Eternal Life Ministries International is an interdenominational missions organization, founded in 1992. The original mission vision was and remains:
1. To share the gospel of Jesus Christ wherever the Lord opens the doors to do so, anywhere in the world, and to see many people come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord.
2. Through the preaching and teaching of Biblical truths: to exhort, encourage, and strengthen Christians in various parts of the world to love and serve God with increased commitment and effectiveness.
3. To have a genuine helps ministry to the poor as led by the Holy Spirit.
By the grace of God and with the help of ministry partners, we have pursued our mission goals and experienced fruitfulness in this ministry in the following ways:
1. Since 1992 we have had several thousand people pray and receive Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.We have shared the gospel of Jesus Christ through open-air public crusades, radio broadcasts, Bible studies, church services, and one-on-one evangelism throughout our travels here in the Philippines and in the United States, as well as in Vietnam, Hong Kong, and China. Jesus has entered into and is changing the lives of many people.
There are many testimonies, but one that comes to mind was a time when Emie and I were traveling by ship from Manila to Tacloban. That night Emie saw a woman standing by the railing of the boat who looked very depressed, so she went over to visit with the woman and to encourage her. As it turned out, this Chinese-Filipino woman had been planning to jump off the boat to her death because of some large financial losses due to gambling. Instead of ending her life, after we witnessed to her and prayed with her, she came to know Jesus as her Savior and Lord. We helped her to return home to her husband and 2 daughters who had been very worried. A few months later we received a nice Christmas card and a thank-you note, with a testimony of how Jesus was continuing to bless and help her and her family.
In sharing the gospel, Emie and I have seen people from all areas of life, all ages, from children to great-grandparents, have their lives touched by the Lord. We thank God and give glory to Him for saving lives!
2. We have had the privilege to minister to fellow Christians in churches, seminars, Christian colleges, etc., and we have seen many believers from various church backgrounds be strengthened and encouraged in their faith through the positive sharing of God’s word.
In the Philippines, through the open-air crusades and cooperative efforts of evangelism, we have helped other churches grow in attendance, and, where there was a need, but no other Christian group was willing or able to pioneer a church, Eternal Life Ministries has helped to raise up 12 churches, mostly in areas that had no Christian churches. These churches are now reaching out to their respective communities and sharing the gospel with many people. It is our privilege to help mentor and train the pastors of these churches in Biblical teaching.
3 Eternal Life Ministries has fed thousands of meals to children and shared the gospel with them. Some have been street children and others from the squatter areas (urban poor). Besides a good physical meal, we share the equivalent of a Sunday school lesson with them. They sing songs of praise to God, learn from Bible stories, and are taught how to pray to God. The street children look forward to these meetings with great excitement. This outreach ministry has been going on now for over 8 years.
Working with another ministry, we helped about 2 dozen children receive surgery to correct hair-lip defects that had deformed their faces. These children, who were from very poor families, and who were being teased unmercifully, received life-changing help given to them and their parents in the name of Jesus. We had 7 of these children and 8 parents stay with us at our house for a week as the children took turns receiving their operations. We provided for their bus fare, housing and meals, as well as medications needed after the operations.
The poor have been helped through Eternal Life Ministries in various other ways, (i.e., food, clothing, etc.) and some people’s physical lives have even been saved as a result of the help we were able to give. Praise God!
In whatever way we reach out to minister to the many needy people of this and other countries, we always share the gospel with them, because salvation is truly each person’s greatest need.
Blessings from the Philippines, in the service of Jesus Christ. Gordon & Emie Kalich
