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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Check out ServLife’s DREAM Event Video: Praying for the Nations and Dreaming for Justice. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »

ServLife has been partnering with Mercy Children’s Orphanage in Sierra Leone, West Africa, since 2007. The orphanage was started by a native from Africa, Emmanuel Shaw, whom Indianapolis local, Rachel Dryden, met while volunteering on Mercy Ships four years ago. The orphanage currently has 10 children in its care and the children have all been abandoned or have lost their parents to illness or civil war. They are all now attending school and are healthy and happy. Read the rest of this entry »

Joel Vestal and Dave Garrison are traveling in Asia right now for 10 days, visiting the ongoing ServLife work in Thailand, Nepal, and India. Joel will be doing some teaching at the Leadership Institute in Nepal, meeting with ServLife staff, and speaking at the graduation of a new class of local workers in India. Read the rest of this entry »

ServLife is officially launching the Dream of Justice campaign, and we invite you to check out the new Web site: www.dreamofjustice.net. We believe and hope this site will be a great resource and inspiration for you and a place to hear stories of people who are dreaming and desiring to see the world become a place that God intended.

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Ordering online from the ServLife Store is quick and efficient but there’s an even better way to share the experience of purchasing unique handmade gifts and helping others at the same time. It involves having a Home Party with products from the ServLife Store. Invite your friends and relatives over and show them the products first hand. Read the rest of this entry »

On Sunday, May 18, 2008, ServLife will be taking part for the second year in the annual Walking for Dreams Family and Pet Walk in Indianapolis, IN. We invite you to join us as we walk for those around the world who suffer from hunger, poverty and malnutrition. All proceeds raised for ServLife through this event will go to the ServLife Hope Fund, which is our micro-enterprise initiative for the unemployed and under-employed of the world who are trapped in the vicious cycle of hunger and poverty. Download the Hope Fund Brochure to learn more. Read the rest of this entry »