Outreach

A HOPE CENTER

Motivated by the love of Christ, A Hope Center heals hearts and saves lives by providing free pregnancy services, resources, and education to nurture sexual, emotional, and spiritual health.

The Rescue Mission

Fort Wayne Rescue Mission and its associated ministries provides restorative care to men, women, and children experiencing a homeless crisis. Their ministry serves Fort Wayne, Allen County, and its eleven surrounding counties. Their mission seeks to provide, through the power of Jesus Christ, a home for the homeless, food for the hungry, and hope for their future. 

Redemption House

Redemption House is about a fresh start in life providing a network of transition homes for women who desire to redeem their lives from past destructive behavior by developing a faith-based lifestyle and by gaining the skills necessary to achieve and maintain success.

Inasmuch Ministries

Inasmuch is a benevolence ministry in downtown Fort Wayne focusing on food, clothes, household and hygiene items, bus passes, obtaining birth/death/marriage certificates, and limited financial assistance for housing and utilities.

The Phoenix Alliance

The vision of Phoenix Alliance is to rescue children trapped in sexual exploitation and help survivors rise from the ashes to become the beautiful, powerful, determined people they were always meant to be.

Place of Grace

Place of Grace provides Christ-Centered residential recovery services to help women break cycles of destructive behaviors related to addiction, trauma and poverty. They serve women exiting incarceration and inpatient substance abuse treatment who need support for their next steps.

New Mercies Ministries

New Mercies Ministries is a gospel-centered organization providing supportive connections, safe housing, and restorative services for women and families, empowering them to gain stability and ultimately live independently.

International House

International House is a non-denominational Christian organization committed to sharing the love and light of Jesus Christ with refugees and other Internationals living in the Fort Wayne area. They assist and cooperate with Christian churches that desire to develop or expand their outreach to the international community in the Fort Wayne area.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

FCA desires to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church using camps, equipping coaches, pursuing discipleship in all, and engaging with the community.

Youth for Christ

YFC Northern Indiana has an aim to reach students who are lost — those desiring to feel known and in desperate need of the restorative love of Christ. This aim is unique in each community they serve. Every day at high schools, middle schools, community centers, juvenile institutions, coffee shops and local hangouts, YFC staff and volunteers meet with young people who need Jesus so they know they are not alone. They are rural and urban and are always about the message of Jesus.

Mark and Kim Searles

Tri-Grace Ministries, Utah

The Searles role in Ephraim, Utah is in evangelism and working college interns. They do this through proclaiming the Gospel, defending the trustworthiness of the Bible, and serving those impacted by Mormonism. The Searles are from Emmanuel Community Church.

Dave and Cathie Datema

Frontier Ventures, California

At present, Dave is the Missiology Catalyst and his job is to gather "intelligence" from the mission world that can help stimulate and guide thought leaders in the mission enterprise. The focus is on barriers that prevent the gospel from gaining entrance into unreached people groups of the world. In this role. Dave serves on the Lausanne Least Reached Peoples Network, a global network seeking to bring the gospel to the unreached and is Board Chairman for UB Global.

Adam and Ola Löffler

Josiah Venture, Poland

Adam and Ola Löffler disciple several youth leaders on a regular basis and are heavily involved in their local church. Working in the northern region of Poland gives them opportunities to equip, support, and mentor leaders working with youth, as well as co-organize a variety of events and trainings for the young generation.

Korban and Tanya Miller

Josiah Venture, Poland

The Millers have been serving in Poland since 2013, launching and leading Poland's Fusion ministry. Fusion equips Polish believers to reach the next generation through high-energy rock bands and choirs. Korban and Tanya love how Fusion combines their passion for both music and discipleship. Over the past 10 years they've had the privilege of training 11 churches across Poland to use music as a tool to build relationships and share the love of Jesus with teens in their communities.

Chris and Kelli Lillpop

Josiah Venture, Poland

After almost 8 years of living and serving in Poland on the JV Poland team, Chris and Kelly now serve in the US on the JV International team in the area of partner development. They are working to expand and deepen JV’s partnerships with churches and universities across the US. The Lillpop’s are from Emmanuel Community Church.

Brian and Rachel Glunt

Good Soil Community Center, Thailand

The Glunt Family is in Northern Thailand where they are serving through a community center in an urban neighborhood. They provide services such as teaching English, visiting homes of local friends, developing programming, and more. Their focus is on building relationships with the local community in order to be a blessing to their local friends. In Thailand, less than half of 1% of ethnic Thais are Christian and it is common for a Thai Buddhist to live their entire life without ever knowing a Christian. The Glunt family is from Emmanuel Community Church.

Jenaya Bonner

UB Global, Macau

Jenaya Bonner has worked in Macau since 2010. Before COVID, she taught English, facilitated discipleship multiplication, and served in a variety of other ministries. She is now returning after the disruption of COVID. God has opened the doors for her to complete a one-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Education at a local Macau university which is a great blessing because it gives her a visa, expanded credentials to teach in Macau, connections to local schools, connections to minister to people in the program and in school, and a way to stay in Macau serving Jesus. She is from Emmanuel Community Church.

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International NeedS

Colombia

ECC works with the Palacios family and team in Barranquilla supporting and sending teams to work with the local church and a Christian school, Rosa de Saron, in medical ministry, sewing ministry, work with children, construction, relief work with Venezuelan refugees and church planting in little reached areas.

UB GLobal

UB Global is the mission arm of United Brethren (UB) in Christ churches in Canada and the U.S. For nearly 200 years, they've been working with churches, organizations, and individuals to impact some of the most Gospel-deprived places around the world. Their vision is to mobilize, send, partner, and pioneer into new areas.