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  • Psalm 112

    Praise the LORD.
    Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands. His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice. Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever. He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes. He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor. The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.

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After a short mission trip to Liberia in February, 2004, we discovered a tremendous need among the people of Liberia for our prayers and our support and real physical needs.  These needs are ongoing.  The country has seen a terrible civil war for the past 18 years and basic services and means of livelihood have been destroyed or diminished.  Through these terrible times, the Christian community has remained strong and has grown in numbers and faith.  As Christians and citizens of the world, we feel the need to help our brothers and sisters in Liberia regain their lives, their work and their hope for a greater future.  They need our help.

We believe that it is through the love of Jesus Christ for all His children  that our goals will be accomplished.  The church is the Body of Christ in our time and we believe that the Church will provide for those in the Body that are in need.  For this reason we put primary emphasis on planting churches in the interior of the country where the most destruction during the war occurred.  The church becomes the center of the village for the needs of the people and education of their children.

In addition we realize that providing jobs for an economy with an 80% unemployment rate is critical for the people to survive and grow.  To this end we establish working partnerships between Liberia and the world to increase employment.  All profits are returned to the poor of Liberia.



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Our Mission

Revive Liberia Missions began as a vehicle to aid a Monrovian church and to provide teachers for an annual conference held in Liberia.  This conference was and is open to all faiths and through contacts we grew to know many other churches in Liberia.

As Revive Liberia Missions grew and our experience and knowledge of mission work developed, we have been lead in the direction of a “new missions” operation.  “New Missions” is an approach to missions that relies on the indigenous Church and charitable organizations to spread the Gospel, establish schools and clinics, distribute aid and provide economic development with seed money, resources and guidance from groups in developed countries whereas  “Traditional Missions” are defined as sending men and women in-country from their home country, with support from the home churches the spread the Gospel and distribute aid.  One way of looking at it is the old saying about teaching a man to fish or giving him a fish.  Giving him a fish feeds him for a day, which could save his life if he is starving and this has it’s place and should not be ignored.  Teaching a man to fish requires more time, planning and initial resources for hooks, line and sinkers. But once he learns to fish he can eat for the rest of his life, and more importantly, he can teach other men to fish who  can then teach and so on.

There are strengths and weakness in either approach.   Both these approaches are taught by Christ.  Sub-Sahara Africa  has been evangelized by traditional missions and there are numerous churches throughout the region.  It is time to move on to a self sustaining and holistic approach to missions.  They have the  fishermen, they need help getting hook, line and sinker.

Resources are utilized in a more effectively by a new mission approaches.  For example, it costs around $80,000 a year to support a mission family from the US in a developing country.  It costs around $5000 to support an indigenous pastor and his family AND establish a partially fund a new church in most developing countries.  Language and cultural barriers are eliminated.

Along with the advantages of the new mission approach come disadvantages.  There is a necessary loss of control of direction and of resources.  Without a system of checks and balances, the approach is open to abuse.   As good stewards, we must establish a system that gives maximum power to our partners in the field and also encourages transparent accounting and reporting, sharing leadership duties and encouraging and enabling new leaders. This is our Prayerful goal in this mission to help our brothers and sisters in Liberia.

Our Values

During our daily operations Revive Liberia is guided by the following values…

1.  HONOR GOD -  In all that we do and say!

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, ” ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the great and foremost commandment.”   Matthew 22:36-38

2.  PURSUE EXCELLENCE – GOD creates all things with excellence therefore we will strive to do no less!

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.    Colossians 3:17

3.  DEVELOP PEOPLE – Both spiritually and physically!

And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.               2 Timothy 2:2

4.  BE GOOD STEWARDS – All things are gifts from GOD, on loan to us to help those in need!

As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.    1 Peter 4:10


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