Connected Community

What is a Connected Community?

Connected Communities allows a church in the U.S. to come alongside a particular school, hostel, child development center or other ministry of the Free Methodist church somewhere in the world. Locally, this relational model creates the synergy of shared vision and mutual love for a particular people and place. Globally, it makes a space for true relationships to form and flourish across cultures and international borders. If a church is currently supporting a missionary or country project, this model allows for a stronger partnership with that country or ministry. In 2024, Community of the Savior began a partnership with the Ruru Free Methodist Parish in Rubavu City, Rwanda. Since then, Community of the Savior sent its first team in the spring of 2024 to worship with the Ruru church, meeting many of the sponsored children and their families and gaining a better understanding of the community and their needs.

About the Ruru Free Methodist Parish

• Located in Rubavu City, Rwanda

• 250 children in the church community

• Church situated by Lake Kivu

• Within an agricultural region

• 90% of church members are fishermen

Sponsor a Child

New Ruru child sponsorships are available now. There are 32 new children who are in need of sponsorship. For $38 per month, sponsorship provides food, education, and holistic, faith-based development of the children and families in our Connected Community. To support a child from Ruru Free Methodist Church, visit the International Child Care Ministries sponsorship page and select a child whose identification number begins with RW200.

Over the past year, $20,000 has been donated from the CoS community through child sponsorships alone, which has had a significant impact on the children, their families, and the Ruru community!