Reaching People Across the World
At James River Church, our #1 core value is to reach the lost. Planting new churches and investing in missions is an amazing way to reach people and help them meet Jesus! In 2023, we are partnering with the Church Multiplication Network and Association of Related Churches to plant 20 new churches across the United States. We will also support church plants and projects in key areas of the world where there is a desperate need for the Good News of Jesus. We can’t wait to hear all the amazing stories of God’s faithfulness through these church plants this year!

20 United States Church Plants
In 2023, James River Church is partnering with the Church Multiplication Network and Association of Related Churches to plant 20 new churches across the United States. We can’t wait to hear all of the amazing stories of God’s faithfulness through these church plants this year!

Global Projects
This year, our global mission project is bigger and broader than ever before. We will be supporting church plants and projects world wide, in countries like Mongolia, Lichtenstein, Indonesia, Spain, Antigua, Egypt and Bosnia-Herzegovina, to name a few. Your giving impacts the globe for Christ!
US Church Plants
Union Church
Charlotte, NC
Brian & Karen Bullock
unionchurch.com
Oasis City Church
Boise, ID
Landon & Brooke Hairgrove
oasiscity.church
Cause Church
Cause Church
Joshua and Elisabeth Reeve
Prosper, TX
thecause.church/
The ARK Church
Magnolia, TX
Clayton & Courtney Small
arkchurch.com
FRAIS Church
Athens, GA
Sammy & Brittany Gomes
frais.com
Rise Church
Chattanooga, TN
David & Missy Russell
rise.church
River City Church
Lacey, WA
Tyler & Katie Minton
River City Church
Vivid Church
Huntington Beach, CA
Joe & Krissy Angelo
vivid.church
Vital Church
Siloam Springs, AR
Mike & Katy Caple
youarevital.church
Way Church
Nashville, TN
Noah & Maddy Herrin
waychurch.com
City on a Hill
City on a Hill
Brad and Nicole Fountaine
Colorado Springs, CO
cityonahillcos.com/
Two Rivers Church
Montrose, NY
John & Candice Snider
tworiver.church
Story Collective Church
Lawrenceville-Pittsburgh, PA
Kelli & Ben Brownlee
storycollective.com
Destiny Church
Destiny Church
Steve and Charity Davenport
Lewisburg, TN
destinychurchtn.com
City Reach Kensington
City Reach Kensington
Mark and Wanda Novales
Philadelphia, PA
cityreachchurch.net
Dream City Church
Dream City Church
David & Shirrie Dominguez
Philadelphia, PA
phillydreamcenter.org
Iglesia Oasis
Iglesia Oasis
Ed & Evelyn Garcia
Lafayette, IN
graceenespanol.org
Pontiac Church
Pontiac, MI
Dustin & Collett McClellan
Story Church
Spartanburg, SC
Tyler & Holli Still
storychurch.com
Revive Church
Sarasota, FL
Ismael & Sarinette Rivera
revivechurch.org
Global Church Plants and Projects
Mongolia
Mongolia
a. A large percentage of children in the province of Altai grow up in extremely impoverished conditions or are living with parents/relatives who abuse or neglect them.
b. JRC supported missionaries plan to open a community center, Sunrise Center Altai, to meet the needs of these children.
c. They have been renting an office space for the past 11 months where they host English classes and have opened the doors for kids in the community to have a safe place to study or play games.
d. Once funds are raised, they plan to either build or purchase an existing building where they can offer:
- Various skills training classes
- Counseling
- Parenting classes
- A safe place for children to study
e. They envision the center having several classrooms, a library, small coffee/snack shop, and a large outdoor play area (which currently does not exist in Govi Altai).
f. The center will be a tool through which their team and the local churches can work to see many lives transformed by the love of Jesus.
Antigua
Antigua
a. New Life Assembly, a church that has been led by a missionary couple for 6 years, has been meeting under a big white tent and they’ve outgrown the space.
b. In 2022, JRC partnered to pay off a 1.1 acre property for their future building site.
c. Construction on the church building will start in spring of 2023 in partnership with Builders International.
d. The building will allow them to expand ministry outreach, especially among the youth of Antigua, where they have been experiencing revival.
Egypt (Church Plant)
Egypt (church plant)
a. The AGWM team, All Souls Egypt, has planted a multicultural church in Cairo. Their current facility only has a capacity for 50 people and they have maxed out the space.
b. Their rental agreement is soon coming to an end and they have an opportunity to partner with the Egyptian Assemblies of God (EAG) to work towards purchasing a building and eventually becoming an official, government-recognized church.
c. The next step is to move the growing church plant to a larger space that will allow them to expand ministry efforts. The plan is to rent-to-own a building in New Cairo that can fit 200-300 people. The facility will house their children’s ministry, youth ministry, university ministry, office operations, language classrooms, and other ministry endeavors.
d. Their vision is for this new church to grow into a vibrant center in New Cairo that has its own facility and catalyzes church planting movements among unreached people groups.
Egypt (Business as Mission)
Egypt (Business as Mission)
a. Building on the success of the Airbnb project in Morocco, the Live Dead team is going to develop a property management business in Egypt.
b. The business will enable the team of 9 units to obtain long-term residency visas and lawful identity.
c. The business has great potential to thrust team members into relationships in the community and provide a sustainable growth opportunity for the church network.
Central Eurasia (Business as Mission)
Central Eurasia (Business as Mission)
a. The ability of our missionary team serving in a closed country in the Middle East to engage with locals is limited.
b. They have been seeking the Lord for a way to engage the people of this country and build relationships that will lead to disciples being made and the church planted.
c. The team is launching a Business as Mission (BAM) that will allow them to reach people through serving families with special needs, providing marriage counseling, parenting classes, conflict resolution counseling, business coaching, and financial classes.
d. This not-for-profit organization will give the team a way to engage, pray, and build relationships that meet family needs. It will also allow the team to disciple the unreached in relationship with Jesus.
Central Eurasia (Fitness Business as Mission)
Central Eurasia (Fitness Business as Mission)
a. JRC is partnering with our missionaries in Central Eurasia to start a fitness business with great potential to advance the Kingdom in the Muslim World through relational discipleship and community engagement.
b. Plan to open a bike and coffee shop in 2023. This will allow them to obtain a visa, as well as connect with their community. The business will have bike clubs and tour groups for all types of riders. The clubs will create perfect opportunities to connect with people and share the Gospel.
c. The purpose of the business is to:
- reach the community for Christ
- to employ believers that might otherwise find employment impossible
- to have a safe place to meet with people who are interested in hearing the Gospel
- give the missionaries a platform to obtain a visa
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
a. Veteran missionaries are planting Life Christian Fellowship in the country of Liechtenstein.
b. There is currently only one small Evangelical church (30 members) in the country.
c. The country is strongly Catholic. Evangelical churches are seen as a dangerous cult.
d. The church is looking for a place to rent at a reasonable price. Currently, the church can only meet when space is available in the conference center.
e. James River Church would like to provide funds to cover the rent for 2 years for Life Christian Fellowship.
Spain
Spain
a. One couple has a call to plant a church in Spain, where there are less than 1% of professing Christians.
b. They arrived in Valencia in 2019 and even in the midst of the pandemic, they were able to make connections in their community to begin their church.
c. They met a graffiti artist whom they discipled. He gave his heart to the Lord, was water baptized, and began a Bible study in a park with several of his friends. The Thomases eventually had groups meeting in different parts of the city.
d. When they return to Valencia this year, they plan to move into rented facilities.
e. Their vision is to be a place of healing for the nations. God put it on their hearts from the beginning that they would reach many nationalities. They already have dozens of nations represented in their church.
f. “Healing is a big emphasis for us… spiritual, emotional, mental and physical healing. We have found that secular people, although often resistant to anything “religious” at first, are in need of healing and respond to this message. Through prayer, preaching and teaching on subjects of healing, we want to see hurting people made whole through Christ, who can then bring healing to others.”
g. James River Church would like to provide funds for Naciones Church to lease and retro-fit a meeting space.
Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH)
Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH)
a. Sharing the Gospel with anyone under 18 is illegal in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Valley of Blessings Youth Camp opens the door to reach young people and is expanding to double its capacity.
b. The Valley of Blessing Youth Camp is reaching young people with the Gospel in
a country where there are only approximately 500 Protestant believers. This project will double the capacity of the camp and will give even more youth the opportunity to hear the gospel. Many young believers will encounter God and be called into ministry as future leaders of this first-generation church.
c. The funds from James River Church will amount will complete the renovation of the building. This means that instead of just 35 indoor beds and 4 showers/6 toilets, they will be able to sleep an additional 80 people indoors. It will provide some indoor meeting and eating space, a kitchen and coffee shop and office space.
Indonesia (Ministry Center)
Indonesia (Ministry Center)
a. A missionary couple in Indonesia planted International Church Bogor on November 3, 2019. The church is now thriving with 150 people attending weekly.
b. They want to see a multiplying church that is mentoring and investing in new church plants across West Java, Indonesia. Their goal is to plant 5 churches in 5 years.
c. They desire to have a permanent, physical presence in their city through building the International Church Bogor Ministry Center. The center will help them to equip future leaders, missionaries, and mobilize more people to the mission.
d. It has been a challenge to find a suitable venue in their city and they have moved 3 times in the past 3 years. Very few venues will allow a church to meet because the city follows a radical form of Islam.
e. They have been offered a 4,000 sq. ft. space in the center of the city.
f. The vision for the venue is to have a business as mission that can utilize the space Monday-Saturday as a music school. This will allow them to engage the community. On Sundays, the space will be used for worship gatherings. They will also be able to host other ministry activities from the ministry center (prayer meetings, English classes, small groups).
Indonesia (Orphanage)
Indonesia (Orphanage)
a. A local pastor in Wamena, Indonesia currently houses 20 children in his church. Their desire is establish a permanent orphanage and school for children who have been abandoned by their parents or have lost parents to HIV.
b. It’s estimated that over 14,000 of these children have been relocated to Islamic dorms on other islands.
c. The goal is to house 75-100 orphaned and at-risk children in a Christian facility.
d. The local church is raising most of the funds, and our missionaries, through the generosity of James River Church, have agreed to help the church with 10% of the project funds.
Upcoming Missions Trips

Guatemala
Cost $2,000
NOTE: Price is estimated and will likely change.
If you have a love for children and a heart for missions, then a trip to Guatemala is what you need! This trip is one of the most popular trips offered at James River Church, because of the opportunity to minister in a variety of areas (construction, nursing home, feeding, orphanage, etc.). At the Shadow of His Wings Orphanage, you will meet and fall in love with some of God’s most precious children as you serve alongside missionaries, Bryon and Tiffany Applegate. We will end the trip with an amazing cultural experience as we visit the market and various historical sites in the beautiful city of Monjas.

El Salvador
Cost $1,400
If you are a young adult, age 18-27, join us in making a difference in the life of a child, single mother, or someone facing poverty through this ministry opportunity. On the trip, you will be working with missionary Kenton Moody in his church plant, La Puerta Abierta, in which you will have the opportunity to build homes, work in prison ministry, and evangelize in the rural church.

Dearborn, Michigan
Cost $1,400
You and the team will serve with Randy Merren in his ministry to Syrian refugees in the community. Dearborn is home to the largest Muslim population per capita in the United States. Of just under 100,000 residents, more than 50,000 are Arab Muslims, a mix of immigrants and refugees and their descendants from Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and more. The team will have opportunities to bless the Dearborn community and share the love of Jesus Christ by hosting a large outreach on World Refugee Day (June 20th), as well as serving opportunities the rest of the week.

Ecuador
Cost: $2,150
Come join us in beautiful Ecuador on the trip of a lifetime! The trip will involve construction, evangelism, and working with some of the 5,000 children at the central school. Depending on your skills and desires, we will put you on a team where your gifts and efforts can have a long term impact on the country of Ecuador. Come to Ecuador and see what amazing adventure God has in store for you.

Dominican Republic
Cost $1,900
We will be partnering with AGWM missionaries Chad and Terri Nelson in the Dominican Republic, as they work daily to see lives transformed by the love of Jesus Christ. The team will be spending most of their time making deep connections through children's ministry in the little communities surrounding the capital city and building up the youth in the local church.

Malawi
Cost $3,525
Malawi is a country in East Africa that God has been doing a work in all throughout the region. There are more churches being planted and more pastors and leaders being raised up to lead these churches because Malawians are in need for the gospel to spread. For this reason, we are excited to be partnering with AGWM missionaries Ryan and Amy Jacobs who have been called by God to minister in Malawi. What a great opportunity we have to be a part of what God is doing in Lilongwe.

United Arab Emirates
Cost $3,650
United Arab Emirates is a country in the Middle East, which is home to the Emirati people. Islam is the official religion of the UAE (United Arab Emirates), with 76% of the population being Islamic, and only 9% being Christian. Because of this, spiritual warfare is strong and above-ground churches are illegal to start. In partnership with AGWM missionaries, we have the incredible opportunity to bring light to the Middle East.

Ethiopia
Cost $3,900
James River Church will be partnering with OneChild in Addis Ababa. OneChild currently operates 11 development centers in Ethiopia, which serve around 3,200 children each week. We will be visiting a few of the centers in Addis Ababa and meeting children the James River Church family members support. You will be primarily working with children on this trip, by helping in medical clinics or just playing with them as they wait in line. This is a great opportunity to see the child you support and visit the centers.
For more information contact the Missions Office at (417) 581-8756 or sabrina.braswell@jamesriver.church