MISSION PARTNERS
OUR MISSION PARTNERS
Here are details of the various individuals and organisations that we partner with to help them share the Good News of Jesus across the world.
We also have a number of mission trips coming up that you can be part of. See the details here:
India Hope
India Hope is based in India. They’re supporting orphan children, elderly people, and leprosy colonies. Whilst also helping communities to be self-sufficient, through planting rice fields and drilling water wells.
They aim to raise awareness and funds for orphans in India as well as poor & needy families. To relieve poverty & sickness and give the tools needed to have hope for a brighter future. They also preach the Gospel throughout their schools and raise up and equip local missionaries to serve their communities.
BELOVED
Beloved have been working to support some of the most hidden, vulnerable and marginalised women in our city, who often find themselves trapped in the cycle of indoor prostitution.
Through our outreach to massage parlours and one to one work, we have met with hundreds of women, supported them on their journeys, built lasting relationships and seen many women exit the industry.
Caroline Hickley
As a church we are supporting Caroline Hickley, who comes originally from an AOG church in Torquay, Devon.
Caroline is heading up an English speaking church plant in Vienna, Austria called “Life Church International.” She is working with AOG missionaries Gianni and Angela Gaeta, who have established several churches in Austria over the past 40 years.
Caroline is pastor of the new church and her work includes leading worship, preaching and providing pastoral care to the church members. She is also finding ways to reach out to English speaking people in Vienna and invite them to church.
UNIVIDA
Univida is a charity based in Fortaleza in Brazil. They focus on improving the wellbeing and education of children and young people living in the impoverished community they live in.
They provide 4 extra hours of education, outside of their time spent at state school. this includes practical care and quality Christian education to help them develop character, skill, confidence and independence for their future.
COMPASSION
Compassion is an international children’s charity. They work in 29 countries partnering with 8,600 local churches within communities experiencing poverty. Their heart is to give children and young people the opportunity to thrive and reach their God-given potential both now and into the future.
Compassion’s child development programmes are holistic, and because they work in partnership with local churches who know their communities inside out, they’re tailored to a child or young person’s individual situation because of this more than 2.3 million children globally are being released from poverty.
ACT OXFORD
ACT Oxford is a ministry of St. Aldates church in Oxford that works with street homeless and those who’ve recently left prison and need support.
They work through street and prison outreach, meals, mentoring and housing, helping people rebuild their lives and introduce them to the person of Jesus.
KEY TO LIFE CHURCH KENYA
Key To Life Church is a church based in Kisumu in Kenya. It was planted over 10 years ago as a partnership between Key To Life church here in Bristol led by Ps Tim Robertson.
The church is also the base for the local school and also functions as a base for a Compassion partnership. This partnership with Compassion enables all of the children to be sponsered to help with their education, nourishing their physical needs as well as teaching them about the love of God.
The school and Compassion project serve hundreds of local children and families each week with many of the project workers firmly rooted in the church.
STREETLIFE
Streetlife is the church demonstrating God’s love for vulnerable people. They began in 1997 and provides hot meals, drinks, sandwich packs, clothing, toiletries, sleeping bags and dog food, on Brunswick Square every Saturday evening (6-7pm).
They serve up to 100 people; some who are rough sleeping, others who are homeless. All are in need! During the winter teams also provide a walkabout service taking hot food, drinks, and essential clothing to people in the city centre.
The team mobilises volunteers from local churches and community groups across Bristol.
Freedom Church Aberystwyth
Freedom Church is a new AoG church that is led by Ps Jon and Carly Butler, who are good friends of our family at Life Church.
Their passion as a church is to see lives thriving in our community, with every life lived to the full, sharing the heart and love of Jesus in the west of Wales.