mission

IN OUR WORLD

  • Covenant Hospital, Mobin Crochu, Haiti

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    This ministry began in 1995 to address the unmet medical needs of 30,000 people in Haiti's Central Plateau. Numerous Presbyterian churches banded together with Presbyterian Church U.S.A., The Medical Benevolence Foundation and the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti, to renovate and operate an abandoned twenty-two bed hospital.


    Our goal was to have it Haitian-run in ten years. This was achieved, and the Haitian Ministry of Health currently runs the hospital. The prior partnership was dissolved.  Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, and the Haitian Ministry of Health does not have sufficient money for all operating costs so we formed Covenant Hospital Network (20+ Presbyterian Churches) and continue to help by buying medicine, funding a patient feeding program, making repairs and upgrades on facilities, trucks, water and electric systems, as well as providing work teams, which include surgical teams.


    Covenant Hospital is still going strong today and is subsidized by Village Partners International, a non-profit organization (villagepartnersinternational.org). OPPC annually contributes monies from its mission budget. Additionally, we directly provide birthing kits to local midwives and send donated medicine and medical supplies.


    For more information on how you can help, please contact Al Atz by consulting your OPPC directory or by calling the OPPC office at 317-844-1107.

  • Fountains of Hope

    Fountains of Hope is a water purification ministry supported by OPPC. Its mission is to empower and equip the body of Christ to provide life-sustaining water for all of God’s children. Fountains of Hope attempts to expand this vision by continuing to build relationships with churches and other like-minded ministries and organizations. They build personal relationships through the first-hand personal experience of taking safe water purifier systems to the world and provide safe drinking water to third world countries.


    Visit their website at www.fountainsofhope.org for more information.

  • Central Plateau Scholarship Program

    When OPPC began working at Covenant Hospital in Haiti, we recognized that there were many opportunities to help the surrounding community. OPPC has supported their agricultural co-op, several nutrition centers, and students. Education is not free in Haiti, and it is especially difficult in a poor community like this. Some of the students maintained excellent records. They had always said that they had no possibilities when high school was completed. OPPC stepped in with possibilities.


    OPPC has supported many students over the years. The length of study ranges from 3 months to 4 years and focuses on marketable educational opportunities. Courses of study include nursing, education, accounting, construction, computer science and diplomacy. Since 2019, 25 students have graduated with 28 students enrolled in 2022.


    For more information on how you can help, please contact Al or Becky Atz by consulting your OPPC directory or by calling the OPPC office at 317-844-1107.

  • Presbyterian Mission Causes

    Our members support the mission projects of the denomination. The life of our church as a whole organization revolves around joining in God's mission in Jesus Christ for the world. We celebrate how Presbyterians serve together in projects in Indiana and abroad, with children and adults, during mission trips or Vacation Bible School, always sharing the Good News of God's love in Christ.


    The Presbyterian Church (USA) and our local presbytery support various mission projects. The mission committee of OPPC supports these projects with annual pledges from the mission budget of the church.


    If you like more information on Presbyterian Mission Causes, please visit their website or visit Whitewater Valley Presbytery and select Missions and Ministries. 

  • Pro-Famille Clinique Foundation, Inc.

    In 1996, OPPC developed a strong bond with a Haitian boy who wanted to become a doctor. OPPC supported Dr. Renaud Gerve's education. 


    After he completed his medical degree, Dr. Gerve opened a mobile clinic in 2012 to serve remote villages in the Central Plateau area in Haiti. The mobile clinic serves 20 remote villages and routinely treats between 500-1,000 patients each month. 


    OPPC provides financial support and members serve as officers of the corporation. For more information about the foundation, check out profamilleclinique.org. For information on how you can help, please contact Al or Becky Atz by consulting your OPPC directory or by calling the OPPC office at 317-844-1107.

  • Tijuana Christian Mission

    Tijuana Christian Mission started in 1965 as a church plant in Tijuana Mexico. A San Diego church asked a couple to move to Mexico to serve as pastors for a church plant. A need for a children's home in the pastors' neighborhood became apparent, and in 1972, TCM opened its Tijuana campus. A second location in Rosarito opened in 2006. Children in need are provided shelter, clothing, food, school supplies, one-on-one attention, prayers, and special counseling. 


    OPPC member Cindy Brentlinger is a full-time volunteer with TCM. She cares for teenage girls, which includes mothering, caretaking, mentoring, tutoring, and much-needed one-on-one facetime. Cindy also cares for younger children and is in charge of the Child Sponsorship Program, which matches kids with a sponsor and builds a relationship between them. 


    The OPPC community provides financial support to TCM but also to Cindy to provide for her basic needs. To learn more about Tijuana Christian Mission, please visit www.tijuanachristianmission.org or sign up for Cindy's newsletter by contacting her at cbrent@gmail.com.