School Without Walls: Equipping the Next Generation
School Without Walls provides local Next Generation Christians in a growing number of communities with keys to reaching out as new leaders.
As the Kremlin and its current occupants strive to restore Russia’s national pride and international prestige, Russian Ministries knows that the answers for Russian’s future are not in the hands of the Kremlin, but in the hands of thoroughly equipped young Next Generation Christian leaders who boldly proclaim the good news of Jesus today, and who are the future leaders of the church and society.
Out of nearly 2,200 students enrolled in School Without Walls, the following numbers of students participated in these ministries:
- Summer evangelistic camps for children and youth: 550 (During the summer of 2007, 6,276 children and youth were reached through our evangelistic summer camp program.)
- Children’s ministries such as Sunday schools and orphan outreach through local orphanages: 320
- Muslim outreach in Muslim-dominated areas of Uzbekistan, Karakalpakstan and the Northern Caucasus: 150
- Preaching and pastoral assistance ministries: 150
- Church-planting ministries (either developing a plan for church-planting or assisting the church-planter of a newly planted church): 35
- Starting and leading small Bible study groups: 145
- Social evangelism including HIV/AIDS and drug prevention, ministry in rehab centers and outreach in orphanages, etc: 130
- Increased personal evangelism at work, school and in the community: 120
- Outreach through Christian youth clubs: 110
- Music ministry such as worship, outreach concerts, evangelistic rallies: 80
- Organize youth groups and serve as youth leaders in newly planted or existing churches: 65
- Evangelistic puppet ministries (through either starting new teams or serving on existing teams): 40
- Women’s ministries, including initiating and leading women’s ministries in their churches or starting ministries to women in crisis in the community: 35
- Prayer groups (either formed or participated in): 25
- Prison ministry: 15
- Total SWW student ministry involvement in 2007-2008: 1,970
- Not involved in ministry yet: 210
- Number of students applying to Christian universities and colleges in Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus: 121
School Without Walls has been equipping the Next Generation of Christian leaders for ministry since 2004.
