Structure, Strategy, Support
Church planting among the least-reached is worth doing well because our Savior is worthy of the worship of all people! Read how Christar provides structure, strategy and support for establishing fellowships of believers around the world.
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Help us serve the Body of Christ as its members invest their gifts, skills, vocations, time and resources to mobilize the gospel to the least-reached.
Facilitate fruitful ministries and collaboration within the Christar International Network, leading to effective church planting.
Meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of refugees and those impacted by disaster.
Your gifts empower Christar Workers to share transforming hope
with communities around the world.
Help cross-cultural workers and national believers establish churches in communities with little or no gopsel witness.
We're looking for volunteers to fund meals during Christar's training events for the next generation of cross-cultural workers.
Enable a Persian to hear the gospel or help train Persian believers for ministry.
Provide Christian education in English for children in South Asia with few opportunities.
Help a South Asian church finish constructing a building and increase its ability to reach out.
Equip spiritual leaders for planting and strengthening churches in the Arab World.
Help workers and local believers continue to serve and thrive in hard places.
Help recruit and prepare workers from throughout the world outside of North America to serve in Muslim communities.
Equip Filipino believers to plant churches among some of the hardest-to-reach people groups in the world.
Equip Christar workers to provide short-term assistance in the wake of natural disasters or other crises, laying the foundation for future ministry.
Equip the next generation of church planters with practical training and mentorship that prepares them for effective ministry.
Help meet the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of refugees and other marginalized people in the Middle East.
GDQ school empowers families serving cross culturally to stay on the field by meeting the educational needs of their children.
Equips South Asian believers to plant reproducing fellowships in small villages and support the ministries of their churches.
Help Middle Eastern followers of Christ learn how to apply and share biblical truth.
SESaMe disperses bite-sized pieces of the Word of God to least-reached people in a country with little access to this good news.
Help cultivate Christ-honoring transformation through medical care in Albania.
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RENEW debriefing retreats provide opportunities for cross-cultural workers to be refreshed, heard and encouraged.
We adapt to minister effectively in an ever-morphing world, motivated by our desire for the least-reached to know the eternally unchanging good news.
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God moves us so that we can be instruments of His goodness in places where few know Him.
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Support team members aren't just observers. They're active participants in bringing the gospel to least-reached communities.
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As part of a plan to prepare for culture stress, set aside time to discuss these 25 strategic questions with your spouse.
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Resettling after serving overseas can be difficult. But there are ways both returning workers and members of their churches can ease the transition.
Commissionings look different from church to church, but serve a common purpose: setting apart members of a congregation for cross-cultural service.
What if you long to serve overseas but, at least for now, can't go? Your part in the Great Commission is still an interconnected part of God’s plan.
A Christar worker shares seven tips that have helped her grandparent from a distance, both as the one overseas and now as the grandma back home.
Mobilizing the gospel is a task that requires the whole Body of Christ! We thank God for all who partnered with us in 2023.
Every believer is called to be part of bringing the gospel to the least-reached. What are your roles in the Great Commission?
A marketplace professional serving in the CMCUS challenges each of us to ask God for His help in growing in five key qualities.
You can only be sent from a body to which you belong. And belonging is central to what it means to be sent to the field by a local church.
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Celebrate what God is doing through the Body of Christ as its members invest in the ministries of Christar and as we adapt to minister effectively.
We are involved in work that we cannot accomplish in our own strength. So we commit every aspect of our lives and ministries to God in prayer.