ServLife Hosting Missional Theology Conference for Indigenous African Leaders In South Africa
ServLife will be hosting the first Missional Theology Conference in South Africa July 10-12, in collaboration with Umzimba, a newly forming group of young African pastors and theologians who have joined together to write, debate, plant churches, and train leaders in new ways.
The conference is expected to have 30-40 people in attendance this year, with indigenous leaders presenting on various leadership topics including: Read the rest of this entry »
Orphans in Nepal Receive Letters from Children on the Other Side of the World
In May, Joel Vestal, along with volunteer Dave Garrison, delivered numerous letters, pictures, and gifts to orphans in ServLife’s children home in Nepal. The letters, written and prepared by the children’s sponsors, were an absolute joy for the children. For those children who don’t have sponsors, two area churches’ youth and children’s ministries wrote letters and drew pictures to be delivered. Read the rest of this entry »
ServLife Hope Fund Helps Sopole Start Own Tire Repair Business in Thailand
Sopole is from the Takaupa district of Phang Nga, Thailand. Prior to the tsunami in 2004, he was a vendor at the local market, selling homemade clothes his wife sewed. Having lost all of his equipment in the tsunami, he began working as an unpaid apprentice at a local gas station’s mechanic shop. Read the rest of this entry »
Wedding Day being used to Empower Women through the ServLife Store
Carter Shepherd first became aware of ServLife in spring of 2004 while attending a small group at her church in Indianapolis, Indiana. Joel and Elise Vestal had just returned from India and were visiting her small group to talk about ServLife. “Upon hearing them share,” said Shepherd, “I took one of their End Hunger Now bumper stickers and promptly placed it on my Ford Taurus. Everytime I would get into the trunk of the car I was reminded of the work that was being done by ServLife.” Read the rest of this entry »
Graduate of ServLife Training Institute in Nepal Starts School in Local Community in Rural Nepal
Dayaram Chudhari knew if he wanted to share the love of Christ with the Kamaya people, he would need to search for ways he could help empower them. Dayaram is a graduate from the first class of local mission workers from the ServLife Training Institute in Nepal in 2007. After graduation, he returned home to his village, seeking ways to show God’s love; his heart was specifically burdened for the Kamaya people. Read the rest of this entry »
Local Mission Worker, Anokh, Helping to Restore the Truth of the Gospel in Chhattisgarh, India
Anokh is a single man raised in a Christian family. He was born in the state of Chhattisgarh, which is located in the east-central region of India. He arrived at the ServLife’s Leadership Training Institute in India, in June of 2003 and graduated on May 29, 2004. Since his graduation, he has returned to his home village and is applying the training he received in his region. Read the rest of this entry »
ServLife’s Sponsorship Program Reaches to Remote Regions of Nepal
ServLife is reaching out to 20 children in the western region of Nepal who cannot afford schooling and helping them get an education through our sponsorship program. Rakesh, one of these children, is from the Tharu ethnic group. His parents were slaves that were freed by the government and lived in a camp with other freed slaves. Read the rest of this entry »
Purchase a Moonjoy T-Shirt to Help Raise Money for ServLife’s Children’s Home in North India
Ross Purdy, former ServLife board member and graduate student at Baylor University in Texas, recently started Moonjoy, a campaign to help ignite children’s sense of wonder, imagination, and creativity around the world and helping them reflect the light and love of Jesus Christ in the process. Read the rest of this entry »
Are You Leaving A Legacy? Consider Including ServLife in your Will or Estate Plan
Most of us spend more time planning a family vacation than we do planning our family’s financial future! You will spend a lifetime acquiring assets, and then in a moment of decision, or indecision, give them away. With careful planning, you can feel good about preparing wisely for the use of your assets for the benefits of those persons and organizations you care about most. Read the rest of this entry »
Rivers and Prayer
The prophet poignantly states, “But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” (Amos 5:24)
A river of any size or speed is movement and momentum. God is moving in the world, and we as His people must enter into that movement and what He is doing and desiring to do for the last and least on our planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Construction Underway of ServLife Ministry Center in Bihar, India
ServLife has been working in India for 12 years and one our goals is to see how transformation can happen for generations to come. We embarked on a building project 3 years ago and purchased land in North India to see a long term impact happen in one of the hardest regions.
Construction has begun after delays from monsoons and the complexity of labor work in Bihar, India. Read the rest of this entry »
ServLife’s DREAM Event Video: Praying for the Nations and Dreaming for Justice
Check out ServLife’s DREAM Event Video: Praying for the Nations and Dreaming for Justice. Read the rest of this entry »
ServLife Training Institute in India Graduates Sixth Class of Indigenous Workers
On May 17th, 2008, ServLife’s Leadership Training Institute in Bihar, India, graduated seven new local workers. This is the sixth graduation class to complete the leadership training program in India, and since the training institute was started in 2001, over 60 local workers have been trained through it. The training lasts one year, and these workers will now go back to their home and work amongst their villages, planting new churches, and sharing Christ with their communities. Read the rest of this entry »
The Stuff That Dreams are Made Of: The Journey to Simran
Lazarus Thulung thought he was making a trip to eastern Nepal to meet with church planters and weigh options for starting new micro-loan enterprises. In his wildest dreams, he never thought that he would return home with a daughter. Read the rest of this entry »
DREAM: Praying for the Nations and Dreaming for Justice! Indianapolis, IN: May 29
DREAM is a gathering on May 29th to allow the body of Christ to gather to pray, to celebrate, to worship, to mourn, to reflect, and to learn. If you live in the Indianapolis, IN area or region, please join us for DREAM: a night of prayer and worship. Read the rest of this entry »
