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ICM ICM is The Global Church Developer. We equip churches around the world with vital resources: infrastructure, discipleship tools and training to grow and thrive.

Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram () for more updates! Do you want to reach the world for Christ? We do, too. By equipping indigenous Christian congregations with two vital tools we can make this possible: a permanent church building and practical discipleship for oral learners in their heart language. Our strategy to grow God’s Church is effective because we

build upon existing relationships and resources in the field. The congregations we aid provide the land and labor for each project; our indigenous ministry partners provide oversight and accountability. The result is a sustainable, replicable model of Church growth. In over 30 years, we’ve completed over 11,000 projects in more than 100 countries. Those churches have planted an additional 44,000 congregations in some of the world's most difficult areas. The Church is not a building, but we’ve learned that a permanent church home empowers pastors and congregations in the developing world to reach their own communities for Christ. ICM churches are used every day for small group meetings, medical clinics, orphan care, education, addiction rehab, vocational training, seminaries, and much more. We don’t stop there. We also translate and distribute a practical Bible study to our partners, for free, in over 60 languages. Every week, 45,000 different small groups around the world use these resources to grow their faith. You can help us accomplish our vision for a church within walking distance of everyone in the world. Check out https://icm.org for more info on how you can be a part of what God is doing!

A missionary without credentials. A congregation without a building. A pastor with no denomination backing his work.Arou...
06/05/2026

A missionary without credentials. A congregation without a building. A pastor with no denomination backing his work.

Around the world, there are thousands like this. And they are exactly who God is using.

Dr. Paul David Tripp poses an uncomfortable question: What mission board would have chosen Moses? A murderer. Gideon? A man paralyzed by fear. David? A shepherd boy with no experience.

None of them would have made the cut.

But God doesn't recruit by resume. He recruits by conviction. And in 111 countries, that's what ICM has learned to recognize: leaders who planted churches in their living rooms because they had no buildings. Pastors who disciple communities with pure faith because they have no budget. People who built the kingdom without waiting for permission.

They're not perfect. They don't look good on paper. But they're transforming their communities while we deliberate.

Your support doesn't equip the "right" people. It equips the ones already doing the work.

See the real impact. 👇

Tune in to hear from Janice as she shares insights, experiences, and reflections in this special interview, as she joins...
06/05/2026

Tune in to hear from Janice as she shares insights, experiences, and reflections in this special interview, as she joins Alana de la Cruz for a live conversation on SOLWIN TV.

• June 5
• 12:00 PM EST

Watch free on the SOLWIN app, watch.solwin.tv, or any streaming TV device.

Don't miss this special conversation.

The weekend will feature a signature Anniversary Gala, a Commissioning Church Service, and a large open-house experience...
06/04/2026

The weekend will feature a signature Anniversary Gala, a Commissioning Church Service, and a large open-house experience designed to bring guests into ICM's story, global impact, and vision for the future.

You'll hear stories of transformation from around the world, connect with partners and friends, and be part of a moment that marks forty years of God's faithfulness and looks ahead to what comes next.

ICM is also located right beside Virginia's Historic Triangle, which will be celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the United States during this season. Whether you're coming solo, with your church, or with your family, there's something meaningful waiting for you on every side.

Registration is open now. Spots are limited, don't wait.

👇 Register today and start planning your trip.
https://www.icm.org/beyond40/

06/03/2026

ICM Weekly Update
ICM and Florida Church if God have a beautiful partnership that we are continuing to cultivate. They have pledge hundred of thousands of dollars toward church construction throughout the world over the last 5 years! We are here to cultivate 2026's fundraising efforts with the goal of two-hundred thousand dollars, 100k towards Latin America and 100k towards the work in Africa.
Check out the power of giving through this pastors testimony!!!

If you'd like to become a supporter visit:
www.icm.org/groundbreakers

In the before photo, women in colorful saris sit on the ground in the open air, gathered in the middle of a village in B...
06/01/2026

In the before photo, women in colorful saris sit on the ground in the open air, gathered in the middle of a village in Bangladesh, worshipping without walls or a roof above them. There is nothing temporary about their faith. Only everything around them.

In the after, that same congregation stands in front of a permanent church with its name written above the entrance, a red cross rising above the roofline, and marigold garlands framing the door on inauguration day. Balloons. Smiles. A building that finally caught up with the people inside it.

What changed is the structure. What never changed is the conviction that brought them together in the first place, on the ground, under the open sky, before any of this existed.

ICM partners with local churches in 111 countries to build spaces worthy of the faith already inside them. Your giving is what makes that possible.

👇 See the full impact at the link below.

On September 6 of 2020, believers from 200 villages gathered in Chon Daen, Central Thailand, for a public baptism that m...
05/29/2026

On September 6 of 2020, believers from 200 villages gathered in Chon Daen, Central Thailand, for a public baptism that may be the largest in the country's history. 1,400 people made a public confession of their new life in Christ.

One elderly woman entered the water on crutches. One man came in a wheelchair. Many were accompanied by the friend who had led them to Jesus.

This moment didn't happen overnight. It grew from a church that started in a living room in 1984, led by a motorcycle mechanic named Somsak with no theological degree and no formal training. Just a Bible and neighbors willing to listen. That movement now has 18,000 Christians, eight churches built with ICM support, and 200 pastors equipped with discipleship materials.

The 1,400 baptized in Thailand are not the end of the story. With a training center in the works and more house churches being planted every month, they are just the beginning.

Your giving is part of what makes that possible.

👇 See how your support is fueling this movement and others like it around the world.

In 1984, Somsak Rinnasak moved to a rural district in Central Thailand and discovered the nearest church was 80 miles aw...
05/27/2026

In 1984, Somsak Rinnasak moved to a rural district in Central Thailand and discovered the nearest church was 80 miles away. He had a ninth grade education, no theological training, and no financial backing. What he had was a passion for Jesus and neighbors who had never heard the Gospel.

So he started a church in his home. The founding members were himself, his wife, his children, and one elderly Christian woman. They studied the Bible together and began telling their neighbors about Jesus in plain, simple Thai, free of the polished language of Western missionaries. It resonated in ways that decades of formal mission work had not.

The movement grew slowly, then suddenly. When the king of Thailand died in 2016 and Christmas celebrations were forbidden during the national mourning period, church members went from village to village sharing the Gospel. More than 700 people accepted Christ in a matter of days.

Today that movement has 18,000 Christians. ICM has helped build eight permanent churches and equipped 200 local pastors with discipleship materials. In September, 1,400 new believers gathered for what may be the largest baptism in Thailand's history.

It started in a living room. It is nowhere near finished. And your giving is part of how it keeps going.
👇 See how your support is fueling movements like this one around the world.

The before photo tells you everything. Wooden poles holding up a frame covered in black tarp, surrounded by dry earth an...
05/25/2026

The before photo tells you everything. Wooden poles holding up a frame covered in black tarp, surrounded by dry earth and open air. No walls. No windows. Nothing that says permanent. But a congregation gathered there anyway, week after week, because the faith was never in the building.

The after is a permanent church in Mozambique, bright white and solid under an open sky. And the first thing you notice isn't the walls or the roof. It's the children. Exploring. Moving through the space like it already belongs to them, because it does.

That is what a permanent church gives a community. Not just a place to worship on Sundays, but a home base for everything that follows. Discipleship. Community care. A next generation that grows up knowing there is a place for them.

ICM partners with local churches in 111 countries to build spaces worthy of the congregations already inside them. Your giving is what makes that possible.

👇 See the full impact at the link below.

Stefan was 14 years old when he gave his life to Christ and felt two things clearly: he was born to pastor, and he was b...
05/22/2026

Stefan was 14 years old when he gave his life to Christ and felt two things clearly: he was born to pastor, and he was born to teach. For years those callings pulled him in different directions. But instead of choosing, he followed both, all the way.

Ordained at 22, he led churches across Western Romania. Then the Holy Spirit kept pulling him toward classrooms, toward students, toward the kind of discipleship that happens inside a university. So he became a Bible teacher in prisons and orphanages. Then a second Master's in Social Work. Then a PhD in Sociology. Today he teaches at universities in Romania and Moldova, supervises dissertations, and builds faith and character into the next generation.

He calls it a double calling. We call it what happens when someone stops negotiating with God and simply says yes.

ICM partners with leaders like Stefan across Eastern Europe and in 111 countries around the world, because the most powerful agents of transformation in any community are the ones already rooted in it. Your giving resources those leaders, equips them with discipleship tools, and gives them room to go further than they could on their own.

👇 See how your support is changing lives across Eastern Europe.

05/19/2026

ICM Weekly Update 5/19/2026 (Like and Follow)
1)Hopebuilders Update
2)Dois I. Rosser Golf Tournament Update
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