We at Kingwood Church of Christ have long desired to follow the Great Commission in touching lives all around the world. Currently we are involved in Foreign Missions in Venezuela where we have 6 full time ministers. Locally, we are involved in the Impact Church of Christ, which is our inner city congregation. We also support the Texas Gulf Coast Bible Institute, which trains Hispanic ministers around the world to plant churches. It is based in South Houston.
We hope that if you have a desire to reach people in any of these areas, please let us know so that we can use your talents to further the word of God.
Our goal in foreign missions is to maintain and improve our support of six congregations throughout the country of Venezuela. These congregations in turn have planted other congregations in their cities or states.
Please pray that God will guide and bless these families, and equip them with all they need to achieve their mission of reaching the lost.
Alirio and Edelia Ortega work in Maracaibo, Venezuela with the San Francisco church. They have gone from about 25 members to more than 110 in the last three years. Alirio is partially supported by Kingwood and partially supports himself in computer technology. He has organized the church well so that many members are involved with the steady growth there. Please pray for him, his wife and family, and the work.
Santo and his family have worked in various locations around Venezuela, including Esmeralda, Margarita, and Carupano, his current location. They have brought hundreds to Christ, and helped train many leadesr, including elders in the Carupano church. They are active in marriage enrichment as well.
Leon and Carmen Bergoderi have worked in Cumana, Brisas del Golfo, and their current location of Los Chaguaramos, establishing elders in Cumana. In spite of serious health problems with every member of their family, they persevere and set a great example for the Christians there.
Eduardo and Marisabel Mujica are another couple who with their family have worked effectively in Los Teques and now in Charallave. In Los Teques, they built a congregation of 150 members with elders, teachers, and servants of all kinds. In just 18 months in their new location of Charallave they already have 50 people in attendance, and are actively developing their ministry.
Oswaldo and his wife Yaritza have worked for more than 12 years in Merida and Ejido, their current congregation. They have two sons who are Christians and becoming active leaders in the church. In spite of some health issues, they remain faithful and hard-working as they train leaders and begin to consider the process of establishing elders in Ejido.
Pedro and Sara Rodriguez have been working 10 years in Arismendi and El Moro, small fishing villages on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela. Years ago Pedro represented Venezuela in the Pan Am games in track and field and held several national records. He has used his contacts and his engaging personality to build the largest church in the small town, and influence especially the youth of the town.
Impact is an urban work of the Churches of Christ, founded January 11, 1987
Impact is located at 1704 Weber, Houston, Texas. Buildings include: 19,000 square foot worship facility; a 6,000 square foot education building; a 6,000 square foot food and clothing distribution center; a 6,000 square foot preschool (Small Steps Nurturing Center); a 700 square foot youth center (The Impact Youth Development Center), and four houses which are used by various ministries.
How you can partner with us
a.. PRAY in your individual daily prayers, and in forming a group of
"prayer warriors" who meet regularly to collect news and prayer requests for
raising up in prayer together to the Father.
b.. VISIT us with the intent to see where you can be involved or encourage
others in what God is doing here.
c.. GIVE when you hear of special needs of people in this area through
food drives, clothing drives, the upcoming Garage Sale (March 25-26), school
supplies in August, Impact contributions of various sorts, and Christmas
presents for inner city families. (Just to name a few regular items.)
d.. VOLUNTEER your time and energy to work at the distribution center
(Call Darlene Cervas at 713-862-7011), bring a group to serve Sunday lunch
to 250-300 people (Call Steven at 713-305-8009), bring a group to help with
kids classes or Children's Church, or helping with driving vans to bring
people to church. Visit www.impacthouston.org for so much more information.
Thank you for the ways that you are already so involved with Impact. Share
your own Impact stories with others, and I look forward to sharing many more
of my own with you. "Dios te bendiga." May God bless you. -Steven Wells
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The TIBI trains Hispanic ministers to plant and nurture churches. Our full-time students and graduates have helped plant 6 churches domestically and internationally. We train more than 175 students in 17 Latin American countries, at 40 different sites, through video conferencing.
A faculty of 18 professors from 7 countries taught 56 courses on our network in 2009.
Since 2006 we have helped baptize more than 300 people--and these are just the ones we know about!
We also have an online video courses for those who cannot take live courses, at www.sunsetonline.org/es.
If you need more information about all aspects of the school, or wish to see live classes or videos, go to the link below.
See more information about TIBI
Randy and Sharon English, with their 5 children, have been missionaries for the last 19 years in American Samoa, a group of islands in the Pacific. They use a variety of methods for leadership training and evangelism in their church planting and nurture.
The WBS sends literally millions of Bible lessons all over the world each year, resulting in hundreds or even thousands of baptisms and changed lives. KWCC has a dedicated group who helps send and grade these lessons. For more information about how to be involved, check with Tom Hahn.
World Bible School site
Pedro and Silvia del Pozo, working with the Texas International Bible Institute, Sunset, and professors around the world, are helping pioneer a new online streaming program in Spanish, to provide training and encouragement for people in Latin America worldwide.
There are now 11 courses recorded and available at the link below, and Lord willing, we hope to record all 40 of our courses required for a Bachelors of Biblical Studies.
To see the Spanish online streaming video site, click here