October 22, 2026
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Independent Christian ChurchAfrica Fire MissionAfrica Fire Mission equips firefighters and communities across Africa through training, fire-prevention education, leadership development, equipment…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Africa Fire Mission
Africa Fire Mission — Organization Profile Africa Fire Mission (AFM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on increasing the sustainable capacity of fire departments in developing communities. Founded after firefighter Dave Moore encountered the challenges facing fire brigades in Kenya,…
Africa Fire Mission — Organization Profile Africa Fire Mission (AFM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on increasing the sustainable capacity of fire departments in developing communities. Founded after firefighter Dave Moore encountered the challenges facing fire brigades in Kenya, AFM brings together fire-service professionals, volunteers, local leaders, governments, nonprofits, schools, and other partners to strengthen emergency response and fire prevention. The organization is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, while its primary ministry and development work is carried out with fire services and communities across Africa. AFM describes its work through four priorities: train, empower, support, and encourage. Training includes firefighting, emergency medical services, leadership, incident command, fire investigation, vehicle extrication, community fire prevention, first aid, and other subjects identified with…
Africa Fire Mission — Organization Profile
Africa Fire Mission (AFM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on increasing the sustainable capacity of fire departments in developing communities. Founded after firefighter Dave Moore encountered the challenges facing fire brigades in Kenya, AFM brings together fire-service professionals, volunteers, local leaders, governments, nonprofits, schools, and other partners to strengthen emergency response and fire prevention. The organization is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, while its primary ministry and development work is carried out with fire services and communities across Africa.
AFM describes its work through four priorities: train, empower, support, and encourage. Training includes firefighting, emergency medical services, leadership, incident command, fire investigation, vehicle extrication, community fire prevention, first aid, and other subjects identified with local partners. The organization also uses Community Health Education principles to help firefighters and community members develop practical fire-safety knowledge. AFM's development model emphasizes community ownership, local leadership, multiplication of skills, partnerships, and long-term sustainability rather than dependence on outside teams.
Africa Fire Mission currently identifies work in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone. Its approach seeks relationships with fire-service organizations, community organizations, and government leaders within the places it serves. In addition to professional training, AFM develops fire-safety curriculum and assessment resources and provides usable personal protective equipment, communication tools, and other firefighting equipment. Its Fire Safety! with Tochi and José resources provide contextualized fire-prevention education for African audiences, while other initiatives address first aid and Active Bleeding Control.
Christian faith is also present within AFM's work. Its organizational model describes human dignity in terms of people being made in the image of God, and mission-trip training information notes that Bible studies and devotions are offered to firefighters who are interested in participating. AFM combines this faith-informed perspective with professional fire-service training and locally led capacity development. The organization works with both career and volunteer firefighters and emphasizes building the ability of local departments and communities to continue training, prevention, and emergency-response efforts themselves.
People can engage with AFM through several avenues. Firefighters, EMTs, leadership trainers, and other qualified volunteers can apply for mission trips that provide hands-on training alongside African first responders. Supporters may also volunteer with organizational projects, provide financial gifts, sponsor aspects of the work, or donate clean and serviceable firefighting equipment that meets AFM's requirements. Recurring and one-time donations help fund its programs, and AFM also accepts certain non-cash gifts. Those interested in serving can review current mission opportunities and application requirements through the organization's website.
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Independent Christian ChurchWoodburn Christian Children’s HomeWoodburn Christian Children’s Home provides faith-based residential care, counseling, education support, life-skills training, and family-style ministry…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home — Organization Profile Woodburn Christian Children’s Home is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, state-licensed, faith-based residential children’s home located near Fort Wayne, Indiana. The ministry’s mission is to provide a Christian home for children in need and minister…
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home — Organization Profile Woodburn Christian Children’s Home is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, state-licensed, faith-based residential children’s home located near Fort Wayne, Indiana. The ministry’s mission is to provide a Christian home for children in need and minister to children and families on physical, educational, emotional, and spiritual levels. WCCH serves boys and girls ages 6–21 in family-style homes on a 30-acre campus. The organization is based in Woodburn, Indiana, and accepts private placements, including placements from the Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio tri-state area. WCCH does not contract with DCS and describes its placement process as private, assessment-based, and focused on children who can function in a least-restrictive Christian family environment. The ministry states that children accepted into…
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home — Organization Profile
Woodburn Christian Children’s Home is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, state-licensed, faith-based residential children’s home located near Fort Wayne, Indiana. The ministry’s mission is to provide a Christian home for children in need and minister to children and families on physical, educational, emotional, and spiritual levels. WCCH serves boys and girls ages 6–21 in family-style homes on a 30-acre campus.
The organization is based in Woodburn, Indiana, and accepts private placements, including placements from the Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio tri-state area. WCCH does not contract with DCS and describes its placement process as private, assessment-based, and focused on children who can function in a least-restrictive Christian family environment. The ministry states that children accepted into care must be willing participants in the program.
WCCH’s residential program is built around consistent Christian family living. Children participate in daily chores, family activities, prayer, devotions, corporate worship, youth group, and special events. The home also supports physical development through life-skill training, exercise, nutrition, recreation, and medical and dental care. Educational support includes school placement, monitoring academic progress, tutoring, and communication with teachers.
The ministry also provides Christian counseling, emotional support, and treatment planning for children in care. Its program includes individual and group counseling, weekly treatment-team reviews, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma-Focused CBT approaches. WCCH measures outcomes through goals such as high school graduation, return home when appropriate, improved school performance, and healthier social interaction.
In addition to residential care, WCCH has expanded its work through community counseling and strategic campus development. Its Community Counseling Program offers mental health and pastoral counseling for community members and surrounding churches. The ministry’s “Strong and Courageous” strategic expansion includes a completed Learning and Counseling Center and plans for additional housing and transitional support for older youth and young adults.
People can engage with Woodburn Christian Children’s Home through prayer, private donations, pantry needs, volunteer work projects, annual fundraisers, the Legacy Fund, benefit auction, golf outing, counseling referrals, and child placement inquiries. WCCH states that it receives no federal, state, or county support and is funded through voluntary contributions from churches, individuals, businesses, community partners, and private foundations.
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Independent Christian ChurchTraining Tomorrows LeadersTraining Tomorrow’s Leaders supports indigenous church planting, discipleship, community development, and children’s ministry in Ghana, Togo,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Training Tomorrows Leaders
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders — Organization Profile Training Tomorrow’s Leaders, often abbreviated T.T.L., is a 501(c)(3) Christian missions organization registered in the United States. The ministry exists to facilitate the planting of new churches in western Africa by financially supporting indigenous…
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders — Organization Profile Training Tomorrow’s Leaders, often abbreviated T.T.L., is a 501(c)(3) Christian missions organization registered in the United States. The ministry exists to facilitate the planting of new churches in western Africa by financially supporting indigenous church planters, training indigenous church planters, and facilitating projects that enable new churches to be planted. Its public materials describe the work as “Expanding the Kingdom together” through church planting and missions in West Africa. Training Tomorrow’s Leaders is based in McConnelsville, Ohio, and its ministry work is focused in northern Ghana, Togo, and Burkina Faso. The organization serves unreached people groups, local churches, indigenous church planters, pastors, evangelists, lay leaders, children, and communities in areas where gospel access and…
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders — Organization Profile
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders, often abbreviated T.T.L., is a 501(c)(3) Christian missions organization registered in the United States. The ministry exists to facilitate the planting of new churches in western Africa by financially supporting indigenous church planters, training indigenous church planters, and facilitating projects that enable new churches to be planted. Its public materials describe the work as “Expanding the Kingdom together” through church planting and missions in West Africa.
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders is based in McConnelsville, Ohio, and its ministry work is focused in northern Ghana, Togo, and Burkina Faso. The organization serves unreached people groups, local churches, indigenous church planters, pastors, evangelists, lay leaders, children, and communities in areas where gospel access and basic social resources may be limited. The ministry states that it works among unreached people groups, including groups in Ghana, Togo, and Burkina Faso.
The organization’s core ministry is church planting among unreached people groups through trained indigenous leaders. T.T.L. reports that it has planted churches in multiple regions of Ghana, Togo, and Burkina Faso and that its workers include college-trained church planters, college-trained preachers, and lay helpers. Its history traces the work to 1991, when the first church planter was sent out after training and financial support through partner churches.
Training Tomorrow’s Leaders also emphasizes training and discipleship for pastors, evangelists, church planters, lay leaders, and helpers. The ministry organizes seminars and provides training in both literary and non-literary methods of evangelism and discipleship. Because some communities include high levels of illiteracy, T.T.L. uses oral methods to help communicate the gospel and disciple believers. The organization also identifies Charis School of the Bible and Missions as part of its effort to develop future church planters and missionaries.
Beyond church planting and training, T.T.L. works through community development and children’s ministry. Its public materials describe assistance with school fees, medical costs, small-business grants, agricultural projects, schools, clothing, and wells for safe drinking water. The ministry also trains children’s ministry leaders, organizes Vacation Bible School programs, provides materials for children’s ministry, and starts Christian schools in West African communities with the aim of raising students who can serve their communities.
People can engage Training Tomorrow’s Leaders by praying, giving, volunteering, fundraising, contacting the ministry, or helping share its work with churches and families. The organization states that it depends on partnership to support church planters, training, community development, and children’s ministry efforts. Supporters can give through the ministry’s website or contact T.T.L. directly to learn about volunteer opportunities, events, and ways to help expand the work.
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Independent Christian ChurchSonLight PowerSonLight Power equips communities affected by energy poverty with solar power, Christian witness, mission teams, training,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
SonLight Power
SonLight Power — Organization Profile SonLight Power is a Christian nonprofit solar energy ministry that equips people living in energy poverty with the love of Jesus and solar power for transformative, lasting impact. The ministry describes its work as “solar…
SonLight Power — Organization Profile SonLight Power is a Christian nonprofit solar energy ministry that equips people living in energy poverty with the love of Jesus and solar power for transformative, lasting impact. The ministry describes its work as “solar energy for good,” using renewable power as a practical way to serve vulnerable children, families, churches, schools, medical clinics, orphanages, community centers, and communities that lack reliable electricity. The organization is based in Milford, Ohio, near Cincinnati, and serves communities in Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, the United States, and other regions affected by energy poverty. SonLight Power states that it has equipped communities in 19 countries, completed more than 280 solar projects worldwide, and empowered an estimated 1 million…
SonLight Power — Organization Profile
SonLight Power is a Christian nonprofit solar energy ministry that equips people living in energy poverty with the love of Jesus and solar power for transformative, lasting impact. The ministry describes its work as “solar energy for good,” using renewable power as a practical way to serve vulnerable children, families, churches, schools, medical clinics, orphanages, community centers, and communities that lack reliable electricity.
The organization is based in Milford, Ohio, near Cincinnati, and serves communities in Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, the United States, and other regions affected by energy poverty. SonLight Power states that it has equipped communities in 19 countries, completed more than 280 solar projects worldwide, and empowered an estimated 1 million lives through solar energy partnerships.
SonLight Power designs and builds solar energy systems for community venues such as schools, medical clinics, orphanages, community centers, churches, and water-pumping stations. These projects often bring electricity to places where reliable power has been unavailable or unaffordable. The ministry connects solar power with access to education, wellness, clean water, economic development, emergency preparedness, and renewed hope.
The ministry’s approach is designed to build local capacity rather than dependency. SonLight Power uses a blend of in-country and U.S.-based volunteers, experienced solar installers, engineers, mission partners, and community members. Its teams install systems while also training residents and partner organizations to understand, maintain, and care for the systems over time. This model reflects the ministry’s emphasis on sustainable energy solutions, practical training, and long-term community empowerment.
SonLight Power also multiplies its impact by equipping other mission organizations. Through project development, consulting, mission teams, Solar School, partnerships, and capacity-building efforts, the ministry helps churches, nonprofits, and mission agencies evaluate and implement solar solutions for their own work. Its experience includes more than 20 years of service and more than 260 designed projects, with many located in Latin America and Africa.
People can engage with SonLight Power by praying, giving, joining a mission trip, sponsoring a project, attending Solar School, volunteering, interning, subscribing to updates, or contacting the team about solar for a mission, church, school, or community project. Its distinct contribution is combining Christian witness, renewable energy expertise, mission partnerships, volunteer mobilization, and local training to help communities move from energy poverty toward sustainable power and hope.
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Independent Christian ChurchShepherds Global ClassroomShepherds Global Classroom provides free theological curriculum in many languages to help pastors, missionaries, and Christian…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Shepherds Global Classroom
Shepherds Global Classroom — Organization Profile Shepherds Global Classroom, also known as SGC, is a Christian training ministry that provides free Christ-centered theological curriculum for emerging pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders around the world. Its motto is “Christ-centered. Training. Everywhere.”…
Shepherds Global Classroom — Organization Profile Shepherds Global Classroom, also known as SGC, is a Christian training ministry that provides free Christ-centered theological curriculum for emerging pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders around the world. Its motto is “Christ-centered. Training. Everywhere.” The ministry exists to equip the body of Christ by providing curriculum for leaders who may not have access to formal theological education. The organization is connected with Cincinnati, Ohio, and serves Christian leaders in more than 100 countries through online courses, downloadable curriculum, translations, audio resources, mobile app access, and training partnerships. SGC’s materials are especially designed for places where pastors and church leaders are under-resourced but eager for biblical and theological training. Shepherds Global Classroom began in 2012…
Shepherds Global Classroom — Organization Profile
Shepherds Global Classroom, also known as SGC, is a Christian training ministry that provides free Christ-centered theological curriculum for emerging pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders around the world. Its motto is “Christ-centered. Training. Everywhere.” The ministry exists to equip the body of Christ by providing curriculum for leaders who may not have access to formal theological education.
The organization is connected with Cincinnati, Ohio, and serves Christian leaders in more than 100 countries through online courses, downloadable curriculum, translations, audio resources, mobile app access, and training partnerships. SGC’s materials are especially designed for places where pastors and church leaders are under-resourced but eager for biblical and theological training.
Shepherds Global Classroom began in 2012 after founder Tim Keep and other missionary trainers taught pastors and lay leaders in East Africa. The experience revealed a need for theological resources that were robust, simple, reproducible, and adaptable to local settings. SGC developed to meet that need by creating curriculum that local leaders can use in homes, churches, cafés, refugee camps, Bible schools, seminaries, and informal classrooms.
The ministry’s curriculum includes 20 foundational courses for a two- to three-year non-formal theological training program. Course areas include Doctrinal Foundations, Bible Survey, Evangelism and Discipleship, Christian Leadership, Church History, and SGC Resources. Courses include topics such as Christian Beliefs, Romans, Eschatology, Exploring the Old Testament, Exploring the New Testament, Biblical Evangelism and Discipleship, Spiritual Formation, Ministry Leadership, The Life and Ministry of Jesus, Principles of Communication, Introduction to Christian Worship, and Survey of Church History.
A major distinctive of Shepherds Global Classroom is its emphasis on free access and broad translation. The curriculum is available digitally at no cost, and the ministry allows printing and distribution under its stated guidelines. SGC makes courses available in more than 30 languages, including English, French, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, Portuguese, Thai, Kiswahili, Nepali, Hindi, Romanian, Ukrainian, Urdu, Amharic, Turkish, Haitian Creole, Polish, and others.
People can engage with Shepherds Global Classroom by downloading courses, using the mobile app, launching a local classroom, requesting a Memorandum of Understanding for group printing and distribution, subscribing to updates, donating, or connecting with the ministry about training partnerships. Its distinct contribution is free, reproducible theological curriculum that helps local Christian leaders establish indigenous, informal, and non-formal Bible training programs worldwide.
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Independent Christian ChurchRestoringVisionRestoringVision expands access to vision screenings and eyeglasses through global health partnerships, community outreach, training resources,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
RestoringVision
RestoringVision — Organization Profile RestoringVision is a global nonprofit committed to creating equitable access to vision screening and near-vision eyeglasses for people living in poverty. Founded in 2003 by Mark Sachs, the organization addresses presbyopia, an age-related decline in near…
RestoringVision — Organization Profile RestoringVision is a global nonprofit committed to creating equitable access to vision screening and near-vision eyeglasses for people living in poverty. Founded in 2003 by Mark Sachs, the organization addresses presbyopia, an age-related decline in near vision that can often be corrected with a simple pair of reading glasses. RestoringVision describes its goal as creating a world where everyone who needs eyeglasses has them. The organization is based in San Francisco, California, with operations connected to Lockbourne, Ohio, and serves communities in more than 150 countries worldwide. Its work reaches people across Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions where access to eye care and affordable eyeglasses is limited. RestoringVision especially focuses on…
RestoringVision — Organization Profile
RestoringVision is a global nonprofit committed to creating equitable access to vision screening and near-vision eyeglasses for people living in poverty. Founded in 2003 by Mark Sachs, the organization addresses presbyopia, an age-related decline in near vision that can often be corrected with a simple pair of reading glasses. RestoringVision describes its goal as creating a world where everyone who needs eyeglasses has them.
The organization is based in San Francisco, California, with operations connected to Lockbourne, Ohio, and serves communities in more than 150 countries worldwide. Its work reaches people across Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions where access to eye care and affordable eyeglasses is limited. RestoringVision especially focuses on people living on less than $2 a day.
RestoringVision operates through two primary programs: the Global Access Program and the Community Outreach Program. The Global Access Program is its largest program, working with global health and humanitarian NGOs, governments, and social enterprises to deliver vision screenings and eyeglasses in low- and middle-income countries. These projects may be integrated into clinics, health fairs, mobile clinics, pop-up vision camps, or broader eye-care services.
The Community Outreach Program equips nonprofits, churches, mission groups, and individuals with affordable eyeglasses so vision care can be included in medical trips, faith-based missions, and underserved community outreach. Through this program, partners can order near-vision eyeglasses, protective eyewear, sunglasses, and related resources for use in local and international service settings.
RestoringVision also provides partner training and resources for vision screenings and reading-glasses distribution. These resources support organizations that need practical guidance for dispensing reading glasses safely and effectively. The organization’s wider advocacy work places eye health within global health, education, livelihood, and poverty-reduction conversations, recognizing that clear vision can affect work, learning, independence, and daily life.
People can engage with RestoringVision by donating, becoming a program partner, ordering eyeglasses for mission or outreach use, supporting the Global Access Program, using partner training resources, or sharing the organization’s work with nonprofits, churches, mission teams, health partners, and donors. Its distinct contribution is large-scale vision access through partnerships that connect affordable eyeglasses, vision screenings, global health systems, and community outreach for people who otherwise may not receive basic eye care.
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Independent Christian ChurchMMS AviationMMS Aviation prepares people and planes for worldwide missionary service through aviation maintenance training, pilot preparation,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
MMS Aviation
MMS Aviation — Organization Profile MMS Aviation is a Christian aviation ministry based in Coshocton, Ohio. The organization serves missionary aviation by training apprentice mechanics and pilots and maintaining missionary aircraft. Its public purpose is “preparing people and planes for…
MMS Aviation — Organization Profile MMS Aviation is a Christian aviation ministry based in Coshocton, Ohio. The organization serves missionary aviation by training apprentice mechanics and pilots and maintaining missionary aircraft. Its public purpose is “preparing people and planes for worldwide missionary service,” connecting technical aviation skills with the needs of missionaries serving in difficult-to-reach places. The organization’s core focus is preparing people and airplanes for worldwide missionary service through hands-on aviation maintenance training, pilot preparation, and mission aircraft repair. MMS Aviation states that missionaries rely on aircraft for food, supplies, transportation, and access to remote ministry locations. The ministry responds to that need by developing skilled mechanics and returning mission aircraft to safe and effective service. MMS Aviation serves…
MMS Aviation — Organization Profile
MMS Aviation is a Christian aviation ministry based in Coshocton, Ohio. The organization serves missionary aviation by training apprentice mechanics and pilots and maintaining missionary aircraft. Its public purpose is “preparing people and planes for worldwide missionary service,” connecting technical aviation skills with the needs of missionaries serving in difficult-to-reach places.
The organization’s core focus is preparing people and airplanes for worldwide missionary service through hands-on aviation maintenance training, pilot preparation, and mission aircraft repair. MMS Aviation states that missionaries rely on aircraft for food, supplies, transportation, and access to remote ministry locations. The ministry responds to that need by developing skilled mechanics and returning mission aircraft to safe and effective service.
MMS Aviation serves from Coshocton, Ohio, while supporting missionary aviation programs around the world. Its work benefits evangelical Christian organizations that operate aircraft for ministry, including mission groups that depend on small aircraft to reach communities where roads, terrain, distance, or security concerns make ordinary travel difficult. The organization is accredited by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability and is a member of the International Association of Missionary Aviation.
The ministry operates through a full-time aviation maintenance apprenticeship, aircraft maintenance services, pilot preparation pathways, staff service, and donor-supported operations. Its apprenticeship is a thirty-month, hands-on aviation maintenance ministry where the hangar functions as the classroom and missionary aircraft become the training context. Apprentices work under licensed and qualified staff as they help inspect, repair, overhaul, and modify mission aircraft.
A distinctive part of MMS Aviation’s model is providing aircraft repair, overhaul, and modification to Christian missionary organizations without charging labor while training future mission aviation mechanics. Support teams and donors help make that possible, allowing MMS to meet immediate mission aircraft needs while also sending trained mechanics into future missionary service. Pilot candidates may also complete maintenance training at MMS before continuing flight training through Missionary Air Group in Burlington, North Carolina.
People can engage with MMS Aviation by donating, supporting one of its missionary staff families, praying, joining the staff, applying for apprenticeship, visiting the Coshocton facility, requesting a tour, subscribing to the GroundCrew newsletter, or contacting the ministry directly. Supporters can give toward general operations or specific staff members, helping provide ongoing training and maintenance services for the missionary aviation community.
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Independent Christian ChurchLenna’s Ladybugs llcLenna’s Ladybugs LLC mobilizes volunteers and mission partners to make and send clothing packages for children…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Lenna’s Ladybugs llc
Lenna’s Ladybugs LLC — Organization Profile Lenna’s Ladybugs LLC is a Christian 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Canton, Ohio, with public nonprofit listings also identifying the organization in North Canton, Ohio. The ministry is dedicated to clothing children around the…
Lenna’s Ladybugs LLC — Organization Profile Lenna’s Ladybugs LLC is a Christian 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Canton, Ohio, with public nonprofit listings also identifying the organization in North Canton, Ohio. The ministry is dedicated to clothing children around the world and uses the phrase “Clothing God’s Kids Around the World” to describe its work. The organization’s core focus is making and sending clothing packages for children through Christian missions and ministry partners around the world. Lenna’s Ladybugs began in October 2012 after the death of Lenna Moser, who had developed a heart for children in Haiti during a previous visit. In her memory, a small group Bible study began making T-shirt dresses for girls in Haiti, and the ministry…
Lenna’s Ladybugs LLC — Organization Profile
Lenna’s Ladybugs LLC is a Christian 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Canton, Ohio, with public nonprofit listings also identifying the organization in North Canton, Ohio. The ministry is dedicated to clothing children around the world and uses the phrase “Clothing God’s Kids Around the World” to describe its work.
The organization’s core focus is making and sending clothing packages for children through Christian missions and ministry partners around the world. Lenna’s Ladybugs began in October 2012 after the death of Lenna Moser, who had developed a heart for children in Haiti during a previous visit. In her memory, a small group Bible study began making T-shirt dresses for girls in Haiti, and the ministry later expanded to boys’ clothing packages and other supplies.
Lenna’s Ladybugs serves children globally through mission partners, with public materials identifying work in Haiti, Honduras, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mexico, the Philippines, Burkina Faso, the Dominican Republic, and Ukraine. As of November 2024, the organization reported sending more than 30,687 total packages through more than 29 mission partners in 22 countries, with help from more than 800 volunteers.
The ministry operates through volunteers, sewing groups, donations, and mission partnerships. Girls’ packages have included T-shirt dresses, headbands, barrettes, underwear, head scarves, and purses crocheted from recycled grocery bags for older girls. Boys’ packages began in 2013 and include new shorts or pants, shirts, underwear, and sometimes a toy car when available. Each Ladybug dress includes a small ladybug button sewn onto the left shoulder.
A distinctive part of Lenna’s Ladybugs is mobilizing local volunteers, sewing circles, churches, and monthly sponsors to create practical clothing packages that mission partners can distribute directly to children. The ministry also has a Florida chapter, sewing groups in several states, and an interactive Vacation Bible School program that churches can use to introduce children to the work of helping others.
People can engage with Lenna’s Ladybugs by donating supplies, giving financially, becoming a monthly sponsor, starting a sewing circle, volunteering at work days, helping package clothing, or contacting the ministry. The organization lists ongoing needs such as new girls’ and boys’ T-shirts, boys’ shorts and pants, fabric, buttons, thread, yarn, underwear, barrettes, headbands, gallon-size zip bags, and monetary support.
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Independent Christian ChurchLa Palabra de CristoLa Palabra de Cristo publishes Spanish Christian books and theological resources for discipleship, Bible study, and…Independent Christian Church · Missions
La Palabra de Cristo
La Palabra de Cristo — Organization Profile La Palabra de Cristo, also identified in English as The Word of Christ, is a Christian publishing ministry based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The ministry publishes Christian books in Spanish to equip Spanish-speaking Christians…
La Palabra de Cristo — Organization Profile La Palabra de Cristo, also identified in English as The Word of Christ, is a Christian publishing ministry based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The ministry publishes Christian books in Spanish to equip Spanish-speaking Christians for discipleship and leadership in the church. Its work grew from a mission trip to Colombia, where leaders saw the need for solid theological resources for churches in Colombia and other Spanish-speaking countries. The organization’s core focus is producing and distributing Christ-centered theological resources in Spanish for discipleship, Bible study, and church leadership development. La Palabra de Cristo states that its mission is to equip Spanish-speaking Christians for discipleship and for leadership in the church. Its published materials include Spanish-language…
La Palabra de Cristo — Organization Profile
La Palabra de Cristo, also identified in English as The Word of Christ, is a Christian publishing ministry based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The ministry publishes Christian books in Spanish to equip Spanish-speaking Christians for discipleship and leadership in the church. Its work grew from a mission trip to Colombia, where leaders saw the need for solid theological resources for churches in Colombia and other Spanish-speaking countries.
The organization’s core focus is producing and distributing Christ-centered theological resources in Spanish for discipleship, Bible study, and church leadership development. La Palabra de Cristo states that its mission is to equip Spanish-speaking Christians for discipleship and for leadership in the church. Its published materials include Spanish-language books related to Christian leadership, Bible studies, theology, and dual-language resources.
La Palabra de Cristo serves Spanish-speaking Christians in Latin America and the Hispanic world, with direct ministry visits publicly identified in Colombia, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Belize. The ministry’s purpose is not limited to publishing books; it also visits mission works to share the books and encourage Spanish-speaking believers in person. Its website describes a desire to help churches across Latin America grow in understanding Scripture and proclaim the gospel with clarity and conviction.
The ministry operates through book publishing, translation, adaptation, distribution, and mission-work visits. Its listed books include titles such as Dios Altísimo, Fuerza para la victoria, Los fundamentos de la fe, Ser tan bueno no es tan bueno, La fe enfrente al mundo, and Cómo prepararse para ser líder efectivo en la congregación. The leadership book was translated from Sam Stone’s How to Be an Effective Church Leader and adapted to Hispanic culture by veteran missionary Dale Meade.
A distinctive part of La Palabra de Cristo’s work is making doctrinally grounded Christian resources available in Spanish for churches and leaders who need accessible theological materials. The ministry’s authors include Jack Cottrell, Dale Roberto Meade, Thomas Friskney, Orrin Root, and Sam E. Stone. Through these resources, La Palabra de Cristo supports Bible teaching, discipleship, leadership preparation, and theological formation for Spanish-speaking believers.
People can engage with La Palabra de Cristo by purchasing books, contacting the ministry, sharing its resources with Spanish-speaking churches and mission works, or supporting the distribution of Spanish Christian literature. Churches, missionaries, and ministry leaders working in Hispanic contexts can use the ministry’s materials for discipleship, leadership training, Bible study, and strengthening congregations.
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Church of ChristHope for Haiti’s ChildrenHope for Haiti’s Children serves Haitian children and families through Christian education, sponsorship, healthcare, food support,…Church of Christ · Missions
Hope for Haiti’s Children
Hope for Haiti’s Children — Organization Profile Hope for Haiti’s Children, also known as HFHC, is a Christian nonprofit based in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving children and families in Haiti. The organization strives to demonstrate Christian compassion to poverty-bound Haitian children…
Hope for Haiti’s Children — Organization Profile Hope for Haiti’s Children, also known as HFHC, is a Christian nonprofit based in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving children and families in Haiti. The organization strives to demonstrate Christian compassion to poverty-bound Haitian children and their families, providing opportunities for children to become leaders in their homes, churches, and communities. The organization’s core focus is helping Haitian children grow spiritually, academically, physically, and socially through Christian education, sponsorship, healthcare, food, orphan care, and leadership development. HFHC’s work is shaped by a desire to serve vulnerable children in practical ways while helping raise up future Christian leaders in Haiti. Hope for Haiti’s Children serves Haiti, working with Haitian churches, schools, staff, and local Christian professionals.…
Hope for Haiti’s Children — Organization Profile
Hope for Haiti’s Children, also known as HFHC, is a Christian nonprofit based in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving children and families in Haiti. The organization strives to demonstrate Christian compassion to poverty-bound Haitian children and their families, providing opportunities for children to become leaders in their homes, churches, and communities.
The organization’s core focus is helping Haitian children grow spiritually, academically, physically, and socially through Christian education, sponsorship, healthcare, food, orphan care, and leadership development. HFHC’s work is shaped by a desire to serve vulnerable children in practical ways while helping raise up future Christian leaders in Haiti.
Hope for Haiti’s Children serves Haiti, working with Haitian churches, schools, staff, and local Christian professionals. The organization states that its Haiti work is locally operated by trusted Haitian Christian professionals and is recognized by the government of Haiti as an official non-governmental organization, Espoir Pour Les Enfants d’Haiti. Its U.S. office in Cincinnati, Ohio supports donors, sponsors, churches, volunteers, and ministry partners.
The organization operates through several connected ministry areas. Child sponsorship helps provide tuition, school supplies, uniforms, healthcare, and special gifts. HFHC also supports children’s education and schools, orphan housing and care, medical missions, Christian leadership youth camp, crisis relief, and Project Hope 2030. Its food and water efforts include school lunch support and hunger relief, while Christmas Joy Boxes provide simple gifts and encouragement for children in Haiti.
A distinctive part of Hope for Haiti’s Children’s ministry is combining child sponsorship, Christian education, healthcare, nutrition, orphan care, and spiritual training into a long-term path of leadership development. The ministry seeks not only to meet immediate needs but also to help children grow into leaders who can bless their families, churches, and communities. Its school partnerships and youth leadership programs reflect this emphasis on long-term formation.
People can engage with Hope for Haiti’s Children by sponsoring a child, giving to the Children’s Food Fund, supporting Project Hope 2030, packing Christmas Joy Boxes, attending events, giving online, subscribing to updates, joining church-based efforts, or praying for the children, schools, staff, and churches served through the ministry. Supporters can also manage sponsorships online, explore legacy giving, and follow HFHC’s news and social media for ministry updates.
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Independent Christian ChurchHis Hands Construction Inc.His Hands Construction Inc. provides construction training, local employment support, mission-team service, and practical Christian outreach…Independent Christian Church · Missions
His Hands Construction Inc.
His Hands Construction Inc. — Organization Profile His Hands Construction Inc., presented publicly as HIS Hands Construction Mission, is a Christian nonprofit based in Richwood, Ohio. The organization provides construction-related mission service and hands-on job training, with a stated concern…
His Hands Construction Inc. — Organization Profile His Hands Construction Inc., presented publicly as HIS Hands Construction Mission, is a Christian nonprofit based in Richwood, Ohio. The organization provides construction-related mission service and hands-on job training, with a stated concern for helping people see good works and glorify God, drawn from Matthew 5:16. The organization’s core focus is providing on-the-job construction training and practical mission support for individuals in developing-country contexts. Its website describes a commitment to high-quality service, strong client relationships, punctuality, and the hiring and training of local Hondurans. The ministry emphasizes competitive pay, hands-on training opportunities, and practical skill development in the construction industry. His Hands Construction Inc. is based in Richwood, Ohio, with ministry activity publicly…
His Hands Construction Inc. — Organization Profile
His Hands Construction Inc., presented publicly as HIS Hands Construction Mission, is a Christian nonprofit based in Richwood, Ohio. The organization provides construction-related mission service and hands-on job training, with a stated concern for helping people see good works and glorify God, drawn from Matthew 5:16.
The organization’s core focus is providing on-the-job construction training and practical mission support for individuals in developing-country contexts. Its website describes a commitment to high-quality service, strong client relationships, punctuality, and the hiring and training of local Hondurans. The ministry emphasizes competitive pay, hands-on training opportunities, and practical skill development in the construction industry.
His Hands Construction Inc. is based in Richwood, Ohio, with ministry activity publicly connected to Honduras and planned expansion needs connected to Panama. Its missions page identifies several mission team areas, including chiropractic, education, construction, general service, and medical outreach. These categories show a broader mission-team model that includes practical care and community service alongside construction work.
The organization operates through project-based construction service, local worker training, and mission teams. Its public materials invite people to request construction quotes, join mission teams, and support active projects. Current listed support needs include campus updates, a truck for expansion, a family fund for medical and educational assistance to families the organization employs, church planting, and a medical clinic in Panama.
A distinctive part of His Hands Construction Inc.’s approach is combining construction skill training, local employment, mission-team service, and Christian witness. Rather than presenting construction only as a building service, the organization frames its work as a way to provide hands-on training, create job opportunities, support families, and serve communities through practical projects. Its prayer requests also reflect dependence on open hearts, safety, willing students and workers, government favor, and financial support.
People can engage with His Hands Construction Inc. by praying, giving, contacting the ministry, requesting more information, joining a mission team, subscribing to updates, or supporting listed project needs. Donations can be made online, by phone, by mail, or in person by arrangement. Supporters can also follow the organization’s public social channels for updates related to construction, mission teams, and ongoing work.
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Independent Christian ChurchDeaf StreetlightDeaf Streetlight connects Deaf individuals, families, and churches through Christian community, ASL resources, family support, events,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Deaf Streetlight
Deaf Streetlight — Organization Profile Deaf Streetlight is a Christ-centered ministry serving Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, families, churches, and communities. The ministry’s mission is to connect Deaf individuals with community, families, Jesus, and His church. It exists to connect, equip,…
Deaf Streetlight — Organization Profile Deaf Streetlight is a Christ-centered ministry serving Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, families, churches, and communities. The ministry’s mission is to connect Deaf individuals with community, families, Jesus, and His church. It exists to connect, equip, and support people, families, and churches in bringing the gospel to the Deaf community. Deaf Streetlight is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and serves the Greater Cincinnati / Tri-State area and beyond. The ministry was originally founded in 1968 as The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Institute for Christian Education, commonly known as Deaf Institute. Cecil Bennett founded the organization after he and his wife, Rena, saw the need for their Deaf daughter Cheryl and other Deaf people to connect with…
Deaf Streetlight — Organization Profile
Deaf Streetlight is a Christ-centered ministry serving Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, families, churches, and communities. The ministry’s mission is to connect Deaf individuals with community, families, Jesus, and His church. It exists to connect, equip, and support people, families, and churches in bringing the gospel to the Deaf community.
Deaf Streetlight is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and serves the Greater Cincinnati / Tri-State area and beyond. The ministry was originally founded in 1968 as The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Institute for Christian Education, commonly known as Deaf Institute. Cecil Bennett founded the organization after he and his wife, Rena, saw the need for their Deaf daughter Cheryl and other Deaf people to connect with the church, the Bible, and a personal relationship with God.
The organization rebranded as Deaf Streetlight after Will Dickmann became director in 2021. The name reflects both a practical and spiritual meaning: Deaf people need light in order to see sign language clearly, and the ministry seeks to be a beacon of hope that guides people toward the Lord. Its work is shaped by the older motto, “Using hands to touch hearts.”
Deaf Streetlight’s four core goals are Go & Meet, Learn & Share, Connect & Support, and Equip & Empower. Through these goals, the ministry works to host and support events, develop relationships, create and share resources, train and equip local churches, remove barriers for Deaf people, and help Deaf people participate and lead within the church. Its work includes advocacy, community connection, family support, and church accessibility.
The ministry’s resources include a resource directory, ASL learning information, state and national resources, local events, interpreting and captioning services, educational resources, religious resources, mental health resources, articles, books, and videos. It also offers a Shared Reading Program developed by Gallaudet University to help parents and caregivers read with Deaf or hard-of-hearing children using American Sign Language, along with summer events that give Deaf children opportunities for social development and ASL practice.
People can engage with Deaf Streetlight by praying, volunteering, becoming a Deaf mentor, helping with events, giving financially, donating goods or services, sharing personal stories, subscribing to the e-newsletter, or contacting the ministry for resources and support. Donations may be made online or by check mailed to the Cincinnati post office box listed by the organization.
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Independent Christian ChurchCornerstone Chilean MissionCornerstone Chilean Mission serves churches and Spanish-speaking Christians in Santiago, Chile, through Bible teaching, leadership training,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Cornerstone Chilean Mission
Cornerstone Chilean Mission — Organization Profile Cornerstone Chilean Mission is the mission work of Mike and Tabi Boyce, independent missionaries serving in Chile. The mission’s stated focus is to teach the Word, train future leaders, and provide tools for study.…
Cornerstone Chilean Mission — Organization Profile Cornerstone Chilean Mission is the mission work of Mike and Tabi Boyce, independent missionaries serving in Chile. The mission’s stated focus is to teach the Word, train future leaders, and provide tools for study. Their work is centered on strengthening churches and equipping Christian leaders through biblical teaching, preaching, translation, theological resources, and local ministry support. Cornerstone Chilean Mission is based in Santiago, Chile, with support connected through Cornerstone Christian Church in Alliance, Ohio. The mission serves churches, leaders, and Spanish-speaking Christians in Chile and the wider Spanish-speaking world. Mike and Tabi Boyce have served in Chile since December 2009, following earlier internships in Chile and preparation through Bible college and seminary training. The…
Cornerstone Chilean Mission — Organization Profile
Cornerstone Chilean Mission is the mission work of Mike and Tabi Boyce, independent missionaries serving in Chile. The mission’s stated focus is to teach the Word, train future leaders, and provide tools for study. Their work is centered on strengthening churches and equipping Christian leaders through biblical teaching, preaching, translation, theological resources, and local ministry support.
Cornerstone Chilean Mission is based in Santiago, Chile, with support connected through Cornerstone Christian Church in Alliance, Ohio. The mission serves churches, leaders, and Spanish-speaking Christians in Chile and the wider Spanish-speaking world. Mike and Tabi Boyce have served in Chile since December 2009, following earlier internships in Chile and preparation through Bible college and seminary training.
The mission’s primary ministries include Bible and theology classes, preaching, seminars, Bible studies, local church involvement, pastoral and unity meetings, translation, and online theological resources. Mike focuses on teaching and training church leaders, including classes for ministers and churches in areas such as hermeneutics, basic doctrine, and preaching. He has also been involved in preaching, seminars, and the development of Seminario Bíblico Restauración.
Tabi focuses on maintaining a Spanish-language theology website and translating theological articles and books for Spanish-speaking Christians. Her translation work includes maintaining ¿Y qué dice la Biblia?, a theological resource site with articles and materials intended to help Spanish-speaking readers study Scripture and Christian doctrine. She has also worked on translation projects including theological materials by Dr. Jack Cottrell.
Cornerstone Chilean Mission also participates in a variety of supporting ministries as needs arise. These include Bible studies, church ministry, Passover meals, retreats, benevolence, photography, translation support, and assistance to ministries led by Chilean friends and ministers. Some activities, such as radio and video ministry, are described as discontinued or temporarily suspended, while other ministries continue according to current opportunities and needs.
People can engage with Cornerstone Chilean Mission by praying for the Boyce family and the churches they serve, reading newsletters and blog updates, contacting the mission directly, supporting the mission financially, or discussing possible mission group involvement. Donations may be made online, or checks may be mailed to Cornerstone Chilean Mission through the Alliance, Ohio address listed by the mission.
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Independent Christian ChurchCentral Brazil MissionCentral Brazil Mission serves remote Amazon communities through medical boat trips, dental care, nutrition projects, leadership…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Central Brazil Mission
Central Brazil Mission — Organization Profile Central Brazil Mission (CBM) is a Christian mission organization connected with Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. The ministry was developed through the long-term missionary work of Earl and Ruth Anne Haubner, who began…
Central Brazil Mission — Organization Profile Central Brazil Mission (CBM) is a Christian mission organization connected with Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. The ministry was developed through the long-term missionary work of Earl and Ruth Anne Haubner, who began serving in Brazil in 1969. CBM’s public materials describe a ministry focused on sharing Christ while meeting medical, dental, nutritional, leadership, and community needs among people in Brazil’s Amazon region. The mission serves communities in Brazil, with special focus on the State of Amazonas, Manaus, São Sebastião, remote Amazon River villages, and communities accessible primarily by boat. CBM’s work also has roots in Goiânia, Brazil, where the Haubners’ earlier church planting and leadership training work helped develop Brazilian leaders for…
Central Brazil Mission — Organization Profile
Central Brazil Mission (CBM) is a Christian mission organization connected with Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. The ministry was developed through the long-term missionary work of Earl and Ruth Anne Haubner, who began serving in Brazil in 1969. CBM’s public materials describe a ministry focused on sharing Christ while meeting medical, dental, nutritional, leadership, and community needs among people in Brazil’s Amazon region.
The mission serves communities in Brazil, with special focus on the State of Amazonas, Manaus, São Sebastião, remote Amazon River villages, and communities accessible primarily by boat. CBM’s work also has roots in Goiânia, Brazil, where the Haubners’ earlier church planting and leadership training work helped develop Brazilian leaders for local churches and Amazon ministry. The organization’s U.S. forwarding address is listed in Springfield, Ohio.
CBM operates through what it calls Project Amazonas: Christ, Life and Health. Its Amazon ministry is organized around several major areas, including medical boat ministry, nutrition work, children’s soccer outreach, construction projects, leadership training, and church planting. The organization states that its medical boat ministry allows teams to reach villages that otherwise have little access to regular medical or dental care. Visits often include medical treatment, dental care, vitamins, eye care, worship gatherings, and follow-up relationships with local leaders.
A central distinctive of CBM is its use of boat-based ministry to serve remote Amazon communities while training and supporting Brazilian Christian leaders. The mission explains that Project Amazonas depends on short-term mission teams from the United States for funding, supplies, and manpower, while the village missionaries and Amazon-region program leaders are Brazilians trained through Central Brazil Mission. This structure allows the work to combine outside support with local leadership and long-term presence.
CBM’s ministry also includes construction support for church buildings and houses for Brazilian missionaries in remote villages. Its nutrition work has included greenhouse projects designed to help improve diet and provide local income opportunities, while its children’s soccer outreach seeks to build character and evangelize through Brazil’s strong soccer culture. The organization has also described an aviation vision intended to reduce travel time, reach distant communities, support pastors and missionaries, transport medical workers, and assist in emergency situations.
People can engage with Central Brazil Mission by praying for the Amazon team, supporting the mission financially, donating needed medical supplies, joining a short-term Amazon boat trip, connecting with the mission about future trip dates, or contacting Earl Haubner or Michael Haubner directly. CBM lists scheduled and planned boat trips years in advance and invites churches, individuals, medical workers, dental workers, and other volunteers to participate in the work of serving remote communities along the Amazon and its tributaries.
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Independent Christian ChurchBLOC MinistriesBLOC Ministries serves neighborhoods in Cincinnati, Knoxville, and Louisville through relational ministry, youth programs, recovery support,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
BLOC Ministries
BLOC Ministries — Organization Profile BLOC Ministries is a Christian nonprofit organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on neighborhood-based ministry, relationship building, and practical support for vulnerable students, adults, and families. The organization states its mission as “building relationships with…
BLOC Ministries — Organization Profile BLOC Ministries is a Christian nonprofit organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on neighborhood-based ministry, relationship building, and practical support for vulnerable students, adults, and families. The organization states its mission as “building relationships with our neighbors and sharing hope in brokenness.” BLOC was started in 1998 by Dwight and Stephanie Young after years of youth ministry work among students and adults facing broken neighborhoods, limited support systems, and barriers to stability. The ministry serves communities in Cincinnati, Ohio; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Louisville, Kentucky, with a strong emphasis on staff living in the neighborhoods where they serve. BLOC’s public materials describe the ministry as creating connections and safe spaces for students, families, and adults to…
BLOC Ministries — Organization Profile
BLOC Ministries is a Christian nonprofit organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on neighborhood-based ministry, relationship building, and practical support for vulnerable students, adults, and families. The organization states its mission as “building relationships with our neighbors and sharing hope in brokenness.” BLOC was started in 1998 by Dwight and Stephanie Young after years of youth ministry work among students and adults facing broken neighborhoods, limited support systems, and barriers to stability.
The ministry serves communities in Cincinnati, Ohio; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Louisville, Kentucky, with a strong emphasis on staff living in the neighborhoods where they serve. BLOC’s public materials describe the ministry as creating connections and safe spaces for students, families, and adults to thrive in difficult circumstances. Its work includes programs for youth, men, women, families, immigrants, people affected by addiction or trafficking, and neighbors needing food, housing support, job training, mentoring, and spiritual care.
BLOC operates through several ministry pillars: women’s ministry, men’s ministry, student ministry, community ministry, and job training. Its women’s ministry includes Weightless Anchor, Redeemed Home, and jail ministry for women impacted by addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and survival sex. Its student ministry includes mentoring, tutoring, character-building, sports, after-school programs, and residential support. The organization also describes community programs such as Side by Side, For His Glory Food Pantry, Farm to Table, Horses on the Hill, and the Ola Immigrant Welcome Center.
A distinctive part of BLOC’s model is living where it serves and building long-term, personal relationships rather than operating only as a service provider. The organization says its staff live and raise their families alongside the people they serve, and many staff members raise support in a missionary-style model. BLOC has also developed job-training businesses and programs designed to help hard-to-employ teens and adults learn practical skills, gain work experience, and move toward stability.
BLOC’s impact pages describe work that includes serving women through a day shelter, providing food through For His Glory Food Pantry, training students through the Teaching Kitchen, offering healthy food access through Farm to Table, assisting immigrant families through the Ola Immigrant Welcome Center, and providing equine-assisted learning through Horses on the Hill. These programs combine practical care with mentoring, recovery support, education, and relational ministry.
People can engage with BLOC Ministries by volunteering, joining a mission team, applying for staff roles, giving to the general fund, supporting specific programs, donating through its online giving platform, or contacting the organization about local involvement. Churches, schools, groups, and individuals can also participate through BLOC Missions, which provides short-term service experiences in Cincinnati’s Price Hill community.
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Independent Christian ChurchAsia Christian ServicesAsia Christian Services supports indigenous Asian missionaries through evangelism, church planting, discipleship, leadership training, and relief…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Asia Christian Services
Asia Christian Services — Organization Profile Asia Christian Services is a Christian mission organization focused on empowering indigenous Asian missionaries to reach the unreached, plant new churches, and disciple believers. Commonly known as ACS, the ministry is built on three…
Asia Christian Services — Organization Profile Asia Christian Services is a Christian mission organization focused on empowering indigenous Asian missionaries to reach the unreached, plant new churches, and disciple believers. Commonly known as ACS, the ministry is built on three generations of missionary work connected with the Morse family and began as an effort to support Asian Christian workers continuing gospel ministry in Southeast Asia. ACS is based in Mason, Ohio, and its ministry work focuses on Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, Thailand, Northeast India, Laos, Bangladesh, and western China. The organization states that its work began in northern Myanmar and later expanded across borders as Asian missionaries carried the gospel into additional tribal, village, and regional contexts. Its approach emphasizes…
Asia Christian Services — Organization Profile
Asia Christian Services is a Christian mission organization focused on empowering indigenous Asian missionaries to reach the unreached, plant new churches, and disciple believers. Commonly known as ACS, the ministry is built on three generations of missionary work connected with the Morse family and began as an effort to support Asian Christian workers continuing gospel ministry in Southeast Asia.
ACS is based in Mason, Ohio, and its ministry work focuses on Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, Thailand, Northeast India, Laos, Bangladesh, and western China. The organization states that its work began in northern Myanmar and later expanded across borders as Asian missionaries carried the gospel into additional tribal, village, and regional contexts. Its approach emphasizes supporting local Christian workers who understand the languages, cultures, and ministry needs of the people they serve.
The mission’s history traces back to J. Russell and Gertrude Morse, who began missionary work in Tibet in 1921 and later served in western China and Burma. In 1966, LaVerne Morse established Asia Christian Services to support tribal Christian leaders who remained in Burma and continued missionary outreach. ACS reports that these workers planted churches, crossed tribal and language barriers, developed leadership training centers and Bible colleges, began radio broadcasts, and supported Bible translation and Christian literature in local languages.
ACS operates through several ministry areas, including evangelism, church planting, discipleship, training, relief, and assistance programs. The ministry supports indigenous efforts to share the gospel, encourages local evangelists who plant churches, helps strengthen believers in local congregations, and provides Bible-based teaching for pastors, evangelists, and Christian workers. ACS also identifies radio broadcasting, literature translation and preparation, village medical services, leadership training seminars, and personal visits with Asian partners as part of its ministry process.
The organization also responds to practical needs connected with displacement, disaster, and poverty. ACS describes relief and assistance programs that procure and distribute food, medicine, and basic supplies to refugees and displaced people. Its giving page and ministry updates connect donor support with evangelist support, new church planting, schools, orphanages, refugee relief, and disaster response. These efforts are presented as ways to serve communities while strengthening the work of local Christian leaders.
People can engage with Asia Christian Services by praying for Asian evangelists and Christian workers, giving financially, following ministry updates, signing up for newsletters, and sharing in support for projects across Southeast Asia. ACS encourages regular prayer for workers, political stability, peace, additional laborers, and the people of Myanmar and surrounding regions. Financial support helps provide resources for church planters, relief work, training, and ongoing ministry among unreached and under-resourced communities.
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Church of ChristNew Churches of Christ Evangelism (NCCE)New Churches of Christ Evangelism is a Great Lakes church-planting ministry based in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan,…Church of Christ · Church Planting Organization
New Churches of Christ Evangelism (NCCE)
New Churches of Christ Evangelism — Organization Profile New Churches of Christ Evangelism, commonly known as NCCE, is a church-planting ministry connected to churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the Restoration Movement. Based in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the organization…
New Churches of Christ Evangelism — Organization Profile New Churches of Christ Evangelism, commonly known as NCCE, is a church-planting ministry connected to churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the Restoration Movement. Based in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the organization focuses on planting healthy, reproducing churches and helping launch new congregations that can serve their local communities over the long term. Its public materials present NCCE as a cooperative effort that brings churches, leaders, and supporters together around a shared commitment to evangelism through new church starts. NCCE states that its mission is to plant healthy, reproducing churches throughout the Great Lakes region and beyond. Its vision emphasizes not simply the number of churches launched, but the goal of seeing…
New Churches of Christ Evangelism — Organization Profile
New Churches of Christ Evangelism, commonly known as NCCE, is a church-planting ministry connected to churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the Restoration Movement. Based in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the organization focuses on planting healthy, reproducing churches and helping launch new congregations that can serve their local communities over the long term. Its public materials present NCCE as a cooperative effort that brings churches, leaders, and supporters together around a shared commitment to evangelism through new church starts.
NCCE states that its mission is to plant healthy, reproducing churches throughout the Great Lakes region and beyond. Its vision emphasizes not simply the number of churches launched, but the goal of seeing people reached with the gospel and congregations established on an enduring biblical foundation. The ministry describes itself as proactive in seeking opportunities for new Restoration churches and as committed to planting congregations that reflect both the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Its primary geographic focus is the Great Lakes region, including Michigan, northern Indiana, northwest Ohio, and Ontario, while also serving opportunities beyond that core area.
The organization operates by partnering with church planters, existing churches, and like-minded ministries. NCCE says it works with those who want to plant a daughter church, explore a multisite effort, or develop a new church from the ground up. It also highlights cooperation with other organizations for assessment, training, recruitment, and support. On its public pages, NCCE points to affiliations and ministry relationships intended to strengthen church planting capacity, including connections that help identify and prepare future planters. That partnership model is one of its main distinctives: rather than functioning as an isolated ministry, NCCE works as an extension of many congregations in its region.
NCCE’s site also shows the ministry’s recent and ongoing church-planting activity. It reports that in the last 10 years it has helped plant more than 10 churches and notes that a goal set in 2015 to launch eight churches in eight years was met in 2023. Recent examples listed by the ministry include a 2026 church plant in Canton, Michigan, ministry partnership work in Angola, Indiana, and support for Agape City Church in Howell, Michigan, which launched in 2022. These examples help illustrate how NCCE engages both established congregations and new works in communities that are growing or changing.
People can engage with NCCE in several practical ways. Prospective church planters can contact the ministry through its church planting inquiry process. Churches and individuals can support the work financially through its giving page or by mailed gifts. Visitors can also follow the organization’s newsletters to track updates and prayer needs. For readers looking at NCCE as a ministry partner, the clearest picture is of a Great Lakes-based church planting organization centered on mobilizing resources, coaching new works, and supporting the start of new congregations in places where leaders believe new churches can help reach more people.
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Church of ChristJoshua Ministerial Conference & ConclaveJoshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave is a Cincinnati-based annual gathering hosted through Gray Road Church of…Church of Christ · Conferences
Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave
Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave — Organization Profile Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave is an annual ministry conference connected with Dr. Jeremy J. Flowers, Sr.’s preaching and leadership work and hosted through Gray Road Church of Christ in Cincinnati, Ohio.…
Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave — Organization Profile Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave is an annual ministry conference connected with Dr. Jeremy J. Flowers, Sr.’s preaching and leadership work and hosted through Gray Road Church of Christ in Cincinnati, Ohio. Public event materials describe it as a gathering designed to strengthen and encourage ministers and church workers through preaching, teaching, worship, and fellowship. Its public-facing content consistently presents the conference as a place where Gospel preachers, worship leaders, and ministry spouses can gather for development, encouragement, and shared ministry experience. The conference’s mission appears in the way it is promoted year after year. Public posts for the event describe a focus on empowering and developing Gospel preachers, worship leaders, and…
Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave — Organization Profile
Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave is an annual ministry conference connected with Dr. Jeremy J. Flowers, Sr.’s preaching and leadership work and hosted through Gray Road Church of Christ in Cincinnati, Ohio. Public event materials describe it as a gathering designed to strengthen and encourage ministers and church workers through preaching, teaching, worship, and fellowship. Its public-facing content consistently presents the conference as a place where Gospel preachers, worship leaders, and ministry spouses can gather for development, encouragement, and shared ministry experience.
The conference’s mission appears in the way it is promoted year after year. Public posts for the event describe a focus on empowering and developing Gospel preachers, worship leaders, and their spouses, while livestream archives show a structured conference environment with themed sessions, featured speakers, and worship-centered programming. Conference videos and event promotions indicate that the gathering is more than a single service; it functions as a multi-day experience that combines keynote preaching, live worship, and special sessions under a unifying biblical theme. Recent conference programming has included themes such as I Still Believe and Let Freedom Ring, reflecting a sermon-driven and Scripture-centered approach.
Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave serves ministry participants primarily through Cincinnati, Ohio, the Cincinnati metropolitan area, and Northern Kentucky, while also drawing guests and speakers from other cities. Video titles and event postings show participation from ministers representing places such as Dallas, Fort Worth, Tampa, Chicago, and Louisville. That geographic pattern suggests a conference rooted in a local congregation but designed for a broader network of ministers, worship leaders, and churches. Because the event is livestreamed and promoted online, its reach extends beyond those who attend in person and allows other viewers to access selected conference sessions digitally.
Operationally, the conference works through hosted services, livestreamed sessions, speaker features, and event registration tools. Gray Road Church of Christ provides the host setting and media channels, while conference-related promotions tied to Dr. Flowers and the church help direct attendees to registration and conference updates. Public materials also show vendor registration and scholarship or sponsorship appeals connected to certain conference years, indicating that the event includes practical support structures beyond the preaching program itself. Those details point to a conference model that blends ministry content with logistical planning for attendees, participants, and supporters.
People can engage with Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave in several ways. Prospective attendees can follow the host church’s website, calendar, and media channels for updates; watch livestreamed sessions on YouTube; and monitor official social channels for announcements. Supporters may also respond to conference-related sponsorship opportunities when publicly posted. For ministers, worship leaders, and ministry spouses seeking biblical encouragement, ministry development, and connection with a wider preaching and worship network, Joshua Ministerial Conference & Conclave offers a recurring gathering centered on preaching, worship, and fellowship under the leadership of Dr. Jeremy J. Flowers, Sr. and the ministry context of Gray Road Church of Christ in Cincinnati.
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Independent Christian ChurchThe Christian Restoration AssociationThe Christian Restoration Association is a Mason, Ohio-based ministry that supports churches through publishing, leadership training,…Independent Christian Church · Publishing
The Christian Restoration Association
Christian Restoration Association — Organization Profile The Christian Restoration Association (CRA) is a long-standing ministry organization that works with independent Christian churches and churches of Christ. Its stated mission is to extend a helping hand to congregations by equipping them…
Christian Restoration Association — Organization Profile The Christian Restoration Association (CRA) is a long-standing ministry organization that works with independent Christian churches and churches of Christ. Its stated mission is to extend a helping hand to congregations by equipping them with the truth of Scripture and defending and disseminating New Testament Christianity. The organization traces its roots to the Clarke Fund in 1922 and took the name Christian Restoration Association in 1925. The CRA is based in Mason, Ohio, and its work is directed toward churches, ministers, elders, teachers, and Christian workers in Ohio, the United States, and through its publishing ministry to readers beyond the U.S. A central part of the CRA’s work is publishing and teaching. It produces…
Christian Restoration Association — Organization Profile
The Christian Restoration Association (CRA) is a long-standing ministry organization that works with independent Christian churches and churches of Christ. Its stated mission is to extend a helping hand to congregations by equipping them with the truth of Scripture and defending and disseminating New Testament Christianity. The organization traces its roots to the Clarke Fund in 1922 and took the name Christian Restoration Association in 1925. The CRA is based in Mason, Ohio, and its work is directed toward churches, ministers, elders, teachers, and Christian workers in Ohio, the United States, and through its publishing ministry to readers beyond the U.S.
A central part of the CRA’s work is publishing and teaching. It produces The Restoration Herald, a long-running monthly publication focused on biblical teaching, commentary, and Restoration Movement concerns. The organization also publishes books, tracts, and other ministry resources through its bookstore. Alongside print publishing, the CRA makes teaching available through articles, archived issues, and video content connected to conferences and seminars. This combination of publishing and event-based instruction shows that the ministry operates as both a resource center and a support organization for local churches.
The CRA also provides several practical services for congregations. Recycled Riches is one of its best-known programs, offering interest-free loans to qualifying churches, especially those needing help with buildings and early-stage development. The association also oversees the Christian Bible Institute, a self-paced online study program in Bible, theology, church history, and related subjects for Christians who want deeper training outside a traditional college or seminary track. In addition, the organization maintains an evangelists page for churches seeking supply preachers and provides church ministry development support through Associate Director Jim Book, who works with congregations on outreach, leadership development, coaching, and vision casting.
Training and events are another major part of the CRA’s strategy. The association sponsors a Bible conference every two years and also partners in the annual Florida Bible Conference. These gatherings are designed to address current issues facing churches and to provide Bible teaching in a conference setting. The CRA’s ministry model is therefore not built around a single program, but around a mix of publishing, leadership training, financial assistance, conferences, and direct ministry support for local congregations. That makes it especially relevant for churches looking for theological resources as well as hands-on ministry help.
People can engage with the Christian Restoration Association in several ways. Churches and individuals can read or subscribe to The Restoration Herald, enroll in Christian Bible Institute courses, request ministry help, invite one of the listed evangelists or speakers, attend conferences, or contribute financially through the CRA’s general fund or designated efforts such as Recycled Riches. Contact information is publicly listed through the organization’s main office, and the CRA also maintains official social channels where it shares teaching content and ministry updates.
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Church of ChristChurches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT)Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) is a Tipp City, Ohio-based ministry that partners with…Church of Christ · Missions
Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT)
Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) — Organization Profile Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) is a disaster-response ministry that helps communities recover after weather-related disasters by working through local congregations. DRT is based in Tipp City, Ohio,…
Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) — Organization Profile Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) is a disaster-response ministry that helps communities recover after weather-related disasters by working through local congregations. DRT is based in Tipp City, Ohio, and it mobilizes volunteers and resources to assist families and neighborhoods impacted by events such as flooding, tornadoes, and hurricanes across the United States. DRT describes its purpose as supporting the local congregation in a disaster-stricken area by helping recruit, organize, and receive volunteers who can assist with emotional, spiritual, and practical support, including clean-up and rebuilding. Rather than replacing local church leadership, DRT’s model is to strengthen the local church’s ability to serve its community over the full arc…
Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) — Organization Profile
Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team (DRT) is a disaster-response ministry that helps communities recover after weather-related disasters by working through local congregations. DRT is based in Tipp City, Ohio, and it mobilizes volunteers and resources to assist families and neighborhoods impacted by events such as flooding, tornadoes, and hurricanes across the United States.
DRT describes its purpose as supporting the local congregation in a disaster-stricken area by helping recruit, organize, and receive volunteers who can assist with emotional, spiritual, and practical support, including clean-up and rebuilding. Rather than replacing local church leadership, DRT’s model is to strengthen the local church’s ability to serve its community over the full arc of recovery—from immediate response through longer-term rebuilding.
In its public descriptions of what it brings to a disaster site, DRT highlights a set of mobile and logistical resources designed for sustained work. These include a commercial mobile kitchen capable of serving large numbers of meals daily, a mobile shower trailer to support volunteers on extended deployments, and trained coordinators who help manage distribution, work assignments, and day-to-day operations. DRT also references fully stocked tool trailers intended to equip volunteer crews for debris removal and rebuild projects.
DRT also lists practical relief supplies and kits as part of its response, including health kits, clean-up kits, baby kits, and school kits. The organization notes that it purchases food served in disaster areas as well as building materials and other supplies, with a stated focus on helping families who are without insurance or underinsured. That purchasing-and-provisioning approach is one reason DRT asks supporters for financial gifts and specific gift cards that can be used for needed materials.
Volunteer engagement is central to DRT’s work. DRT uses an online registration system for volunteers and provides guidelines intended to help coordinators plan lodging, meals, and crew assignments. In addition to responding at active disaster sites, DRT also promotes ReClaimed, a thrift store initiative that benefits the ministry and includes a hardware/tool area, aligning with DRT’s emphasis on practical help for recovery work.
Administratively, DRT notes that it is overseen by the elders at the Cassel Hills Church of Christ in Vandalia, Ohio. Individuals, churches, and groups can engage with DRT by volunteering, giving financially, and staying connected through the organization’s website and official communication channels, especially during active response seasons when deployments are underway.
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