Advent Conspiracy Resources
by World Vision Church Resources on December 3, 2018
Between the pressure to spend more on gifts, holiday parties to plan, and traffic at the mall to meet Santa, the chaos and commercialization of Christmas has become an overwhelming and stressful season. However, buried under all of this is the greatest story ever told. This Advent season, we want to help your church look past the distractions...
Read MoreFor every child you sponsor, four more children benefit
by World Vision Church Resources on November 26, 2018Debby loves Christmas. The vivacious 7-year-old relishes every day, but Christmas is special. On that day, says her father, there is “more than enough” — more than enough food, and now that they...
Read MorePray for your sponsored children
by World Vision Church Resources on November 5, 2018Praying the Scriptures is one of the most powerful ways to talk to God. This season, pray Psalm 139 over your sponsored child using the prompts below that correspond with verses in the...
Read MoreA Gift that keeps giving – the ripple effect of the gift of a goat
by World Vision Church Resources on October 30, 2018A goat from the World Vision Gift Catalog may seem like a simple gift. But Like a growing light, that single act of generosity can cascade into more gifts that enable families to climb out of...
Read MoreFor where your treasure is, there your heart shall be also
by Chris Huber on October 26, 2018Teenager gives his treasure to be more like Jesus
Jesse Klaasen, 16, worked on a cattle farm in western Michigan and saved his paychecks for three years to pay for a home for a struggling...
Read MoreCheerful givers: Children from Grace Christian Church 'didn’t want to put God in a box'
by World Vision Church Resources on October 2, 2018The youngest members in a small church in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, learned an important lesson about not limiting God.
With a weekly attendance of about 150, Grace Christian Church members...
Read MoreThe Power of a Broken Heart
by Richard Stearns on September 28, 2018Over the years I've learned a lot from the leaders who served before me at World Vision. The most valuable piece of wisdom is a timeless prayer of our founder and first president, Bob Pierce:...
Read MoreLessons learned from obeying God
by Richard Stearns on September 18, 2018Rich walks with two of his family’s sponsored children, Jackson, left, and Morgan, right, in Zambia. (©2004 World Vision/photo by Jon Warren)
After spending 20 years immersed in the...
Read MoreLessons in Leadership
by Richard Stearns on September 17, 2018When Rich Stearns left the for-profit corporate world behind
in 1998, he immediately stepped into the business of poverty, hurricanes,
and deadly diseases. And there was...
Read MoreWhat the Bible Says About Generosity
by Church Resource Team on September 14, 2018Sponsored child 11-year-old Rocio receives a package from her sponsor in Colomi, Bolivia. (©2015 World Vision/photo by Eugene Lee)As Christians, the Bible is clear throughout its pages that...
Read MoreMatthew 25 Challenge Prompts Church Unity and Conversation
by World Vision Church Resources on September 7, 2018"For me, it's personal. I was born and raised in Colombia, where we are no stranger to poverty. My sister once took me along to complete her service project in the slums of Bogotá, where I saw...
Read MoreChurches see hearts and eyes opened for "the least of these brothers and sisters"
by World Vision Church Resources Team on August 31, 2018We are delighted to share feedback from families who have gone through the Matthew 25 Challenge with their church. On October 21-28, we are inviting churches to step into this experience...
Read MoreMatthew Math
by Richard Stearns on August 31, 2018I have an unusual – and some would say annoying – ability with numbers. I can look at a long spreadsheet full of figures and quickly see an error, much to the chagrin of my colleagues as we review...
Read MoreYouth Expand the Matthew 25 Challenge to their Schools
by World Vision Church Resources on August 31, 2018"As a church, we have always supported the efforts of outside missions caring for the global poor, but we had never really internalized it. Our congregation wanted to make...
Read More10 Fun Family Activities to Play it Forward
by World Vision Church Resources on August 31, 2018Photo Caption: Ezekiel and his mom, Rachael, race to the finish line in a 5K color dash in Saint Peter, Minnesota. The event was organized to provide animals through the World Vision Gift Catalog....
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