MISSION PARTNERS
MISSION PARTNERS
FOF partners with a number of organizations that are spreading the hope and help of Jesus to others domestically and around the world. Click below to learn more about each mission partner.
1st Way Life Center | Johnsburg, IL
1st Way Life Center strives to empower women in crisis pregnancy situations by providing information and education for prenatal development, child birthing, parenting, and child development. They provide free and confidential services, maternity and baby clothes, and offer a Moms support group.
Contact: Judy Cocks (rjcamby@gmail.com | 815-385-2999)
Compassion India Outreach | West Bengal, India
Compassion India Outreach supports and equips local Indian pastors to evangelize and plant churches in the unreached villages of northern India and Nepal.
Contact: Karla Chandler (corrietenboomk@gmail.com | 815-322-3515)
Crossroads | Thoiry, France
Crossroads is an English-speaking international church in Thoiry, France (20 minutes from Geneva, Switzerland) which proclaims the Gospel, teaches the Bible, and seeks to be a vibrant expression of Christ's love to its members and the wider community of Geneva and the Pays de Gex. Dani Reyes serves Crossroads through Communitas International church-planting network.
Contact: Daniela Ocampo Reyes (crossroadsjustus@gmail.com)
Firm Base | McHenry & Lake County
Firm Base helps those with home repairs they don’t know how to fix or cannot afford.
Contact: Gwen Johnson (gjohnson@fellowshipoffaith.org | 630-290-1396)
Good Samaritan Ministries | East St. Louis, IL
Good Samaritan is a Christian community center serving Washington Park in East St. Louis through education, children's ministries, basic services, and homeless housing. Their heart is to see people transformed by the gospel and cultivated through community.
Contact: Shannon Smithers (shannon.smithers@gsmmetro.org) and Maria Jones (maria.jones@gsmmetro.org)
The Hope Center | Uganda
The Hope Center rescues abused, abandoned, and orphaned children in Uganda. Children are either rehabilitated and reunited with competent family members, stay at the Hope Center until adopted, or come of age to live independently and successfully.
Contact: Steve Wells (swells@fellowshipoffaith.org | 402-525-7832)
LCMS Northern Illinois District | River Forest, IL
Fellowship of Faith is a member of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Our regional district, the Northern Illinois District, assists churches and schools, ministry staff and lay leaders, and engages in local and global mission endeavors.
Visit www.nidlcms.org
One Collective | Athens, Greece
One Collective helps refugees coming out of the Middle East with physical and spiritual needs. They show them the love of Christ and help them experience life in a community modeled by Jesus and the values of God’s kingdom. Henk & Allision Oosterhuis primarily work with teens and young adult refugees flooding Athens, Greece.
Contact: Sarah Schmidt (sarahnschmidt@gmail.com | 224-688-1483)
One Day Revival | Honduras
Located outside of Tegucigalpa in Honduras, missionary Jennifer Olsen-Padilla focuses on building lasting relationships with young people in order to get them off the streets, out of gangs, away from drugs, and committed to a life that is dedicated to following Christ Jesus. Mission trips are tentatively scheduled every September. For more information, reach out to Steve and he can share more about this opportunity.
Contact: Steve Frommes (sfrommes@yahoo.com | 815-575-3559)
Operation Christmas Child
The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Through this project, Samaritan’s Purse partners with the local church worldwide to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations.
Contact: Lisa Given(lisaocc@comcast.net | 815-592-6745)
Salam Christian Fellowship | DuPage County, IL
Salam brings ongoing Christian evangelism and ministry to Muslims and Middle Eastern immigrants in the Chicagoland area. Salam seeks to welcome immigrants into a Christian community, assist with physical and social needs, and witness to the saving grace of Jesus Christ through word and sacrament ministry.
Contact: Hicham Chehab (hicham@salamchristianfellowship.org)
Sparkplug Ministries | Crystal Lake, IL
Sparkplug Ministries is about evangelism and discipleship in motorcycle clubs, especially among 1 percenters. They also operate in Europe and Pakistan, including clean water initiatives.
Contact: Randy Birchfield (jamison@sparkplugministries.com | 858-772-8596)
Click on the name of each mission partner for additional information or if you're interested in serving. Or, email us at ministry@fellowshipoffaith.org.