a working farm serving as a community outreach center In Charles City, Virginia
Four Centuries
Three Cultures
Two Rivers
One Community
Our Mission
We cherish our community! Charles City, Virginia, is a unique place where three cultures, rooted in the nation’s earliest days, intertwine. Our mission farm serves as a place where this “three stranded cord” is not easily broken.
Promise Land Pastures’ mission is to to operate a working farm as a hub for education, hands-on experiences, and community engagement.
FARM PRODUCTION
MENTORING AND EDUCATION
EVENTS/EXPERIENCES
MISSION PROJECTS
INNOVATIONS
Farm Products. Promise Land Pastures produces eggs, chicken and lamb meat, honey, seasonal vegetables, some ancient heirloom corn, and 4×4 round bales of hay. All of our products are GMO free, and we never use any chemicals on our property. Our products are used in unique ways to build community and serve those in need.
Mentoring and Education. Promise Land Pastures uses the natural infrastructure of an active farm to provide the perfect classroom of life. From Diesel mechanics, to welding, to plant and animal husbandry, We have provided classes and experiences to give students of all ages hands on learning and training. Real-world live environments with real world skills development.
Events and Experiences: A 124 acre farm is a wonderful world of experiences that many people never get to enjoy. Promise Land Pastures provides life changing events and activities with the natural wonder of land, plants, and animals. We offer several different kinds of events to groups that range from entertaining, to educational, to inspirational. These events provide training, team building, and growth–both personal and corporate.
Mission Projects. Our farm is a hub for Christian mission outreach. We use the equipment and infrastructure of the farm to empower all the local churches in the area to come together for unified acts of kindness that the Lord Himself orchestrates. Through prayer and loving fellowship with the churches we arrive at special projects that God has prepared for us to do as one team of believers expressing our faith through love.
Innovations and Invention! Historically, farms have always been a seedbed for innovation and invention. From the three-point hitch to the combine harvester the farm has been a place where people come up with new methods and machines! Promise Land Pastures is a place where innovation is applied to community impact
Latest Posts
11 churches joined together at the Charles City High school athletic grounds to praise the Lord together in an annual event known as “Church In The Park. “ –An amazing extravaganza of fun, fellowship and joy. The brainchild
We met Helen Graham at the ROC cookout which was held at the Ruthville gym complex in March. Promise land was teaming up with the ROC crew as part of the volunteer prayer team. We introduced ourselves to
Promise, Land Pastures Has had another successful Firewood, ministry season. We have had men from men’s ministry groups from several different area churches Help us split stack and deliver over 30 truckloads of firewood to folks in need!
David Foeckler, had just graduated high school, and was considering working as an intern on a farm for a temporary first experience away from home before starting college.
