ABOUTOIKOS is a Greek word whose meaning is HOUSE, a home, but at the same time it refers to all the people that make up the family of that home. This word is recorded countless times in the New Testament and mentioned by the Apostle Paul to indicate the place and context of the early church, for instance in Acts 2:2 when the first group of believers were all together and were filled with the Holy Spirit they were inside a house, or when the Apostle Paul sent greetings to the church in the house of Aquila and Prisca in 1 Co. 16:19.
This is how OIKOS Church Planting Ministries was birthed, out of what our Lord prayed in Matthew 6:10 "Your kingdom come, your will be done" ... also from a deep love for our Lord Jesus Christ and for the passion to see His Church multiplied like it was in the early Church of the first century. OIKOS has this goal among Hispanics and Latinos in the United States of America, as well as among the different ethnic people groups in other places around the globe where Christ has not been announced. OIKOS exists to serve in equipping, mentoring spiritually and supporting financially future servants for the leadership of the Church's ministry, who are willing to be part of the Great Commission in proclaiming the light of the Gospel in the darkness. |
How OIKOS Began |
OIKOS Church Planting Ministries was birthed because of two main experiences in my service to the Lord. Ten years ago, I was serving as a Church Planter in my home city Lima, sponsored by a U.S. Baptist Church and a Baptist Mission Organization. While I was serving there, I became very involved in missions too. I was an eyewitness of great need among many native pastors and church planters servants in many places of my country, who are serving faithfully where God had sent them in spite of their severe poverty and the lack of support of the body of Christ.
In 2012 the house church that we were planting, understanding the sad reality of many native servants, took the decision with the elders to support 7 natives church planters of different places of Peru. The strategy was to expanding the Gospel in the three regions of Peru. We were witnesses of many great things God did among these ministries. In addition to that, on June 2014, the house church Iglesia Gracia de Dios and their elders after a considerable time of prayer and seeing a new opportunity for carrying out the Great Commission, was our sending church as missionaries to the USA. Then, the second main experience was when I served for five years as a Missionary Church Planter under the position of Director of Discipleship & Missions in a Church plant in Mississippi, again I was an eyewitness of the great need of the Gospel among the Latino and Hispanic population and the different ethnic people groups in the United States of America. I carefully considered these two great needs from these two experiences and I recognized that I had to do something to be part of helping change these realities. While I was considering all these realities, God used a circumstance in my life to reveal the next step in my service to Him. After seeking the Lord in prayer and search through His Word. I understood what He was calling me to do, which is create an initiative to supporting the native servants of the Kingdom who are serving God in spite of their severe poverty and the lack of support of the body of Christ. And also to follow the biblical pattern of Church Planting and how the body of Christ has to be involved in church planting for the completion of the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that it will be possible because we trust in a Sovereign, Mighty and Sustainable God, who have promised be with us while we preach the Gospel and make disciples for His Glory. Jaime Loayza Founder of OIKOS Church Planting Ministries View Jaime's Ministry Timeline Photo Gallery
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Our Vision
Our vision is to start with a church planting movement or network taking the pattern of the early Church of the first century. A network that begins in The Mid-South of the United States of America and in other parts of the globe for the completion of the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our desire is to be part of seeing new communities of faith committed to missions, flourish to actively love their city, be dedicated in proclaim the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in word and deed. Becoming new Local Churches that have the same desires as Christ "Your kingdom come, your will be done". To accomplish this we want to be focused on these important areas: Training Christ-centered in the Gospel and in the Word of God (theological training and resources), financial support, and spiritual shepherding (counseling).
Our desire is to be part of seeing new communities of faith committed to missions, flourish to actively love their city, be dedicated in proclaim the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in word and deed. Becoming new Local Churches that have the same desires as Christ "Your kingdom come, your will be done". To accomplish this we want to be focused on these important areas: Training Christ-centered in the Gospel and in the Word of God (theological training and resources), financial support, and spiritual shepherding (counseling).