Patria is a Greek word used three times in the New Testament (Luke 3:4, Acts 3:25 and Ephesians 3:15) and translated as "lineage, kindred or family".  Patria Ministries is an association of churches. ministries and Kingdom minded businesses with common vision. Although each individual church, ministry or business may have its own distinctive (just as each individual member of a family has their own distinct identity), we are connected by our common strand of spiritual DNA.