International
International Missions
Evangelical Presbyterian Church World Outreach: ENGAGE 2025
EPC World Outreach
Ministry:
The goal of Engage 2025 is for each presbytery of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church to engage with a Muslim people group that currently has no churches and where no Jesus-followers are actively engaged in disciple-making. By sending a team of
disciple-makers to them, the hope is to plant self-replicating Protestant Reformed churches in unreached communities by the year 2025.
The EPC Presbytery of the East (POTE), of which PCKS is a part, is working in the Northern Caucasus region of the Russian Federation.
Project
resources will by used for the development of disciple-making teams within presbyteries, research, training & coaching, and care for team members.
Creative Hands/Imbali, Athens Greece
Cecilia Sakatira
Ministry:
Based in Athens Greece, Cecilia Sakatira, founder of Creative Hands/Imbali, is embarking on a new phase of her missionary work. She has been teaching weaving and helping sell the products of her students, mostly immigrants coming to Greece and some locals, while telling them the Gospel of Christ and providing some income for them.
During previous work in South Africa, Cecilia ministered to a young child whose name was Imbali, meaning flower or blossom in Zulu. The child had been abused, and using her name in this new journey, says Cecilia, reminds her of the many young women and girls she has met in her ministry who need to come to know their value, discover their potential, and be empowered to sustainability.
Cecilia is seeking support currently to lease a building where she can teach weaving and share the gospel, but also sell the products of the students and those of other artisans who would share in the rental space.
CRU, Moldova
Igor Tcacenco
Ministry:
Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU) in Moldova is participating in the global mission of Campus Crusade for Christ. They are helping to fulfill the Great Commission by winning people on campuses around the world to faith in Jesus Christ, building them in their faith and sending them to win and build others.
CRU – Moldova, led by Igor Tcacenco, began over a decade ago with its first church plant, and now has over 60 churches and Christian groups. Igor and his organization is helping establish vital, multiplying, and sustainable churches and faith communities throughout the country. The organization also ministers to Ukrainian refugees, and provides Christian resources, training, and coaching. Igor and his team collaborate with the other CRU leaders around Europe to multiply their efforts.
Exarcheia Church, Athens Greece
1359 Broadway, Suite 1102
New York,NY 10018
Ministry:
The initiative for the establishment of Exarcheia Church, Athens, Greece originated from the First Evangelical Church of Athens in coordination with City to City Europe, a sister organization of Redeemer City to City in New York City, NY. By bringing the power of the gospel to every part of life, City to City focuses on church planting for the renewal of global cities. The Exarcheia Church was launched in 2013 and currently is led by Alexandros Pipilios, a graduate of Westminster Seminary in Glenside, PA. Because the Exarcheia neighborhood has always been a place of revision and questioning of tradition, the church issues the challenge to “Rethink Christianity” without the oppression of tradition and the weight of legalism that usually dictate. PCKS is delighted to partner with Exarcheia Church in establishing a gospel-centered church in this strategic global city.
GTI Hope,India
William D. Teate, Jr.
President Emeritus
gladtidings3@comcast.net
Byron
President
981 W. Arrow Highway #348
San Dimas, CA 91773
909-957-9352
byron@gtihope.org
gtihope.org
Ministry:
Bringing hope to the hopeless in South Asia by:
- Training and equipping indigenous leaders
- Literacy training
- Strategic education
- Self-empowerment through skills such as sewing
- Providing opportunities for a better future
Ministry is occurring and transforming lives, families, and communities among more than 100 of the least privileged people groups.
Joyful Hearts Children’s Ministry, Uganda
Milly Nakato
P.O Box 24001
Kampala, Uganda
Millynakato05@gmail.com
+256775424834
P.O Box 24001
Kampala, Uganda
Millynakato05@gmail.com
+256775424834
Ministry:
Joyful Hearts Children Ministries (JHCM) is a non-profit school based in Uganda that reaches vulnerable pre-school through grade 1-aged children. The school, founded by Milly Nakato in 2019, provides holistic early childhood development programs including tuition-free education, 2 nutritious meals per day, healthcare, a safe, stable, loving environment, parenting programs, as well as spiritual support to help the children understand God’s love for them. Its vision is to help at risk children achieve their full potential through early childhood education with the support of their families and communities.Freedom International Ministries of Kenya
Freedom International Ministries of Kenya
Ministry:
Reverend Hezron Okaba, the principal of Freedom International Ministries of Kenya, has planted over 80 churches and adult Bible schools in Kenya, Uganda,
Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, & DRC Congo over the years. He oversees and
supports the churches and schools with the help of his family, staff, pastors, and
congregations. In addition to the churches and Bible schools, Hezron and his
staff find loving families for orphaned children, placing them in the homes of
church members.
Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, & DRC Congo over the years. He oversees and
supports the churches and schools with the help of his family, staff, pastors, and
congregations. In addition to the churches and Bible schools, Hezron and his
staff find loving families for orphaned children, placing them in the homes of
church members.
In Hezron's home base of Kakamega, Kenya, Hezron and his congregation
recently planted trees on the main grounds of Freedom International to produce
both crops for food and wooden poles to carry electricity. In addition, a new well
for freshwater was built. Both the electricity and water benefit the entire
community.
recently planted trees on the main grounds of Freedom International to produce
both crops for food and wooden poles to carry electricity. In addition, a new well
for freshwater was built. Both the electricity and water benefit the entire
community.
Currently, a new church and Bible training center are under construction and are
expected to be completed as soon as funds become available. There are dorms
on the property for people to stay in while attending training and Bible
conferences organized by Hezron.
expected to be completed as soon as funds become available. There are dorms
on the property for people to stay in while attending training and Bible
conferences organized by Hezron.
Over the years, thousands of people have been touched by the gospel of Jesus
Christ through the God-honoring work of Freedom International Ministries.
Christ through the God-honoring work of Freedom International Ministries.
Santhi Bhavan Mission,India
Ambika Chacko
2534 Berwyn Road
Wilmington, DE 19810
(under the auspices of Brandywine Valley Church)
ambikachacko@hotmail.com
Ministry:
Santhi Bhavan Mission (House of Peace) began as Ambika Chacko’s family project in her home village of Ezhumanthuruthu, Kerala, India. Ezhumanthuruthu is a poor, remote Hindu village in southwestern India. Before this ministry, the people in the village had no opportunity to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. Ambika’s family began to minister on vacations with Bible distributions, personal witness, educational assistance in the community school, and by providing free medical clinics with evangelical meetings for the village through HMI, a well-known, highly respected evangelical doctor’s organization in India. The humanitarian aid opened the door to share the gospel.
Today there is a mission house in the community that is a base of Christian witness and outreach. There is a national Christian worker who has become a leader in the ministry and is able to provide on-site guidance and assistance. Educational assistance is also provided to fund the salary of a kindergarten teacher and assistant (also believers) in support of the kindergarten program. A Christmas luncheon has become an annual event, and distribution of school supplies happens during mission trip visits. Medical clinics through HMI continue and a doctor visits the village two to three times a month. In addition, an outside bathroom is under construction to support these visits.
The mission has a goal of purchasing land and building a preschool, in addition to opening a pharmacy in the community as people must travel a distance for even the simplest of medical supplies. Future mission trips are also desired to build stronger, deeper relationships within the community. Please pray that the family of God may expand through these efforts.