LXP was born under Mission Expeditions (MXP), a division of The Uniting Christian Student Association (UCSA), and the program continues to value close partnership with MXP. As LXP has grown, however, there have been other interest groups such as churches and community initiatives that have come to believe in the program. Other organizations we enjoy partnership with include:
- Global Challenge Expeditions (GCx)—an organization that gives opportunities for young adults to explore outreach and missions in a variety of contexts throughout the world
- Victory4All community projects affiliated with Victory Christian Church–working with the underprivileged children and youth of Jeffreys Bay
- Ithemba Family Church based in Jeffreys Bay’s Tokyo Sexwale community, including partnership with Ithemba’s Hands and Feet community transformation program
- All Nations (AN) based in Cape Town, particularly with AN’s Church Planting Experience (CPx)–where students desiring further ministry training are able to be trained in the concept of “simple church” as they learn to plant house churches in the framework of daily life and community
- US4Africa–a non-profit umbrella organization that has been formed in the United States to support the sustainability of LXP
Partnering with other ministries allows the LXP student volunteers to serve in a variety of different ministry areas, especially with underprivileged communities. It also enables the students to grow in working alongside people of other cultures, while everyone involved receives a greater understanding of working to build the Kingdom (rather than working to build an individual organization’s “empire”).
