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WORLD CHRISTIAN OUTREACH, INC
Stanton R. Herpick, founder and president of
World Christian Outreach, Inc., attended the International Congress on World Evangelization in
Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974, while a student at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena,
California.
At this significant, watershed missions conference organized by the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association, Stan heard first hand accounts of the tremendous
obstacles and challenges faced by our Lord’s church in foreign countries.
Through a set aside time of fasting and prayer in 1975 the name and vision for
World Christian Outreach was born. The ministry incorporated in California March
28, 1976 as a 501©3 non-profit organization with the intent to:
(1) Declare the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord throughout
the world as God directs.
(2) Support and act as a catalyst to the foreign, indigenous church, recognizing
that they know best how to communicate with their own people, cultivate a
community of believers, and operate most efficiently within their own culture.
(3) Provide “tools of ministry” such as PA systems, bicycles, bull-horns, Bibles,
musical instruments, motor bikes, teaching materials, etc as God leads.
(4) Initiate Community Development for social action — water projects; building
of churches, medical clinics, orphanages, schools; teach agricultural farming
techniques, trade skills, sewing, weaving, etc. — all with the intent to develop
self-sufficiency and build up a middle class of people.
World Christian Outreach Distinctives
(A) World Christian Outreach works primarily in the rural, village areas of
undeveloped countries because the majority of the population in an agrarian
economy live in the countryside.
Therefore our approach to ministry is more like spiritual guerilla warfare
rather than an explosion of one evangelistic crusade in a major foreign city.
(B) We believe that money follows ministry rather than the reverse. Therefore our
approach is that as God guides, He provides.
(C) The leadership of WCO believes in working in a “tent making job”, if needed, to provide
for personal needs.
Therefore, approximately 90% of finds donated go directly to the ministry
project.*
(D) Now, we are conducting ministry on two major tracks in East
Africa as follows:
a. Evangelistic and Teaching Outreach by setting up Christian Leaders
Conferences for Pastors, Evangelists, Elders and Deacons in rural areas
throughout Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda.
b. Establishing a major building project in Laikipia, Kenya operating as New Dawn
Community to bring forth an Orphanage, Evangelistic Resource and Training
Center, School and a Rehabilitation Trade Skill Teaching Center.
Active Staff
Stanton R. Herpick - Founder and President, World Christian Outreach, Inc.
Moreno Valley, California.
James M. Kariuki - Director of African Affairs, Laikipia Kenya, East Africa.
Kennedy K. Kamau - Director of East African Affairs, Nairobi, Kenya.
Sarah W. Kariuki - Prayer Director, Nairobi, Kenya.
Board of Directors
Harold Anderson - Pastor Higher Ground Calvary Chapel, Moreno Valley, CA.
Jack Clark - Associate Pastor Higher Ground Calvary Chapel, Moreno Valley, CA.
Damaris Herpick - Nursing Assistant, Moreno Valley, CA.
Stanton Herpick - President World Christian Outreach Moreno Valley, CA.
Jack Klaer - President, KBI Construction Co., Tustin, CA.
Ron Sukut - Pastor Cornerstone Church, San Clemente, CA
Executive Advisors
U.S.
Ronald Birtcher - Retired Businessman, Napa, CA.
Kenya
Moses Meeli - Bishop, Anglican Church of Africa, Namanga, Kenya.
Amos N. Bacha, Church of Christ, Nairobi, Kenya
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