How Short-Term Teams can Change you
Short-term trips often begin with a desire to serve, but sometimes God does something unexpected in the people who go. Through 16 trips with Metanoia Missions and One Collective, 45 people have made the decision to be baptized during or shortly after their experience. These are a few of their stories.
How to Have Long-term Impact
Explore the truth of change in people through the story of Phil and Debbie working at One Collective with at-risk youth.
Presence and Partnership
One Collective Catalysts in Santiago is fostering deep, trust-based relationships with youth in group homes, demonstrating their values of long-term presence and community-led transformation.
How a Week in Nicaragua Changed How I Live
When obedience meets opportunity, faith becomes personal. Lauren’s unexpected ‘yes’ to a mission trip in Nicaragua sparked a deeper connection with God—and a renewed calling to live with purpose.
What Does it Take for Transformation to Spread from One Community to Another?
How sustainable change in Masatepe is laying the groundwork for a new chapter of transformation in Ticuantepe—and the opportunity to be part of what God is already doing.
The Difference Long-Term Partnership Makes
Around the world, long-term partnerships play a vital role in creating change that lasts - but the path to establishing these partnerships can be challenging. How can a church, business, or university come alongside a specific community well?
See Partnership In Action
How Mars Hill Church and leaders in Masatepe, Nicaragua worked together to create sustainable change.
Cultivating Long-Term Relationships
How Long-Term Church Partnerships Foster Community Transformation
Finding Genuine Connection: Gabriel Garcia’s Journey in Ecuador
Gabe’s serving journey with One Collective in Shandia, Ecuador.
Discovering Deeper Purpose: Noah Swanson’s Journey
Noah’s serving journey with One Collective in Masatape, Nicaragua.
Working Together to See the Invisible
Where does Jesus show up, even to those who fall through the cracks - those who are invisible to much of the world? Rachel and Alonso, leaders in Santiago, Chile, have asked themselves the same question - and today, they are part of the answer.
Empowering Communities for Exponential Change
Across Quito and beyond, vulnerable lives are being transformed as local leaders are empowered to follow the ways of Jesus — creating a ripple effect of hope, healing, and lasting change. This is how real transformation begins, and why it’s spreading faster than ever.
Opening the Door for Lasting Change
What if being seen could change everything?
In the midst of crisis and isolation in Quito, Ecuador, women once invisible—like Kimberly—are finding healing, dignity, and purpose through the love of Jesus and the support you’ve made possible. Your generosity is reaching the margins with hope, one life at a time.
Shared Vision & Sustainable Ministry
When violent unrest swept through Nicaragua, American leaders were forced to evacuate, leaving years of community transformation work hanging in the balance. But what happened next is a powerful story of resilience, unexpected partnership, and how one local leader, stepped in help a community not just survive—but thrive.
Listening to Local Leaders
What happens when local leaders in Masatepe, Nicaragua ask “What would Jesus do if he was the mayor of this town?”