Updated: July 2026.
The information below provides background for web site visitors that may be interested in assisting CHRISTWORKS MINISTRIES projects in terms of praying, giving, or going. If you want to by-pass this information and contribute to ministry projects directly, click here.
We always welcome prayer. If you would pray for our concerns, we would be delighted. Our practical and spiritual works require decisions all the time, so having direction from the Holy Spirit, whether through prayer, the scriptures, a direct leading, or circumstance, is helpful. People-related concerns are nearly always at the top of our prayer list, which includes ourselves, because keeping ourselves as well as making or encouraging others are fundamental. After this, financial needs to support project work are important. We update prayer concerns periodically although the top items mentioned in the first paragraph stay constant. Thank you for your participation.
CONSTANT PRAYER NEED:
1. Edification, encouragement, and exhortation in personal relationships with Jesus Christ for key volunteers and those we influence. If we are increasingly walking and abiding in Him, fruitfulness shall occur.
2. Fruitful contacts that lead to a relationship with other believers, who we can encourage and train to use our biblically based materials. At the top of this list in 2025-2027 is to spread the biblical creation materials worldwide, especially through other ministries already working in areas where resources are limited or the Gospel is opposed. There is much work to be done in regions where there are few resources and opposition to Christianity.
Current Project Needs:
Pray for believers who we could train to begin doing some of the same things we have been doing, especially in relation to sharing Christ through sharing about biblical creation and observing the created heavens (the subjects of our downloadable courses). In the meantime, we do most of the training ourselves (Roland and Faylene Beard). We have offered training to many, but few are willing to learn the materials well enough that they can run with it themselves. Pray for open doors through which we can not only teach the subject, but find believers willing to use it, especially to reach younger generations.
Pray for translation assistance for our educational materials on biblical creation and ways to make those translations available to indigenous people, wherever they are located. We need guidance and assistance to make our website one of those locations to download the materials freely. Our materials are now beginning to be utilized in certain places in over 8 nations in Asia. That is a good start.
We personally support several ministries in the Philippines, one in the US that helps several Asian nations, and are looking for more ministry contacts. We are not on salary. Travel expenses to develop contacts, accomplish training, and encourage others have doubled in 10 years. We could use assistance to help cover the expenses that we incur. We currently have one 1–2-month trip overseas and several in the US that are necessary. We anticipate a 50% increase in travel in the next two years.
When we say “GO” we mean going yourself or possibly going with us. Several things, however, must be understood. As a matter of policy, we support indigenous mission work because we believe local people from an area are the best possible answers to practical and spiritual needs. With this in view, we work alongside other ministries in Asia or ministries in the US that work directly with foreign nationals. While we are willing to train others to do what we do, they have to learn the materials (either biblical creation materials and/or astronomical observing from a biblical view) and establish relationships with those they aim to serve to be effective. This takes some time. Contact us if interested. If we get to know each other and you have learned some of the materials, we would be glad to consider your working with us. We can also train so you so that you can “GO” yourself. Our materials and astronomical observing abilities are not restricted for others to use. We encourage others to conduct outreach themselves as well. Again, contact us if interested.
For those interested in going overseas, we must also verify that those who want to go have been exposed to overseas travel to areas where health hazards are present and they are familiar with working among different ethnic groups. We provide orientation to those who begin to work with us if your local church or organization does not provide this kind of orientation.
As said above, going with us is not the only option if you want to “GO”. We encourage other believers to prepare and train themselves to assist others. It begins at home where believers live, and the outreach functions eventually expand to other places as God opens doors. If we can do this, and we have done it for decades, then you can do it. It takes patience and a process of learning for every individual or group. We have found that the Holy Spirit is very thorough as He has exposes us to different situations to teach us how to be a help to others. He can do the same for you, whether you are a part of what we do or not. We would be glad to talk with you or encourage you to establish your own pattern of good works using the strength of your relationship to Jesus Christ through your home, which is where these things should begin.
