Listed below are just some of the missionaries and missions organizations that we support.
Randy Clark and Global Awakening
“There..there it is, take it. The power of God is all over you! In the name of Jesus I ask for Your healing power to fall…saturate…consume; make him whole!”
As Randy Clark utters yet another powerful prayer, this meeting, similar to his others, promises to be filled with tremendous works of healing and awesome manifestations of the Lord. An international itinerate ministry birthed from a 4-day retreat in Canada, Randy Clark illustrates perfectly the aphorism, “don’t despise small beginnings.” The son of a poor oil-worker, Randy, like most from his generation, learned the importance of perseverance.
For 18 long years he struggled with his purpose, his calling, but then, after his miraculous healing from a car accident, he felt led to go into the ministry. Since that day, Nov. 20th, 1970, Randy’s involvement in ministry soared. Shortly after graduating with a B.S. in Religious Studies, Randy went on to receive his Masters of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before graduating from seminary with his M.Div, Randy had already been a pastor for 7 years.
Although Randy’s educational background helped him battle many theological issues his congregation would have, his schooling did nothing to prepare him for the despair he felt when the presence of God had left. This despair would promise to be the fulcrum point in Randy’s ministry. After months of prayer and fasting, Randy got touched by the Lord mightily. And, on January 20, 1994, this unassuming pastor from St. Louis walked into a small storefront church near the Toronto airport. Originally scheduled for 4 days, his meetings have turned into a worldwide revival that has impacted millions of people! Thanks to Randy’s obedience to the Lord, meetings are still taking place 6 days a week in Toronto.
Now an international speaker, Randy Clark demonstrates the Lord’s sovereign power to heal, with great tenacity. With nearly 30 years of pastoral experience, Randy’s love for people exudes. The length of time he stays with the hurting and broken confounds the mind, praying sometimes for hours with one person. Randy’s anointing in healing is only surpassed by his unmistakable teaching gift. Using his extensive educational background, Randy delineates even the most difficult concepts to the lay person. Messages like God Can Use Little Ole Me, which illustrates the agonies of defeat and the thrills of victory inherent in the healing ministry and Spend and Be Spent, a call to capture your destiny, make it easy to see where Randy’s heart resides. Because of his uncanny humility, Randy’s ministry crosses denominational lines. From the Westminster Chapel in London, to the St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Australia, Randy has been welcomed into a plethora of different streams.
Randy has come a long way since his birth in the church. Like many Christians, he suffered persecution, experienced failures, and witnessed disappointments, but Randy let none of these detour his heart’s course. He stood steadfast in his beliefs and resolved to see the Lord’s blessing in his life. As Randy stands at the platform, voice boisterous and arms animated, the shadow of the man Randy used to be has vacated, replaced with the visage of a man self-affirmed and confident in his place with the Lord.
Since that life-changing night, January 20, 1994, Randy has traveled to over 36 countries and continues to travel extensively to see that God’s mandate on his life be fulfilled. He resides in Harrisburg, PA, with his wife, DeAnne, and 4 children: Joshua, Johannah, Josiah, and Jeremiah.
More info about Global Awakening at www.globalawakening.com
Kenya Orphanage
The Shangilia Orphanage Home and Rehema
Day Care Centre in Kenya were established to care for the increasing numbers of orphaned children. Pastors Kefa and Lonika Kadenge labor here. This couple was of great assistance to Jim and Barbe Brunner on their ministry visits to Kenya. Kefa was tireless in making preparations for meetings and was always ready to help with transportation. They got to know them well and to know that their heart is toward the Lord Jesus. After graduation from Bible College in Ohio in 2002 they visited the Brunner home here in Tucson.
The vision of SHANGILIA CHILDREN HOME is “caring for the needy holistically.” Our mission is to give shelter, food, clothes, teach and train the destitute and needy children. To equip them to be faithful citizens with a servant heart. To sensitize them to appreciate that there is no illegitimate child in God’s eyes, and to show them the abounding love of God. To train them on domestic work, farming, Christian values and small business.
Dear Friends,
What a joy to write to you thanking all of you for prayers and provisions that at last now we own a used Toyota Corolla wagon brought in Kenya from Japan. We love the year 2000 model that has a lot of space for luggage that can carry 4-5 bags of beans or maize. The vehicle has a 16 valve EFI engine that uses less gas and this fits better for us here where gas sells @ a dollar ten cents a litter. Pictures will follow but know that the kids are happy that we have a car that they love and we are able to carry a few at a time.
We have been so busy since our return from the States. We have been constructing the zero grazing unit for milk cows, planting feeds and built a hay pit. The chicken coop construction will soon be done and we will have both cow and chicken soon. In August we were speakers at the women conference that was held at Lodwar a town near Ethiopian boarder, Kefa attended the pastors' Annual Conference for our denomination in Nairobi. We had revival meetings at our church with speakers from Uganda in the first week of September. The revival brought a new touch at our church as we see new converts. This adds to Lonika's busy schedule at her medical clinic and Shangilia. The community and Shangilia kids get medical treatment and the only challenge is the provision needed for medicine which is expensive but Lonika believes God for provision. In all this, God is good and we thank Him for daily strength.
We love you and may God bless you, Kefa and Lonika Kadenge
India Christian Ministries
India Christian Ministries is an indigenous organization engaged in establishing Christian churches in villages, towns and cities as a base from which it engages in various service activities aimed at improving the living conditions of the poor in India, irrespective of caste, creed or religion. ICM’s desire is to impact every area of the people’s lives in a positive and life changing way. We have instituted programs, events, and camps to address the needs of the poor in areas such as health and hygiene, education, famine and flood relief. We are not only helping the poor, but we are training and educating them, so that the cycle of poverty may be broken in future generations.
ICM embraces the fullness of the Spirit, and God is using the ministry to actively change lives through church planting, leadership training, working with children, and various humanitarian outreaches. ICM’s three overall values for the ministry are Worship, the Word of God, and Works of service. As soon as people begin to believe in Jesus, they immediately go out and do His works. They have usually paid a price to receive the good news of Jesus Christ, and it is of great value to them. The people suffer rejection & ostracism and severe beatings.
ICM oversees the churches it plants through its Pastors and Leaders, and supports them in many ways. They support the Pastors for the first few years of the church plant with $30 per month, as the villagers are so poor, it is hard for them to give enough to sustain the Pastor and his family. We would like to do more for our Pastoral families, but the resources haven’t been there.
ICM raises funds for church construction, so that every congregation will have a solid church building to meet in. The average congregation of many village churches is about 70 adults and 75 children. Once a church building is constructed, ICM provides the Pastor with the equipment he needs, such as loud speakers and PA system, a bicycle to get around on, and musical instruments for worship. ICM also provides its Pastors and Leaders with ongoing monthly training sessions, and special month long training schools in the summers with special speakers.
By February 22, 2002, every village and town had been reached for Christ. Some of the villages are so remote, that they had never had anyone visit them from outside their area.
n 635 churches have been established under the care of 300 pastors.
n 202 Covenant Church buildings have been built and equipped.
n 50 Churches are currently under construction and awaiting sponsors.
n A village church can be constructed for only $2,000, and equipped for $1,000.
n 2 Schools have been established.
Approximately 100,000 believers are now attending these Covenant Churches; most of them are new believers.
Arimborgo Ministries
Arimborgo Ministries is a non-profit organization servicing the spread of the gospel in the Peruvian Amazon jungle. Israel and Jennifer Arimborgo, the founders of Arimborgo Ministries, pastor a growing youth ministry in the city of Iquitos, the capital of the Peruvian Amazon.
Utilizing the G-12 model of growth through cell groups, discipleship, and leadership training, they have seen JIEL Youth Ministry grow from 20 youth to close to 500 since 2001. They dream of reaching thousands more, as more young people become ripe for the leadership of cell groups through their training program. Israel and Jennifer also teach in a jungle missions school with a vision to raise up church planters and leaders to take the gospel to the many unreached villages and towns of the Amazon region.
We look out over this vast multitude of hurting young lives, and dare to dream big dreams for bringing the good news of Jesus’ love to them. We yearn to see the stadium of the city, with a seating capacity of 18,000, filled to overflowing with youth rejoicing in His presence and committed to a life of discipleship. We recently took some of our youth on a “prayer jog” around the stadium to claim it for Him. We are nowhere close to that dream yet, but we serve a God with whom the impossible becomes the attainable!
Though it would be impossible for the Arimborgo family to single-handedly reach those 10,000 plus villages that do not yet have a Christian witness, we can greatly increase the effectiveness of our efforts by bringing in young Christians from areas all over the jungle and training them to advance the Kingdom in the places from which they come. As the Holy Spirit empowers us, we seek to teach these future pastors and leaders church leadership skills, Biblical knowledge, and most of all, how to draw deeply on His strength by keeping Him as first love in the midst of ministry busyness. We also offer classes on subjects such as sewing and breadmaking, as many of them will need to have a practical skill with which to make a living, as they labor for the Lord in regions where resources are scarce. Once a student has had three years of training, he or she will return to his or her native area of the jungle and bring the gospel to desperately hungry hearts waiting there!
Having seen that the largest churches in the world have often born their fruit through a strategy of cell groups, we are implementing a model for growth based on the same concept. We are using what is known as the “G-12” blueprint, discipling groups of twelve individuals, who in turn are each charged with discipling twelve more. As new youth come into the church, we view every one as a potential leader.