PRAY We have met so many workers in Christ who need additional training in discipleship, but have no resources to secure the help they need. Please pray for the many workers who depend on IOM and it’s partners for their equipping and for IOM to quickly make more materials and connections available to all! Join our Prayer Team: click here.
DONATE All of the salaries, volunteer expenses, travel, and ministry expenditures are cared for by our donors. Since IOM gives away each of their resources without cost, we are 100% dependent upon God through donors like you. Please consider helping us by providing a single or monthly contribution. Present level of support being met: 28%.
VOLUNTEER You do not have to live close to our center to volunteer for our ministry. We have volunteers located in diverse parts of the world. If you are interested in helping us do what we do, log on to our website and click on the volunteer link at the bottom of the HOME page. Online readers: click here.
BECOME AN IFEL MEMBER There are many benefits to come for members of the International Fellowship of Exchange Life—our first magazine will detail these benefits, but today your ministry will be given a high profile in the global community. The Lord has blessed us with a weekly readers list of 14,000+ and a network of ministry leaders of over 1,700 members. All spread out over 82 countries. Membership does not require any other credentials other than to agree to practice ministry under the doctrinal guidelines of the Exchanged Life— spelled out in the application. To become a member—logon to www.iomamerica.org and click on the cover of the Exchanging Life Directory. If you are reading this online: click here.
Only if God so leads: You can help finance the Exchanged Life Global Initiative . The services we provide our partners are costly . We do not charge a fee for any of our services, including books, workbooks, booklets, audios, etc. Our work is all under the banner of: What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel (1 Corinthians 9:18, NASB). All gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. It is our policy to meet the needs God lays before us, so that Christ is lifted up and the work of the Exchanged Life Global Initiative is advanced. (giving envelope enclosed) Online readers can donate by: clicking here
JOIN THE ASSOCIATION EXCHANGED LIFE MINISTRIES (AELM) From 1969 to 1986, Grace Fellowship International existed as a parent organization to five branch offices located in Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia; Indianapolis, Indiana; Springfield Missouri and Tampa, Florida. Each of these ministries counseled, trained and discipled using materials based on what is known as Exchanged Life Truths. IOM AMERICA is a “grandchild” of the Denver office. In 1986, the five branches spun off as separate corporations and became independent of Grace Fellowship International. This spin-off occurred for several reasons. It eliminated the need for expensive headquarters operations. It reduced liability to the local level, and therefore, eliminated the possibility of one branch being responsible for another branch's activities, which might be unknown to the others. It created local board member participation and support on a local level. And it allowed each ministry to be more creative in its work. Where as IFEL provides a community of uniting all forms of Exchanged Life workers, AELM offers a network, partnership and assistance to the “professional” disciplers/counselors within the Exchanged Life community. If you are a fulltime “professional” Exchanged Life discipler/counselor—IOM strongly recommends this option. For those who are interested, log on to: www.aelm.org If you are an online reader: click here.
EXCHANGE WRITER: PEN-PAL If you are interested in a little closer approach to ministry, we have developed a letter exchange program that will put you and your family in the living rooms of our workers via your letters, cards, Skype and e-mails. To simply begin your ”pen pal” relationship (men with men, women with women, children with children), contact us and we will pair interested Exchange Writers with workers from around the world. If this is of interest to you, contact IOM Corporate: corporate@iomamerica.org jessphinney@iomamerica.org
602-292-2985
Or: logon to our website and click on the “Exchange Writers” link. If you are an online reader: click here.
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DEAR MINISTRY FRIEND,
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uring the past seven years, the Lord has given me the honor and privilege of developing relationships with Kingdom workers throughout the world. Our literary ministry has subscribers in 80+ countries, with over 14,000 weekly readers—each desperately searching for an identity with a solid Biblical Worldview.
Around the world, the testimonies of pastors, teachers, and counselors can be as diverse as the circumstances in which they live —from pastors downloading and playing our weekly podcast sermons for their congregations, to reprinting our written material in local publications. We have seen places like India, Haiti, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Israel, Russia, and even Egypt ask for help and training. Each is being touched by the message of “Identity Matters” - Not I, but Christ. Here is what Wendell D'Souza of Canada had to say: Thank you so much for your timely email Disillusionment of Discipleship. It’s a great reminder of what the real work is and Who does it, both in the counselor (discipler) and the counselee (disciplee). Recently I was feeling overwhelmed and discouraged in the process of counseling fellow Christians to embrace the life of Christ as a grace given exchanged life on God’s terms not our own, and to serve Him in His power, His way rather than in our own wisdom (which is really the flesh) doing what’s right in our own eyes. It reminded me about the importance of being used by God to confront the lies, admitting my powerlessness to change anyone, while depending on Him alone Who can, does, and continues to transform the minds of those who allow Him to be Lord, taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. I also was reminded to depend on the true Comforter to be sovereign in knowing who He needs to comfort (the hurting) and who He seeks to make uncomfortable (those comfortable in their sin). More >>
IDENTITY STARTS WITH WORLDVIEW In places like Kerala State, India— prayer & gifts can open doors for training the young minds of India’s most promising youth.