Church Starting/Faith Sharing Ministries
You can be part of starting new churches and sharing the story of Jesus Christ with others. The following projects support church starting and faith sharing ministries.
Cinobana Partnership
Be part of building a church in Slovakia
This three-year partnership will reconstruct the mission center in Cinobana, Slovakia, which will serve the growing number of local churches among the marginalized Romany people. The cost to complete the entire center is $43,900.
$5,300.00 will pay for an additional meeting room.
$4,000.00 will build a playground for the children’s ministry.
Roma Mission
Support Christians in Slovakia and the Czech Republic
This project partners with church groups in Slovakia and the Czech Republic to equip believers, share the Gospel, and expand ministries among the Roma, an often marginalized people group. Each Sunday, Roma from Cinobana travel on public transportation to attend services at the sponsoring church in Lucenec.
$2.00 will provide a round-trip ticket for one person to attend church.
$500.00 will provide a scholarship to a quarterly Bible training school for more than 60 Roma pastors.
$30.00 will provide one Bible for a Roma believer.
Translation
Provide access to scripture among Romany
There are many people groups that still don’t have access to Christian resources or the Bible in their native language. When you support these ministries, you enable those resources to be developed and distributed so that people may learn the story of Jesus Christ.
$10.00 will cover the cost of recording, reproducing, and distributing one copy of the Bible among the Romany people in Europe.
$30.00 provides 10 copies of “Jesus the Messiah” picture book in a Romany language.
Translation
Provide access to scripture
There are many people groups that still don’t have access to Christian resources or the Bible in their native language. When you support these ministries, you enable those resources to be developed and distributed so that people may learn the story of Jesus Christ.
$200.00 provides the monthly salary for one native speaker translation assistant in Northern Thailand, where a people group is gaining access to the Bible in their native tongue.
Gypsy Smith Leadership Training School
Provide training to pastors in Romania
Gypsy Smith School has been providing training to Gypsy pastors for 10 years. The school meets four times a year for week-long sessions. Teaching is provided by U.S. and U.K. pastors who volunteer their time and pay their own expenses. The school provides travel, accommodations, reading material, and meals for all students.
$600.00 provides course books for one session.
$3,500.00 provides one week of training for 20 Gypsy pastors.
Women of Courage
Support female church starters in the Middle East
More than 130 women in the Middle East work tirelessly each day to plant churches in local villages, and they do it at the risk of persecution from a government that forbids such faith sharing efforts. But for these women, the risk is worth letting others know about the hope in Jesus that they have found. Your gift supports some of these women, many of whom receive little to no financial support as they minister.
$15.00 will support a Woman of Courage for one day.
$400.00 will support a Woman of Courage for one month.
$4,800.00 will support a Woman of Courage for one year.
$100.00 will support a Woman of Courage for one week.
Leadership Training
Help train church leaders in China
In Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region there are about 25 ordained pastors for more than 100,000 believers. Trained leadership is crucial for healthy church growth. The Guangxi Christian Council is relocating and expanding a training center for lay leaders. They have completed the initial construction phase and are now constructing a multipurpose facility that includes meeting space for Bethel Church. The final stage of construction includes classroom buildings and dormitory spaces for the new training center. The church will provide ongoing training opportunities for students at the center. You can also support seminary students, ensuring that they are able to complete their four-year training and return to provide much-needed leadership in their home churches.
$60.00 will support one lay leader student for one month of study.
$250.00 covers the cost of building one square meter of the multipurpose facility.
$250.00 provides a semester subsidy for student at seminary.
$500.00 provides an annual scholarship for a student at seminary.
$540.00 will support a lay leader from a small town or village for nine months.
$600.00 will buy one seat in the multipurpose Bethel Church facility, which is stage two of the construction project.
Evangelism Training and Church Planting
Empowering local Christians in India
Enlisting, educating, enabling, equipping, and empowering nationals is the key for reaching marginalized people groups in India. This project supports the training and development of these leaders, as well as ongoing efforts to share the story of Jesus Christ in India.
$2.00 will provide a Bible for a home.
$75.00 will provide a student one month tuition in a training program for nationals.
$1,000.00 will provide a new, permanent roof on a place of worship for local believers.
$75.00 will provide a bicycle for evangelism and outreach.