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"They looked to Him and were radiant..."
Psalm 34:5
MISSIONS
WHY
The mission of Radiant Church is “To know Christ, to become like Him and to mobilize His people for Kingdom Service."
We consider the act of “mobilizing” missionaries & ministries a privilege & calling for Radiant Church.
HOW
We give 15% of all budgeted tithes to missions (local & foreign) each year.
And in order to fulfill those mission's pledges, we ask the body of Christ to make up the rest.
How?
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2 Big Offerings Each Year: One in the May and the other in November
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Giving each month in addition to the tithe.
WHO
Each year the Missions Committee reviews & decides on our mission's commitments for the upcoming year. We pursue ministry relationships that are on a first name basis and look for partnerships with like-hearted people who share a similar passion and vision for ministry.
Ministry Partnerships of Radiant Church
Changing lives at Home and Abroad
Europe
Pastor Zhoro & Mariyana Penchev
Pastor Zhoro and Marianna Penchev
are the founders of New Life Ministry
and have a powerful ministry to the Roma people in Bulgeria, Turkey, and Greece. There they raise up Christian leaders, establish churches and support other ministries as they carry the message of joy, the love of God and the cross of Jesus everywhere they go.
Crozier Life
Ryan, Andria and Conrad Crozier are ministering in Romania to help raise up leaders so that they can help transform their country. In the process of building relationship with these leaders and helping develop them, they share the Gospel of Jesus in hopes of seeing their hearts and lives transformed!
Asia
Sons of Abraham
Mike and Angela Hersche are based in Israel's upper Galilee region in the Jordan Valley, where they have lived and worked for over 16 years ministering to the Jewish people.
Seed of Hope
Sudheer Kumar is the president of EARE (Seed of Hope in the US) Ministries, which carries the compassion of Jesus to the hidden places and unreached people of India.
Sean and Lydia House
Sean and Lydia serve with Hope Unlimited Church in urban church planting, pastoring, and children's ministries in Hyderabad, India. Involved in teaching ministry for many years, Sean has a heart for training and equipping believers from all walks of life to find, understand, and fulfill God's purposes for their lives. The work in Hyderabad has a vision for mobilizing these believers for outreach to surrounding rural towns and villages, where 70% of India's 1.3 billion people live.
Latin America
Give Hope 2 Kids/The Furrows
Jason and Sarah Furrow founded GiveHope2Kids in 2006. They serve as the directors of a Children's Home in rural Honduras, giving a home and family to orphaned and abandoned kids. Their ministry has expanded to include education and outreach for the extended community and self-sustainability through agriculture.
Give Hope 2 Kids/Pam Mollette
Pam is a member of Radiant Church who felt the Lord's leading to go and serve in Honduras for a year with 'Give Hope 2 Kids' in 2021, but the Lord has called her to stay and minister there full time.
Pan de Vida
Oscar & Lori Aguirre
The Aguirre's founded and work with Pan de Vida, a non-profit ministry founded in 2001 in Quito, Ecuador. Pan de Vida is dedicated to serving and empowering people living in poverty to reach their God given potential.
Jairo and Susana Oliva
Jairo and Susana are missionaries to the communities of Sucua, in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador. They spread the Gospel, start churches, raise up pastors & leaders, and also teach classes to the students of the Ethnos Bible Seminary.
Samuel and Sandra Gutierrez
Samuel and Sandra minister to the Cofanes Tribe in the jungles of Northern Ecuador. There they preach the Gospel, raise up churches, pastors & leaders, and teach Bible classes. They also have a Bible translating ministry to take the Word of God to unreached people groups.
Global
Sergio & Kathy Scataglini
Sergio Scataglini is an international speaker and author. He is the Founder and President of Scataglini Ministries, Inc. He and his wife Kathy were former pastors in Argentina and now reside in the U.S. where they minister around the world in person and via 'comunionet', their global online ministry. God has given Sergio a ministry to impart to others a passion for a life of holiness.
Africa
Compassion For Africa
The mission of CFA is to birth a new future for abandoned and orphaned children in Kenya and Uganda by providing love, food, faith, and education.
United States
Voices For Life
Founded in 2023, Melanie Lyon's had it in her heart to launch a new initiative in the South Bend, IN area to fight abortion on the frontlines throughout Indiana. Though Roe V Wade was overturned, there is still much work to be done. This powerful ministry is not only impacting those in this community, but throughout the state.
Adult & Teen Challenge
Adult & Teen Challenge is located in Northern Indiana and is a residential program with a mission to assist teens and adults in gaining freedom from addiction and walk in recovery through Christ.
Project Bible Runners
The mission of Project Bible Runners is to gather and run Bibles to every nation, tribe and person until every faithful follower of Christ Jesus holds the Word of God in their hands!
HEROES CAMP
Heroes Camp was founded in 1989 by Pat & BJ Magley here in South Bend, IN. The Magley family has faithfully invested in the lives of countless & fatherless youth to help them come to know Jesus and their heavenly Father through basketball, Bible studies, prayer and many other programs.
heroescamp.com
SPA
SPA is a Christ-centered, comprehensive treatment program in Northern Indiana that empowers women to address the root causes of life-controlling issues and addictions in order to live productive lives of recovery.
http://www.spaministryhomes.org/
Destiny Rescue
Destiny Rescue is addressing one of the biggest issues in our world today: Child Sex Trafficking
Their mission is to rescue children from sexual exploitation and human trafficking and help them stay free.
Judah's Pride
Founded in 2023, Mike & Lisa Jacob started Judah's Pride here in South Bend, IN with the mission to expand the Kingdom of God by making disciples of Christ in neighborhoods with higher crime rates. They accomplish this by building relationships, outreach, music & teaching.
Women's Care Center
Women's Care Center is a ministry to women in Michiana who are in crisis over being pregnant. The center offers medical assistance, vitamins, counseling, clothing, education, and many more services. Ellen Summer is the director and our ministry contact.
Convoy of Hope
Convoy of Hope is a faith-based organization with a driving passion to feed the world through children's feeding initiatives, community outreach, and disaster response, offering help and hope to those in need around the world.