BCM International
Reaching Children and Strengthening the Church Worldwide.
Reaching Children and Strengthening the Church Worldwide.
Reaching Children
Across the globe, BCM helps children experience the gospel through activities and programs. Camping, Bible clubs, and special events are tailored to each country’s diverse culture. BCM curricula is available for purchase to teach children of all ages Scripture from Genesis to Revelation.
Strengthening the Church
BCM partners with established churches, and helps start new churches if necessary, to develop children’s ministries and train leaders to more effectively reach their communities. We do this in both remote villages and developed cities.
Training
Preparing Christian leaders to disciple children is a key focus of BCM. Developed to be used cross-culturally, BCM’s children’s ministry training material, In Step With the Master Teacher, teaches children’s workers how to help children come to know, love, and obey God. The course is easily adapted to specific needs and is available in more than two dozen languages.
About BCM International
Bible Centered Ministries International has more than 870 missionaries from 40 nations, serving in over 50 countries, with thousands of volunteers.
What we do
There are three primary ministry focuses:
Children’s Ministry
Church Development
Leadership & Teacher Training
…including Bible clubs, camping ministry, street outreach, aid for children at risk, and school release times.
Why we do it
To share Jesus Christ with over 1.5 million children and adults annually and to develop resources to raise up and strengthen Bible-centered local churches.
Pray
Consider praying for all the BCM International ministries, not just the few featured here! If you decide to make this commitment, let us know so we can send you regular updates from around the world.
Give
Our missionaries and ministries are supported through people like you. Please consider giving towards the ministries of BCM International. You can give now at www.BCMINTL.org/give
Go
Maybe God has laid it on your heart to do more. Contact us for more information or about the possibility of joining our team! There is much left to be done. Contact us at
reachndevelop@bcmintl.org
Where We Serve
From the darkest parts of Peru, to the highest peaks in the Himalayas, BCM missionaries and volunteers serve in over 50 countries worldwide.
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BCM World Magazine
An inside look at BCM Global Ministries
Pointing Children to Christ in Ecuador
In June 2023, Ecuador became BCM’s newest ministry field with the commissioning of Juan Fer and Rita Sanchez from the capital city, Quito, and Jose Quezada in the coastal megacity of Guayaquil. Participating in a week of inaugural events were BCM president Rick Rhoads and wife Naomi, Latin America director Carlos Odicio, president emeritus Marty Windle, and wife Jeanette Windle. BCM Latin America began in Peru in 1993 with a very specific vision: “Pointing children to Christ and pointing churches to children.” BCM Quito missionary Juan Fer explains why this is so urgent…
Reflections From the Road
We’ve all had moments in life where God shows up in the least expected places. In fact, I sense that is often where God shows up in my life with consistency. As I reflect upon my first seven months serving with BCM, I am struck by how God is at work globally, particularly through “the least of these” and teenagers. The following vignettes are just a handful of countless special moments where I noticed God at work as I participated with BCM ministries across India, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, and Peru. In February 2023, I traveled…
Passing the Presidential Baton
Friday evening, April 21, 2023, a celebration was held at Community Fellowship Church in Lancaster, PA, as the sixth president of BCM International, Dr. Marty Windle, passed the baton of leadership to the seventh president, Dr. Rick Rhoads. More than three hundred were in attendance, including regional leadership from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, global children’s ministry, and more. The evening commemorated all God has done through BCM for the last eighty-seven years while honoring Dr. Windle’s seventeen years of service to God with BCM and anticipating all God will continue to do under Dr. Rhoads’s leadership. BCM’s fifth…