Thrive Community Church, with gratitude and excitement we are honored to present this closeout report on your successful church plant and child development center launch. Thank you for your unwavering support as this project experienced pandemic-related delays even as the construction phase was wrapping up. As you will see, health precautions remain in place but the church continues to minister and serve. When the time comes that the new facility can be used to its full potential, we are ... Read More
Church Plant Mini-Update
Thrive Community Church, thank you for your patience as your church plant, Iglesia Cristiana Jesús El Nazareno, experienced reporting delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We expect to bring you a full construction closeout report within the next few weeks. Construction Progress The photo above gives you a glimpse of the progress so far. The photo shows finish work being completed such as painting and installing windows and doors. Construction is completed and we are waiting for the ... Read More
Church Plant Update – February 2020
Greetings Thrive Community Church, thank you for your generous support of Iglesia Cristiana Jesús el Nazareno Mompiche – Benignidad. We are pleased to share with you the latest report on construction progress and church activities in the community. Currently, 80 adults and 127 children attend the church, and there have been 4 new professions of faith in the last 60 days. Please continue to pray for God’s work in this community. Construction Progress The church estimates they have built ... Read More
Church Plant Update – November 2019
Thrive Community Church, we are pleased to bring you an update from your church plant in Ecuador! Iglesia Cristiana Jesús el Nazareno Mompiche - Benignidad, is actively ministering to the community. Currently, 30 adults attend the church as well as 125 children from the child development center. Progress Since the Last Report Construction of the land has resumed and workers hope to finish at the end of January. Church staff regularly meet with parents of children who are registered at the ... Read More
Church Plant Update – September 2019
Thank you, Thrive Community Church, for your continued support and prayers for your church plant, Iglesia Cristiana Jesús el Nazareno Mompiche-Benignidad, in Ecuador. As you can see in this latest report from the field, the construction remains delayed due to circumstances outside of the church’s control, but that has not stopped the staff from ministering to children and the community. Construction Progress As noted in the previous report, we have built pillars, walls and metal forms. We ... Read More
Church Plant Update – June 2019
Thrive Community Church, we are pleased to bring you an update from your church plant, Iglesia Cristiana Jesús el Nazareno Mompiche-Benignidad, in Ecuador. Currently, 28 adults and 133 children attend the church (6 of the children who attend are not from the project). Two mothers of children who attend the project have recently professed their faith in Christ. Progress Since Last Report Construction has started; the pillars, walls and the foundation are underway. The church has meetings ... Read More
Church Plant Update – April 2019
Thrive Community Church, we are pleased to present to you this latest field report from your church plant, Iglesia Cristiana Jesús el Nazareno Mompiche (Jesus the Nazarene Christian Church) in Mompiche, Muisne, Ecuador. As the building begins to take shape, it is already helping to bring positive change to the community. Thank you for the continued prayers and support. Construction Progress Even though weather has caused delays, the advances in construction have led the community to learn to ... Read More
Church Plant Update – February 2019
Thank you for your continued, prayerful support of your church plant El Nazareno Church in the Tres Vías community of Mompiche, Muisne, Ecuador. In this latest report from the field, we learned progress on the construction project remains at a standstill beyond the church’s control but, as you know, a church is so much more than a building. As noted in the previous update, the church has not been able to begin construction because of delays in finalizing the legal status of the land with the ... Read More
Church Plant Update – December 2018
Work crews took important steps in the last several weeks as your church plant, El Nazareno Church, approaches the construction phase in the Tres Vías community of Mompiche, Muisne, Ecuador. We apologize for the delays in receiving updates, which are explained in the field report below, yet we also continue to join with this small but growing congregation in expressing our gratitude for your giving. Construction Progress We removed trees and cleared the land on the former cocoa plantation ... Read More
Church Plant Update – August 2018
As the first steps are taken in the construction project at El Nazareno Church in Mompiche, Muisne, Ecuador, we are excited to share with you this initial field report from your church plant. We hope you are as excited as the Tres Vias community and we are to see the amazing work that will be done in Jesus’ name over the next several months. We apologize for the slight delay in getting this information to you. Construction Progress We have been attending to the paperwork to acquire the ... Read More