Greetings, Redeemer Church! Thank you for your faithful support of church planting in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The church you planted, Filadelfia Baptist Church, is now fully built and ready for use! Currently, 175 children and 40 adults are coming to know the love of Christ because of your generous gift. In the photo above, a church leader named Wilma leads children in the community through an evangelism activity. Implementation Progress Throughout the implementation process, the following ... Read More
An Update From Filadelfia Baptist Church
Redeemer Church, the church plant that you support in Santa Cruz, Bolivia is now complete. The photo above shows the entrance to the church. Thanks to your support, 15 adults and 60 children are attending church services at Filadelfia Baptist Church and six people have recently been baptized or made professions of faith. Construction Progress and Next Steps In the last 60 days, workers finished installing windows and ceramic flooring. Staff and members from both the mother church and the ... Read More
A Report on Your Support of Vulnerable Families and Pastors in Bolivia
Thank you, Redeemer Church! Your gift to provide support to vulnerable families and pastors in Bolivia during the pandemic has impacted 1,599 families affected by COVID-19. By providing food to those in quarantine, you have shown these communities that God's love reaches the sick and the suffering. In the photo above, Pastor Concepción and his wife receive a food relief package and hygiene supplies, along with encouragement from the church. This report includes updates on the implementation ... Read More
An Interim Update From Filadelfia Baptist Church
Redeemer Church, thank you for your generous support of Filadelfia Baptist Church in Bolivia. The church has very active in community outreach and made construction progress. Construction was paused due to the pandemic, but leaders expect to resume construction soon. Currently, 80 children and 17 adults are attending church activities. In the photo above, construction workers prepare cement. An Overview of Progress During April and May, bleachers were poured and the construction of the ... Read More
Greetings From Bolivia – A Letter From the Country Director
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, My name is Mario Vazquez. I have served with Compassion International as the National Office Director for about 20 years. The idea of providing people with Christ-centered and Bible-centered values in Bolivia is my life motivation. Compassion Bolivia partners with the local evangelical church to help children. In this task, one of the main problems we faced was finding partners who have a vision and passion to work with and for children. As ... Read More
An Update on Your Support of Church Planting in Bolivia
Greetings, Redeemer Church! Thank you for your gift to plant Iglesia Bautista Filadelfia II in Bolivia. Your support is making it possible for children and families to experience the love of Christ in a community where there are no churches. Beneficiaries receive holistic care that helps them have hope. This report includes updates on construction and church activities, a testimony from a church leader and praises and prayer requests. Construction Update Great progress has been made on ... Read More
Your Gift to Compassion’s COVID-19 Response
Redeemer Church, thank you for your gift to provide disaster relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. Children and their families around the world are receiving nutritious food, hygiene kits, medical care and more because of you. In the photo above, a child registered with Compassion receives a food relief package given to him by church staff. This report includes COVID-19 response statistics in Bolivia, a letter from the mother of a child registered with Compassion and photos of Compassion’s ... Read More
Partnering With Compassion International
Thank you for partnering with Compassion International to expand the reach of the gospel and bring the hope of Jesus to children and families living in extreme poverty in Bolivia. You are being a catalyst to help a new church in Bolivia create a permanent presence of their ministry. Having a safe new building to meet in gives the church room to grow and the capacity to offer Compassion’s holistic child development program. Compassion International highly values our partnerships — both with ... Read More
Church Plant Update
Greetings, Redeemer Church! Thank you for partnering with Compassion to plant a new church, Filadelfia II, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Currently, 10-17 adults attend Sunday services and 40-80 children participate in a Bible club. In the photo above, a little girl prays at a Bible club meeting. Despite pandemic challenges, the church is making construction progress and ministering in the community. Construction Progress In February, the church met with the architect and the engineer to finalize ... Read More
Welcome! Your Church Plant Reporting Schedule
We are so glad you have joined us in planting churches with Compassion International. This site is set up especially for you to keep you informed and engaged with all that your support is doing. Updates will be added to this site, sharing the progress of planting this church, every 30-60 days until the building is complete and registered children are participating in Compassion's program. We will alert you of newly added content, but feel free to visit often as you think of and pray for this new ... Read More