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Our Mission

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Our vision is to see children and families who are in need—wherever they are found—experience the love of Christ through safety, belonging, and consistent presence, breaking cycles of isolation, violence, and despair by meeting real needs with real relationships.

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Our Story

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Paper Planes Ministries exists because we believe the Gospel was never meant to stay inside church walls.

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Across America, many churches faithfully gather on Sundays—yet just outside those doors are children and families living with instability, violence, hunger, loneliness, and fear. We believe the Church is called to more than proclamation alone. We are called to presence.

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Paper Planes was born from a conviction that the Gospel must be lived where people are, not just spoken where it is safe and convenient. That means going into neighborhoods others overlook, building trust where it has been broken, and showing the love of Christ through consistent relationships, shared meals, and practical care.

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We are not a building or a program. We are people who show up—day after day—transporting children and teenagers to our Gospel services, hosting block parties, fixing bikes, feeding families, and creating spaces where kids feel safe, known, and valued. Through these relationships, we point families to Jesus—not as an idea, but as a living hope.

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Our story is simple: when the Church goes to the hurting, the Gospel becomes visible. And we believe that is how communities are changed.

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Our Values

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The Word of God – Without God’s word our mission and ministry would be pointless. We will always value and follow the word of God above all else.

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“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12

 

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16

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Generosity – “We make a living by what we make, but we make a life by what we give.” - Winston Churchill

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“Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” – 2 Corinthians 9:6-8

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Community – Paper Planes sees the racism in the St. Louis area. We take equality and love in high regard to all people no matter the skin color, disability, or culture.

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“I appeal to you brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.” 1 Corinthians 1:10

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Perseverance – We never give up on our ministry. Too many times there have been teams of people that have abandoned some of our most desperate communities. Paper Planes Ministries will not give up on what God has called us to do.

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“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9