The Father has been guiding us as a ministry to partner with local churches in various locations. Our goal is always to assist and encourage their work. The primary avenue through which blessings from God are given is the local church. His plan for reaching the world is through the local church. God's Word supports the local church being the primary agent of change in the communities and cultures around the world.
This truth about the local church has driven One Way Ministries to be very intentional about partnerships. The partnerships we seek to develop are what is called, "mutually beneficial partnerships." This concept is based on the truth of the local church being the primary agent of blessing and change in the world. This partnership is also based on both partners offering to provide for the other based on the gifts, abilities and ministry resources provided by the Father. It is these truths that have formed the parameters of our relationships on the ground in every location the Lord has led us to connect.
Our partnership in Guatemala has been growing now for several years. We have reached a very good place with the local church and hear from them concerning real needs and ways we can help. They are doing the work of the ministry and recognize it is their responsibility to reach their world. We are now walking through the joys of watching the Lord expand that vision beyond their own community to other communities and other parts of the world.
After the Lord led Iglesia Jerusalen to plant a work four years ago in a Mayan community about an hour outside the city, God has opened the door for the mission church in Sajcavilla to become a permanent, established church family with a home base and facilities. Through the faithful giving of those He has directed, the church has secured a piece of land and begun the planning process for the development of that land into the ministry base He has in mind. This is where the vision and plans become God-sized!
The church in Sajcavilla is active and growing. The community is beginning to ask for the church to begin to meet on the property so they can join the gathering. A tent is coming soon to help the church begin regular meetings and allow the growth to begin. It is an exciting day in the partnership and in Guatemala. It is an exciting time in our ministry as well.
We see the needs that are before us in our partnership and recognize it is far more than we can possibly do. We are already pouring into many areas of ministry through the partnership and see that we have no extra funds or ways to support this new work. Yet, the Father continues to carry us down this road! So, here we go!
We are announcing today our 2015 / 2016 trip dates!
2015
January 16-18 Birmingham, AL Local Missions Partnerships
February 27-28 Fund Raiser 5K/10K Race Birmingham, AL
March 7-14 Guatemala 31 Gifts Ladies' Trip
March 28-April 4 Spring Break Trip Location TBA
April 4-11 New Mexico Navajo Nation
May 24-31 Guatemala Sajcavilla / New Jerusalen / Tabitha House
May 30 - June 6 Guatemala The Church at Brook Hills Family Mission Trip
June 13-20 New Mexico Tohatchi Baptist Church, Navajo Nation
20-27 New Mexico Tohatchi Baptist Church, Navajo Nation
July 5-12 Guatemala Mother/Daughter Trip with TC@BH
11-18 Guatemala Sajcavilla / New Jerusalen / Tabitha House
18-25 Guatemala Sajcavilla / New Jerusalen / Tabitha House
August 14-15 Fund Raiser Golf Tournament / Dinner / Auction Birmingham, AL
September 4-7 Birmingham, AL Local Missions Partners
5-12 Guatemala Joshua's Men from Atlanta Men's Ministry Trip
October 2-13 Nepal Discovery Trip IMB Missionaries in Western Nepal
3-10 New Mexico Tohatchi Baptist Church, Navajo Nation
November 7-14 Guatemala Medical Clinic and Teaching in Sajcavilla
December 26-2 New Mexico Tohatchi Baptist Church, Navajo Nation
26-2 Uganda Partner Ministries in Kampala and N. Uganda
2016
January 15-17 Birmingham, AL Local Missions Partnerships
February 26-27 Fund Raiser 5K/10K Race Birmingham, AL
March 5-12 Guatemala 31 Gifts Ladies' Trip
19-26 Spring Break Trip Location TBA
April 1-8 New Mexico Navajo Nation
May 21-28 Guatemala Sajcavilla / New Jerusalen / Tabitha House
28-June 4 Guatemala
June 18-25 New Mexico Tohatchi Baptist Church, Navajo Nation
25-July 2 New Mexico Tohatchi Baptist Church, Navajo Nation
July 9-16 Guatemala Sajcavilla / New Jerusalen / Tabitha House
16-23 Guatemala Sajcavilla / New Jerusalen / Tabitha House
23-Aug 6 Uganda
August 12-13 Fund Raiser Golf Tournament / Dinner / Auction Birmingham, AL
September 2-4 Birmingham, AL Local Missions Partners
September 30-Oct. 15 Nepal Trip IMB Missionaries in Western Nepal
October 1-8 New Mexico Tohatchi Baptist Church, Navajo Nation
November 5-12 Guatemala Medical Clinic and Teaching in Sajcavilla
December 29-2 New Mexico Tohatchi Baptist Church, Navajo Nation
26-2 Uganda Partner Ministries in Kampala and N. Uganda
These dates are the projected trips we have set for our partner locations. Our desire is to fill these and build a framework with our regular partnerships on these dates and locations. We would also like to fill dates in between these trips with custom trips for specific teams for some very specific work on the ground in our partner locations. Please contact us at info@1wayministries.org for more information, questions or more specific details.
Our hope is that with a two year plan many of the teams whom God will guide to partner with us will have plenty of time to help prepare and support the work being done in Guatemala and around the globe. The needs for the US church to step up and support the work of the local church around the world is overwhelming. Many places, like Guatemala, have a great deal of church presence and very little Gospel impact. Many teams go and do ministry projects and encourage the church, yet little eternal impact is being seen throughout some of these areas. We have been asking the question of why there is no lasting Gospel impact in these locations for the past several years. As we approach 2015 we want to change some of that with what we have learned!
In 2015 we will begin to focus our efforts on supporting the local church in three primary ways. We will support the local church in evangelistic efforts through home visits and intentional Gospel presentation. The Gospel is what we know has transforming power. It is this Gospel truth that must be shared in homes and classrooms around the world to have eternal impact. So, every trip will have a very intentional evangelistic emphasis that will show and share the Gospel along side the local church. We will also support the local church through teaching the Word. It is the Word of God that has power to transform, change and grow the heart of every believer into a disciple maker. Our commitment to the local church is to intentionally equip teams to assist the local church in its understanding and learning of the Word of God through Bible teaching elements in every trip designed to gather the body together and open the Word of God for spiritual nourishment and strength. We will support the local church through financial sacrifice and support. The instructions in the Word teach us to sacrificially give out of the excesses God gives us to make His ways known and His salvation known. We will direct the attention of the teams and churches who partner with us to support the growth, ministries and outreaches of the local church with financial support.
In the coming weeks we will begin to communicate the picture of partnership that will move the local church forward in these areas we serve and will allow teams to assist in the reaching of the world and teaching of then Word. Please join us in praying for the Lord to grant discernment and wisdom to all of us making decisions about the plans the Lord has for our partnerships and ministry efforts. The needs are God-sized with every one of our partners. The plans He is showing us are God-sized in every way. Therefore we are going to stand in the hope of the response being God-sized! Join us in praying for teams to commit to partner with the local church to see eternal impact of the Gospel. Pray with us for His Word to grow in the hearts and minds of the local church as they learn His ways and His purposes. Pray with us for the generous giving of the members of the body to assist the local church in accomplishing its purposes in the local communities in which they have been planted! Pray with us for the future work to be done through the partnerships on the ground as the local church reaches its world and teaches the Word!
