| The Ministry The passion for this ministry was born as a result of the burden God placed in the heart of the visioner; Bimbola Ifarajimi, an ordained minister of the gospel from VineBranch Charismatic Church, Ibadan Nigeria, when he first visited the nation of Kenya on a mission trip in company of a friend in the year 2005. During this mission trip, he noticed that Kenya was a nation where the people seem to love the Lord but the knowledge of God was far from the land. Kenya was said to be about 80% Christian population, but the impact of the church could only be felt in the religious worship and lip service by almost every Kenya citizen. The effect of the church could not be felt in the way people live. It was rightly observed then that the nation was a haven of Christian activities with large inflow of foreign and popular ministers of the gospel. The unfortunate thing was the lack of proper discipleship among the Christian faithful. It was observed during this first mission trip that there was a collapse of godly family structure with accompanying high rate of divorce, single parenting, teen pregnancy, street children, frequent rape, street children, and high level of idle living not just among the youths but also the elderly. This of course has led to increase poverty where the majority of Kenyans(particularly in Nairobi) dwell in slums. These discoveries are at the crux of the passion that has developed into what is today known as The Carpenters Christian Centre, the umbrella ministry that has given birth to this mission: LENDAHAND MISSION OUTREACH. The Kenya mission project has helped us in no small measure to help us have a grasp of the 21st century mission challenges and the need for unconventional approach to urban ministry. |
| ABOUT US |
| VISION: Our vision is to raise a community sensitive Body of Christ. By this we mean training, equipping, and empowering the believers to take the love of Christ to the world where they are and not just waiting for the world to come to the church. |
| Our mission Obeying the 'go ye' commandment. We believe that Jesus Christ commandment that the church should go into the world to preach the gospel of Christ is literal and must be obeyed if indeed the world must accept Christ. We however understand this to mean that the church must locate and connect with the people based on their specific and peculiar circumstances. Following after the footstep of our Lord Jesus Christ, we seek to identify what constitute good news to different individuals or groups in order to truly reflect Christs. This is quite evident in the way our mission outreaches have been structured. |
| Our Team: our team is made up of four different classes or levels consisting of: Field Ministers/Missionaries in training Mission's volunteers Friends of the mission Mission Partners we believe that mission operation is extensive and everyone has his/her part, and one cannot perform excellently without the others. Field Ministers/Missionaries: These are the sent believers who have taken upon themselves based on their personal conviction of god's call into the ministry of transforming lives in the mission fields. They are involved in the day to day mission operations and technically run the mission operations. This team is headed by the visioner/missionary- Bimbola Ifarajimi. The team is a growing one and our prayer is that more would sincerely get more involved in the missions' operation because the field is indeed white for harvest, but the labourers are so few. Mission Volunteers; these are believers who from time to time give of their time to accompany us on our outdoor outreaches but are not part of the missions' team. These go on organized outreaches to assist us in delivering God's love and get involved in the logistics and execution aspect of the practical mission Friends of the Mission: Due to the nature of our missions' activities, God is daily increasing our pool of friends who we call on from time to time to visit some of the homes we visit and support. We often create a direct link between these friends and some the homes and orphanages we support. These we believe would help to develop passion and raise guided internal and direct supports for these homes, without the need of any intermediary. This also help to reinforce the integrity of our cause and purpose. We also have friends who visits us on the field just to provide moral support and encouragement for the field ministers and missionaries. Mission Partners: These are those who God is using to make the mission possible. It goes without saying that every mission operation is funded. Besides the funding of the mission operations, every missionary is expected to be funded in line with the scriptures. We know there are cases where missionaries go through undue stress and pain just to keep up with the assignment(like in the case of Apostle Paul while in Thessalonian and Corinth). It however goes without saying that besides legal system that forbids a foreign missionary to be engaged in running a business operation in a foreign land; tent making can sometimes stand in the way of the mission operation. We are thereby building our partners' base in order to be able to source and raise the required level of finance that would not just help the mission work but also provide for the families of the ministers and missionaries, who are directly involved in the day to day running of the mission. |
| Outreaches: Lendahand: our outreach unit to the less privileged and disadvantaged orphanages and homes....know more GeneratioNext: reaching the youths in their own world where they are. It is our community friendly evangelism unit that takes the church to those that would not come into the church building yet......know more SuccessFactor: our specially designed human and personal development outreach to the grassroots who are definitely not reached by the well organized development seminars and conferences.......know more Prayer School: We run prayer schools where believers are taught and trained in the acts and arts of effective prayer; not just religious prayer. If the disciples of Jesus Christ would ask to be taught to pray, we no doubt need to learn to pray. Through this forum we raise a body of Intercessors for the land and Body of Christ......know more Special Outreaches and Support (the deaf& disadvantaged Homes): we run services and discipleship training for those with special disadvantages, and children of homes out of reach of the conventional Sunday church services.....know more |
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| ...Love does not cost a fortune, just a giving; lighting others' candle do not take away from your light. |
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| LENDAHAND MISSIONS' OUTREACH |
| __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Lendahand Missions Outreach P.O.Box 30034 Secretariat, Ibadan, Nigeria Lendahand Missions' Operation Base P.O.Box 1193-00515 Nairobi Kenya Tel. Nos. +234 (0) 8034097593, 8073133867, +254 (0) 724169761, 75254367 Email: info@lend-a-hand.org |
