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Church Expansion Funds

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The Living Water of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is free! The plumbing to get it to people is not. 

A Little History. 

In the not so distant past, God spoke to a wonderful Christian Sister by the name of Roma Lee. He called her into a missionary effort through short term mission trips. Many of you who are reading this fundraiser through our Facebook link have experienced missions on a Roma Lee trip. We have traveled with Roma Lee and the time we spent with her has changed the course of our lives.

When Roma Lee was alive she would take any (legitimate missions) excuse to bring a group to Latin America. She proclaimed the Gospel, trained leaders, fed the hungry, visited the sick, provided clothing, funded ministries, and built many a worship space. In the Country of Ecuador several Ecuadorian Churches are happily meeting in buildings that Roma Lee and her missions teams helped to construct. 

In the past a global missionary effort supported such endeavors by collecting and making available a general Church expansion fund to the Missionaries who served here. Roma Lee and her groups would fund much of the construction and provide help with labor. The Church here would provide hospitality and sweat equity. This partnership was fruitful for many years.

So, What Happened? 

By the time we arrived in Ecuador the global missionary effort changed their approach to project funding. Construction and ministry funds were only available to us in a narrowly focused and limited way. In other words when we inherited this ministry we did not inherit the ability to raise funds for it in meaningful ways. Because of this change we have not had the ability to help our churches with ministry funds or expansion funds. They have not had the funds to provide the needed ministry or construction themselves. Consequently, we have seen several minor problems in infrastructure become major problems. We have also seen several ministry expansion opportunities go unfunded. 

Seeing the need but having no way to meet the need is frustrating to us. This is the reason we are reaching out to our brothers and sisters around the world to help meet the needs of the Ecuadorian Church. 

What Can You Do? 

Please pray for the Ecuadorian church as they struggle financially in a county with limited resources. Please pray that God will begin calling churches and individuals to help with this much needed ministry. And please pray that God will provide us with funds when the time is right.

After you have prayed, if God is leading you to help, please donate and share this campaign with your friends.  

Please note that all funds will be given to the Junta National of the Iglesia de Dios in Ecuador as soon as they are received.

Organizer

Timothy Downing
Organizer
Middletown, OH

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