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Revitalize neglected community centers for ministry and outreach.
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About This Project
Children in poor communities throughout Central Thailand have few safe places to go after school and on weekends. The parents are busy working, and grandparents or other relatives often cannot help. A team of long-term Christian workers partners with local churches and believers to enter these communities and build relationships with these families. They host events such as kids’ camps and educational activities such as free tutoring, English corners, and music classes. They also offer parenting classes and Bible studies to meet the community’s spiritual needs. By caring for the children in the community, they earn the trust and respect of parents and community leaders. This outreach enables local believers to share their lives with the community so they can share the gospel, start small groups, and plant indigenous community churches.
This project also supports The ELM Ministry pregnancy help centers. This ministry equips the local Thai community to make informed decisions regarding life in the womb. It strengthens the community by supporting young women experiencing unplanned pregnancies and empowers them to better their lives with job opportunities, education, and gospel exposure. This ministry also equips local Thai churches to provide pregnancy support to at-risk mothers through training, coaching, and resource support.
Your partnership is vital to providing for children born and unborn, supporting local Thai communities, and spreading the gospel to those who have never heard that Jesus loves them.
Why direct giving matters
Giving directly to a missionary team helps fund the specific, on-the-ground needs your missionaries care deeply about—needs that aren't covered by CP and LMCO alone.
In the next five years, a globalization goal of all IMB workers is to mobilize 500 local believers to become global missionary partners serving on IMB teams.
100% of your gift directly supports missionaries and their ministries overseas.
100% of your gift directly supports missionaries and their ministries overseas.
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After the camp, Sammy contacted the church to learn more about Jesus. Sammy is the son of migrant workers from a closed country, and they live in a rural migrant camp. On our first visit, Sammy’s parents and several neighbors gathered to listen to the Bible lessons. The local believers did a great job sharing the gospel. At the end of the presentation, Sammy stood up and said, “Teacher, I believe!” Sammy prayed to accept Christ right then.
Lives are transformed through English camps. Our team partners with a local Thai church to host free English camps in local schools. We play games, teach English, and local believers share the gospel with every student. That is where 12-year-old Niran* first heard about Jesus.
Pray for strong, trusting relationships with the parents of children who attend community center events so we can share the love and hope of Christ with them.
