UnderStand Up! International Ministries

200 Turtle Cove
Carrollton, GA 30116
ph: 678.773-5831
alt: 678.571-7859
home@understandup.org

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Why UnderStand Up!?

You may see or hear the name "UnderStand Up! International Ministries" and ask yourself, "Why UnderStand Up!? I don't get it!"
Well, in a nutshell, it represents a call to action for the faithfull Remnant of Jesus followers.
The breakdown goes something like this:

Under: We are One UNDER God. He is our Creator and Author of our salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Ephesisans 1:3-10; Hebrews 12:1,2)

UnderStand: We UNDERSTAND who we are in Christ and what we must do as His children, according to His Holy Word. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Ephesians 5:1,2; 2: 6-10)

Stand: We STAND for what we believe in Christ and against the ways of the evil one. (1 Corinthians 15:58; Ephesians 6:11,14)

Stand Up!: We STAND UP for the oppressed all over the world who need only a hand up and the assurance given to all God's children through His infallible Word, the Holy Bible. (Matthew 25: 31-40)

Up!: As we prepare ourselves in this world to go UP to the next, we strive to disciple, nurture and prepare as many as we can to go UP to Heaven with us to meet our Savior in the place He has prepared for us. (Matthew 28:19,20; John 14:1-4)

We are a small Remnant of servants of Jesus Christ dedicated to fulfilling the Great Commission of Christ by supporting the work of indigenous pastors and missionaries. We endeavor to sponsor these men and women financially as they bear fruit and make disciples for the Kingdom. In addition to financial support, we will assist them in three other specific ways: spreading the Word of God (The Bible), offering the Water of Life (Artesian Wells) and providing the Works of Faith (Provisions and Logistics) to all God's children.

What We Do

What we do as an entity is to obey the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. We believe that we are all put here on earth for a purpose and that is to serve God in some capacity.

The vision that God has laid upon our hearts is to help ease the burdens placed upon indigenous Pastors and entrenched Missionaries who strive diligently to spread the Gospel to their families, friends, neighbors and countrymen. We desire to partner with these dedicated individuals to ensure they have the spiritual, monetary, and physical resources needed to most effectively win souls to Christ and disciple others to also bear lasting fruit. By taking up these burdens (Galatians 6:2) on their behalf, they will be freed up to concentrate more time and effort on actually DOING what they were called to do as opposed to spending so much time, effort and energy fundraising.

We believe that everything begins with water. (Genesis 1: 2) If we work to ease the plight of the many millions who do not have access to clean water, sanitation and proper hygiene, this will open an opportunity for the Gospel to be shared where once time finding water, effort procuring water and worry about water once occupied. Thus we believe the drilling of fresh water wells is very important to the lasting effect of the Gospel in the world.

We also believe that to effectively share the Word of God we must truly be the "hands and feet" of Christ and show His love through our Works of Faith. This part of our ministry is an outreach to entrenched missionaries and other ministries who have urgent needs. We seek to meet those needs through a network of suppliers and volunteers who have what is needed and know how to get it to those who need it as quickly as possible.

Finally and most importantly, we seek to spread the seeds of Truth and Hope onto what is now fertile soil. (Luke 8:15) By ensuring Bibles and Discipleship materials are available to indigenous people in their native language and that qualified Bible teachers are being raised up among the people, the Word of God will have an effective and lasting impact.