To financially and spiritually support the furthering of the message of the Gospel to diversified people in Central Ohio. COLIM (i.e Central Ohio Lutheran Immigrant Mission) has been formed to serve the overall needs of immigrants within 3 primary areas:
Gospel sharing – we have some of the least evangelized people groups from around the world living among us. God has literally brought the unevangelized world to our doorstep. We aim to show the love of Christ as represented through God’s people to immigrants who come from countries where it would be absolutely impossible to share the gospel without much higher risks than are present in the United States.
Holistic – we aim not only to feed them spiritually, but to meet their physical needs to the degree that our financial resources allow it. Many of these people, if they receive Christ, lose everything: physical needs, family, living quarters, etc. Meeting even some of these needs shows a faith that is real. (“If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and filled,’ without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is th