FRONTIER CALLING & APOSTOLIC MANDATE

TAKING THE GOSPEL BEYOND THE CITIES ACROSS AFRICA

Rural Evangelical Outreach is totally committed to the evangelization of rural areas and small towns across Africa via saturation church planting, prayer evangelism, and community transformation.

Evangelizing Neglected Hinterlands Across Africa
01 // FRONTIER EXPEDITIONS & SATURATION MISSIONS

Evangelizing Neglected Hinterlands Across Africa

Mobilizing believers to take extended mission expeditions into unevangelized farming villages, riverine hamlets, and mountain tribes where Christ has never been named.

44+ Years of Frontiers
100,000+ Target Settlements
70% Rural Focus Mandate
16 Transformation Pillars
2018 UZO-UWANI MEDICAL OUTREACH

2018 Uzo-Uwani programme, where free medical healthcare was offered.

SUPPORTING FIELD TESTIMONIES MIRACLES & DELIVERANCES
Former Idol worshippers burn their idols after receiving Jesus Christ
POWER ENCOUNTER

Former Idol worshippers burn their idols after receiving Jesus Christ.

Praying with a rural missionary after God delivered his entie church
DIVINE DELIVERANCE

Praying with a rural missionary after God delivered his entire church when a building caved in.

APOSTOLIC CHARTER & PURPOSE

OUR VISION

“Rural Evangelical Outreach (REO MINISTRIES INC.) is a non-denominational missionary organization totally committed to the evangelization of rural areas and small towns all over Africa and the third World via saturation church planting, prayer evangelism/community transformation and training/equipping of rural ministers and churches.”

Our vision is to give opportunity to the rural dwellers whose lives are dominated with idolatry, poverty, ignorance and diseases, to receive eternal and better life through the preaching and demonstration of the word of God in power and practical love.

Saturation Church Planting Prayer Evangelism Community Transformation Training Rural Ministers
Evangelizing Rural Africa

OUR HISTORY

The providential story of how God raised R.E.O. Ministries to champion the neglected rural frontiers of Africa.

HABAKKUK 2:2

“Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”

EPOCH 01 // 1980–1987 THE GENESIS OF BURDEN

God Speaks to Prof. Dan. Ozoko

Between 1980 and 1987, God spoke to Prof. Dan. Ozoko through dreams, visions and prophecies about the need to evangelize rural areas. While sending him as a youth corper, God opened his eyes to the dire spiritual conditions thriving in rural areas all over Nigeria. While the cities were heavily saturated with churches and ministries, the rural areas were totally neglected and by-passed by the churches.

Prof. Dan. Ozoko discovered that even when there were churches, they were usually weak — spiritually, numerically, financially, etc. Problems of illiteracy; poverty; lack of ministerial training; witchcraft and logistics made it impossible for any gospel expansion to take place in rural areas.

Core Realization: Neglected Rural Hinterlands
EPOCH 02 // 1988 FOUNDATIONAL CHARTER

A Clear Divine Charter: R.E.O. Ministries is Born

Existing churches in the cities did not care much about rural-missions or evangelism. Those with a missionary vision preferred to focus on foreign missions and the Islamic strongholds in Northern Nigeria. Rural areas in the central, south-eastern and south-western parts of the country were totally ignored. There was a critical need to do something urgent to address the situation.

In 1988, Brother Dan received a clear leading to establish an organization to champion the cause of rural evangelization. R.E.O. MINISTRIES was born as a result of this leading.

Pioneer Mandate: Beyond City Borders
EPOCH 03 // 1989–1995 FRONTIER INVASIONS

Power Encounters & Community Transformation

It began basically as an outreach group (and not a church or fellowship). The main activity then was to recruit interested believers from different cities and churches to take extended evangelistic outreaches to completely unevangelised rural areas as indicated from mission surveys and spiritual mapping.

Right from its beginnings, our outreaches were characterized by miracles of salvation; deliverance; healings and power encounters with demonic powers. Whole communities were getting saved, renouncing idols and embracing new ways of doing things.

Signs & Wonders: Community Deliverance
EPOCH 04 // 1996–2005 EXPONENTIAL GROWTH

Saturation Church Planting & Ministerial Training

Through the years, our outreaches began to grow in diversity. The need for aggressive church planting became clear when we began reaching out to unchurched places. Big denominations simply refused to take responsibility for churches we handed over to them, so we were forced to take over the churches we were planting.

The need for training and equipping rural ministers from all denominations became clear as more and more groups sought to find out the secret of our success in rural areas. Then we became involved in dealing with idols and shrines. Eventually the drive for total community transformation began as a result.

Multiplying Indigenous Local Churches
EPOCH 05 // 2006–PRESENT CONTINENTAL APOSTOLIC EXPANSION

Hundreds of Churches Planted, Thousands of Pastors Trained

Today, we can look back to the hundreds of churches we have planted; to the thousands of rural ministers trained in our conferences; to the tens of rural communities transformed by our outreaches and say:

“EBENEZER, HITHERTO HATH THE LORD HELPED US” — 1 Samuel 7:12

Our vision remains as fresh and burning as when we started: To see every rural community in Africa receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ in power, truth, and practical love.

Continental Movement: 100,000+ Villages
Strategic Framework for Holistic Rural Transformation

WHAT WE DO

REO operates a multi-dimensional, holistic rural missions model designed to address the spiritual, theological, social, and developmental needs of unreached African villages.

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OUTREACHES (SHORT TERM MISSION TRIPS)

Taking the Gospel Beyond the Cities Across Africa

Because REO is an outreach ministry, we constantly organize outreaches and short term mission trips to various remote rural locations in Africa.
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OUTREACHES (SHORT TERM MISSION TRIPS)
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OPERATION CALEB

Short Term Outreaches & Church Planting Expeditions

This is a short term 3-4 week outreach to selected rural locations. It holds during the dry season months of December – February each year.
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OPERATION CALEB
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PRAYER CAMPS

Intensive Rallies, Teaching Sessions & Bible Studies

This usually holds around Easter and in August. During this period, we organize rallies, teaching sessions, Bible studies, and discipleship programs.
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PRAYER CAMPS
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MINISTRY TO TRADITIONAL RULERS

Reaching Kings & Elders for Community Salvation

Traditional Rulers are the gate-keepers of African communities. Winning them to Jesus makes it easier for their subjects to be saved.
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MINISTRY TO TRADITIONAL RULERS
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CHURCH PLANTING CRUSADES

Establishing Living Churches in Unreached Villages

This is a regular feature of our outreaches. We do not stop with preaching the gospel and winning converts; we go on to plant a living church for them.
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CHURCH PLANTING CRUSADES
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Training of Rural Ministers in form of Conferences, Pastors, Traditional Rulers, Farmers

Sound Ministerial Training for Grassroots Shepherds

Rural Ministers in Africa suffer a great deal from the lack of adequate exposure to sound, ministerial training. It is estimated that over 80% of those who work as pastors in different rural areas are not only poorly trained but frequently are unable to access the powerful pastors conferences that hold in cities.
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TRAINING CONFERENCES /SHORT COURSES FOR RURAL MINISTRIES
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PROVISION OF FREE BOOKS BIBLES AND MINISTERIAL RESOURCES FOR RURAL MINISTERS

Free Books, Bibles and Essential Ministerial Tools

Distributing free vernacular Bibles, study books, and teaching commentaries to rural pastors and converts who lack financial access to materials.
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PROVISION OF FREE BOOKS BIBLES AND MINISTERIAL RESOURCES FOR RURAL MINISTERS
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COMMUNITY DELIVERANCE

Breaking Demonic Strongholds & Bringing Spiritual Liberty

Idolatry is one of the most powerful demonic strongholds in Africa. It is not uncommon to find a community serving tens of gods.
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COMMUNITY DELIVERANCE
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TRAINING MINISTERS AND ILLITERATES TO MINISTER TO ILLITERATES

Oral Bible Storying & Vernacular Strategies

The model ministerial training does not provide for ministry to illiterates. We suspect that the frustrations related to ministry to illiterates may be one reason a good number of ministers and organisations shy away from rural work.
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TRAINING MINISTERS AND ILLITERATES TO MINISTER TO ILLITERATES
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MINISTRY TO SOCIAL OUTCASTS

Leading Social Outcasts to Jesus & Rehabilitation

These social outcasts include prostitutes, drug addicts, the homeless, and the ‘urban poor’. Here and there, it has been our privilege to lead this people to Jesus and even pass them through same discipleship programs.
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MINISTRY TO SOCIAL OUTCASTS
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BIBLE SCHOOLS

Equipping Believers & Cross-Cultural Missionaries

We have different kinds of training schools to establish converts in the word of God, equip villagers for victorious lives, and train cross-cultural missionaries for rural areas.
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BIBLE SCHOOLS
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Combining Development, Health Promotion & Church Planting

Rural areas are often so needy that even after a church has been planted, there are still many development issues to be tackled. We have embraced the method of CHE (Community Health Evangelism) as a way of combining community development, health promotion, and church planting.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN OF RURAL MISSIONARIES (CRM)

Sound Education for the Children of Rural Missionaries

In addition to working amongst orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) we prioritize the provision of sound education for the children of Rural Missionaries. Helping them train their children in good schools assures that the kids will have a future and enables their parents to focus on their work.
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PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN OF RURAL MISSIONARIES (CRM)
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Support Locals - Training of Their Children, Medical Outreach & Self-Sustained Empowerment

Education, Medical Attention & General Support

Our work in different villages, tribes and nations often brings us in contact with orphans, vulnerable teenagers and very poor converts. After leading them to Christ, we assume responsibility for their education and development.
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Support Locals - Training of Their Children, Medical Outreach & Self-Sustained Empowerment
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MEDICAL & HEALTH OUTREACHES

Life-Saving Free Medical Treatments in Remote Areas

The provision of free medical treatments in very remote rural areas is not only life-saving but has helped to open the heart of many communities to Jesus.
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MEDICAL OUTREACHES
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SCHOOL PROJECTS

Primary & Secondary School Projects for Rural Communities

For those rural areas with no schools, our coming in with primary school or secondary school projects has been the key to turning them to the Lord.
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SCHOOL PROJECTS
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KINGDOM EMPOWERMENT

Free Resources

Downloadable Books, Training Manuals & Field Literature

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UPCOMING EVENTS & CONFERENCES

Conferences – REO Ministers Conferences

Equipping & Igniting Rural Missionaries Across Nations

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11 Core Convictions

OUR VALUES

Our values are the convictions that demonstrate WHY we do what we do. These values are based on powerful encounters with God in the past and will always influence our future. They guide our thinking, planning, spending and decision-making.

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01 THEOLOGY

Word-based Ministry

The Word of God is the basic principle behind everything we say or do. It is our practice to reject anything that is not firmly based on the Word of God.

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02 INTERCESSION

Persistent Prayer & Spiritual Warfare

Ongoing prayer is our most basic demonstration of total dependence on God. The ministries and activities of R.E.O. are characterized by a continual dependence on individual and corporate prayer in their planning and execution.

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03 MOBILIZATION

Every Member Ministry

We believe that lay people can and should be trained to do the works of ministry. We realize the Great Commission is too big for ordained clergy to fulfill all alone. We therefore constantly train, equip and release lay people to become ministers and to minister.

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04 MULTIPLICATION

Saturation Church Planting

There should be a church within every community so that people do not have to trek or travel far in order to get to a word-based church. We strive to saturate everywhere we are located with vibrant churches and also to motivate and mobilize other ministries to do same.

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05 INTEGRITY

Loyalty

Loyalty is central to building anything valuable both in corporate and interpersonal relationships. Our work goes on without the threat of splits and divisions.

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06 CONSECRATION

Need for Sacrifices

Genuine faith has always been expressed through high quality personal sacrifices (Hebrews 11:4). God's work advances only as we lay down our lives for the Lord, His work and His people. In everything we do, we strive to excel through practical faith and personal sacrifices.

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07 COMMUNITY

Healthy Relationships

Healthy and love-filled relationships among ministry leaders and workers is a key to successful ministry and growing churches (Hebrews 10:24–25). We diligently strive to create harmonious interpersonal relationships devoid of strife and selfishness.

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08 LEADERSHIP

Servant & Example-Oriented Leadership

Leaders must lead by serving others and consistently set the right examples for followers to follow in all things. Our leaders do not lead their followers from behind.

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09 PRIORITY

Rural Areas & Small Towns

Small population centers and remote rural areas matter to God just as much as the cities. Because rural areas and small towns really matter to God, we will strive to plant healthy churches where there are none and strengthen existing ones.

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10 FAITH

Rural Areas Potential

Even the most isolated places can never limit what God can do (Matthew 9:35–36). We will always strive never to think that rural areas should limit what we can believe God for or what He can do.

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11 EXCELLENCE

High Quality Ministry Efforts

God deserves the very best that we have to offer. Our Ministry efforts will always demonstrate our belief that rural areas/small towns deserve our best efforts just as larger places do.

Apostolic Oversight & Accountability

OUR LEADERSHIP

REO MINISTRIES is led by a General Assembly that meets from time to time. An executive committee comprising principal officers of the ministry work under the supervision of the General Assembly. A Board of trustees and a Board of Reference act as advisers to the General Assembly and also as arbitrators when the need arises.

Prof. Dan. Ozoko, Founder REO Ministries
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

Prof. Dan. Ozoko

“In 1980, God placed an unquenchable burden in my heart for the forgotten, unreached farming settlements of Africa. Today, that burden drives a continental movement to ensure every village has a vibrant gospel witness.”

Apostolic visionary, church planter, and author who has spearheaded frontier rural expeditions for over 44 years. Under his leadership, R.E.O. Ministries has trained thousands of rural pastors and planted hundreds of indigenous churches.

44+ Years of Missions
100,000 Villages Mandate
Apostolic Leadership

General Assembly

The supreme governing organ that convenes periodically to review policy, evaluate continental field advances, and set apostolic vision.

Executive Committee

Comprising principal officers of the ministry who execute daily field operations, missionary deployments, and logistics under the General Assembly.

Board of Trustees

Custodians of legal, financial, and fiduciary integrity chartered under Nigerian Federal Laws (RC 15903).

Board of Reference

Distinguished international church leaders and elder statesmen acting as theological advisers and arbitrators when the need arises.

Three Geographic Regions

WHERE WE WORK

70% of our work is in the rural areas – places that are either totally unreached or under evangelized. In cities, we develop support Bases.

East Africa Flag EAST AFRICA // FIELD OPERATIONS
EAST AFRICA

East Africa Field Operations

Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda

Church Service in Turkana, Northern Kenya
EAST AFRICA MISSIONS
Kenya: Evangelistic Outreaches & Training/Equipping of Ministers.
Tanzania: Evangelistic Outreaches & Training/Equipping of Ministers.
Uganda: Evangelistic Outreaches & Training/Equipping of Ministers.
West Africa Flag WEST AFRICA // FIELD OPERATIONS
70% RURAL FOCUS

West Africa Field Operations

Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, Ivory Coast

Saturation Church Planting in West Africa
WEST AFRICA MISSIONS
South East (5 States): Pioneer Church Planting, Outreaches, Bible Institutes, Rural Ministers Training, Community Deliverance & Development.
South South & North Central: Rural Ministers Conferences, Discipleship Schools & Church Planting.
Benin, Togo & Ivory Coast: Evangelistic Outreaches & Training/Equipping of Ministers.
Central Africa Flag CENTRAL AFRICA // FIELD OPERATIONS
CROSS-BORDER

Central Africa Field Operations

Cameroun

REO Team in Akwaya, Cameroun
CENTRAL AFRICA MISSIONS
North West Region: Church Planting in unreached tribal villages.
South West Region: Pioneer Church Planting & Transformational Community Development.
Central Region: Mission Mobilization, Discipleship Training School, Church Planting & Radio Evangelism.
The Apostolic Framework

THE 3-FOLD FRONTIER MANDATE

From unreached soil to thriving, self-governing indigenous local churches that transform entire rural regions.

PHASE 01

Frontier Penetration

Extended mission expeditions into completely unevangelized rural hamlets, utilizing power encounters, medical aid, and palace visits to bring whole communities to Christ.

  • Short-Term Mission Trips
  • Operation Caleb Surveys
  • Royal Outreach to Traditional Kings
PHASE 02

Equip Indigenous Pastors

Training rural leaders, conducting mobile Bible schools, and implementing oral discipleship methods for non-literate believers across denominational lines.

  • Rural Pastors Conferences
  • Mobile Bible Schools
  • Free Bibles & Ministerial Resources
PHASE 03

Holistic Transformation

Breaking the cycles of ignorance, poverty, and disease through primary schools, secondary schools, clean water projects, and community health evangelism.

  • Village School Projects
  • Community Health Evangelism
  • Scholarships for Missionary Kids
REO MINISTRIES INC.

WORK WITH US!

It has been estimated that 70% of the 1 billion people in Africa live in rural areas. Over 80% of all the churches and ministry organizations are working in cities alone. We must go where the darkness is darkest!

70% Rural Population
14 Ways To Serve
6 Open Vacancies
CURRENT FIELD VACANCIES
  • Native Rural Evangelists (NRE)
  • Cross-Cultural Missionaries
  • Country Ministry Coordinators
  • Community Development Workers
  • Rural Microfinance Experts
  • Veteran Missionary Trainers
Covenant Partnership

STAND WITH THE FRONTIER

Your sacrificial financial investment enables our missionaries to penetrate the darkest, most remote unreached corners of Africa with the Life of Jesus Christ.

How Your Gift Works:

  • ₦25,000 / $30 provides free Bibles & study packs for 10 new converts
  • ₦100,000 / $120 sponsors a frontier medical clinic for a village
  • ₦250,000 / $300 supports a missionary family with stipend & school fees
  • ₦1,000,000 / $1,200 plants a new indigenous church building

Direct Bank Transfer (Nigeria)

Bank: First Bank / Zenith Bank
Account Name: R.E.O. MINISTRIES INC.
Account Number: 1012345678

Direct Bank Transfer (Nigeria)

Bank: ECO Bank PLC
Account Name: RURAL ENVANGELICAL OUTREACH
Account Number: 4611003219
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Apostolic Mission Headquarters & Inquiries

CONNECT WITH THE FRONTIER

Whether you are inquiring about missionary deployments, rural partnerships, upcoming field outreaches, or prayer needs, our apostolic leadership and administration are here to serve you.

Church & Ministry Address
Prevailing Word Assembly
Jesus House International, Onuiyi, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria
Mobile Numbers / WhatsApp
+234 809 684 6874, +234 805 240 1173
Direct Line & WhatsApp Coordination
Official Emails
info@reoministries.org
beckhapa@gmail.com
dan.ozioko@gmail.com
Continental Field Reach
East Africa - Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda
West Africa - Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, Ivory Coast
Central Africa - Cameroun

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Scriptural Foundation

Word-based Ministry

The Word of God is the unshakeable foundation behind everything we say or do in R.E.O. Ministries Inc.

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