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40th Anniversary
Timothy Project
Last Update: Aug 2026
since 1986
Sharing the Gospel and Love of Christ with People of Diverse Cultures
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Rev. 21:5
Our Founder Don Church
40 years ago, Wheaton College track and football coach Don Church believed an ordinary man obeying the Voice of Jesus could bring "Heaven onto Earth". Don wanted Timothy Project to help other humble servants of Christ fulfill their callings and God to get all the glory. We continue this legacy today.
LAUNCH OF
PRINTSTAR, AFRICA'S 1ST WEBPRESS BIBLE PRODUCTION CENTER IN NAIROBI
Timothy Project has for years been supporting the distribution of Tigrinya Bibles in northern Ethiopia. In view of an estimated 350 million Christians throughout Africa in need of a written Bible, God has led us to expand our outreach by helping our Kenyan sister Alice Ruhiu to launch PrintStar, Africa's 1st Bible webpress production center in Nairobi with mission 'A Bible for Every Home'. By God's grace, an inaugural ceremony was held on PrintStar's campus on June 6, 2026. God was pleased to grant a 'small beginning' of what we believe by God's Spirit and the help of God's people everywhere will one day be a major Bible production center printing millions of Bibles each year. Please text Dr. Paul (630)885-8627 for more info.
PrintStar Video
Prayer Requests
1) Please pray for Alice Ruhiu as she overseas the work of PrintStar in fulfillment of their mission A BIBLE FOR EVERY HOME.
2) Please pray many listeners will respond to our Moody Radio Global Media podcast campaign to accelerate fulfilment of PrintStar's mission A BIBLE FOR EVERY HOME.
3) Praise that PrintStar has begun printing high quality New Testaments with Psalms for Kenya and Uganda, with additional orders planned for South Sudan.
SEE YOUR SAVIOR COMES! SEE HIS REWARD IS WITH HIM, AND HIS RECOMPENSE ACCOMPANIES HIM. Is 62:11b
The artist's rendition (bottom left) shows how the campus God has granted to PrintStar may be developed into a major Bible production center with a capacity to print millions of Bibles per year in fulfilment of PrintStar's mission A Bible for Every Home. Currently more printing equipment is needed to do the entire Bible production on PrintStar's campus to help ensure high quality and timely delivery as well as handle both small and large size orders. Training production staff is a high priority, as are partnerships with ministries that will ensure PrintStar Bibles are distributed and used to redeem lives, homes and communtiies for Christ.
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Every gift of any size makes a real difference! In light of eternity, isn't it a very good use of one's resources to help make God's Word much more widely available in underserved and persecuted communities across Africa? May the LORD bless and guide you, and bring your reward one day soon. ​​
LAUNCH OF
THE GREENHOUSE AT THE CHICAGO WELCOME CENTER IN THE ALBANY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE NORTH SIDE
The Chicago Welcome Center is a creative collaborative ministry space and a hub of the Chicagoland Disciple-Making Movement (DMM). An ESL program serves immigrants from over 40 countries within walking distance of the center, and the Chicago Gospel Fellowship welcomes both churched and unchurched to a weekly Monday night international Discovery Bible Study. Recently God provided an expansion of CWC to a "Ministry Greenhouse" to further facilitate collaboration of the body of Christ. Please contact Tim Ophus (773)420-7303 for more info.
Prayer Requests
1) Please pray for Tim Ophus as he overseas the work of the Chicago Welcome Center.
2) The Chicagoland DMM partnership has a large outreach for movement leadership training including prison ministry and is praying for additional funding to support disaster relief projects by Action International.
3) Please pray for the flourishing and fruitfulness of multi-cultural Discovery Bible Studies at CWC.
LAUNCH OF
SHALOM REHABILITATION CENTER and SPECIAL PFUMVUDZA FARMING METHOD NEAR MEKELLE
The Shalom Center was ortiginally the Hope Center orphanage, childhood home of two of our Board memebrs. We thank God for granting the completion of repairs to the main residential facility of the Shalom Center in May 2025. A cluster of 6 NGO's in Mekelle, launched a pilot two month residential drug rehabilitation program with 11 residents and 27 staff in Fall 2025. A second group of 12 residents were admitted in Feb 2026 and a third group in June 2026. A new farming method has been implemented at the Shalom Center with a hope to improve food security for roughly 6 million people in the Tigray region. Timothy Project and the Shalom Center leadership are currently seeking God's guidance and blessing to introduce addiction recovery Bible studies as an integral part of the Shalom Center program. Please text Dr. Paul (630)885-8627 for more info.
Shalom Center/PFUMVUDXZA Video
Prayer Requests
1) Please pray God will guide Mekonnen in implementation of Discovery Bible studies as part of the Shalom Center's post-residential follow-up program. Praise that a 12 lesson DBS series has been developed in Tigrinya.
2) Praise that Timothy Project raised the remaining $11,850 needed to complete support for the third group of residents at the Shalom Center. $23,600 is needed to support a fourth cohort of residents.
LAUNCH OF
ELNABI HOLISTIC MINISTRY IN ADDIS AND MEKELLE
God granted our Ethiopian brother Samuel Estifanos to launch this ministry early in 2025 with an office in Addis Ababa to train staff to provide home-based care for families with autistic children. The Holy Spirit guided outreach has been extended to the Tigray region where there were no services to support autistic children. If you are interested to partner in this important work, please contact Shep (805)621-8968 for more info.
Prayer Requests
1) Please pray for Samuel Estifanos as he overseas the work of Elnabi Holistic Ministries.
2) Timothy Project seeks to raise $17,000 annually to support home based therapy for 17 families in Addis Ababa and Mekelle.
LAUNCH OF
ALULA'S DREAM FOUNDATION'S PILOT PRIMARY SCHOOL PROJECT IN NEBELET
In April 2023, Timothy Project received a $23,300 grant for Emergency School Kits. We used this grant to deliver 100 blackboards, 6000 pencils and notebooks to the Embasneyti school district with 6000 children. Alula's Dream Foundation has responded to a request from Nebelet officials to contruct an elementary school to alleviate severe overcrowding (100 students crammed into a room designed for 50 students). LORD-willing the new school will open in Fall 2026 with 800 students. Timothy Project is supporting inclusion of a 'Welcome Center' at the school for a variety of holistic community services including trauma healing and personal discovery of God's Word. Please contact Tesfai (630)698-5611 for more info.
Prayer Requests
1) Please pray for Tesfai Abay as he spearheads completion of the Alula Tesfai Zewaldi Primary School project.
2) Timothy Project needs to raise $40,000 by September 2026 to complete funding of the Welcome Center at the Alula primary school.
3) Pray for ADFs annual fundraising dinner gala Oct 10.
Aug 2026 1 Minute Video Update
EXPANSION OF CELESTIAL MINISTRIES AFTER SCHOOL COMPUTER PROGRAM IN LAWNDALE, CHICAGO
For three years, we have supported a small after school program in Lawndale, Chicago for 8th graders to learn programming with Python Jupyter notebooks. We include at the end of each lesson a discussion on scripture and prayer. We are looking to God to expand the program to a two year program for 7th and 8th graders.
Prayer Requests
1) Please pray for Stanley Ratliff as he overseas the work of Celestial Ministries.
2) Timothy Project seeks to raise $4600 annually for the 8th grade teachers, support staff, and student stipends.
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OPERATION NEHEMIAH MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL'S POLYTECH SCHOOL IN SOUTH SUDAN
For past three years, we have supported student scholarships at a polytechnic school in Nimule, South Sudan. A one year program offers a variety of practical job skills such as welding, seamstress and hair design, and IT.
Prayer Requests
1) Please pray for William Levi as he overseas the work of Operation Nehemiah Missions International.
2) Timothy Project currently seeks to raise $14,100 annually for scholarships supporting 12 students at the polytechnic school.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
God brings to our attention a variety of new and sometimes urgent projects at our weekly prayer meeting. Holistic support for young traumatized women in rural Tigray, goats to support most vulnerable S. Sudanese refugee widows in Uganda, and launching of a vocational & spiritual training center for disadvantaged youth in Chicago are recent examples.
Prayer Requests
1) Pray for Angela to receive proper nourishment and recover her health.
2) Praise for brother Justin in Uganda overseeing donations for 5 goats to support the livelihood of most vulnerable widows.
3) Pray for $24,000 needed annually for holistic suport of traumitized young women in Tigray.​​
4) Pray for board member Paul Newman as he explores possibilities to expand his CNC business into a voctional and spiritual training center for underserved youth in Chicago.