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Global Outreach is a Christian organization dedicated to ministering to the needs of the whole man. This ministry takes on many forms. Read on.

Our ministry purpose is to build individual believers into living epistles of the Gospel. We teach the heart, head and hands concept of fulfilling the Christian faith. That means simply we want each one we disciple to be loving toward God and all mankind, to live life with wisdom, as best we know it and to become involved in making disciples of others and a life of good works, motivated by God’s Spirit.

We do this through the fulfillment of our mission statement objectives.

We are intent on not creating a welfare or dependency state in the areas we serve; but, instead a state of interaction and involvement which leads to self-reliance and accomplishment. Exceptions to this focus include the disabled, whom we are here to serve, and those directly impacted by war and natural disasters.

MISSION STATEMENT
To provide assistance to the needy of the world in the fields of health care, shelter, nutrition, education and economic development.
To impart the virtues of self-reliance, freedom and spiritual awareness to all mankind.
Discipleship & Leadership

Making disciples of nations through training and equipping national leaders to address the physical and spiritual needs of individuals and their communities.

Development

Building financial partnerships and implementation of programs that improve the lives of individuals, families and communities as well as enhancing the ability of local churches to carry community burdens with less dependency on outside resources.

Self-Reliance

Mentoring and educating both children and adults on creating opportunities which lead to self-reliance and eliminate dependency.

Involvement

We strive to include participation of as many beneficiaries as possible.

FULFILLING THE MISSION
Education

First and foremost, we are about sharing the Gospel with the unreached and educating them in the precepts of the Christian faith. Emphasis is placed on making disciples and teaching them to go and make other disciples. This is called reproductive discipleship which all christian believers are directed to do and not just those in occupational ministry. Our teaching materials are extensive.

Education on matters of health and development of moral character are always a need. HIV/AIDS education is normally our first effort. If a village is lacking a formal school, we assist them in finding a qualified teaching staff and in some instances, we will help them with a school building.

Our medical teams will also work with the local medical community to both learn from and train them in an exchange of knowledge to better serve our collective educations. More on this under ‘Healthcare.”

Shelter

In most instances, rural villages have adequate family housing. There are some instances like riots and wars where people become internally displaced within their own country (IDPs) or actually flee their native country and become refugees. We have helped in these instances to provide temporary shelter for the affected.

Shelter also included dormitories for school children and adequate school buildings .

Healthcare

A part of our healthcare mission is to cooperate with local medical schools and native healthcare providers to go into underserved areas to provide basic healthcare. These mission teams are often composed of physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and other specialized healthcare providers who come from the United States to volunteer their time on short term mission trips.

Local medical students as well as medical students from the United States often compose these teams as a part of their educational curriculum. Surgical teams have also been sent to assist and train national physicians in new techniques in proper hospital settings.

Eye care through eye exams is a big need. By providing reading glasses, an individual’s productivity is greatly enhanced and their lifestyle improved.

Our NatalCare program is also conducted in areas where women and their young children do not have access too sufficient vitamin supplements necessary for healthy pregnancies and childhood development. The healthcare providers distributing these vitamins are all native to their land and in many locations provide midwifery services. Statistics tell us two in five babies born in crude birth situations never reach age five. We are working to change that statistic.

Providing potable drinking water also improves the health of communities.  We have provided water filters, rainwater catchment systems and retention tanks as well as drilling numbers of water wells that have the capacity to provide adequate water for entire communities.

Nutrition

Drought and famine are commonplace in many of the regions where we work. In these instances, we will provide adequate food products and food seed to sustain affected communities.

Supplementing food for HIV/AIDS orphans and the elderly are also a mission of Global Outreach.

Economic Development

Over half of the world’s population live on the equivalent of $2 per day. Many rural people have the skills to improve their income, but in a predominantly cashless society, they lack funds to start a small business. We have helped form small peer groups and provided microloans to help hundreds fund enterprises within their community. Our GlobalGoats program has helped many acquire funding for livestock and chickens.  We also help provide instruction to assure their businesses are successful. Partnerships through other microloan agencies also help.