The hope of the world. Accessible to everyone, everywhere.

The Church isn’t organized religion, a building, or an event. It’s the living, breathing, transforming demonstration of God’s love to the world. But today, over 40% of the world doesn’t have access.

You can help change that.

Human Trafficking

Let’s end modern-day slavery by cutting it off from the source. Venture into remote villages where human trafficking rings are convincing poverty-stricken families to sell their own children. Reveal what’s really happening and save the next generation by sharing the simple truth that every life is priceless.

 

Sports

Transform a community just by kicking around a soccer ball with children. Use your love for sports to reach new people with the Gospel.

Medical

Come alongside medical professionals offering free exams and life-changing treatment in Romania’s lush foothills. Raise awareness about public health epidemics like HIV and Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa. Whether you’re a medical professional or a compassionate volunteer, you can make a tangible difference in the lives of others.

Family

Team up with the generations in impacting the nations as together families, singles, college students and churches serve in Africa, Asia, Europe, Central and South America. Daily share yours and God’s stories as well as hold a children’s program and distribute eyeglasses.

Orality

Over 75% of the world communicates orally through verbal storytelling, drama, and song. Conveniently, over 70% of the Bible consists of stories. On Orality expeditions, we present the Gospel through compelling biblical stories and drama to people who learn through oral methods.

Community Transformation

Empower churches to address critical social, economic, and public health issues in their communities. Help congregations develop sustainable economic plans that use local resources to improve the lives of those around them.

Refugees

Over 60 million refugees are without home or hope. Go, learn, and serve in the midst of the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II.

“My favorite part about e3 is that they are so intentional. They work hard to ensure that your trip makes a difference in people’s lives.”

// Jenny

WHERE WILL YOU GO?

Urban or rural? Dense jungles or endless plains? We’re serving in over 50 countries and you can join us.

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GROUP TRIPS

Give your church or private group a custom missions experience by planning a trip with e3 Partners. We take care of all the details so you can focus on leading your group well.

We make the local church accessible to everyone, everywhere.

We dream, plan, and work towards a world where the Body of Christ and its life-saving message is available to every person on the planet. We send Christians like you to the pioneering edge of the mission field, spread hope among the unreached, and leave behind vibrant, transforming local churches that do the same. It’s the gospel gone viral through God’s people.

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FEATURED RESOURCES

The Stories
Prayer
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Learning

The Stories

Find all of the gear you need to express the Gospel in your own life. Tell the world you’re second in the I Am Second store or pick up cubes and other tools for your upcoming mission trip.

Prayer

Join other Christians who are praying around the world for local churches. Download the I am Second Prayer Journal and connect with the prayer community. We have tools to dramatically enhance your prayer life!

Speakers

Invite an I am Second speaker to host your next event. These personalities will inspire your audience with their personal stories and challenge your fans with new ideas.

Learning

Learn more about the heartbeat of e3 Partners and how you can be involved in what God is doing around the world!
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Church Planting in Vietnam & SoCal (Thien Doan)

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Vietnam

Organized by Thien Doan

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One-time donations:
Amount Raised: $10,155
Recurring donations:
Amount Raised: $115
  • $40,000
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  • $29,845
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  • $10,000
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Around six years ago, friends and fellow pastors at Citylights Church OC, Steve & Takeshi, encouraged me to visit Vietnam. My family fled the country as refugees at the end of the Vietnam War when I was only a year old. At the nudging of God, the three of us went to Vietnam to pray and seek God’s direction for ministry. What I experienced during that trip changed my life. I’d love to tell you about what God has done in the past five years. Unexpectedly, God opened a door for me to train pastors and church planters, lead conferences, and help plant new churches in Vietnam.

I continued praying that God would open up doors for me to continue this work in Vietnam. That’s when I was introduced to a group of like-minded missionaries from a well-established, church planting, mission organization called E3 Partners, which has over 400 missionaries in 65 countries and works with over 2,000 national missionaries. They exist to “EQUIP God’s people to EVANGELIZE His world and ESTABLISH His Church.”  One of the leaders of E3 asked me to join E3 as a Church Planting Multiplier to recruit, train, and help form missionary teams to plant missional churches locally in California and in Vietnam.

I know what you’re thinking. And no, I am not leaving Citylights Church OC. The board of elders has agreed with this calling and has approved that I stay on as Lead Pastor on a part-time basis. So no, we’re not moving. Kerry and I, and the kids, are staying in Orange County. Although the job does include traveling regularly to Vietnam, my home-base will still be in California.

Through much counsel and prayer, and God willing, my goal is to be able to step into this new role by the Fall of 2019. I’m really excited about this next ministry assignment. Our team has big dreams of establishing 500 missionary teams across California and 50 in Vietnam in the next 3-5 years.

Thanks for allowing me to share this quick update with you. This is a big step of faith for me and my family. I am in the process of building a team of prayer and financial partners to support us in this new ministry venture. We would be honored and filled with gratitude if you would consider becoming one of our prayer and financial ministry partners.

Will you join my mission?  Your monthly support provides for my practical needs, protects me against financial emergencies that may disrupt my ministry, and supplies ongoing training and resources.  

Through your financial support, you become a part of everything God does through me.  YOU are making an impact on the Kingdom with your contributions!   Just click the “Donate” button above to get started!  

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you in advance for your generosity!

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TAKE THE 300 ENVELOPES CHALLENGE!

In order to get this project started, I am doing a special fundraiser called the "300 Envelope Challenge." We are looking for 300 individuals or families to take one of 300 sponsorship slots available ($1-$300). Would you consider taking one of these slots and making a one-time donation? The amount raised by the 300 Envelopes Challenge will go directly to our ministry start-up and project funds. 

If you are interested, click the link to see which sponsorship slots are still available:

https://bit.ly/2MFeJSz

Thank you!


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    Posted a week ago

    Thanks for your interest in supporting my church planting work in Vietnam and in Southern California. This fund raising site is now live. 

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