On Eagles Wings - Ron Hutchcraft Ministries

For over 500 years, missionaries have tried to take the Gospel to Native Americans and the result has been that only 5% have become believers. Over half of all Native people are under the age of 25. Youth are the "missing gap" in Native ministry. According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), at least half of the reservation population lives below the poverty line. In 1995 more than 20% of Native American reservation households had annual incomes below $5,000, compared with 6% for the overall U.S. population.

People living on reservations have the highest rates of unemployment in the United States—up to 70% or more on some reservations. At the time of the 2000 census, 39% of the Native American population was under 20 years of age, compared with 29% of the nation’s total population. The average life expectancy of Native Americans is 44—30 less years than other Americans. Tragically, two of the causes for that short life expectancy is the suicide rate and violence.

The On Eagles’ Wings Story

On Eagles' Wings has a seventeen-year history of reaching Native youth for Jesus Christ with peer to peer evangelism that goes to the heart of lost Native youth. With sports, Christian music, and personal stories of hope, many Native young people on reservations and reservations throughout North America are given the opportunity to make personal decisions for Jesus Christ. Young Native leaders are trained and equipped at the annual Warrior Leadership Summit and placed on teams for OEW outreaches yielding the outcome of many Native American and First Nations Canadian young people beginning a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.