The Need

Peru is a country with nearly 30 million people, 38% of which are under 18 years of age. Of the 30 million, around 10 million of them live in the metropolitan area of Lima.

Many of the Peruvian pastors have expressed the desire of having more training and assistance with outreach programs.

About the time that I came back to the United States to go to college, the Christian school movement in Lima, began to flourish. The government made it easier to start private schools and in response to the poor public schools system and as a ministry outreach, many churches started their own schools.

Though the Christian school movement has grown over the years, most of their teachers have been trained in secular schools with worldly methods and philosophy of education. The schools also resort to using secular curriculum or are forced to come up with their own as affordable, Christian alternatives are scarce.