Serving Globally - Partnering with those who are making a difference around the world.
African Leadership Partners, Swaziland, Peter and Mary Jean Kopp
Peter and Mary Jean are working to train leaders for the church in Southern Africa and coordinating an orphan home ministry called New Life Homes in Swaziland, Southern Africa. They provide a loving and stable home in a Christian environment for children who are orphaned or abandoned due to the HIV/AIDS crisis. This initiative seeks to place children who have no other alternative for care in safe, caring homes. Located on a 195-acre farm in Swaziland, the homes hold families of 8-10 children and their houseparents. These families are self-sustaining and develop healthy, well-rounded children who will be capable of contributing positively to their own communities. There are currently four families thriving under this program. If you are interested in reading about the most recent GO Team to Swaziland, please visit our blog.
Alliance for Children Everywhere, Zambia, Sandra Levinson and Jennie Woods
Alliance for Children Everywhere was founded by Jennie Woods in 1969. ACE and its partners operate safe homes for orphaned and abandoned children, including the internationally recognized House of Moses, a home for premature and high risk infants in Lusaka, Zambia, Africa. Children in the homes are eventually placed into extended families or foster/adoptive families. ACE also operates several crisis nurseries for children under five years old, as well as free primary education programs for children too poor to attend school.
Agros Foundation, Villa Hortencia 1, Guatemala
Agros International is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty for rural families in Central America and Mexico by enabling landless communities to achieve land ownership and economic stability. Having learned that the root causes of poverty extend across communities and are passed down from generation to generation, the Agros development model is holistic, sustainable, and focused on long term results. This commitment to the long-term sustainability of a whole community serves to break the cycle of poverty in all its forms. Chapel Hill, along with two other partners, is beginning a 5 year commitment of Journey With a Village for Villa Hortencial 1. If you are interested in joining a GO Team to Guatemala, please visit our Serving on a GO Team to find out when our next team leaves. Follow this LINK to read the latest about this village.
Shelley Rice with Rahab Foundation Team
Latin American Mission, Costa Rica, Craig and Shelley Rice
Craig serves with an Urbana-like conference called Latina which promotes Christian ministries among young people in and from Latin America. For the Latina 2009 conference, he is responsible for technology (computer networks and database of Christian Ministries) and the communications network. He is also serving as a mentor with the Christian Surfers Mission, in their outreach to the surfing community in Jacó (on Costa Rica's Central Pacific coast). The Christian Surfers Mission plans to plant a new church for surfers in this region of Costa Rica in 2008, and Craig is doing some of the preparation work for this church plant. Shelley serves with the Rahab Foundation as it assists women, and their families, who have been involved with commercial sexual exploitation, enabling them to be restored through faith in Jesus Christ and to ultimately receive the skills to become productive members of society. Shelley's role includes counseling some of the women, development of funding resources, and serving as President of Rahab's Administrative Board. To find out more about Latin American Mission click here.
Alliance Academy, Ecuador, Kim Hughes
Kim works with Pastor Pedro Pablo in Santos Pamba, Ecuador teaching the children in the community. The vision of Mt. of Olives Christian School is to bring hope to the children by providing an education and spiritual training, empowering them to break the cycle of illiteracy and poverty, and impact the next generation for Jesus Christ. Visit santospamba.org for more information.
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Dave Eubanks and his daughters.
Dave and Karen Eubanks and Amy Davisson
Christians Concerned for Burma, Burma/Thailand
The Eubanks along with Amy Davisson serve the needs of Burmese refugees in Thailand and assist internally displaced persons within Burma. Their mission is to give help, hope and to share God's love with the oppressed in Burma. They train and send relief teams of medics, teachers, pastors, and others to provide emergency assistance to the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) of Burma. Every March, Chapel Hill coordinates with Christians Concerned for Burma the Global Day of Prayer and Run for Relief. Our next Run for Relief is March 14, 2009. Check the mission's homepage for updates. Find out how you can help Christians Concerned for Burma visit prayforburma.org.
Musalaha, Israel, Salim and Kay Munayer
Musalaha seeks to facilitate reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians as demonstrated in the life and teaching of Jesus. Salim and Kay work to be an encouragement and advocate of reconciliation, first among Palestinian and Israeli believers, and then beyond their respective communities.
Chapel Hill is joining with Musalaha Ministries this August in a partnership that is focused on equipping young adults to be agents of reconciliation. Ultimately our hope is to see followers of Christ involved in breaking down walls between Christians in the land of Jesus. We will gather 30 college age students (10 Messianic Jewish Christains from Israel, 10 Palestinian Christians and 10 American Christians) here in Gig Harbor. For more information click here.
Cambodian Hope Organisation, Poipet Cambodia, Chomno Il
With Poipet being located on the border of Thailand and Cambodia and the influx of tourists and gamblers the sex industry has flourished. The Cambodian Hope Organisation (CHO) has recognized this and started Safe Haven. The goal for this campus is to build secure homes for mothers who have been trafficked, provide skills, training, counseling, and Bible teaching while they live in Safe Haven for 6 months to 2 years, and re-integrate Safe Haven residents into the community and enable them to set up their own business through micro-loans. For more information about CHO click here.
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Eurasia, Larry and Andrea
Larry and Andrea are serving in Eurasia translating the Bible into tribal languages that have never had the scriptures in their native tongue.
Catalyst Leadership Foundation, India
Located in New Dehli, India, Catalyst's vision is to provide families within communities to find life filled with identity and purpose, education and training, beauty and responsibility, and an economically sustainable lifestyle. They desire to connect the most vulnerable of Delhi to a new generation of emerging leaders in order to carry out their mission and vision. Their programs include Compass- a mentoring program for teens/young adults, Diversion- a life-sustaining skills for young girls/women, Reboot- for young families to gain skills for living on their own, Reality Bites- reflection time for leaders to connect with the vulnerable and displaced, and Thank God It's Saturday- play opportunities for children living in the slum area.
Pastor Bandu and the Good Shepherd Church in Sri Lanka's vision is to transform the nation by spreading the gospel through cell groups, outreach, teaching, and powerful worship. They want to bring the love of God to the people.
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Debbie Marshall handing out food baskets to Romanian families in the country side.
Heart of Hope Ministries International, Romania, Debbie Marshall
Heart of Hope's mission is to embrace the orphans, widows and families in desperate need with the love of Christ, ease their suffering, and restore hope. One way they do this is by distributing food baskets and hygiene kits twice a year at Christmas and Easter to orphans and needy familes. Chapel Hill sends a GO Team every summer for two weeks to serve at Christian camp for orphaned boys and children in the surrounding villages. To find out more about our GO Team to Romania, please visit our Serving on a GO Team page.
Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy, Russia, Bob and Stacy Bronkema
The MPC is an English speaking church that sits in the center of Moscow, Russia. The congregation is committed to outreach in the community through managing two soup kitchens that feed almost 200 people a day as well as providing a safe haven for students and young adults to meet for Bible study and fellowship. Bob Bronkema is the Pastor, while Stacy assists by planning and organizing their many programs. Their girls, Rachel, Naomi and Bethany are committed to serving with their parents in the church and attend Hinkson Christian Academy. To find out more about Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy visit their website.
CIS, Former Soviet Countries, Doug and Debbie Burleigh
The Burleighs work in 12 nations of the former Soviet Union. They lead a disciple making ministry which seeks to raise up young leadership from the next generation for Christ in each of these countries.
PCUSA, Mediterrenean, Pam
Pam Assists and supports national leaders of a local church, pioneering a university student ministry.