OUR HISTORY

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” – Habakkuk 2:14

Habakkuk 2:14, that’s what we’ve been working towards since e3 Partners began in 1987; filling the earth with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. It started with a vision God placed on the heart of Mike Downey to help nationals plant churches, and over the last few decades, God has used this ministry to do just that. He’s guided us through challenges and growth, and through it all, the vision has stayed the same. e3 Partners remains focused on helping nationals plant healthy, multiplying, transformative churches all across the world, and we will continue to do so until there is a local church accessible to every person, everywhere.

The Early Years

In 1985, Mike Downey led a group from his church in Oklahoma to Mexico for a mission trip. While there, they saw over 100 people accept Christ into their lives, and when they returned the next year, a church had been planted! Mike called it, “accidental church planting.” He was moved by the passion of these Mexican believers, and as he returned from that second trip, God gave him a vision. He founded Global Missions Fellowship (GMF) with the intent to serve nationals and plant churches in Mexico (on purpose), and it wasn’t long before God expanded that vision further.

In 1990, the collapse of the Soviet Union opened doors that allowed GMF to expand into Eastern Europe, and four years after that, we expanded to Africa as well.

In 1996, God expanded our vision to the entire world, and GMF began taking trips to areas within the 10/40 window.

Over the next two years, God revealed to us the concept of church planting movements (CPMs), which we began incorporating into our short-term trips strategy. There then became a clear need for some scalable evangelism and discipleship tools, which led to the development of the EvangeCube.

The EvangeCube provided our trip participants and national partners with a simple, easily comprehendible way of sharing the gospel. We began using it on all of our trips, and we’d train those who came to accept Christ on how to use it as well, encouraging them to go share the Good News with others.

The 2000s

In 2002, God revealed to us another idea that we refer to as “initiatives”. Essentially, the idea was to combine the evangelistic aspects of our short-term trips with an aid/relief aspect as well.

Medical church planting was our first initiative.

We began taking these types of trips to areas that were severely lacking in accessible medical care, and God used our medical service to open doors to countless families and individuals who had not yet heard the gospel. It was amazing to see how God could use the medical expertise and service of our teams to ultimately lead people to Him.

In 2006, we became e3 Partners Ministry.

Equip God’s people, evangelize His world, establish His church. Those are the three “e’s”, perfectly aligned with the original vision God gave Mike Downey in 1987.

Two years later, the I Am Second brand launched in Dallas, TX, focused on reaching people with powerful Gospel-centered stories through the ever-growing presence of digital media. It quickly became a national brand, and has now grown internationally as well, allowing us to spread the gospel to many people and places we may not be able to get to physically.

That same year, e3 Partners started its “Orality” initiative in Ethiopia. Many communities across Ethiopia speak languages that the Bible has not been translated into yet. The orality initiative focuses on developing strategies and scripts to share the gospel and other Biblical stories with these people through oral storytelling.

By the end of 2008, e3 was taking trips to dozens of countries around the world, and we’d organized the ministry into regional and country teams.

Recent Years

In 2014, we added a more focused training element to the ministry. Training new believers and Christian leaders had always been a part of what we did on our trips, but now there was an added emphasis on training outside of our church planting trips as well. Both domestically and internationally, through one on one meetings, discipleship groups, church gatherings, and other opportunities, we began training new believers how to share their testimonies and the gospel, and training more mature believers on how to disciple others and plant churches.

Then, in 2017, through God’s guidance we employed an integrated Four Fields strategy locally and globally to create something we call the “Great Commission Pipeline”.

The Great Commission Pipeline connects our trips, trainings, international workers, national partners and church partnerships all together to increase the effectiveness and speed at which we reach people far from God.

Looking back on the last 30+ years, it’s amazing to see how God has been at work the whole time. The expansion of our vision from Mexico to the whole world, the addition of initiatives and scalable evangelism tools like the EvangeCube, and now 3-Circles, the added training element, the 4 Fields strategy, the Great Commission Pipeline, it’s all been from God. He’s led this ministry the whole time and has allowed us to do some amazing work for His Kingdom.

In recent years, through our 4 Fields strategy and the implementation of the Great Commission Pipeline, we’ve seen the Gospel reach further and spread faster than ever before. We truly live in an unprecedented time in history. God is moving all across the world.

Come join us as we work to make Habakkuk 2:14 a reality!

Ronnie Brewer - Staff Support Fundraiser

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I'm excited to share with you what God is doing in my life. After serving as Pastor for the past 21 years, God has led me to serve in a different ministry path.  After traveling to Lima, Peru, in August 2015, God has impressed upon my heart a desire to reach out and share with the people of Peru.  

I have accepted a position with e3 Partners as a church planter. I will be traveling to Peru throughout the year sharing Christ with the people, discipling new believers, training and encouraging pastors and planting churches.  

Lisa and I would like to invite you to be a part of our ministry.  Would you prayerfully consider partnering with us?  Your gift will help support our ministry to the people of Peru and allow us to do the work God has called us to do. All gifts are fully tax deductible through e3 Partners.  

In addition to giving, I would ask that you please pray for us and pray about going with us to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the people of Peru.  

We need partners like you who want to be a part of the Gospel being spread 'To All Nations'.  We cannot do this ministry without your help.  To donate to my ministry you can simply click on the 'DONATE' button on this page.  Also, I have posted a video of our latest trip to Lima, Peru.  

If have any questions about partnering and/or going with us please send me an email at ronnie.brewer@e3partners.org. 

Thank you for visiting my page and God Bless.

Ronnie and Lisa

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  • 2018 Recap - God is Truly an Awesome God!!!!!

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    Thank you for visiting my page.  

    Let me take a moment and tell you what God has been doing this past year......

    I had the opportunity to lead 3 teams to Peru this past year and God was at work in a mighty way. I began my summer in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, where we saw God move and over 200 people gave their hearts and lives to Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. We also strengthened several churches, and began the process of planting new churches in the area.

    I then traveled to Pucallpa, Peru, in July and we ministered to the Shipibo people. Their village had been struck with a horrendous tragedy weeks before we arrived and we were able to share the love of Christ with them and give them a hope and peace that they were desperately missing. We also built trust among the leaders and we celebrated as many people surrendered their lives to Christ.

    The last trip I took was in October. We traveled far into the amazon jungle region to two remote villages. We took a medical team with us and they saw 180 patients in two days. We treated the villages with medical care that they would have otherwise never received. We stayed in the villages among the people during our time there and we saw over 80 people receive Christ and we planted churches in both villages.

    This is just a small glimpse into what God is doing in Peru. I have already planned 2 trips for 2019 and will likely add more. I praise God for the opportunity HE has given me with our Peru Ministry and I would love for you to consider partnering with us. The only way it’s possible for us is because of monthly supporters. Would you consider being a partner? All of the giving is tax deductible.

    It's as easy as clicking on the 'donate to this fundraiser' button on this page.  It will take you through a few simple steps and you will be a partner in our ministry.  

    I humbly ask you to prayerfully consider becoming a partner. No gift is too small.

    Please feel free to contact me with any questions.  God Bless You & May you have a Blessed Year!

    Until The Whole World Hears, 

     

    Ronnie Brewer

    Ronnie.brewer@e3partners.org

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  • Iquitos & Tarapoto, Peru Mission Trips - June 2016

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    Here's small clip of the trips to Iquitos & Tarapoto, Peru this past June. We had the chance to share Christ with 800 people and 300 of them said 'yes' to Jesus and surrendered their hearts and lives to HIM. To God be the Glory!!

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  • Peru Missions - June 2016

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    Here's small clip of the trips to Iquitos & Tarapoto, Peru this past June. We had the chance to share Christ with 800 people and 300 of them said 'yes' to Jesus and surrendered their hearts and lives to HIM.  To God be the Glory!! 

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  • We serve an Amazing God!!!!

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    Just returned home from 15 days in Peru. God showed up in a BIG Way during our time in Peru.  After spending a week in the Amazon Jungle we traveled to Tarapoto, Peru and ministered to the people there.  We had a team of 42 Americans and God allowed us to Share the Gospel with almost 600 people. Of those people, almost 200 of them gave their hearts and lives to Jesus Christ.  We also got to witness 42 baptisms.  It was another amazing trip to Peru and God continues to pour out HIS Spirit and draw people to the cross and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Thank you so much for supporting us in our new ministry.  If you haven't taken the opportunity and would like to partner with us please click the "Donate to this Fundraiser" button and it will take you through the steps.  Thanks again for your prayers and support.  God Bless!!

    Love,

    Ronnie and Lisa
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  • Mission in the Amazon Jungle - June 2016

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    We just returned from a week in the Amazon Jungle outside Iquitos, Peru.  We traveled the Amazon River to the Rio Napo River and ministered in several villages.  The LORD did amazing things!  We saw over 100 profressions of faith, over 250 Gospel Presentations and celebrated with 29 baptisms.  The trip was amazing.  We are now in Tarapoto, Peru and will spend the next week reaching the lost, discipling new believers and planting churches.  Thank you, thank you, thank you, to everyone who is praying and those who support our ministry in Peru.  

    God Bless You All.

    Ronnie  

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