United Christian Missions, Inc.

provides tool kits for church members through the UCM Skills for Life Initiative.

Gifts provided to UCM by generous donors are spent in such a way as to enhance the local church’s ministry and not to promote UCM or foreign dependence. The goal of UCM is not to provide all the assistance of the local church but to serve as an enabler to help it grow and multiply.

In fact, since it is extremely hard to ship items into the country, whenever possible UCM funds are spent doing business with members of local churches and they are asked to tithe to their church on the money earned. In an effort to strengthen the local church a Skills for Life Initiative was established.

The goal of the initiative is to provide the resources by which the following Tool Kits can be purchased:

Carpenter’s Tool Kit
Mason’s Tool Kit
Mechanic’s Tool Kit
Electrician’s Tool Kit

The desired result of the initiative is to provide for individuals identified through the local church an appropriate tool kit in relationship to their skills by which they can:

• Perform work needed on the church facility

• Assist other church members with their needs

• Use the kit to help earn a living

If these goals are met the results will be a strengthening connection with the local church and many needs being fulfilled inside and outside the church. It will also help lessen poverty’s grip and hopefully help provide resources and income to the church family.

A minimum gift of $100 will provide a tool kit with some of the most necessary tools needed. A UCM Field Coordinator works in conjunction with a local pastor to secure the tools and to communicate the intent of the initiative to the recipient and his or her pastor.