Proem Support Ministries Inc

CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE HOPE AND FREEDOM FOUND IN JESUS. PROEM SUPPORT MINISTRIES WAS FOUNDED IN 2003, IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND DIRECTION ON MAJOR PROJECTS AND NEW PROGRAMS TO PROEM MINISTRIES IN POLAND, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FORMED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT POLAND AND EASTERN EUROPE. WE PROVIDE LOGISTICS FOR VOLUNTEERS, MISSIONARIES, AND INTERNS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN POLAND. WE PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT BY ACCEPTING DONATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES AND FOUNDATIONS. WE PROVIDE ACCOUNTING AND RECORD KEEPING SERVICES. WE FORWARD ALL DONATIONS TO PROEM MINISTRIES IN POLAND AND PROVIDE RECEIPTS TO ALL DONORS. WE ARE THE PRIMARY CONTACT POINT FOR CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE MINISTRY OF PROEM IN POLAND. PROEM SUPPORT MINISTRIES CREATES COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS (WEBSITE, PRINT MATERIALS, E-NEWSLETTERS) FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

PROEM MINISTRIES WAS FOUNDED IN POST-COMMUNIST POLAND IN 1990, SOON AFTER THE FIRST FREE DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN POLAND TOOK PLACE. PROEM BEGAN WITH THE VISION OF MOVING ACROSS DENOMINATIOTIONAL POLITICAL BARRIERS TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH THE GOSPEL. PROEM HAS GROWN FROM SERVING 150 KIDS AT THE FIRST CAMP SEASON IN 1990 TO 3,500 YOUTH ANNUAL FROM POLAND, BELARUS, LITHUANIA, UKRAINE AND ISREAL. OVER 65 FULL-TIME STAFF, THE MINISTRY HAS EXPANDED FROM HOSTING CAMPS TO NOW INCLUDE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, CHURCH PLANTING, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. DONATIONS RECEIVED SUPPORTS THE WORK IN POLAND IN ALL AREAS OF THE MINISTRY.

PROEM FOCUSES ON EXPANDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD - ONE LIFE AND ONE FAMILY AT A TIME. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH NON-BELIEVERS AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR THE GOSPEL JOIN TOGETHER ALL OF PROEM'S AREAS OF MINISTRY AND INTERDEPENDENCE. THIS SYNERGY HAS LED TO CHURCH PLANTS IN THREE CITIES IN POLAND.

ON FEBRUARY 24, 2022, RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE, FORCING THE MASS EXODUS OF MORE THANT 12 MILLION UKRAINIANS FROM THEIR HOMES. BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE, PROEM EXPERIENCED AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR IN 2022. WE WERE ABLE TO HOUSE, FEED, AND CARE FOR OVER 1,000 REFUGEES, EXPAND OUR CHRISTIAN COUNSELING CENTER, AND PROVIDE ONGOING TRAUMA CARE, SUPPORT GROUPS AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE TO A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE IN NEED. WE BELIEVE THE REMAINING CASH WILL BE SPENT IN 2023 AND 2024 CONTINUING THESE EFFORTS TO CARE FOR THOSE IN CRISES.

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2022, WE HAVE LIVED UNDER THE PRESSURE OF THE WAR, AND UKRAINE IS STILL UNDER HEAVY ATTACK FROM RUSSIA. WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE HELP AND AID TO THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS WHO, THROUGH THIS STRUGGLE, HAVE ALSO BECOME OUR FRIENDS. BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING LONG-TERM CARE PLANS AS OUR MINISTRY GROWS, AND WE ARE PRAYERFULLY CONSIDERING HOW TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN CRISIS. THEREFORE WE PURCHASED A 47-ROOM FORMER HOTEL WHERE ONGOING CARE FOR DISPLACED UKRAINIANS CAN CONTINUE. PROEM'S "HELP CENTER" IS A PERMANENT RESPONSE TO MEET THE ONGOING NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN IMMEDIATE CRISIS.