The Building
Thank you for stopping by and your interest about our youth/children’s inner-city mission work here at Word of Life Christian Center in Marion, Ohio. Our new youth building broke ground in January of 2025. Through prayer, God continues to follow through with his promises allowing us to now have a building to house our children’s ministry “Kids for Christ”.
The lot is 144 feet wide by 400 feet long. It’s a miracle that we were able to purchase this land for just $5,000.00. The property is valued at $36,000.00. The company that owned it practically donated the land to us. This is where we put a 40’x80’ building for classroom space for our boy’s ministry giving the girls ministry more room in the upstairs and downstairs classrooms of our church building.
The Children
Being here in the inner-city of Marion we see a lot of broken homes, dysfunctional families, child abuse, sexual abuse and verbal abuse. A lot of the children don’t have a dad or if they do, they don’t know where he is. Some of these kids have very little stability as they move from house to house each year or sometimes every few months. Some of the children are tossed around from one family member to another. Some of the children come to the church with dirty faces, dirty cloths, lice and even roaches.
We never turn a child away. We simply love them where they are. We do our best to reach every one of these kids with the love of Jesus. We are a small church with about 70-75 members, but these people have huge hearts. They have supported these children through the years with clothes, shoes, coats, food and even have taken boys to get their hair cut.
The Reason
We at WOLCC are trying to help and teach these kids to have a sense of value, and to build self-esteem and confidence in each heart along with a sense of accomplishment in which they are rewarded. We are hoping by doing this that these children will not follow the abusive and dysfunctional patterns they commonly know all too well. They will have a sense of value, accomplishment and integrity to be young men and women of God.
We pray that as they grow up, they will be good, loving moms and dads who take care of their families and loved ones. We at WOLCC are hoping they will become young leaders who have purpose, who would also be willing to invest into others. We are praying that by investing in these children’s lives they will not fall victim to drug or alcohol abuse. We know that we can’t reach all of them, but we try to reach as many as we can.
This is our life, and this is what we do at Word of Life Christian Center. We are thankful to be able to hopefully make a difference in each life. This is our mission field and we know that Jesus loves them and has purpose for each life. Please continue to pray for us and these children for God’s guidance in each life.
Support
Our youth building has been such of a blessing for these children already but isn’t completely paid off yet. This is why we are asking you to please help us continue to make a difference in these children’s lives today! You can donate through Givelify by going to the GIVE tab in our menu or by tapping or clicking the Givelify icon at the bottom of this page. Thank you!