The Center for Experimentation and Formation in Agriculture (CEFA) has been established in the Central African Republic (CAR) to enable farmers in the area to achieve food and nutritional security. Many small farms in CAR are food insecure and farmers are unwilling or unable to take risks with experimental crops or practices. CEFA can serve as a central location to conduct agricultural research relevant to these farmers. This is the Friends of World Mission project 196. Continue Reading »
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African Leaders’ Consultation
There are now six national Covenant churches across Africa. These Covenant churches continue to thrive and grow, even when some are faced with challenges like civil war, displacement, and limited resources. Due to these challenges and long distances between the different countries, many national church leaders have not had the opportunity to meet each other. This project will facilitate interaction among national church leaders. This is Friends of World Mission Project 200. Continue Reading »
Czech Republic Prison Ministry
There is a great need for a church-based community support network for prisoners and ex-prisoners in the Czech Republic. When a person is released from prison, but has no family support, they have no home to welcome them back, no possessions, no job, and no hope. This project will assist a ministry in the Czech Republic that reaches out in the love of Jesus Christ to prisoners and continues to minister to them following their release. This is Friends of World Mission Project 203. Continue Reading »
Colombia Theological Education
Preparing Covenant pastors and leaders for ministry has always been a high priority for the Covenant Church of Colombia (FIPEC) and our missionaries. As the church continues to grow and reach out in a number of communities, there is a need for pastors and leaders to have theological training. This project will facilitate theological education in Colombia. This is Friends of World Mission Project 201. Continue Reading »
France Church Planting
The Free Evangelical churches in France have fifty church communities, including twenty-three small gatherings of believers, with the hope they could become church plants. They are convinced that they must step up their efforts to plant new churches. It is through the birth of new Christian communities that people in France will once again have access to the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is Friends of World Mission Project 199. Continue Reading »
India Seminary Housing
The Union Biblical Seminary (UBS) in Pune, India is committed to training servant leaders and scholars. There are forty-five research students getting their Ph.D. and master of theology while living in the cramped men’s hostel on campus. These living arrangements are due to lack of rooms available to house more students. UBS is in need of constructing a new single men’s hostel for the students. This is the Friends of World Mission project 198. Continue Reading »
South Sudan Church Partnership
The Republic of South Sudan became the world’s newest nation in the summer of 2011, after a long period of civil war. Today, the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Sudan (ECCSS) is involved in dynamic ministries that address the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of the people of South Sudan. This project will assist the ECCSS as it continues to minister and grow in the midst of financial instability due to years of war. This is Friends of World Mission Project 202. Continue Reading »
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