Church is not a place, it's a community on a journey
To our prospective partners:
As a Christian community, Irving Bible Church understands the responsibility we have in supporting the kingdom of God through called individuals and organizations who are dedicated to walking in obedience through serving their local communities around the world.
We recognize that God moves through His people in a multitude of ways. We also understand that we have a responsibility of stewardship over God’s provisions given through the generosity of IBC members to support leaders around the world that represent the heartbeat of our local church in advancing the Kingdom.
All donations and support go through a process of selection. Our mission department team, a lay committee of committed IBC members, gathers several times a year to decide if candidates for funding (and even current individuals and organizations) fall into the mission of IBC.
For those we support and those who are requesting support it is important that you understand what we are looking for as we make future decisions for support. Our mission statement for IBC is:
Mission Statement:
For detailed information about our guidelines for International Partners, click HERE.
Hey everybody, I wanted to give you an update about the VBS that took place at Michael Yemba’s church this past weekend. It was truly great to watch God move throughout this experience. Thank you Children’s ministry for all the help and support, you are truly about rising up every child for the kingdom. We borrowed a VBS curriculum ... Read More »
From Debbie Lucien, our partner with Hosean International Ministries (HIM).
It continues to take longer than we hoped to get information out but this is due simply to the busyness of all the activities around us. First of all we wanted to go back and update you on some of the rebuilding projects going on near ... Read More »
A couple weeks ago, a parent contacted us wanting to know if we would be available to do a “Water is Basic” presentation at her daughter’s school, as the fourth grade classes just ended a unit on water pollution. We gladly accepted the challenge.
I started the presentation by asking “how many people does it take ... Read More »
I often get the honor to sit across from the people serving Jesus on the field like our brother Kokeh Kotee, who’s serving his own people in Liberia. During conversation over dinner, Kokeh asked a question that will forever change my life as a servant, “Who sends us these birthday cards and the Chatter magazine?” ... Read More »
Three years ago Maggie Till saw a video in church that changed her life. The video was about the fund raising efforts for Water is Basic that Blake Mankin put in place at Coppell High School. She new that it was something that she wanted to do at her school, Colleyville Heritage High.
The next year ... Read More »
The following position paper by the Church’s of Sudan is the product of the gathering that Steve Roese was invited to attend and contribute to back in March of this year. It is an honor to have IBC invited to this meeting during this critical time in the history of Sudan. It is due to ... Read More »
