What ministry methods does Reach A Village utilize?

• Partnering with other national and international Christian mission organizations to extend our reach and multiply our ministry. Currently, RAV partners with Bible League Canada, Free In Jesus Christ Church Association (FJCCA) in Thailand, Philippines Values Education Program (PVEP), the Cambodian Christian Churches Network (CCCN), and many others. Across the nations where we serve, we partner with dozens of denominations and church associations. Equipping and empowering local believers to start churches in unreached villages is our primary objective.
• Helping existing churches grow and multiply their congregations through training in children’s Bible ministries and discipling new believers.
• Providing training, Bible study materials, and Bibles in the language people understand best. RAV’s local partners often operate in rural areas in developing countries. The level of poverty makes it extremely difficult for them to afford training and materials. We supply local congregations with Bible study booklets containing guided Bible lessons in their language that are specifically geared for their culture, enabling them to start small group Bible studies.
• Providing age-appropriate materials for children’s summer camps, children’s ministry in their local villages, and even programs in public or private schools. Upon completing the Bible study series, each child receives their own Bible, as resources make possible.
  
  

How do new believers get Bibles?

RAV is a church planting ministry among those who have very little to no knowledge of Jesus, the Gospel, or the Bible.  Our local partners must slowly introduce the Word of God to the people in the villages through tracts, testimonies, illustrations, Bible stories, and Bible study booklets. It may take months before they come to know Christ and experience His salvation. Contextualized materials are provided at appropriate times in this process.  Only the local disciple makers can determine the best time to give a New Testament or the whole Bible to a new believer.  It is our desire that the new believer will be at a point where they know how to read and study the New Testament, and especially the whole Bible. RAV must rely on our local partners to tell us what materials are needed, and we provide for the purchase or printing of those materials, from the smallest booklet to an entire Bible in their local language.  By doing it in this way, every person who gets materials has someone who is guiding them in the discipleship process. Someone who knows their name and needs.

Does Reach A Village provide care for people’s physical needs?

Reach A Village’s particular calling is to finish Jesus’ command to go and make disciples of all nations. When the Gospel arrives and people follow Christ, villages change as a result. As transformation begins in the heart and soul, people feel compelled by the love of Christ to help care for the physical needs of their community.

Reach A Village has established a Village Aid Fund to help care for our partners and their communities during natural disasters or war. Donors who feel compelled to help meet the physical and spiritual needs of people facing such a crisis may give to this fund.

Where does Reach A Village work?

Reach A Village is currently working with global ministry partners who share the Gospel in Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America. Specifically, RAV is present in Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Vietnam. Eleven of these nations are considered to be part of the 10/40 window.

Does Reach A Village support children’s ministry?

Children matter to Jesus, and they matter deeply to us. Since its founding in 2012, Reach A Village has been committed to helping our partners conduct children’s ministry around the world. Working with our ministry partners, we provide age-appropriate materials for children’s summer camps, and even programs in public or private schools. Upon completing the Bible study series, each child receives their own Bible, as resources allow.

In the Philippines, RAV is partnering with the Philippines Values Education Program (PVEP) to send trained volunteer teachers into the schools. They teach Values Education classes, based on Christian principles and the Bible. Students also receive their own copy of the Bible/NT as resources allow.

In 2023, Reach A Village released a children’s mission and Bible curriculum for kids in the U.S and Canada called The World’s Greatest Rescue Mission. The goal is to help kids understand the Gospel and the Great Commission, learn about other nations, and grow in Christian character by emphasizing five biblical values. Kids can also participate in an international mission project, B4NB, while learning.

We designed this curriculum for use in various children’s ministry settings, including VBS, Sunday School, Christian school missions, homeschool missions, social studies classes, chapel, devotions, and kids’ church.

A sample lesson plan is available to view or download from our website. You can also order a complete curriculum kit online. Kits contain the teacher’s guide and all the supplies and resources needed to use it. We do not sell the kits, but donations of $40 or more are accepted to help cover our costs.