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Independent Christian ChurchNEXT MangaNEXT Manga produces and distributes Bible-based manga books and booklets for readers, classrooms, ministry groups, and…Independent Christian Church · Missions
NEXT Manga
NEXT Manga — Organization Profile NEXT Manga, also presented online as NEXTmanga, is a Christian media ministry that produces and distributes biblically based manga designed to communicate the story of God’s redemption through Japanese comic art. Its public materials describe…
NEXT Manga — Organization Profile NEXT Manga, also presented online as NEXTmanga, is a Christian media ministry that produces and distributes biblically based manga designed to communicate the story of God’s redemption through Japanese comic art. Its public materials describe the organization as “media for the next generation,” with a focus on making the Bible’s message accessible to manga readers through printed books, booklets, translations, and publishing partnerships. NEXT Manga is connected with Seattle, Washington, as its listed home base, while its production is identified with Japan. Its work reaches readers and ministry partners in multiple countries and language communities through translations and distribution projects. The organization lists NEXT manga books in languages including Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Dutch, English, French,…
NEXT Manga — Organization Profile
NEXT Manga, also presented online as NEXTmanga, is a Christian media ministry that produces and distributes biblically based manga designed to communicate the story of God’s redemption through Japanese comic art. Its public materials describe the organization as “media for the next generation,” with a focus on making the Bible’s message accessible to manga readers through printed books, booklets, translations, and publishing partnerships.
NEXT Manga is connected with Seattle, Washington, as its listed home base, while its production is identified with Japan. Its work reaches readers and ministry partners in multiple countries and language communities through translations and distribution projects. The organization lists NEXT manga books in languages including Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Khmer, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, and more.
The ministry’s central publishing work is a six-book manga series that covers the Bible’s storyline from Genesis to Revelation. The books are Manga MUTINY, Manga MELECH, Manga MESSENGERS, Manga MESSIAH, Manga METAMORPHOSIS, and Manga MAJESTY. Together, these volumes present biblical narratives in a visual format intended for readers who may be more comfortable with graphic storytelling than with traditional Bible reading formats.
NEXT Manga also offers shorter, lower-cost booklet resources for ministry use. Its booklets include The Messiah and Manga Mission, which are described as shorter versions connected to Manga MESSIAH. These materials are designed for distribution, work groups, classroom settings, group discussion, and ministry projects. The organization notes that Manga Mission can be customized internally for ministry purposes when large projects require many copies.
Translation and publishing partnerships are a major part of NEXT Manga’s strategy. The organization works with partners including Bible societies, mission organizations, and publishers to make the books available in different languages and regions. Its website invites readers and ministry workers to ask about available translations and to request help finding specific language editions.
People can engage with NEXT Manga by ordering books or booklets, asking about translations, donating to support distribution, subscribing for updates, contacting the organization about ministry needs, or partnering in large-scale distribution projects. Its distinct contribution is using Japanese manga as a Bible-engagement and outreach tool for younger readers, classrooms, ministry groups, and global language communities.
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Independent Christian ChurchMissionWorksMissionWorks equips individuals, churches, schools, and mission organizations with resources, training, connections, tools, and standards for…Independent Christian Church · Missions
MissionWorks
MissionWorks — Organization Profile MissionWorks is a Christian mission-resourcing organization based in Vancouver, Washington. The organization connects local churches and individuals to mission so that increasing numbers of believers actively serve in areas of the world’s greatest gospel need and…
MissionWorks — Organization Profile MissionWorks is a Christian mission-resourcing organization based in Vancouver, Washington. The organization connects local churches and individuals to mission so that increasing numbers of believers actively serve in areas of the world’s greatest gospel need and opportunity. Its work focuses on helping people, churches, schools, and mission organizations do more in mission and do it better. The organization’s core focus is providing mission-minded individuals, churches, mission organizations, and schools with resources, connections, training, tools, and standards for effective local and global mission work. MissionWorks serves people who are just beginning to explore mission, those looking for short-term mission opportunities, and organizations seeking to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of their mission trips. MissionWorks serves from…
MissionWorks — Organization Profile
MissionWorks is a Christian mission-resourcing organization based in Vancouver, Washington. The organization connects local churches and individuals to mission so that increasing numbers of believers actively serve in areas of the world’s greatest gospel need and opportunity. Its work focuses on helping people, churches, schools, and mission organizations do more in mission and do it better.
The organization’s core focus is providing mission-minded individuals, churches, mission organizations, and schools with resources, connections, training, tools, and standards for effective local and global mission work. MissionWorks serves people who are just beginning to explore mission, those looking for short-term mission opportunities, and organizations seeking to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of their mission trips.
MissionWorks serves from Vancouver, Washington, with a national and global ministry reach through its family of mission platforms and partners. Its ministry family includes Mission Connexion, Mission Guide, Mission Linked, Mission Armor, Mission Excellence, and MissionNext. Together, these resources help people attend mission conferences, find service opportunities, connect with supporters, obtain mission-trip coverage, improve short-term mission standards, and match people with opportunities to serve among the nations.
The organization operates through a family of ministries with complementary roles. Mission Connexion offers regional conferences and focus events that provide mission training. Mission Guide helps people search for mission trips according to service, ministry, and mission preferences. Mission Linked provides fundraising tools for sharing ministry stories with supporters. Mission Armor supports mission-trip safety through coverage for illness or injury. Mission Excellence helps churches, organizations, and schools implement better standards for effective kingdom service.
A distinctive part of MissionWorks’ approach is bringing mission mobilization, training, matching, fundraising, risk management, and short-term mission standards under one mission-support ecosystem. In 2025, MissionWorks announced that MissionNext was joining the organization, adding a platform designed to connect God’s people with opportunities to serve the Lord among the nations. This strengthens MissionWorks’ role as a connector for both people seeking mission opportunities and organizations seeking mission participants.
People can engage with MissionWorks by attending Mission Connexion events, using Mission Guide to search for mission trips, participating in MissionNext matching, joining MissionWorks membership, sponsoring or advertising through the ministry, donating, signing up for updates, or contacting the team. Churches, schools, mission agencies, and individuals can use MissionWorks resources to discover opportunities, prepare well, serve safely, and strengthen local and global mission engagement.
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Independent Christian ChurchIberoamerican MinistriesIberoamerican Ministries plants churches, serves with compassion, trains leaders, and sends disciples through mission work in…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Iberoamerican Ministries
Iberoamerican Ministries — Organization Profile Iberoamerican Ministries, also known as IAM, is a Christian mission organization based in Monroe, Washington. The organization describes itself with the words “Planting. Serving. Sending.” and works to see peoples, communities, and nations transformed by…
Iberoamerican Ministries — Organization Profile Iberoamerican Ministries, also known as IAM, is a Christian mission organization based in Monroe, Washington. The organization describes itself with the words “Planting. Serving. Sending.” and works to see peoples, communities, and nations transformed by Christ through global movements of Kingdom disciples. The organization’s core focus is planting churches, serving with compassion, and sending disciples through church planting, leadership training, education, children’s outreach, compassion projects, and missionary development. IAM states that its vision is to see peoples, communities, and nations transformed by Christ through global movements of Kingdom disciples, and its mission is “to plant churches, serve with compassion and send disciples.” Iberoamerican Ministries serves in South America, West Africa, the Middle East, and Europe,…
Iberoamerican Ministries — Organization Profile
Iberoamerican Ministries, also known as IAM, is a Christian mission organization based in Monroe, Washington. The organization describes itself with the words “Planting. Serving. Sending.” and works to see peoples, communities, and nations transformed by Christ through global movements of Kingdom disciples.
The organization’s core focus is planting churches, serving with compassion, and sending disciples through church planting, leadership training, education, children’s outreach, compassion projects, and missionary development. IAM states that its vision is to see peoples, communities, and nations transformed by Christ through global movements of Kingdom disciples, and its mission is “to plant churches, serve with compassion and send disciples.”
Iberoamerican Ministries serves in South America, West Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, with work publicly identified in Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Central America, Sierra Leone, Spain, Italy, and the Canary Islands. Its history began with missionaries arriving in Chile in 1977 and planting churches in Maipu, a community outside Santiago. IAM was founded as a nonprofit mission organization in 1992, and the work later expanded into Peru, Ecuador, southern Chile, the Middle East, Sierra Leone, and Europe.
The organization operates through church planting, discipleship, leadership development, compassion ministries, schools, tutoring programs, feeding programs, community centers, housing projects, clean water work, business-as-mission, and missionary sending. In Chile, IAM’s Maipu churches have grown into a network of churches led by national leaders and pastors. Its IAM Institute began in 1996 to train leaders, missionaries, and pastors in biblical studies and is active in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.
A distinctive part of IAM’s work is developing local leaders and churches that can continue extending the kingdom work beyond their own communities. In Ecuador, IAM’s ministries include church plants, schools, children’s programs, and housing projects connected to earthquake response. In Sierra Leone, IAM’s work includes clean water through manual borehole wells, medical and food-related compassion work, and church planting in rural villages. In Central America, IAM also describes business-as-mission work in software, web services, specialty coffee, and nonprofit consulting.
People can engage with Iberoamerican Ministries by giving, praying, subscribing to updates, contacting the office, supporting missionaries or projects, and following its ministry news. Supporters can give online or by check, designate gifts for specific workers or projects, and stay connected through IAM’s newsletter, website, and social media channels.
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Independent Christian ChurchCamp IllianaCamp Illiana is a Christian camp in Washington, Indiana, offering summer camps, retreats, outdoor activities, service…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Camp Illiana
Camp Illiana — Organization Profile Camp Illiana is a Christian camp and retreat ministry located in Washington, Indiana. The camp describes its purpose as creating space for people to encounter God deeply and says it fosters transformative experiences that lead…
Camp Illiana — Organization Profile Camp Illiana is a Christian camp and retreat ministry located in Washington, Indiana. The camp describes its purpose as creating space for people to encounter God deeply and says it fosters transformative experiences that lead people to take their next step following Jesus. Its public materials emphasize summer camps, retreats, outdoor activities, service opportunities, and year-round ministry experiences for children, students, families, churches, and guests. The camp serves campers and partner churches across Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and the surrounding Midwest region. Camp Illiana is owned by Illiana Christian Assembly, Inc., which the camp identifies as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Its campus is listed at 723 E 450 S in Washington, Indiana, and Indiana’s youth-camp roster…
Camp Illiana — Organization Profile
Camp Illiana is a Christian camp and retreat ministry located in Washington, Indiana. The camp describes its purpose as creating space for people to encounter God deeply and says it fosters transformative experiences that lead people to take their next step following Jesus. Its public materials emphasize summer camps, retreats, outdoor activities, service opportunities, and year-round ministry experiences for children, students, families, churches, and guests.
The camp serves campers and partner churches across Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and the surrounding Midwest region. Camp Illiana is owned by Illiana Christian Assembly, Inc., which the camp identifies as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Its campus is listed at 723 E 450 S in Washington, Indiana, and Indiana’s youth-camp roster lists the camp capacity at 394 campers.
Camp Illiana’s primary ministry pathway is its summer camp program. The camp offers First Chance for kindergarten through 1st grade, High Five for 2nd through 3rd grade, Kids Camp for 4th through 6th grade, Epic Camp for 6th through 8th grade, HS Camp for 9th through 12th grade, and Unite for 7th through 12th grade. The camp also points college-age participants toward Best 8 Days and provides a Camper Guide, mission information, session photos, and other summer resources.
The camp operates through a mix of programmed teaching, worship, recreation, small-group experiences, and outdoor activities. Its activity offerings include ziplines, a giant swing, high ropes, low ropes, a climbing wall, paintball, lake activities, pool activities, field games, and team games. These activities support the camp’s broader ministry goal by giving students and groups shared experiences that can encourage trust, community, courage, and spiritual growth.
Camp Illiana also serves churches, schools, and groups through events and facilities outside the summer season. The website lists year-round opportunities such as the Ladies Craft Retreat, Dr. Overdorf Vision Night, facility use, and an event guide for groups planning gatherings at the camp. The ministry also invites people to serve through summer staff roles, serve teams, training opportunities, and a prayer team.
People can engage with Camp Illiana by registering campers, reviewing the Camper Guide, giving online, volunteering with the Serve Team, applying for summer staff, joining the prayer team, attending a retreat, or contacting the camp about facility use. Its year-round staff provide leadership for administration, camper experience, activities, and operations while working with ministry partners and the local community.
