Outstretched Arms Ministry

'Outstretched Arms Ministry'
...an international revival ministry

Mission Work

In the history of the church, in particular the western church, mission work has been thought of exclusively as evangelism. Homeless in San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Something along the idea of someone denying the comforts of home and heading out into the jungles of a foreign nation, into the unknown, and using all of their time sharing the Gospel of Jesus. This, actually, is only partly accurate.

Today other nations are sending Christian missionaries even to the United States! Mission work is different today, but yet, the same. Every believer is a missionary, a witness, called by the Lord to spread the Gospel, beginning with our own 'hometown' (Jerusalem) and then unto the world.

But before we can perform effective mission work we must make sure of several things 'in our camp': that we truly have been called by the Lord, that we have enabled the work through prayer (not by our own strength) and that we are ready to forsake our self for the Gospel.

In most nations and cultures Christians are closely observed by nationals waiting to see if the message 'preached' matches the 'life lived'. It is as if they are waiting for us to gain their permission before they will even consider listening. Our focus is to 'live the life' of Sewing School Graduates

Christ first and foremost. In doing so, we have been blessed of the Lord with several avenues that enable us to minister to physical needs (living the life) to gain permission to minister to spiritual needs. Our ministry of mission work, living out and sharing the Gospel, includes Biblical Tech/Sewing Schools [PURPOSE], Biblical Tech/Carpentry Schools [PURPOSE], building houses, construction work projects, street evangelism, revival meetings and ministering in prayer.

As we minister to the physical needs of a community the door to minister to spiritual needs opens!

Pictured below; construction of the Carpenter's
School, a school where carpentry is taught
in the Honduras


Below: entry to a house being built for a widow.	Below: a student attending the carpentry school.
Below: picture of a push-pedal sewing machine used by students in or Sewing School	Below: more sewing machines purchased at a cost of about $100 U.S. In Central America, we have 18 schools established and 3 more on their way.

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