The OIKOS House Church Network

The OIKOS House Church Network is a network of house churches in the Pichincha Province started by Steve and Paula King. These churches are a mixture of Quichua, Quichua Mestizado, Mestizo, and Afro-Ecuadorian people groups. Their leaders meet once a week for leadership training and church planting for the network. They also have a joint worship service when all the members of the OIKOS network come together for a time of praise and worship. The house churches have a Bible study format in order to further their knowledge of the Bible. (The pictures show a Baptism during an OIKOS worship service and a praise and worship band at an OIKOS worship service)

The Carcelen Church

The Carcelen Church, La Gloria de Dios, is a Quichua Mestizado church and is part of the ministry of Michael and Cindy Wollett. The Carcelen Church is active in evangelism and has a desire to see new Bible studies and house churches started in their area. Please pray for those members of the Carcelen church, as well as Michael and Cindy Wollett, as they minister to those in the Carcelen area and the cities North of Quito, that they will be a light to those who live a life without the hope of Christ. (The pictures shown are members of the Carcelen church; the praise and worship band; and members doing an interpretive dance during an OIKOS house church meeting)

Celebration Sunday at El Ejercito

The people of El Ejercito were very thankful for all that was done to help their community. The following Sunday, we had a special celebration to give thanks to God for His wonderful works. The celebration included lots of singing, dancing (yes, the Quichua dance in their services), preaching, and a lot of good food -- these are Baptist Quichua!!

Second Baptist Evangelism Team & Community Service Team

The evangelism team had the amazing, but often overwhelming task, of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with the hundreds of people who came through the medical clinic. During the 4 days we were in Manuelita Saenz, many people heard the Truth from God's Word. The children came back day after day because they received something they usually do not get - attention! Lots of attention through games, stories, and just plain ol' hugs and smiles. Each day presented new challenges. It usually does when you are bringing Christ into a neighborhood. Satan tries to thwart your efforts. But each day the team rose above the challenges and the Gospel was shared. Because of the efforts and boldness of our teams, we now have a lot of follow-up work to do in this community along with the pastor of the local church with whom we partnered to do work in this neighborhood. This is such a praise! We have many interested people who want us to come back to visit their homes because they want to hear more about God's Truth. The community service team helped do some renovation projects in the community center/worship center in the community of El Ejercito, a community that we have been working in for over a year. The team worked hard and the people of El Ejercito were very appreciative. They were so inspired by the kindness, that they joined in with some projects of their own to improve their worship center.