Many of our board members have served in Jamaica as part of
short-term missions teams for years before Jamaica Link Ministries
was founded. It was out of their experience that we discovered
the need for long-term partnerships between Jamaican ministries
and churches or outreaches elsewhere in the world.
As with many third world countries, there is
a huge financial need in Jamaica. Many churches and ministries
cannot financially support the work they are doing. In part,
this is because the local communities cannot afford to support
the local ministries. This cycle leaves many churches and
other organizations fighting to survive.
Short term missions groups come to Jamaica to
support a particular project, church or ministry by sending
work teams who will help finance and complete a construction
project, host a Vacation Bible School, hold special meetings
at churches in the area, or work in the local schools or orphanages.
Often long-term relationships are formed and groups will return
year after year to support a particular ministry.
