![]() ![]() ![]() All gifts to Christian Outreach International are tax deductible and secure. Your support and prayers matter! Y our gift allows us to deliver comprehensive help to people affected by humanitarian crises and will be used where and when most needed. Thank you for your heart to bless and help the Ukrainian people. In case the situation changes to where we are unable to send support directly to Uzhgorod, we will be working with missionaries and Pastors in neighboring countries that are caring for Ukrainian refugees there. We are only able to receive financial donations at this time, not physical or perishable goods. The needs are dire right now, so our assistance is vital. In light of the recent crisis, and all the refugees flooding again to Uzhgorod, COI is partnering with the missionaries and people we know and trust there to provide financial help with the urgent needs of housing, feeding and caring for those seeking refuge. Our base directors have returned to live in the States, but we still maintain contact with former COI missionaries still there, other missionaries that we know and have worked with and churches in the city. Our most recent base was in the western border city of Uzhgorod. The unexpected sequence of events has created a humanitarian crisis of War Refugees.Ī bit of history…Christian Outreach International has been serving the people of Ukraine since the 1990’s with missionaries, mission teams, English Schools, and humanitarian aid. Many of the refugees have fled to bordering nations, or to Western Ukraine where they will most likely be safer, and be able to get help. WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Kamala Harris will spend a week in Africa at the end of March as the United States deepens its outreach to the continent amid global competition, notably with China. Victory Outreach consists of over 700 churches.Russia’s recent invasion and declaration of war on Ukraine has caused 1000’s of Ukrainians to have to flee their cities and homes for safer places to stay while the fate of their nation is at hand. During the 1980s, the ministry experienced a rapid growth throughout the United States, which precluded an international expansion in the 1990s and moving forward. The ministry grew throughout different cities in California. In 1967, after using their house for meetings, Arguinzoni and Julie founded Victory Outreach in a small building in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in East Los Angeles. ![]() The couple began to minister to individuals in the Aliso Village area who were involved in street gangs and drug abuse. After marrying, the couple moved to Los Angeles, While attending the Latin American Bible College, Arguinzoni met his future wife Julie. He credits Cruz with influencing him to become a born again Christian. In 1960 at age 21, Arguinzoni befriended Nicky Cruz.at a Teen Challenge in Brooklyn. According to Arguinzoni, while growing up in Brooklyn, he began associating with the local Viceroy gang and began abusing heroin and other drugs. Early life Īrguinzoni was born in 1939 in New York City to a family of Puerto Rican descent. Since its founding, Victory Outreach has grown throughout the United States and in over 33 countries. Sonny Arguinzoni is an American Evangelical Christian pastor, author and youth counselor who founded Victory Outreach International, an international ministry of Evangelical Christian Churches.
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