ReFrame Celebrates Its Ministry

June 23, 2011

Five years ago Back to God Ministries International re-launched its English ministry under a new name: ReFrame Media. Here are some of the highlights of the past five years, seeing where God has led and blessed this ministry:

  • BTGMI's English outreach has expanded from a staff of one to a team of 10 creative media missionaries. The ReFrame Media staff members continuously push the edges of technology to find effective ways of sharing the Gospel.
  • ReFrame Media produces nine different programs, seven of which launched in the past five years. We have programs for kids, young adults, music lovers, intellectuals, Bible students, and those who speak English as a second language!
  • The Today devotional, which BTGMI has produced for more than 60 years, is available online, and now also through an iPhone app. It’s been downloaded from iTunes more than 40,000 times in less than a year. There’s also an app for Android and Kindle.
  • The ReFrame team developed ChurchJuice, a free consultancy for congregations who want to learn how to use websites, social media avenues and other communication tools to more effectively minister in their communities.
  • Social media sites like Facebook have become central to BTGMI's outreach over the past two years. Each of BTGMI’s programs has an active Facebook page. The ministry is also developing a new marriage and family ministry centered on Facebook.

"That's a lot of growth in a few years—a testament to God’s faithfulness and we pray a foundation for reaching millions more in the coming years," observes ReFrame Media's director Rev. Steven Koster.

"We're grateful to the ministry supporters who have entrusted resources to us to create ministry tools like these."

Koster added that these five years of growth would not have been possible without the faithful support of the CRC through programs such as ministry shares. “It illustrates how the Spirit moves when congregations band together to do more ministry together than any one ministry could do alone.

That's the story of all our mission agencies, says Koster. "We are the church, knit together by the Spirit and sent out, working together through agencies to evangelize and disciple the world. I pray that's a story we can keep telling generation after generation."

Nancy Vander Meer, Back to God Ministries International