Village evangelism
Most of these villages rarely see a visitor. We preach in the open air during the day, and after dark we hang a sheet and run the Jesus film, which is when the whole boma usually turns out.
East Africa · Among the Maasai
Taking the Gospel to the villages
We carry the Gospel to Maasai villages in East Africa, help them build a church, and keep coming back until the believers there can lead it.
Our mission
Boots on the ground, village by village
Village Gospel Mission serves the communities most often passed over, in Africa and beyond. The work is evangelism done in person: walking into tribal villages, sitting down with the elders, and talking with whoever we meet on the way.
We share the Gospel in a way that makes sense inside each culture, and we do it without asking anyone to give up the dignity or the traditions that make them who they are.
We work alongside local believers and village leaders rather than around them, and we stay long enough for trust to grow. Spiritual needs and practical ones get met together.
What we do
What the work looks like
Building churches
The villagers build alongside us with timber and sheet metal, so the building belongs to them from the first nail. Three have gone up so far, and each one still has a congregation after our team flies home.
Discipleship and training
New believers are taught and baptized, and local men are trained to lead, so the church keeps going whether or not anyone flies in from the States.
Practical help
The mission helped build a school and orphanage for Maasai children, and carries in food, supplies and water to villages that are short of them.
“Miraculous healings, thousands of conversions, and the construction of three new churches are just the beginning of the remarkable work God has done through Village Gospel Mission across East Africa.”
From the ministry’s support page
Where we serve
The Maasai plains and beyond
The Maasai live spread out across the dry plains of East Africa, in bomas that can sit hours apart over dirt track. A village that looks close on a map can take most of a day to reach, and in the rainy season some of them cannot be reached at all.
Ministries tend to cluster where the roads are good, so the villages furthest out are the ones still waiting to hear the Gospel for the first time. Those are the ones we go after.
Alongside the Maasai outreach, the ministry has opened work in other parts of East Africa, and more villages keep asking for a visit.
Give
Help keep Seth on the field
Seth Palmer has had to fly back to the States every three months to raise support and work as a builder. With steady monthly partners he can stay out eleven months a year, which is about what real discipleship takes.
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Monthly partnership
Give once or set up a monthly gift through the ministry’s fundraising page. Funds are received directly by Seth Palmer.
Give on GiveSendGo
givesendgo.com/villagegospelmission
PayPal
Send a gift to the ministry’s PayPal address.
Sethpalmer@icloud.com
Cash App
Send to Seth Palmer using the number below.
231-620-4496
Prefer to talk first, or want to send a check? Call 231-620-4496.
Get involved
Come out with us
Teams come to build, to teach and to help run outreaches, and there is always more to do than there are hands to do it. If you are praying about coming, or your church wants to hear more about the work, get in touch.
- Phone231-620-4496
- PayPalSethpalmer@icloud.com
- FacebookVillage Gospel Mission
