Based in Managua, reaching out to Nicaragua: Christ for the City International.
Empowering the local church through outreaches, leadership & pastoral training.
I had an amazing week with the youth team from Seacoast Church last week in Rivas, Nicaragua. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of time to write about our experience because I’m getting ready for the next Seacoast mission team, this one a medical team arriving on Saturday. So here are the pictures and another [...]
Read full post...In the first week of March, Mike Collins, Tom Fowler, and Dan Dather, all pastors from Grace Church in Greenville, South Carolina came to Nicaragua in order to teach Nicaraguan pastors and church leaders. Over four days, they taught four courses: an overview of Genesis, the doctrine of salvation, Biblical orientation, and spiritual leadership. [...]
Read full post...Yesterday we closed out an amazing week of children and youth ministry with the mission team from Hope Center Covenant Church (from the Bay Area) and our Nicaraguan hosts, Nueva Jerusalem Church.
I can’t describe to you how well the two groups (us cheles and the church volunteers and host families) bonded this week. It was [...]
It’s not officially 2009 in Nicaragua for another six hours or so, but CFCI-Nicaragua is already kicking off a year of short-term mission teams! A team of 13 from Hope Center Covenant Church in the Bay Area is flying into Managua tonight for a week of children and youth ministry, serving alongside volunteers from Nueva [...]
Read full post...Esperanza and her husband Angel are strong leaders in their home church here in Managua, Hosanna Sur. Our relationship with their church began four years ago when medical team worked with their church. We have seen lots of growth in their development, discipleship and community. Several other teams have [...]
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The last two weeks 12 Nicaraguans representing 6 departments gathered as one to take part in a leaders training for Literacy and Evangelism International. The time was amazing as we learned how to first use the curriculum and then how to train other teachers. The bit test at the end [...]
Read full post...Learning how to read is something that we as most North Americans don’t think twice about learning in elementary school. We can read books, signs, newspapers, notes and just about anything else without much effort.
1.8 million people in Nicaragua can’t read. In a country with only a population [...]
