TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
The Santiago Partnership serves in collaboration with the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador (IPEE), and specifically with the social development branch of the church (FACE). We are also grateful for many other collaborative partnerships with organizations and individuals, especially Iglesia Emanuel.
+ IPEE
IPEE (pronounced “E-Pay-Ay”) stands for Iglesia del Pacto Evangélico del Ecuador, which means that it is the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador. IPEE was birthed in the late ‘40s by American Covenant missionaries who had come to Ecuador to help establish two schools. Currently, there are over 80 Covenant churches in Ecuador that are spread out throughout the country and are broken up into six districts of churches. IPEE is now legally independent from their American sister-church but still work hand-in-hand in many facets and projects. The Santiago Partnership is serving Ecuador by invitation of IPEE.
+ Evangelical Covenant Church
The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is an evangelical Christian denomination of more than 800 congregations and an average worship attendance of 178,000 people in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents. Founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants, the church is now one of the most rapidly growing and multi-ethnic denominations in North America. Historically Lutheran in theology and background, it is now a broadly evangelical denomination. This is the denomination that Joel and Kim serve as missionaries.
+ FACE
Fundación Adelanto Comunitario Ecuatoriano (FACE - pronounced "Fa-Say"), which means Ecuadorian Community Advancement Organization, is the Social Service Branch of the IPEE. FACE develops and administers various community-oriented outreach programs aimed at educating the Ecuadorian populace and reducing the need for intervention. All of the staff of the Santiago Partnership ministries in Ecuador are FACE employees and FACE's leadership is empowered to provide oversight and leadership of the ministry.
IPEE
The entire Santiago Partnership ministry in Ecuador serves in partnership with and under the leadership of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador or IPEE. We serve in Ecuador under the invitation and authorization of the local church, and they provide the ultimate governing body for the ministry. The Santiago Medical Clinic resides on property of the Covenant Church of Ecuador and serves as an outreach ministry of the local church.
Local Church
Pastor Christian Sani serves as the president of the Covenant Church of Ecuador. He resides in Guayaquil and pastors the local church there. The Santiago Partnership partners with local Covenant congregations for its ministries to provide a holistic approach to ministry. We want those who are ministered to know that Jesus Christ is at the center of our ministry, and the local church is where they can go to experience his love and find Christian community.
F.A.C.E.
Fundación Adelanto Comunitario Ecuatoriano
FACE (pronounced "Fah-Say") stands for Fundación Adelanto Comunitario Ecuatoriano, which means the Foundation for Ecuadorian Community Advancement. Basically, FACE is the branch of IPEE which executes Christian social projects throughout Ecuador. It is an independent organization in that it has its own legal non-profit status though IPEE its umbrella organization. FACE is greatly respected by the Ecuadorian government and many people around the country for the many projects it has executed in its 50 plus years of existence. Projects include the areas of disaster relief, health, agriculture, education, and community development. Everything that the Santiago Partnership accomplishes is and will be deemed a FACE project in Ecuador that is being accomplished in the name of Jesus Christ and the Covenant church of Ecuador.
Other partners
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