Caring for Chinese people through the boundless love of God
We venture into dynamic situations with responsive partners for embodied service.
OUR VENTURES
“We connect with people of deep humanity and courage. Their situations and stories inspire us to serve. Though our gifts are small, attention and curiosity causes them to grow into something more.”
Jeffrey T. Nellermoe
CSV Executive Director
Why our heart is transformed
Our origin begins in the early 1900’s when Daniel Nelson, a Norwegian Sailor turned immigrant farmer in Eagle Grove, Iowa, took his family with $500 in his pocket to Shanghai, China and located in Xinyang, Henan Province, China. Harold Martinson followed with his family in 1908. Compelled by the love of Christ Jesus, a whole generation of farmers, teachers, doctors, and others went to China to serve and improve their Chinese neighbor’s lives with spiritual care and improved medical health and education. This started a love story that has bound our hearts to the people of Xinyang, Henan Province, China.
Although our story was disrupted by two World Wars, a Cultural Revolution, a Cold War, and now the heightened trade and political tensions between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China, we remain committed to serving the next generation of young people through the boundless love of Jesus Christ, to build of a future together that is grounded in flourishing relationships of mutual support and benefit.
Incorporated in 2000 as China Service Ventures, we seek to captivate Chinese hearts with the boundless love of God through word and service.