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PEER Servants partners with organizations in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Eurasia, and Latin America. The primary purpose of each partnership is to strengthen the global church through economic empowerment. Each partner’s program is autonomous and designed to operate best within that region - thus, the resulting MED programs vary significantly from each other. Highlights of each partner and their MED program are provided by region below. |
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| PEER Servants has three partners in Latin America - La Buena Semilla (The Good Seed) in Mexico, K’allarisunchis in Peru, and Kingdom Seed in Brazil. |
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| La Buena Semilla was the first PEER Servant (then known as Christian Technical Support, or CTS) partner. It started in 1991 as a complement to a church plant and in 1994 became fully Mexican staffed, governed, and funded. It was from this experience that the initial CTS volunteers concluded the Christian micro-enterprise concept can work and that the ministry can become sustainable. La Buena Semilla has remained relatively small over the years, but with a dedicated board and staff, it has stood the test of time and served as an exceptional complement to the church plant to introduce people to Christ who may otherwise have not shown interest. Now Latin America is serving up PEER Servant’s newest partner, Kingdom Seed, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Kingdom Seed is not yet operational, but the CB’Shalom International Baptist Churches are heading to a 2005 launch of their MED program. Latin America is another part of the world that has witnessed exceptional growth in the evangelical and pentecostal church - Christian MED offers a means through which the church can be equipped for even more effective outreach into their communities and creating the bridges to Christian volunteers in other parts of the world who can have their own spiritual passion restored by partnering alongside their Latin brothers and sisters. |
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Mexico - La Buena Semilla (The Good Seed)
Program Name: La Buena Semilla
Description: A small sustainable complement to a church plant in northern Mexico City that has been an integral part to the church being firmly established in the neighborhood.
# of Participants: Approximately 400 since program inception.
Average Loan Size: Approximately $300US per person.
Year Partnership Started: 1991 |
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Peru - K’allarisunchis
Program Name: K’allarisunchis (Quechua meaning “to grow”)
Description: A community-based program centered in Cusco that is effectively reaching out with the love of Christ in deed and word. A portion of the interest revenues from the program have been used for children’s ministry and establishing a church in a growing area of Cusco.
Lending Model: Individual loans.
# of Participants: Approximately 300 since program inception.
Average Loan Size: Approximately $250US per person.
Year Partnership Started: 1999 |
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Brazil - CB’Shalom International Baptist Church
Program Name: Kingdom Seed
Description: The newest MED program in the PEER Servants network that is centered in Belo Horizonte and is providing a means for those in the CB’Shalom communities to start and grow a small business and better equip the church for local ministry.
Lending Model: Individual Loans, with future consideration of Solidarity Group Loans.
# of Participants: Less than 50 as the program is just starting to launch.
Average Loan Size: $500-$600
Year Partnership Started: 2005 |
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