Empowering Renewal Across Africa and Beyond
Release International Mission is dedicated to making disciples among the least reached in Africa and beyond. Our wholistic strategy empowers individuals to meet their needs and care for the environment, creating lasting change where it matters most.
Our Story
You can’t tell the story of Release without telling the story of its founder Victor Mikebanyi. Born in 1962 in Congo, Victor was born again as a child at the age of 9 despite struggles with Catholic Parents. He felt a calling to mission work at a young age and quickly gained experience preaching the Gospel to the people in his community. His calling led him to attend Bible College where the Lord graciously provided the means to graduate as well as a network of believers that have come alongside Victor as partners in the Gospel through the work accomplished by Release over the last 40 years.
Matthew 28:18-20
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Our Impact
Release has had a global impact for the Kingdom. Victor’s calling has taken him from his home in Congo to preach the gospel to the Somali refugees in Eastern Africa including much of the Horn of Africa. The Lord eventually called him to Kenya. Victor began teaching English as a second language to refugees in Nairobi, where the Lord revealed a twofold vision to Victor. First, to translate the bible into Kinyamurenge, and second to establish Release International Mission to take the Gospel to unreached people groups across the globe. to date Release has established
Romans 10:13-15
13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Our Mission and Vision
At Release we endeavor to be disciples who make disciples that plant churches, care for the people and the environment. Release envisions people from every nation and language fully released from the bondage of evil, and transformed in every aspect of life, and establishing the Kingdom of Heaven within their communities, and nurtured through new and/or existing churches. We stand out because of our wholistic approach. We place the Gospel at the center of everything we do, but we also work to address physical needs in a sustainable and replicable way. We empower individuals to meet their needs and care for the environment, and we believe this creates a lasting change in the places where it matters most.
Romans 15:20-21
20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21 Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
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Ministries
Ministries are grouped into spiritual, developmental and leadership ministries.
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Churches
The purpose of Release International Mission planted churches is to properly disciple believers.