Churches
Provide lasting change for an entire community.
Your church can make an even more significant impact in the hardest places in the world by partnering with World Concern.
Provide lasting change for an entire community.
Your church can make an even more significant impact in the hardest places in the world by partnering with World Concern.
“Since we began partnering with World Concern in 2014, the partnership and relationships we have experienced have been a huge encouragement to the people of Alderwood Community Church. For the people of Alderwood, this has provided an immense sense of love and connectedness for the work we share with World Concern—ultimately the work of showing the love and hope of the gospel in both word and deed.“
You can change the story of a community through your partnership with World Concern. Your church can partner with a village for a specific project or form a long-lasting relationship that may include visiting the village with a team from your church. Your church can be a light that transforms the physical and spiritual needs of an entire community.
Give to complete a project and transform the lives in a village.
Partner with us to transform the lives of children and families in a village.
Host a Transformation Sunday and get your church members involved.
Paul Thorne stepped out of the World Concern land rover in Africa and was surprised to hear a familiar sound — the tink tink tink of a blacksmith’s anvil. He followed the sound and discovered a man doing the same work he did in his hometown of Anacortes, Washington. The difference was the source of the metal being used – whereas Paul was able to purchase his material, the African blacksmith used shrapnel and other metal he collected from the battlefields of Darfur to make his wares.
Members of Camano Chapel took their first ministry trip with World Concern to Asia in 2004. Kathy Harrison, director of the women’s ministry, and several other women, visited villages in Northern Thailand and Laos to meet the women and determine what they could do to help meet their needs. Upon returning they started a group at Camano Chapel called Women of Purpose with the goal of preventing trafficking and ministering to women and families in Asia.
Members of Camano Chapel took their first ministry trip with World Concern to Asia in 2004. Kathy Harrison, director of the women’s ministry, and several other women, visited villages in Northern Thailand and Laos to meet the women and determine what they could do to help meet their needs. Upon returning they started a group at Camano Chapel called Women of Purpose with the goal of preventing trafficking and ministering to women and families in Asia.
The women’s group at Camano Chapel puts on regular events to share the work that World Concern is doing in Asia and raise awareness of trafficking. These events have inspired others to give to support World Concern’s work. In addition, the women make jewelry and sell it, along with other crafts, at events and our annual Free Them 5k.
Ardith, a member of the group, explained her motivation for helping. She said, “I was looking for a way to give back when I learned about Women of Purpose. I felt that I couldn’t do anything on my own that would make a difference so I joined it and many years later I’ve seen exactly where our money has gone and feel so blessed by the opportunity to be part of this beautiful ministry.”
“Our members are impressed with World Concern’s integrity,” said Kathy. “We also appreciate that it’s local so we can attend events and come to the offices to help with projects.”
Maria Evans said she and her friends felt compelled to do something to help people suffering in the Horn of Africa after hearing about the famine at church last month.
“It touched my heart when I saw those slides,” recalled Maria, who attends Community Bible Fellowship in Lynnwood, Wash. “Here we are enjoying this luxury, and we complain so much. At least we have water. It’s been a wake-up call for everybody.”
When 7-year-old Nina Tomlinson heard that fire had destroyed most of the homes and crops in the remote village of Maramara, Chad, she was heartbroken for the families who lost everything. Nina’s church partners with the village of Maramara through World Concern’s One Village Transformed project. Nina had also just learned about habitats in school, so she understood how bad this disaster was.
Jeremy leads the marketing, communications, and fundraising team at World Concern, raising resources to fight extreme poverty. Jeremy is passionate about seeing lives transformed—both physically and spiritually—and helping people and organizations partner with villages to see their stories change. Jeremy is the author of Magnetic Nonprofit and frequently speaks on increasing generosity for the nonprofit sector. Jeremy lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his wife Jennica and eight children.
Doug has been in non-profit fundraising for the last 30 years with an emphasis in major gift work. He joined World Concern as Director of Development in September 2022. He is responsible for income generation and manages a team of fundraisers. His focus as part of the fundraising team is major gifts from individuals as well as building church partnerships. Doug is passionate about world missions and seeing the proclamation of the gospel transform the lives of people in the countries that World Concern currently works. He desires to see communities in remote areas of the world become self-sustaining.
Doug loves teaching and mentoring young leaders. He weekly meets with a group of young men who are passionate about growing in Christ.
He and his wife Margo have 4 children of which 3 are adopted from Guatemala.
Doug holds a degree in ministry from Ozark Christian College in Joplin Missouri.
We'd love to hear more about your church, and see how we can partner together to transform lives with Christ’s love and fulfill your calling to care for the poor. Call us at 800-755-5022 or email us at [email protected] and we’ll connect you with our Church Mobilization team.