monthly missions highlight
In recent years, Italy has become one of the largest points of entry for migrants and refugees seeking a better life or fleeing their country from war and persecution in Africa and the Middle East. Refugees often leave everything they have ever known, take little to nothing with them, and spend their life’s savings to travel in a very small and often overcrowded boat across the Mediterranean Sea. When they arrive on the shores of Italy, they are processed and documented. At that time they can apply to seek asylum which could take, at times, years to receive the proper documentation. In the waiting, they are not legally allowed to work which means they have difficulty providing just the basic essentials to live.
It is a crucial moment in time as God brings unreached people groups into Italy who have never had access to the gospel and sometimes, never even come in contact with a Christian before. Most of the people are coming from closed nations which means they are coming from countries where it might be illegal or very dangerous to be a Christian. We consider this our greatest opportunity to reach those who come from closed nations by sharing about the greatest Hope of all - Jesus Christ.
It is a crucial moment in time as God brings unreached people groups into Italy who have never had access to the gospel and sometimes, never even come in contact with a Christian before. Most of the people are coming from closed nations which means they are coming from countries where it might be illegal or very dangerous to be a Christian. We consider this our greatest opportunity to reach those who come from closed nations by sharing about the greatest Hope of all - Jesus Christ.
Our mission is to provide a place of hope and belonging to the people within the community. We believe this to be a HOLISTIC mission, sharing the whole gospel to the whole person. This means meeting their physical, emotional and spiritual needs. PHYSICAL, by assisting them with basic essentials such as food and clothing. EMOTIONAL, by giving them access to fun and creative classes and activities to uplift their spirits. And most importantly SPIRITUAL, by discipling and teaching them the Word of God and who He is. We want to be more than a friendly face in the community. We want to build relationships with the people, get to know them and their story, and ultimately share the message of the gospel with them and how Jesus can completely transform their life!