Connectree

CONNECTREE'S VISION IS TO HELP MISSIONARIES HAVE THE CARE AND SUPPORT THEY NEED, FINANCIALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY, TO CARRY OUT THE MINISTRY THAT GOD HAS CALLED THEM TO DO. OUR 5 DISTINCTIVES ARE: MISSIONARY CARE, EVANGELISM, SUPPORT FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH, MISSIONS MOBILIZATION & TRIPS AND RELIEF/MEDICAL WORK.

CT PROVIDED FUNDS TO A FOREIGN MISSIONARY IN MOLDOVA WHO PARTNERED WITH LOCAL CHURCHES TO DO REFUGEE RELIEF WITH THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE STREAMING ACROSS THE BORDER FROM NEIGHBORING UKRAINE AFTER THE WAR BROKE OUT IN FEBRUARY, 2022. THEY SET UP A TEMPORARY SHELTER, RENTED VANS TO PICK UP AND SHUTTLE PEOPLE FROM THE BORDER TO THE CITY OF CHISINAU, MOLDOVA, PROVIDED FOOD AND CLOTHING AND HELPED THEM GET SETTLED INTO NEW PLACES EITHER IN MOLDOVA OR IN OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND EUROPE. HELP WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO A MISSIONARY IN AUSTRIA WHO HOSTED UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN THEIR HOME. THE MISSIONARIES PROVIDED FOOD, CLOTHES, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, DOCTOR VISITS, DENTAL HELP, TRANSPORTATION, BIBLES AND BIBLE STUDY, COUNSELING AND PRAYER.

WE FOCUS ON TWO OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR EXEMPT PURPOSE. MOLDOVA MINISTRY: CT PROVIDED FUNDS FOR 1 NATIONAL MISSIONARY IN MOLDOVA TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL USING TAEKWONDO INSTRUCTION FOR YOUTH, COMBINED WITH BIBLE STUDY AT EACH SESSION. AROUND 60 TOTAL CHILDREN AND TEENS FROM 6 VILLAGES PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. THE MISSIONARY ALSO TAKES 40 ELEMENTARY AGE STUDENTS AND 40 TEENS TO WEEK-LONG SUMMER CHRISTIAN CAMPS, WHICH WE PROVIDED FUNDS FOR. HE ALSO DOES COMMUNITY OUTREACHES AT EASTER AND CHRISTMAS, TAKING BIBLES, GIFTS AND A GOSPEL PROGRAM INTO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DOOR TO DOOR IN THE VILLAGES. HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, THEIR TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND PARENTS HAVE HEARD THE GOSPEL THROUGH THESE OUTREACHES. WE ALSO PROVIDED FUNDS TO HELP THE MISSIONARY WITH SOME UNEXPECTED MEDICAL EXPENSES. MISSIONARY ADVOCACY PROGRAM: CT COMES ALONGSIDE CHURCHES WITH A MISSIONS ENGAGEMENT ASSESSMENT TOOL TO ASSESS HOW DEEP THE CHURCH'S LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT IS WITH THEIR MISSIONS PROGRAM. WE CONSULT WITH THEM TO HELP IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES IN THEIR MISSIONS PROGRAMS. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP THEM CARE FOR AND ENCOURAGE THEIR MISSIONARIES, RAISE LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS AWARENESS IN THEIR CHURCH, PROMOTE MISSIONS MOBILIZATION AND CONNECT THEM WITH OTHER CHURCHES WHO SUPPORT THE SAME MISSIONARIES. CT TAKES MULTI-CHURCH SHORT TERM MISSIONS TRIPS AND HELPS TRAIN AND LEAD SHORT TERM TRIPS FOR OTHER CHURCHES AS WELL. WE SPOKE AT SEVERAL CHURCHES WHERE WE ADDRESSED MISSIONS ENGAGEMENT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL AS WELL AS AT A CHURCH WIDE LEVEL, GOING THROUGH THE MISSIONS ENGAGEMENT ASSESSMENT AND GIVING PRACTICAL GUIDANCE TO THOSE PRESENT.

CT PROVIDED DOMESTIC MEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOR 2 MISSIONARIES WITH ONGOING MEDICAL EXPENSES FAR EXCEEDING THEIR ABILITY TO PAY. THEY TRAIN AND COACH THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHRISTIAN PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN CLOSED COUNTRIES FOR RESILIENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS IN BRINGING THE GOSPEL TO HOSTILE CONTEXTS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING IN HOW TO CROSS CULTURES, LEARN LANGUAGES AND BE PREPARED FOR CRISIS/RISK MANAGEMENT SO THEY CAN EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE INTO UNREACHED OR LEAST-REACHED COUNTRIES AND COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH UNBELIEVERS OVER THE LONG-TERM.

CT PROVIDED FUNDS FOR 3 NATIONAL MISSIONARIES IN MEXICO CITY AND 1 NATIONAL MISSIONARY IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL THROUGH TWICE MONTHLY EVANGELISTIC OUTREACHES, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, MEDICAL & DISASTER RELIEF (AS NEEDED), AND SUPPORT & ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PERSECUTED BELIEVERS. SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REACHED WITH THE GOSPEL AND VARIOUS POOR COMMUNITIES RECEIVED PRACTICAL HELP IN AND AROUND MEXICO CITY. 50 PERSECUTED CHURCH LEADERS FROM 10 COMMUNITIES IN CHIAPAS WERE TRAINED IN EVANGELISM AND DISCIPLESHIP, WITH DOZENS OF PEOPLE RESPONDING TO THE GOSPEL ON THEIR PRACTICAL OUTREACH DAYS.