Every day in sub-Saharan Africa, one child in ten under the age of five dies of a preventable cause, and nearly every day in America eight in ten adults consume coffee. What do these numbers have to do with each other? A lot, according to the One Cup Project, which is using America’s love for […]
How To Use Your Change To Change The Lives of Others
Compassion International is a nonprofit organization who is an advocate for children’s needs, spiritually, economically, socially and physically. The organization began assisting orphans that were victims of the Korean War with food, shelter, education, Christian training and health care in 1952. At the time founder Rev. Everett Swanson was moved to help 35 children orphaned […]
Project HOPE Art
The term “Art” can be a very broad term open to interpretation. The picture that may first come to mind would be paintings or sculptures cordoned off by glass and velvet ropes, viewable only to a select few that have paid for the opportunity to view them. Upon looking on them, it’s easy to imagine […]
TRANSPORT FOR CHRIST
It was the early 1950s. At the time, truckdrivers made their living in harsher conditions. With fewer highways and interstates, a trip that would take a couple of days in present time could take close to a week. There were fewer places to rest and less means of communication which sometimes made the profession much […]
HEART FOR AFRICA
When I was sixteen years old, I felt God speak my destiny over my life in which I knew God wanted me to serve him and be a voice to the church. I knew for the first time, beyond the shadow of a doubt, what I was truly meant to do. I thought to myself, […]
PLANT WITH PURPOSE
Since 1984, Plant With Purpose has planted over 7.5 million trees. In seeking holistic solutions to poverty, Plant With Purpose helps the rural poor by restoring a productive environment that they can profit from. While working in the Dominican Republic with a Christian relief organization, Tom Woodward noticed that the poverty was cyclical because subsistence […]
THE DRAW OF THE SURF AND THE LOVE OF THE SAVIOR
Founded in Cronulla, Australia, Christian Surfers International is an interdenominational mission movement seeking to share the gospel and Jesus’ love with the global surfing community. Christian Surfers International works in over 25 different countries worldwide including the United States. Besides evangelism, Christian Surfers International (CSI) commits its time, efforts, and faith to the surfing community, […]
HARBOR HOUSE
Since 1972, Harbor House has worked with over 100,000 individuals in the San Antonio community of Oakland, California. The ministry began with a single person—schoolteacher and First Covenant Church member, Olive Freeman. Freeman began offering assistance to her students and their families, providing books, food, clothing, and educational tutoring out of the trunk of her […]
THE WHEELS ON THE BUS – AND THE BLESSINGS – GO ‘ROUND AND ‘ROUND
I have an eight-month-old son. He’s my first, so I haven’t been a dad for long, but already it’s deep in my bones. That boy is the most precious, most amazing, most important person in the world to me. I hate spending a day or even a few hours away from him. I know he […]
LENDING DREAMS
The dreams of individuals around the world have recently been realized through microfinancing. Global microfinancing organizations such as Kiva, Hope International, and Five Talents International have helped mold many men and women into strong, leading, and confident entrepreneurs in their local communities. Microfinance is not a new idea, but is often credited to Dr. Mohammad […]