ServLife International, Inc.

On May 16, Joel Vestal was a guest on the Doug Pagitt Radio show and spoke at Solomons Porch Church, a leading church in innovation and mission. 

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ServLife’s Advisory team is an informal network of friends and does not function as any kind of governing group and seperate from the  board of directors but merely a group offering their wisdom, networking, and input on an individual basis.   Please pray for this team and as they help in different ways.    Read the rest of this entry »

“ServLife is restoring hope around the globe in creative and collaborative ways. We need a lot more of this, especially as our world becomes increasingly polarized—politically, economically, and socially. The great thing about ServLife is that it works directly with indigenous peoples as partners in the Gospel and in meeting the needs of the poor and protecting the vulnerable. I encourage you to jump in and get involved.”

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(Reflections by Joel Vestal)  

I have been asking myself in recent days from following so many complicated global issues, is it possible for the church of Jesus (that is you and me) to rise above partisan politics, theological differences, relational divisions,  and economic/ethnic divide and be an instrument of peace in an ever increasing hostile world? I believe it is. America is divided politically as well as most regions of the world. We as the church should involve ourselves in the public square; however, we as image bearers of the most high God have more power within us than any military or commander in chief in the world to rattle the halls of hell and move the heart of God to awaken his people to action (Rom 8:11). Indeed, there is great power waiting to be unleashed among us to see peace in the world come through the church of Jesus Christ, that is you and me. Read the rest of this entry »

ServLife International and the board of directors want to thank you for all of your prayers and support for the vision and mission of ServLife.  Our Indianapolis office has gone through staff transition but our work in 12 countries continues.   Despite this transition in our USA base, we want you to know that we are committed to the future of the organization and the leadership of Joel and team and the vision of ServLife 1,000 Read the rest of this entry »

Our first online auction is live.  Help spread the word!  Linnk to your Facebook page! Make a Bid!

All proceeds will benefit the work of ServLife around the world and our ServLife 1,000 goals.  All bids will be made online and once a bid is submitted it is binding and you are responsible for payment if the auction closes and your bid is the current winning bid. If you don’t have access to the Internet, you may call our office (317-544-0484) and one of our staff members will complete a form for you over the phone.  Postage and Handling Fees will be added.

Here’s how the auction works:

1. Find the desired item you would like to bid on. The current winning bid will be displayed for each item and will be updated as bids are received.
2. Once you have decided your bid, click the associated Make a Bid button. The bid form for the associated item is displayed.
3. Enter the required personal information, enter your bid, and click the Finish button.
4. Once your bid is received and confirmed that it is higher than the current winning bid, the amount on the website will be updated and only your first name will appear next to the price that you bid on.

5. The auction will end at 10 pm (Eastern time) on May 30. Any bids received after this point will not be valid.

6. Once the auction has closed, if you have a winning bid, you will be contacted by our staff to confirm your bid and collect payment information via credit card or check.   All payments will need to be collected with 5 days of the end of the auction or the item will be given to the one who is #2 in the bidding.

* If you have questions or need assistance, you may call the ServLife office at: 317-544-0484 or contact us online.

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A new staff member of ServLife is seeking to sustain, nurture, and grow hope in the nation of Afghanistan. Eddy comes from Texas but is seeking to build bridges to the oppressed and forgotten in Afghanistan through teaching English and computer and by promoting and educating about pregnancy health in a region where too many girls get pregnant too young — and then die from it. He will be working with a team that has been doing holisitic work in the region and supporting the very small indigenous Christian population for several years. Despite political instability and Taliban activity, the good news of the Gospel is what will bring peace to a very fractured nation for decades. Read the rest of this entry »

Mary Davis, attorney from Cleveland and member of Church of Good Shepherd Episcopal was recently interviewed on a local TV cable show. She shares her story of how her women’s book group at her church responded after reading Joel Vestal’s book, Dangerous Faith, and was moved to action to create a fundraiser dinner to respond to the global injustice by funding a ServLife Hope Fund in a village in Nepal.

We have launched ServLife 1,000 as a means to define some specific goals of our mission work. What we are doing is not new but merely a continuation of our existing work we have carried out since 1992.

ServLife 1,000 is our five year vision to:

• Train 1,000 indigenous leaders to minister to their own people through ServLife 2 training centers for 1 year
• Sponsor 1,000 children in education and care
• Start 1,000 new businesses through the ServLife Hope Fund to empower people out of poverty

As of April 2010

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This past week Mina Migar, the wife of one of ServLife’s church planters in Nepal, Ghanashyam Magar, died unexpectedly of bone tuberculosis at the age of 24.

Mina and Ghanashyam are originally from the Sunsari district and as a family moved to the Sonapur VDC, Morong district in East Nepal to plant a church there, following Ghanashyam’s graduation from ServLife’s leadership training school in Kathmandu.

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Current Projects we are Seeking Funding For:

•  ServLife 1,000:  Our Vision in 2010 and Beyond (Our 2010 annual budget for all of ServLife Projects, staff, and work around the world)  

The work of ServLife in a few of our registered organizations around the world

• Servlife Empowering Society India
• ServLife Himalaya Development – Nepal
• Awana Sewa Nepal (Work among Children)

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See video below of Steven Nicholson, ServLife Staff in Africa, sharing from the Musha Wevana children’s home in Zimbabwe.

Over the past three years, ServLife has been building a relationship with a church in the Marondera area as they care for these children. Up until this point, they have been caring for the children almost single-handedly despite a devastating lack of resources and failed economy. Read the rest of this entry »

We are seeking advocates, friends, partners in the fight for justice for the least, last, and lost on our planet, for those who have no voice.  We need you help!

You may have seen our dreamofjustice.net site.

Dream of Justice is a web site and not a separate organization but a way to draw people, educate people, and stir people to action with ServLife and our efforts to address 3 major problems in the world: Read the rest of this entry »

ServLife board member and author/activist, Elizabeth Hankins, has written a new novel for students in the fifth through ninth grades. Through the voice of a quirky, eleven-year old boy learning about genocide for the first time, I Learned a New Word Today…Genocide (Key Publishing 2009) serves as a genocide primer, defining genocide (according to the Genocide Convention) and highlighting six major genocides of the twentieth century. Read the rest of this entry »