Opportunities for Prayer, Giving, and Volunteering
The Challenges
Because Zuni is an isolated and disadvantaged community, the Mission continually faces serious challenges in generating sufficient financial resources to carry out its ministry. At one time fully funded by the Christian Reformed Church, the Mission has rightly and steadily assumed full responsibility in generating the needed ministry resources. Both Zuni Christian Reformed Church and Zuni Christian Mission School are responsible for their ministries' funding. For many years, Christian Reformed Home Missions (now Resonate) provided annual support from the denomination. As of 2019, all funding from the denomination has ceased and we thank God for guiding us through this transition, and for many churches and individuals who still remember Zuni and have a heart for the Kingdom work happening here. God has faithfully filled the gap with other funding resources, and we continue to share the exciting things happening in Zuni with new friends around the country.
Financial support for the Mission from the Zuni Tribal Government is not possible due to our religious orientation. Revenue from tuition and donations from local sources are also limited because of the high levels of family poverty and the lack of business and economic development on the Reservation.
Thus the Mission’s existence depends heavily on appealing to a wider network of prayer support, financial assistance, and volunteer involvement to sustain and broaden its cross-cultural ministry. Only recently has the Mission begun developing the capacity to seek and nurture these sources of outside help. It is humbling to depend on God guiding the hearts of His people to give each year, but His provision is abundant and we give praise for every gift poured into this place!
Participating Through Prayer
Most surely, God’s blessings come to the Mission through the prayers of his people. We invite you to pray regularly for Zuni people and for the ministries of the church and school.
To prompt and facilitate your prayers, the school publishes a quarterly news bulletin called The Torch and a monthly e-mail Prayer Bulletin. The Torch, published each September, December, March and June, is available in print form. Online versions of The Torch are available here.
To sign up to receive the Torch or Prayer Bulletin, please fill out the form below. You can also use the form to request to be removed from our mailing lists.
