BCM International

BCM INTERNATIONAL – OUR STORY
In the summer of 1936, Miss Bessie Traber was seeking the Lord’s direction. She had been a missionary in the Philippines. At a Labor Day Conference in Philadelphia, Miss Traber told how God blessed her Bible Clubs in the Philippines. After her presentation, many young people asked her, “Why can’t we have Bible Clubs like that in Philadelphia?” Bible Club Movement was born!

Over the years God has greatly expanded BCM’s outreach around the world, and our commitment to making disciples globally has remained steadfast. We now have more than 850 missionaries serving in 56 countries ministering to 1.3 million children and 2.5 million teens and adults annually. Your prayers and support for our Global Ministry enable BCM to run Bible Clubs and Christian camps, share the gospel with children and their families, teach and train leaders and children’s workers, plant churches, minister to the hurting and provide disaster relief and resources for persecuted and under-served groups. We are now known as Bible Centered Ministries, International.

BCM International is a global Bible-Centered Ministry dedicated to making disciples of all age groups for the Lord Jesus Christ through evangelism, teaching, and training so that churches are established and the Church strengthened. Our vision is Reaching Children and Strengthening Churches Worldwide. We have memberships with ECFA, CCCA, and Mission Nexus, and a Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid’s Guidestar.

BCM INTERNATIONAL – CORE PROGRAMS
REACHING CHILDREN
With more than two billion children falling between the ages of 4 and 14, BCM International has made this strategic 4-14 window the central focus of its ministry since beginning as the Bible Club Movement in 1936. All around the world BCM is committed to partnering with local churches to reach children for Christ and disciple them in God’s Word.

DEVELOPING CHURCHES
In order to introduce the lost to Christ and nurture new believers, BCM remains focused on partnering with established churches for the cause of world evangelization. We also seek to plant Bible-believing churches in neighborhoods where none exist, whether in large cities or remote villages. The objective is to ensure that they are culturally relevant and have a vision to reach their own community and beyond.

TRAINING LEADERS AND TEACHERS
Through Bible institutes, regional and local teacher training and church leadership courses, seminars, college and seminary instruction, small group Bible studies, and hands-on practical ministry opportunities, BCM missionaries are training a new generation of Christian leaders around the world. Raising up children’s ministry leaders for the local church is also a key focus. BCM’s Bible curricula Footsteps of Faith and Tiny Steps of Faith and other publications, along with their teacher training course, In Step with the Master Teacher, now available in more than 32 languages, provide Bible-centered and culturally appropriate resources for local church leadership to disciple and train their membership and evangelize their community for Christ.

DEMONSTRATING COMPASSION
Disaster relief, health clinics, street kids outreach, aid to orphans and widows, micro-enterprise programs, community and HIV/AIDS education, handi-camps and other ministries to the disabled are only some of the areas in which BCM missionaries, staff and volunteers minister on a weekly basis to physical as well as spiritual needs around the world.

CHRISTIAN CAMPING
From the wild beauty of Ireland’s seashore to the lush tropics of India, Peru, or the Caribbean, from the mountains and rural farmlands of North America to a secluded European retreat, BCM Christian camping programs now reach over 28,000 children each year in 32 different countries.