Designed to Thrive
iBAM is a church-building ministry with a passion for empowering believers to fully thrive. By thrive we mean fully provision daily needs, catalyze ministry in their local church, bless the entire community, and achieve full maturity in their walk with Christ.
Designed to Thrive
iBAM is a church-building ministry with a passion for empowering believers to fully thrive. By thrive we mean fully provision daily needs, catalyze ministry in their local church, bless the entire community, and achieve full maturity in their walk with Christ.
Latest News
GIVE A MAN A FISH: BUSINESSES AS MISSIONS IN THE UKRAINE
One of the biggest problems faced by families in the Ukraine is a lack of jobs. In the East where we live, the military conflict has caused massive pain and loss on the believers. Often, fathers and husbands leave for a long time and leave the city or even...
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TEACH A MAN TO FISH: HOW THE IBAM CURRICULUM FOSTERS KINGDOM BUSINESS
When you go fishing for the first time, there’s a lot to learn. You have to learn which tools you’ll need, like hooks, lines and reels. You have to learn which type of fish to catch so you can choose the right bait. To be successful when you’re starting...
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FISHERS OF MEN: BUILDING ON TO THE FOUNDATION
Yusuf* is a believer who pastors a church of 80 Muslim background believers in Central Asia. This is a rare registered evangelical church in Central Asia, and it’s leading a house-church movement to extend to the rest of his country. Yusuf gives all of...
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Kosovo
The team at iBAM is excited to begin projects in the country of Kosovo in 2016. This war-torn region is rebuilding after over a decade of war in the 1980’s and 90’s. The nation of Kosovo is a young country with an average population age of 25. Economic opportunity is one of the biggest needs in this fledgling nation.
*Photo of Prishtina, Kosovo by Bleron Çaka
Central Asia
What should we do? I have been searching for work for months, but have found nothing. This job in Moscow will pay twice as much as the best job I can find here. Yes, but what of our ministry here? Yes, but what of our children’s future…?
The above exemplifies the many hard choices the faithful servants of Christ face in Central Asia.