Our mission is to create a vibrant future for American Christianity by equipping American and immigrant believers and churches to serve together in cross-cultural and cross-generational ministry.

We believe the Bible is the inspired truth of God with no mixture of error (Psalm 119:160, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, John 17:17, Titus 1:2).

We believe that there is one God (Deuteronomy 6:4), eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 8:6, John 1:1-3, Acts 5:3-4).

We believe in the full deity (John 20:28, Philippians 2:5-6) and humanity (Luke 2:52) of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth (Luke 1:26-38), his miracles (Acts 10:38), his bodily death and resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:3-4), and his ascension to the right hand of God the Father (Acts 1:9-11, Hebrews 1:1-3).

We believe that all people are sinners by both nature (Psalm 51:5) and choice (Romans 3:9-19), alienated from God and under His wrath (Ephesians 4;18, John 3:36).  We believe that salvation consists of the forgiveness of sins (Ephesians 1:7), the imputation of Christ’s righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21), and the gift of eternal life (Romans 6:23), received by faith alone apart from works (Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:4).

We believe in the unity of the global Church, the Body of Christ, consisting of all regenerated believers, visibly manifested in local churches (Hebrews 12:22-24, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 2:19-22, Romans 16:5).

We believe in the bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ to judge the living and the dead (Acts 1:9-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18), those who are saved unto the resurrection of life and those who are lost unto the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:24-29).

We hold that all Christians have equal opportunity and responsibility to speak, listen, confess, forgive and submit to one another in love.   These biblical principles are found in 1 Corinthians 12:21, James 1:19, Matthew 7:3-5, Matthew 6:14-15, and Ephesians 5:21. 

Our resources are by and for those who have lived in North America for one, two and multiple generations.

We have provided consulting and other services for churches of many ethnicities in across North America. 

Denominations we have served include the Assemblies of God, Converge, ECO Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Covenant Church, Evangelical Free Church of America, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Nazarene Church, Presbyterian Church in America, Southern Baptist Convention and more.

Our Founder

John Wesley Yoder, Executive Director

Our Board of Directors

Jim Oolman, Chairman; owner, Woodbury Rentals; retired Practice Director for Project Management, Project Consulting Group

Dave Groeneweg, Treasurer; Chairman, Camp Nathanael; retired President, Unimatic Inc.

Vue Lee, Assistant to the President for Missions, South Minnesota district, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Chaz Nichols, Director; Asia Director, Converge International Missions

Mark Schoenrock, Vice President for Photography, Lifetouch National School Studios (retired)

Our Advisory Board

Don Allsman, Chief Executive Officer, Completion Global

Rebecca Epley, Director of Mobilization, Global Gates

Pat Hatch, Presbyterian Church in America Mission to North America Refugee and Immigrant Ministry Director

Dr. Peter Meier, Executive Director for Missions & Outreach, Florida/Georgia District, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Dr. Tesfai Tesema, Executive Director, Hope for the Second Generation

Immigrant Ministry Connections is a division (Doing Business As) of Global Youth Interchange, a tax-exempt 501C3 nonprofit registered with the IRS under EIN 84-4016591. 

Immigrant Ministry Connections

3755 Zinnia Lane N

Plymouth MN 55441

Email: [email protected] 

Phone: 952-222-0701