Supporting Christian Ministries in Developing Countries

     

Being an AMEN Volunteer 
        

AMEN Volunteers are quite simply people who share the AMEN vision and want to do something to help with the work of AMEN either generally or just within their own church.

   

AMEN has no paid employees. Unusually for a charity, all the trustees are very "hands on" with particular areas of responsibility. Click here for information about us.

 

AMEN volunteers will normally be known personally by one or more of the Trustees. The strength of the AMEN team is the close personal relationships which we have with each other.

    

What is AMEN?

  

During his work for Operation Mobilisation, Gareth Bolton was moved by the plight of people in developing countries who are struggling to serve God with limited resources. It was for that reason that he set up the charity AMEN. From very small beginnings supporting one couple in India, AMEN is today partnering with many different ministries worldwide. Winston is giving basic medication and Bible studies on the Manila rubbish tips, Jill and Sorin are helping mothers and prospective mothers in Romania, Tassie and her friends are ministering to people affected by HIV-AIDS in Nigeria, and so on.

  

AMEN is a conduit through which much needed finance can be channelled to those who the Trustees know will use it wisely. 

   

There are six distinctive characteristics of AMEN

    

1.    We only support specifically Christian ministries, most of which are holistic in nature

2.    Most of those we support work in their country of birth and all are personally known to one or more of the Trustees

3.    Wherever possible, money sent from AMEN goes directly to those being supported.

4.     All the AMEN team (including the Trustees) are unpaid volunteers and pay their own expenses on any ministry trips. This minimises our administration costs

5.     Support is not just financial but also includes personal contact and visits, spiritual encouragement, and practical advice. We aim to have real and genuine partnerships and close friendships with those we support

6.    All major decisions require the unanimous agreement of all Trustees.

 

What can a volunteer actually do?

  • If you live near to Worthing, Dartford, or the East Riding of Yorkshire, the AMEN trustees who live in those areas would be delighted to have help with the many practical activities which are involved in running a charity. These range from "stuffing envelopes" for a mail shot through to helping run events.

  • Wherever you live you can help by publicising and promoting AMEN within your churches and to your friends. This could include promoting our Gift Catalogue or selling the AMEN Cookbook or running a very simple event to collect coins.

  • The AMEN Shoebox scheme operates all over the country - we need volunteers to help co-ordinate collections and encourage local churches. 

  • If you felt able, you could host visitors from overseas

  • and so on ....

There are many other ideas we could list, but I just wanted to give you some ideas above.

    

Please contact Sandra through sandra@amentrust.co.uk  or by telephone on 0797 487 2875 and she would love to discuss this with you. 

    

Thank you for your interest.

 

Please note that AMEN can be contacted by 

E mail:  janet@amentrust.co.uk      Tel: +44 (0) 1322 226148  

Post: 79 North Road, Dartford, Kent DA1 3ND, United Kingdom

AMEN is a registered Charity No. 1057626.