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World Christian Outreach, Inc.Stanton R. Herpick, founder and former president of World Christian Outreach, Inc., attended the International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974, while a student at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California.
At this significant, watershed missions conference organized by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Stan heard first-hand accounts of the tremendous obstacles and challenges faced by our Lord's church in foreign countries. Through a set-aside time of fasting and prayer in 1975, the name and vision for World Christian Outreach were born. The ministry incorporated in California on March 28, 1976 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the intent to: Vertical Divider
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1. Declare the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord throughout the world as God directs.
2. Support and act as a catalyst to the foreign, indigenous church, recognizing that they know best how to communicate with their own people, cultivate a community of believers, and operate most efficiently within their own culture.
3. Provide "tools of ministry" such as PA systems, bicycles, bull-horns, Bibles, musical instruments, motorbikes, teaching materials, etc. as God leads.
4. Initiate Community Development for social action—water projects; building of churches, medical clinics, orphanages, schools; teach agricultural farming techniques, trade skills, sewing, weaving, etc. — all with the intent to develop self-sufficiency and build up a middle class of people.
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