Empowering kids through communities of faith, hope, and love.
Empowering kids through communities of faith, hope, and love.
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Join us for an exciting missions opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus using the game of baseball to reach youth/children with the gospel and make disciples. Whether you are a returning Breakaway missions team member or looking to serve with us for the first time, these baseball camps offer turnkey models for stepping right in and making a difference with your love for Jesus and passion for the game of baseball. The Belfast camp will serve children ages 5-11 and the Bristol camp will serve ages 9-13. Contact us for more details if you are interested in either or both of these 2022 UK baseball missions opportunities, or for information about other Breakaway baseball camps in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.
We have a missions opportunity for those interested in helping to launch a new youth summer camp in the Bani region of the Dominican Republic. This can also be a great opportunity for a U.S. sending church to develop a new partnership with a local host church in the DR. Contact us for more info if you are interested in helping to pioneer a new ministry venture that will serve for years to come in raising up a new generation of young Dominican leaders and shapers.
This project is in commemoratory of the late W.L. White (native of Lindale, GA), who was a longtime partner with Breakaway Outreach (20+ years) and passed on to his heavenly home last October. Our missional focus with this partnership is threefold:
1) To empower vulnerable children with the gospel while building resilience skills through baseball clinics and sports training
2) To train indigenous coaches in West Africa, equipping and resourcing them to be disciplers and mentoring shapers of future generations
3) To strengthen communities by fostering cross-cultural partnerships, creating sustainable youth sports programs, and providing tangible resources for development
🇬🇭 ⚾ West Africa Baseball Initiative
• 207 kids attended our gospel-centered baseball camp
• 11 schools partnered together for this outreach project
• 24 new coaches trained and equipped for sports ministry
We established the foundation for the very first baseball league in Ashanti region of Ghana, commissioning a head baseball coach and a staff of assistants. Coaches will continue to meet monthly for training together and developing multiple youth teams. We believe that God is going to use baseball to empower kids with hope, bring about gospel transformation, raise up next generation leaders, and further His kingdom through this sports ministry for years to come.
This partnership will soon be expanding into Ivory Coast as we continue to train indigenous pastors and coaches for sports outreach to vulnerable children and to use the game of baseball to make disciples of Christ. Thank you for your prayers and financial support which make it all possible.
Learn more about our global initiatives here.
*This initiative has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
In 2020, we have the opportunity to take our KidVenturez (KV) program to a level we never imagined. Through one of our international partnerships in the Dominican Republic, we are working on a project to give orphans in the DR the ultimate KV experience. For several years, we have sent teams to serve these children by providing VBS and sports programs at the orphanage in Barahona. A few years ago we built a basketball court for the orphanage. Now some of those orphans will have the opportunity to realize something they have only dreamed about—coming to America.
In the summer of 2020, we envision bringing a group of these orphans to the U.S. for the ultimate KV experience. The kids will attend our summer camp near Greenville, attend a MLB Double-A baseball game, visit Dollywood, and see the stunning Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee.
Want to help sponsor one of the orphans? The full scholarship for one child to attend this trip is $925 (includes airfare, lodging, meals, camp scholarship, baseball game, and Dollywood ticket). Other partial gifts that can help collectively reach the scholarship goals are:
or mail your gift to:
Breakaway Outreach
P.O. Box 3452
Cleveland, TN 37320
How will your gift empower kids when they return from the U.S.? In the same way that KV has a cycle of redemption domestically, that cycle can be realized internationally as well. Just ask Edwin (pictured below). At 9-years old, Edwin was a homeless Haitian refugee in Barahona when the orphanage took him in. Today he is in his early twenties, serving on staff at the orphanage, and attending the local university. Because others gave him experiences of redemption, he is now giving back to others as a mentor and youth worker. As orphans return to the DR from their TN KidVenturez experience and a dream realized, they will want to give back to others as they continue to grow up as well, because of the tangible ways they have been blessed.
Together, we have the awesome privilege of shaping redemption cycles through KidVenturez and many other Breakaway initiatives. Thank you for making a difference for young people facing hardship!
