Christ for Rural Areas Ministries
Taking the Gospel to the rural and unreached.
Raising and mobilizing Christians toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
Since 1978
Faithful rural mission
About CRAM
A rural mission with a global vision.
Christ for Rural Areas Ministries exists to take the Gospel to rural and unreached communities, raise local leaders, plant healthy churches, and strengthen the people God has placed in our care.
We believe the rural world is not a forgotten margin — it is a field full of people, culture, and possibility.
The Mandate
A long obedience in the same direction.
We follow Jesus into towns, villages, and communities with teaching, proclamation, healing, and hope.
Reach
We go to the places others overlook with the good news of Jesus Christ.
Mobilize
We raise and equip Christians to serve as faithful rural evangelists and leaders.
Transform
We strengthen families, churches, and communities for lasting change.
Our Mission Fields
Where the Gospel is needed, we go.
Mission Stories
Hope has a name.
The clearest picture of mission is found in the lives of people and communities changed by the gospel.
Restoration of the Bassa Community in Nasarawa State
After five years of tragic exile and ethnic violence, over 3,000 Bassa people returned home and gave their lives to Christ.
Read storyUpcoming Events
Gather, learn, and respond.
Spiritual Resources
Resources for the road.
Taking the Gospel to the Rural and Unreached
A foundational teaching on the mandate of Christ for rural areas and unreached communities.
ViewMy Daily Affirmation Guide
Daily guide on identity, covenant, and destiny in Christ Jesus.
ViewOperating in the Supernatural
Sermon on divine miracles, signs, and wonders in rural missions.
ViewVoice of the Rural Evangelist
Listen to the people closest to the mission.
Reflections, teaching, and field wisdom from rural evangelists and church leaders.
Read the publicationDaily Affirmation
My Daily Affirmation
MY DAILY AFFIRMATION
I AM A CHILD OF GOD, A CHILD OF DESTINY, A COVENANT CHILD, A FAVORED CHILD, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR ALL GOOD WORKS. I AM SPECIALLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE, INDISPENSABLE TO GOD, MY FAMILY, MY COMMUNITY, AND MY GENERATION. I AM MADE TO SUCCEED AND NOT TO FAIL, TO BE ABOVE AND NOT BE BENEATH, TO BE A VICTOR AND NOT A VICTIM, TO BE A WINNER AND NOT A LOSER, TO BE A LENDER AND NOT A BORROWER.
I CANNOT BE DEFEATED, I CANNOT BE DESTROYED. I HAVE THE GREATER ONE INDWELLING ME. BECAUSE JESUS CAN NEVER FAIL, THEREFORE I CAN NEVER FAIL. I SHALL NOT DIE BEFORE MY WORK ON EARTH IS ACCOMPLISHED. WITH LONG LIFE WILL THE LORD SATISFY ME AND SHOW ME HIS SALVATION. I SHALL BUILD HOUSES AND INHABIT THEM; I SHALL PLANT VINEYARDS AND EAT THE FRUIT OF THEM. I SHALL NOT BUILD AND ANOTHER INHABIT; I SHALL NOT PLANT AND ANOTHER EAT. FOR AS THE DAYS OF A TREE, SO SHALL MY DAYS BE, AND I SHALL LONG ENJOY THE WORK OF MY HANDS. I SHALL NOT LABOUR IN VAIN, NOR BRING FORTH FOR TROUBLE. ALL MY CHILDREN SHALL BE CALLED THE SEED OF THE BLESSED OF THE LORD, AND THEIR OFFSPRING WITH THEM. MY CHILDREN SHALL BE TAUGHT OF THE LORD, AND GREAT SHALL BE THE PEACE OF MY CHILDREN.
THE LORD SHALL GUIDE ME CONTINUALLY, AND SATISFY MY SOUL IN DROUGHT, AND MAKE FAT MY BONES. HE SHALL TAKE SICKNESS AWAY FROM THE MIDST OF MY BODY AND SATISFY MY LIFE WITH ALL GOOD THINGS. AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT BEFORE I CALL, THE LORD WILL ANSWER; AND WHILE I AM YET SPEAKING, HE WILL HEAR AND SAY, “HERE I AM” IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. AMEN.
Education
Equip the people who carry the mission.
CRAM Kings and Priests College
Training rural evangelists, pastors, and church planters.
Ganmo, Kwara State
Learn moreGateway Christian Model Schools
Nursery, primary, and secondary education in mission fields.
Ugya, Nasarawa State & Ganmo
Learn moreLive School
Grassroots missions training for village church leaders.
Various Mission Stations
Learn moreCRAM Community Life Center (CCLC)
A hub for vocational, agricultural, and ministry training.
Ganmo, Kwara State
Learn moreWord of Life Church
The Word of Life Church
A local expression of the rural church — A.K.A CRAM.
Visit the churchFor we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord
2 Cor. 5:4
Glorious Worship
8:30AM – 11:30AM
Glorious Bible Study
5:00PM – 7:30PM
Move Your Mountain Night Vigil
11:00PM – 3:00AM
Our History
Faithful steps since 1978.
1978
The Birth of a Vision
Christ for Rural Areas Ministries was born on Saturday, March 11, 1978, at C.A.C. Primary School, Share, in Ifelodun Local Government Area, Kwara State. Bro. Samuel O. Olanrewaju, having received a vision from the Lord, gathered fellow believers to share his burden for the unreached. From that day, monthly evangelistic crusades were launched to bring sinners out of bondage, in obedience to the pattern of Christ Himself, who "went about all the cities and villages, teaching… and preaching the gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people" (Matthew 9:35).
1981
A Union Ordained of God
On August 8, 1981, Bro. Samuel wed Florence Temilade Afolayan-Bepo at the UMS Theological Seminary Chapel, Ilorin. Their marriage strengthened the work of the Ministry, in fulfilment of the truth that "two are better than one" (Ecclesiastes 4:9).
1982
A Place to Call Bethel
Land was secured at Eleyin, along the Oke-Onigbin/Omu-Aran road — over 100 hectares in time — after earlier efforts elsewhere were resisted. A ground-breaking ceremony marked the founding of the Campground, which soon housed a Christian Nursery & Primary School and farmland to sustain the growing work.
Questions about the mission?
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