We partner with several leading organizations to serve and carry the love of Christ to many nations. By equipping church leaders in each nation through financial assistance, leadership development and short term mission teams, we enable them to reach their people for Christ.
Global Outreach
12Stone® Church's purpose to inspire life, share life and give life extends across continents and takes many different forms. We seek to establish long-term partnerships that uniquely meet the spiritual, leadership and physical needs of the countries we serve. The following global partners are our primary venues for expressing our passion to be One Church Serving Many Nations:
Guatemala
We partner with World Hope, IMPACTO! and the Wesleyan Church to encourage and equip local churches in Guatemala City and the Lake Atitlan region. Our teams build homes, teach leadership and Bible classes, produce children's outreach programs, and encourage the staff and leaders of the local churches.
Mozambique
12Stone® Church is partnering with World Hope International to build 100 wells in Mozambique over the next three years. We have committed to funding and building wells in order to ensure safe drinking water for the residents in these communities. With the current contaminated water sources, Mozambique's child mortality rate remains high and water borne illnesses are common. With new wells, residents will be healthier and have greater opportunity to produce crops because of usable water and the time they will save by not walking 3-7 miles to draw water. Learn more at 100Wells.org
Haiti
The focus of this trip will be phase 3 of the January 2010 Earthquake Disaster Response. In partnership with World Hope we'll be sending a team of no more than 10 participants to continue in the distribution of basic care items as well as focusing on children and activities for children such as day camp, children's ministry and sports camps. Needed are those with a heart for children, counseling and those with a medical background. Because to date the situation in Haiti is quite fluid, to know the exact location within the country of this trip is not available. Team members should prepare for limited housing facilities (i.e. tents and outhouses). At least one meal per day will be provided; provision should be made by team members for remaining meals in the form of meal replacement bars.
Liberia
We partner with World Hope and Service to Servants to build capacity among the people of Liberia to achieve spiritual and economic sustainability. Through innovative micro-finance initiatives and other programs, we are able to provide hope to those most vulnerable and affected by a history of civil war. More information about Service to Servants work in Liberia
Nigeria
We are partnering with the West African Theological Seminary (WATS) to help develop evangelical leaders that can serve the continent of Africa and beyond. Teams to Nigeria have assisted with construction projects, provided dental clinics, and led Bible and leadership training for WATS students.
Zambia
We are partnering with World Hope International to develop Community Orphan Trusts. Community Orphan Trusts are community development initiatives that empower HIV/AIDS affected communities with resources and training to care for vulnerable members.
Bolivia
12Stone Church partners with Helping Hands in Bolivia to facilitate opportunities for others to serve, utilizing their God-given gifts and talents, through the avenues that He provides, taking the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people.
In addition, we engage several nation specific partnerships with organizations that focus their work in a specific nation or region. Given the significant human and financial resources required to develop these partnerships, we are very deliberate about the relationships we engage. Specifically, our partnerships are characterized by:
- Strong national leadership. Our intent is to cultivate and develop strong national leadership to sustain and lead initiatives within the countries we partner.
- Strong local churches. Our focus centers on equipping, enabling, and strengthening local churches in the countries we partner.
- Strong relationships. Our prayer is to develop an on-going relational basis between 12Stone® and the local church in the nations we serve. This will most often be expressed in the form of short-term teams visiting the host nation.
- Strong worldview. Our passion is to cultivate a well-articulated, shared worldview among the 12Stone® family. We do this through various media and seek to equip people with an understanding of the many issues and a heart to pray.
