organization Profile Crossing Camp is a Christian camp and retreat ministry connected with Crossing Church. The camp’s mission is to help people, children and adults alike, find an intimate, personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Its programs are designed to create a safe, focused setting where children, students, churches, and guest groups can learn about Christ’s love, grow in faith, build community, and enjoy outdoor camp experiences. Crossing Camp is located in Rushville, Illinois, about four miles southwest of Rushville on Highway 24. It serves students and groups connected with Crossing Church campuses across Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa, including communities such as Hannibal, Jacksonville, Keokuk, Kirksville, Lima, Macomb, Monmouth, Mount Sterling, Pike County, Quincy, and Wever. The camp…
Crossing Camp — Organization Profile
Crossing Camp is a Christian camp and retreat ministry connected with Crossing Church. The camp’s mission is to help people, children and adults alike, find an intimate, personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Its programs are designed to create a safe, focused setting where children, students, churches, and guest groups can learn about Christ’s love, grow in faith, build community, and enjoy outdoor camp experiences.
Crossing Camp is located in Rushville, Illinois, about four miles southwest of Rushville on Highway 24. It serves students and groups connected with Crossing Church campuses across Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa, including communities such as Hannibal, Jacksonville, Keokuk, Kirksville, Lima, Macomb, Monmouth, Mount Sterling, Pike County, Quincy, and Wever. The camp also hosts guest groups looking for a retreat setting in west-central Illinois.
The camp offers summer programs for students in grades K–12. Its Crossing Camps are designed for specific age groups so children and students can participate in age-appropriate teaching, worship, activities, and small-group relationships. Campers are placed in small groups with other students their age and paired with adult leaders who help guide the camp experience. The camp describes its summer youth programs as opportunities for students to encounter Jesus, have fun, build teamwork, and participate in community.
Crossing Camp also offers guest group opportunities for churches, ministries, schools, and other groups planning retreats, conferences, and events. The camp works with leaders to understand each group’s goals and help shape the schedule, spaces, environments, and activities around the event. Guest group facilities include lodging, food service, meeting space, recreation areas, and staff support.
The property includes 29 acres of retreat space with an auditorium, gymnasium, lodge, barn, station, marriage retreat center, café, cafeteria, pavilion, shower house, pool, lake, disc golf, field games, soccer, playground, and other camp activities. The facilities page notes capacity for groups up to 390 people, with an auditorium seating 325, a cafeteria seating 204, climate-controlled lodging, ADA-accessible spaces, and recreational areas designed for both structured programming and free-time activities.
People can engage with Crossing Camp by registering students for summer camp, booking a guest group retreat, volunteering, applying for summer staff, supporting the scholarship fund, inviting students to attend, or contacting the camp with questions about programs and facilities. Scholarship donations help children and students attend camp, and volunteer and summer staff opportunities provide practical ways to serve during the camp season.
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Midwest Ministry Training
Midwest Ministry Training — Organization Profile Midwest Ministry Training is a church-based training program for future ministers that launched in August 2024. The organization says it exists to train preaching ministers and associate ministers for the local church through a…
Midwest Ministry Training — Organization Profile Midwest Ministry Training is a church-based training program for future ministers that launched in August 2024. The organization says it exists to train preaching ministers and associate ministers for the local church through a trade school/apprenticeship approach to ministry training rather than a traditional four-year degree path. Based in Vandalia, Missouri, Midwest is organized around churches working together to provide both classroom instruction and hands-on mentoring for students preparing for church ministry. Its core focus is helping aspiring ministers gain both biblical and practical preparation for local church service. Midwest offers Certificates of Endorsement in Preaching Ministry, Associate Ministry, and Bible Knowledge. For the preaching and associate tracks, the site describes a 20-course sequence…
Midwest Ministry Training — Organization Profile
Midwest Ministry Training is a church-based training program for future ministers that launched in August 2024. The organization says it exists to train preaching ministers and associate ministers for the local church through a trade school/apprenticeship approach to ministry training rather than a traditional four-year degree path. Based in Vandalia, Missouri, Midwest is organized around churches working together to provide both classroom instruction and hands-on mentoring for students preparing for church ministry.
Its core focus is helping aspiring ministers gain both biblical and practical preparation for local church service. Midwest offers Certificates of Endorsement in Preaching Ministry, Associate Ministry, and Bible Knowledge. For the preaching and associate tracks, the site describes a 20-course sequence that covers subjects such as Bible interpretation, theology, church history, apologetics, preaching, and ministry in the local church. The Bible Knowledge certificate is a shorter option built around five courses. The academic side is presented as rigorous, with lectures, reading, assignments, papers, discussion, and tests.
A distinctive part of the model is its 1,500-hour apprenticeship requirement for students in the preaching and associate ministry tracks. Midwest emphasizes that this is an apprenticeship, not just an internship. Students train under one or more approved ministers in one or more congregations, learning practical ministry skills such as sermon and lesson preparation, baptisms, funerals, weddings, hospital visitation, pastoral care, administration, and working with church teams. The organization also allows students to complete apprenticeship work in more than one church setting so they can experience ministry in multiple contexts.
Midwest serves people exploring ministry and local churches that want to help develop leaders. Its training network has included churches in Missouri, Illinois, and California, and the organization presents itself as a collaborative effort among training churches, supporting churches, teachers, mentors, and administrators. That structure is central to its identity: rather than placing the full burden on one school or one congregation, Midwest distributes the work of minister preparation across multiple churches and leaders.
The website also highlights the importance of doctrinal alignment and character formation. Midwest publishes a statement of faith and says its teachers, mentors, and administrators must affirm and defend those doctrines. Students seeking endorsement in preaching or associate ministry are also expected to demonstrate adherence to that statement of faith. In addition to coursework and apprenticeship hours, candidates must pass a formal examination before receiving a certificate of endorsement.
People can engage with Midwest Ministry Training in several ways. Prospective students can apply for one of the certificate tracks, churches can participate as training or supporting churches, and supporters can use the organization’s payment portal to contribute financially. Those who want more information can contact the ministry directly through its public email, phone number, and mailing address, or follow its official YouTube channel for updates and teaching content.
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Independent Christian ChurchRapha InternationalRapha International is a Joplin, Missouri-based Christian nonprofit working in Cambodia, Thailand, Haiti, and the United…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Rapha International
Rapha International — Organization Profile Rapha International is a Christian nonprofit committed to ending the trafficking and sexual abuse of children—one child, one family, and one community at a time. The organization is based in Joplin, Missouri, and operates trauma-informed…
Rapha International — Organization Profile Rapha International is a Christian nonprofit committed to ending the trafficking and sexual abuse of children—one child, one family, and one community at a time. The organization is based in Joplin, Missouri, and operates trauma-informed programs in Cambodia, Thailand, Haiti, and the United States. Rapha’s work is designed to protect children, support survivors, and strengthen families and communities so that long-term safety and healing are possible. Founded in 2003, Rapha began with a Survivor Care campus in Battambang, Cambodia. The organization’s name reflects its purpose—Rapha notes that “Rapha” means “healing” in Hebrew—and its strategy has expanded beyond one residential setting into a broader network of services across multiple countries. Rapha describes its overall approach as…
Rapha International — Organization Profile
Rapha International is a Christian nonprofit committed to ending the trafficking and sexual abuse of children—one child, one family, and one community at a time. The organization is based in Joplin, Missouri, and operates trauma-informed programs in Cambodia, Thailand, Haiti, and the United States. Rapha’s work is designed to protect children, support survivors, and strengthen families and communities so that long-term safety and healing are possible.
Founded in 2003, Rapha began with a Survivor Care campus in Battambang, Cambodia. The organization’s name reflects its purpose—Rapha notes that “Rapha” means “healing” in Hebrew—and its strategy has expanded beyond one residential setting into a broader network of services across multiple countries. Rapha describes its overall approach as holistic: care for survivors, prevention for vulnerable children, and support for families and communities where exploitation risk is high.
Rapha’s Survivor Care programs provide residential and non-residential services for children who have been impacted by trafficking and abuse. Rapha summarizes Survivor Care through four “Keys to Freedom”: Safety, Healing, Education, and Social Work. This framework highlights both immediate stabilization (safe placement and protection) and longer-term restoration through trauma-informed support, educational pathways, and case management that addresses legal, family, and community realities.
Prevention work is designed to reduce vulnerability before exploitation occurs. Rapha explains that its Prevention program strengthens families and communities and promotes child protection through community-based support. Community Workers connect with families to provide resources, education, and social support, and Rapha also references Kids Club Community Centers and other community activities as part of prevention services. Across these efforts, prevention aims to address risk factors like instability, limited access to care, and barriers to education.
In the United States, Rapha’s Hope & Healing Center adds another layer of care by providing counseling and community support in the Joplin area. Rapha also offers advocacy and church resources to help supporters move from awareness to action, including the Freedom Kids curriculum, the Freedom Box resource set, and prayer and advocacy tools. Supporters can engage by giving, fundraising, praying, sharing resources, and shopping the Rapha Freedom Store (which the organization states directs profits back into program operations).
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Independent Christian ChurchGood News Productions International (GNPI)Good News Productions International (GNPI) is a Joplin, Missouri-based media missions organization creating culturally relevant gospel…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Good News Productions International (GNPI)
Good News Productions International (GNPI) — Organization Profile Good News Productions International (GNPI) is a Christian media missions organization that focuses on strategic evangelism through culturally relevant media. Based in Joplin, Missouri, GNPI works through a network of local media…
Good News Productions International (GNPI) — Organization Profile Good News Productions International (GNPI) is a Christian media missions organization that focuses on strategic evangelism through culturally relevant media. Based in Joplin, Missouri, GNPI works through a network of local media teams serving across multiple regions worldwide, with some locations not publicly listed due to security concerns. Rather than exporting a single style of content, GNPI emphasizes locally led production—teams create in their own languages and cultural contexts so the message of Jesus is communicated clearly and meaningfully. GNPI describes its work simply as creating media and sharing Jesus. Across its global network, teams use a range of formats—video, audio, social media content, broadcast programming, and print—designed for specific audiences and…
Good News Productions International (GNPI) — Organization Profile
Good News Productions International (GNPI) is a Christian media missions organization that focuses on strategic evangelism through culturally relevant media. Based in Joplin, Missouri, GNPI works through a network of local media teams serving across multiple regions worldwide, with some locations not publicly listed due to security concerns. Rather than exporting a single style of content, GNPI emphasizes locally led production—teams create in their own languages and cultural contexts so the message of Jesus is communicated clearly and meaningfully.
GNPI describes its work simply as creating media and sharing Jesus. Across its global network, teams use a range of formats—video, audio, social media content, broadcast programming, and print—designed for specific audiences and people groups. GNPI’s “Projects” showcase media initiatives across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, reflecting how the organization adapts strategy and storytelling to fit local realities while maintaining a consistent gospel focus.
A distinctive part of GNPI’s model is that the ministry is carried by nationals and long-term local partners. GNPI notes that its “family” has grown to include more than 25 teams in 17 countries, creating media in more than 100 languages. GNPI also reports recent network growth and highlights how teams can multiply impact by sharing content through the channels people already use—especially mobile-first and social platforms.
GNPI also leads Mission15, a global initiative aiming at designing and delivering one billion gospel invitations by the end of 2030 through social media, radio, television, and print. Mission15 is presented as a collaborative movement involving churches, partner organizations, and individuals, with an emphasis on prayer as a foundation. Practically, Mission15 centers on shareable invitations and media campaigns that can be adapted and deployed by teams in multiple countries and languages.
Training and multiplication are another key part of GNPI’s strategy. Through Project Nomad, GNPI describes a pathway that includes in-person training, an online academy (Nomad Academy), and an expanding network of Nomad teams. This reflects GNPI’s commitment not only to producing media, but also to equipping grassroots communicators and disciple-makers who can sustain ongoing outreach in their own contexts.
For those who want to engage, GNPI invites supporters to pray, give, and share. Individuals and churches can subscribe to updates and prayer resources, support specific team projects, contribute to Mission15, or explore legacy giving. GNPI also provides stories and reports that connect supporters to what teams are producing and how media is being used to invite people toward Jesus and to strengthen local disciple-making efforts.
