Church Planting & Discipleship

Meeting needs and building community

Heaven's Reach plants new churches in villages and operates an existing church/feeding center that combines Sunday meals with worship.

Evangelism and Bible studies are integrated into every program to make disciples and build self-sustaining faith communities.

We started to work in Lepaterique a village near the dump of La Esperanza when we hear the children were going to school hungry. The leaders asked us to start a feeding center and a church.

One of the poorest ladies in the community gave us land to build the church on, so her grandchildren could come to the feeding center.

At first, we gave out food from the back of a pickup. Then a church in Mississippi built a pavilion, and we could meet out of the rain. As time went on, we visited the houses and built relationships.

Soon, a team came and built a small wooden house, so we were able to meet inside out of the wind and rain. As we disciplined the small group and the kids grew up, the community began to change.

The once-young children grew up and began becoming leaders in the church. And the need for the feeding center is not as great.

They meet for youth one day, an adult small group another, and church on Sunday.

The church building is halfway completed, and there is a way to go. If you would like to come finish the church building it would take 3 teams to do all of the work.

We are praying to finish this one and looking for a new village to work in.