WORLD OUTREACH

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Kenya 2009 Missions Team Meeting:

If you have any interest in finding out about our July 18 - August 1 trip to Kenya to work with the Cochrans, join us in Asaph's Chamber at 6 PM on Monday, January 12. We will minister to widows, to schoolchildren and to others in the
community in a variety of ways on the shores of Lake Victoria. If you cannot be at the meeting, call Stuart in the World Outreach Office.

Mexico 2009 Missions Team Meeting:
If you have any interest in finding out about our July 1 - 12 trip to Mexico to work with the Arroyos, join us in Asaph's Chamber at 6 PM on Monday, January 12. We will hold medical clinics, be involved in light construction, minister to children and other native Mexicans in the mountains of southern Mexico. If you cannot be at the meeting, call Stuart in the World Outreach Office.

2009 Missions Conference: Sent Together To Heal The Nations
We will be having our Missions Conference February 7-15. Chester & Naomi Carney will be our special missionary guests from Okinawa. We will also have several other Faith Promise missionaries speaking to us during the conference. Watch your announcement sheet for details.

Faith Promise 2009: In the month of February we will be highlighting our Faith Promise missions ministries and asking you to prayerfully ask the Lord for your place of participation in keeping our missionaries in their places of sharing the love and truth of Jesus as they impact people and nations all around the world.

You Can Make A Huge Impact On An Orphan In Kenya: Christ's Gift Academy is a school for children orphaned by AIDS.  This school is the ministry of Steve and Judi Cochran, Faith Promise missionaries. They have 40 new students enrolling in January, each of whom needs a monthly sponsor to make it possible for these children to be rescued from truly desperate circumstances. Check out their website to find out how you can dramatically change the life of a child. For more info contact Stuart in our office, 256-2124, ext. 305.

Missions Prayer:
Please join us in the Prayer Room on the third Tuesday of each month at Noon for an hour of intercession for our missionaries, the persecuted church, and Israel.

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A DECADE OF FAITH PROMISE FRUIT

Below is a list of the tangible fruit that has been produced through the last 10 years of Faith Promise.

MARTIN AND KAREN ARROYO - MEXICO

Mixteco, Triqui, Mazahua, Mestizo peoples of Mexico

 

SCHOOL and MINISTRY CENTER ESTABLISHED – garbage dump of Mexico City

CHURCH PLANTED – Juxtlahuaca

Youth group

Women’s groups

Pastor’s association

Conferences and seminars led/participated in – >25

Radio program – twice monthly

Belmont Teams – 17 with >500 participants

Medical clinic sites – >50

Patients seen – ca. 5,000

Meals served - >80,000

Villages and towns directly touched with the gospel – dozens

Schools/community buildings painted, homes repaired and refurbished – dozens

People prayed for and counseled – hundreds

Children directly touched with the gospel – hundreds

People drawn toward Jesus – thousands

People touched by the Gospel – thousands

CHESTER AND NAOMI CARNEY - JAPAN

Okinawan, Ryukyuan, Japanese peoples of Japan

 

CHURCHPLANTED– Yomitan, Okinawa

Youth Camp Outreaches

Hospital Outreaches

University Outreaches

English class Outreaches

Women’s Shelter Outreaches

Bible Study Outreaches

Counseling

Discipleship

Small Group Outreaches

Leadership Development

Belmont Teams: 2

People drawn toward Jesus – hundreds

People touched by the Gospel – hundreds

EITAN AND CONNIE SHISHKOFF – ISRAEL

Jewish People from around the world and Israel (many from Russia and Eastern Europe, some from Ethiopia)

 

OHALEI RACHAMIM CONGREGATIONESTABLISHED– Haifa area

Crisis Pregnancy Center Ministry

Youth Ministry

Women’s Ministry

Multiple Ministry Outreaches to incoming Jewish refugees/immigrants and the impoverished

Food and clothing distributed – thousands helped

Ministry Outreach to Central Asia

Multiple seminars and conferences

DAUGHTER CONGREGATIONS PLANTED– Haifa , Akko, Nazareth, Sea of Galilee

Baptisms – scores and scores

Outreach to incoming Jewish refugees/immigrants and the impoverished – thousands helped

Messianic leaders mentored and pastored – scores

Belmont Teams – 4 involving about 40 participants

YOUSIF AND ALIYA MATTI – IRAQ

Kurdish, Assyrian, Yazidi, Arab, Chaldinean people of Iraq

 

CHURCHESTABLISHED– Northern Iraq/Kurdistan – The Evangelical Church of Iraq

Outreach sites – Duhok, Erbil, Suleymania, Kirkuk, and Zakho

CHRISTIAN RADIO STATIONS – Duhok, Erbil, Suleymania

Hours of broadcasting - > 25,000

CHRISTIAN BOOK STORES – Duhok, Erbil, Suleymania

Christian books, tapes, CD’s, DVD’s distributed – tens of thousands

WOMEN’S CENTER - Duhok, Erbil, Suleymania

Women and families impacted - hundreds

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS – The Classical School of the Medes - Duhok, Erbil, Suleymania

Students enrolled - >700

Families impacted – thousands

MEDICAL CLINIC – Duhok

Patients seen – hundreds and hundreds

PRINTING PRESS MINISTRY – Erbil

Books printed– tens and tens of thousands

Belmont Teams – 6 with about 25-30 participants

Public evangelistic meetings and conferences – many with thousands hearing the Gospel preached

Christian Discipleship Seminars and Conferences – many with hundreds in fellowship together

Leaders receiving training and equipping – dozens

Baptisms – scores and scores

People drawn toward Jesus – thousands and thousands

People touched by the Gospel – tens and tens of thousands

MARK AND CARYL – CENTRAL ASIA

Indigenous Central Asians of Muslim backgrounds

 

SEVERAL CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP TRAINING SCHOOLS INITIATED – 2 countries in Central Asia

Scores of emerging Christian leaders trained and equipped as evangelists, teachers, pastors

500-700 people have come to the Lord through the outreaches of these training schools

House churches planted – many

RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED

Dozens of people trained in marketable skills

Thousands of people helped with clean water, clothing, food, health education

Belmont Teams – 2 involving 10 participants

Evangelistic Outreaches organized/assisted – dozens

Bible Studies started – multiple

Emerging Central Asian Christian leaders mentored and pastored - scores

People drawn to Jesus – hundreds and hundreds

People touched by the gospel – thousands and thousands

STEVE AND JUDI COCHRAN – KENYA

Luo people, among other Kenyan tribes

 

STARTED CHRIST’S GIFT ACADEMY – Mbita , Kenya

Students enrolled – about 320

Students, teachers and families impacted – hundreds

Meals served – about 75,000 annually

AIDS-orphaned children mightily touched by Jesus – every student at Christ’s Gift Academy

DAVID AND ZIPPORAH OMALLA – UGANDA

Many tribes in Uganda

 

INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES SEMINARY STARTED - Tororo , Uganda

Pastor-Students enrolled in all levels of training – hundreds

Churches impacted in Uganda – hundreds

New churches planted by the pastor-students – scores

New believers – hundreds and hundreds

Pastors receiving training that otherwise would not be trained – every pastor enrolled in this seminary

Belmont teams – 4 with about 45 participants

GREG AND SHELVI GILMORE – PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN

Pashtun people of Central Asia

Muslim refugees ministered to through the provision of housing, clean water, bread, milk, grain, cooking oil, blankets and clothing: Tens and tens and tens of thousands

Evangelistic outreaches and encounters with Muslim people: thousands

Muslims who came to know Jesus as their Messiah – more than anyone expected

Muslims who were baptized into the name of Jesus – more than Satan thought possible

Muslim people prayed for in the name of Jesus: thousands

Muslim people healed in the name of Jesus – more than we can imagine

Demons cast out in the name of Jesus – more than the powers of darkness are willing to admit

People discipled in the Gospel – scores and scores

People drawn toward Jesus – thousands and thousands

People introduced to the real Jesus – tens of thousands

People impacted by the Kingdom of God – hundreds of thousands

People in America inspired by Greg and Shelvi – too many to count

KEN AND SANDRA RIDEOUT – THAILAND

Lahu, among other Thai, Cambodian, Laotian, and Chinese tribal peoples

ESTABLISHED A CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTER – Chiang Saen and Chiang Rai, Thailand

Leaders and pastors trained – scores

Churches influenced and villages impacted – scores

New churches planted - several

People brought to the Lord – scores and scores

LAOTIAN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP TRAINING CENTER ESTABLISHED

Leaders and pastors trained – scores

Churches influenced and villages impacted – scores

New churches planted - several

People brought to the Lord – scores and scores

Conferences/seminars spoken in – scores

Villages preached in – too many to remember

Leaders and pastors mentored and impacted – hundreds and hundreds

People brought to the Lord – Ken has lost count, so only God knows

Strangers Ken has met – none

Prayers offered by Sandra on behalf of others – inestimable

People blessed by Ken and Sandra Rideout in southeast Asia – inestimable squared

AUTHORED THE BOOK, “THE TRUTH YOU KNOW YOU KNOW”

People impacted by this book – thousands

MYRON AND CAROL GOODWIN – KENYA

Multiple tribes in Kenya

INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN SEMINARY STARTED – Kitale , Kenya

Pastor-Students enrolled in all levels of training – hundreds and hundreds

Churches impacted in Kenya – hundreds and hundreds

New churches planted by the pastor-students – scores and scores

New believers – hundreds and even thousands

Pastors receiving training that otherwise would not be trained – every pastor enrolled in this seminary

Belmont teams – 5 with about 45 participants

LARRY AND CONNIE LOVELL – PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Minaveha tribe of Ferguson Island

NEW TESTAMENT TRANSLATED AND BEING READIED FOR PRINTING/PUBLISHING

Total hours spent at the computer – tens of thousands

Number of sessions with Minaveha speakers checking the translation together – many and lengthy

Amount of time spent with other language experts polishing the translation – hundreds of hours

Number of revisions and re-writes attempting perfection – an unbelievable number, so don’t ask

Time spent asking God for His help to do this job well – a lot

OLD TESTAMENT TRANSLATION MOVING ALONG AS WELL

Ditto all the above under the New Testament

Time spent in the Greek and Hebrew languages – hundreds of hours

Time spent in preparing literacy tools for the Minaveha people – hundreds and hundreds of hours

Time spent in preparing orthographies, lexicons, fonts, etc. – hundreds and hundreds of hours

Time spent helping others with elements of their translations – hundreds of hours

Years required to do this job well – a lot

SHEILA HARRISON – WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANLATORS

Many people groups

CREATION OF COMPLETELY NEW FONTS FOR NON-WESTERN LANGUAGES

(Sheila is the project coordinator of highly skilled technical people who design language fonts)

Number of hours administrating the activities of this diverse and talented team – all her working hours

Wycliffe is currently working in 97 countries on 1,379 language projects

Other Bible Translation Organizations also use the fonts created by Sheila’s team

DON FINTO – THE JEWISH WORLD

The Jewish World (as well as the Gentile World)

FOUNDED CALEB MINISTRY

AUTHOR OF “YOUR PEOPLE SHALL BE MY PEOPLE”

AUTHOR OF “GOD’S PROMISE AND THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL“

These books have been read by thousands of people from hundreds of churches worldwide

Churches and congregations spoken in – scores and scores, if not hundreds

Seminars and conferences spoken in – scores

Messianic leaders blessed and encouraged and mentored – many, many

Consciousness raised among Gentile Christians to have God’s heart for Israel & the Jewish people – huge

Impact on the people of God – Don has no idea, but God certainly does

 

RANDY MORGAN – EASTERN EUROPE

People from 57 nations have participated in Randy’s ministry, including 18 from Eastern Europe (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia-Montenegro, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Russia, and Moldova), 19 from Western Europe (Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Netherlands, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Faroe Islands), 2 from Central Asia (Uzbekistan and Armenia), 5 from Asia (Korea, China, Japan, Thailand, and Philippines), 3 from the Middle East (Israel, Jordan, Turkey), 4 from Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Madagascar and South Africa), 3 from Latin America (Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil), and Australia, Canada, and the USA. And we dare not forget as well the Gypsy people who live in several European countries.

FOUNDED DESTINY GROUP INTERNATIONAL/SOZO FOUNDATION

Sozo International Festivals – 8 ( Baja, Hungary)

Number of nations involved - 57

Number of people attending over the years - >4,000 people

Number of churches involved/impacted - > several hundred

Number of seminars taught > 100

Number of multi-language praise and worship times enjoyed – scores and scores

Vantage Summer Leadership Programs – 4 ( Baja, Hungary)

Destiny of the Nations Conferences – 3 ( Romania and Serbia)

Belmont teams – 8 with about 200 participants

KAY EAVES – INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Until three years ago when he went to be with Jesus, Kay’s husband and life partner in ministry, John, was instrumental in helping to bring forth much wonderful Kingdom fruit in this ministry.

People from nearly 100 nations.

FOUNDED INTERFACE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MINISTRY

There are over 2,000 international scholars and faculty members in the colleges and universities in our area.

Thousands of students have been touched by this ministry through its various outreaches: First Friends – “adopting” a student for friendship activities

English Conversation Programs

Spouse Friendship Programs

Children Play Groups

Fellowship Meetings

Bible Studies

Book Club

Garage Giveaway Outreach to incoming students

Thanksgiving Conferences

Social Activities Many of these students have attended church, come to Bible studies, and been part of our community groups.

Many have also come to the Lord and have been baptized.

All, we hope, have been touched by the lovingkindness of the people of God and by the truth of Jesus’ love

JOSEPH WATSON – YWAM

People from > 60 nations

Joseph teaches and mobilizes missionaries internationally thru YWAM's discipleship and leadership programs.

Number of YWAM schools and local churches taught in – dozens

Number of people directly influenced – thousands

  Number of young missionaries discipled and mobilized – thousands.

In turn, these students have participated in hundreds of evangelistic outreaches and led thousands of people to Jesus.

For three years Joseph also served as the assistant to YWAM's International President, Frank Naea, in New Zealand.

KAY HUDGINS – THE JEWISH WORLD

USA , Israel, Ukraine, Brazil

 

KAY IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE YWAM JEWISH-WORLD OUTREACH .

In that capacity she has:

Led 12 outreaches to Israel

Led 6 Schools of Jewish Studies

Led YWAM’s first Messianic Discipleship Training School

Pioneered Schools of Jewish Studies in Brazil and in Ukraine

Mobilized and trained hundreds of people in having God’s heart for Jewish people

 

LATA LINCOLN – INDIA

Muslim and Hindu people of central India ( Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh)

 

FOUNDED FAITH WELFARE SOCIETY MINISTRY

Belmont teams – 1 with five participants

Muslim and Hindu background children touched with the truth and love of Jesus – tens of thousands

Village churches established – dozens

Evangelistic meetings and outreaches – scores and scores

Villages and towns impacted by the Gospel – scores and scores

Pastors trained and resourced – scores and scores

Evangelistic radio programs – hundreds of hours reaching thousands of people

People making decisions to follow Jesus – hundreds and hundreds

Children and adults discipled – thousands

People drawn toward Jesus – tens of thousands

MARK AND MICHAELA GARRISON – NEZ PERCE

(1) ICM Seminary – Kitale, Kenya

Belmont work teams hosted and directed – 5 with 45 participants

Other work teams hosted and directed – 10 with over 100 participants

Campus buildings renovated/remodeled – 18

African brothers discipled – 6

Brothers and sisters prayed for and encouraged – scores and scores

People receiving warm hospitality – hundreds

(2) Nez Perce Native Americans in north-central Idaho

Belmont teams hosted – 2 with 12 participants

Ladies discipled – 10

People receiving warm hospitality – hundreds

Prayer and counseling encounters – hundreds

Men making decisions for Jesus through prison ministry - >200

 

DEANA BLAND – NEZ PERCE

Nez Perce Native Americans in north-central Idaho

Belmont teams hosted – 2 with 12 participants

Classes and studies and seminars and teachings given – scores and scores

Ladies discipled – scores and scores

People receiving warm hospitality – hundreds

Prayer, deliverance and counseling sessions – thousands

 

BRANDON VERNER – ISLAMIC WORLD

Kurdish and Assyrian people – Northern Iraq

 

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS – The Classical School of the Medes - Duhok, Hawler, Suleymania

Students enrolled - >700

Families impacted – thousands

( Brandon was in Iraq during the “birth” of the Classical School of the Medes in Suleymania and continues to direct the resource development of the schools)

 

NIHAD ALI – ISLAMIC WORLD

Muslim background women from the Middle East living in Nashville, TN

 

SCHOOL OF DREAMS AND VISIONS FOUNDED

This outreach touches Muslim background women with the friendship and love of Christians.

Number of church partners in this outreach – 15

Number of volunteers partnering in this outreach - >20

Number of families impacted – scores

Number of children touched with the love of Jesus – scores

Number of people drawn toward the love of Jesus - hundreds

 

B & E – CENTRAL ASIA

Central Asians from Muslim backgrounds

FAMILY MEDICINE TRAINING PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED

Number of women introduced to the love of Jesus – many

Number of fellowship and friendship meetings hosted – many

Number of Central Asian physicians mentored - >125

Number of medical students mentored - >100

Number of hospital workers and staff mentored – scores

Number of patients ministered to – thousands

Number of people impacted for the gospel – hundreds and hundreds

Number of Central Asian believers affirmed and encouraged – scores and scores

JESUS POWER CENTER CHURCH

Manila , Philippines

SATELLITE CHURCHES PLANTED - SIX

Number of people touched by evangelistic outreaches – thousands

Number of people brought to the Lord – hundreds

Number of leaders trained and discipled – scores

Number of provinces, villages, and neighborhoods touched – dozens

Belmont teams – six with over 50 participants

 

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