MyCompassionSunday: Expanding Jesus’ Family

Children all over the world long to experience a loving family and Compassion Sunday is a time where we have the opportunity to share that love of family with them.

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Welcoming Our New President and CEO, Jim Mellado

Mellado family with children

After a three year process and much prayer, our President and CEO Wess Stafford is passing the baton of ministry leadership to Jim Mellado. For 20 years, Jim served as president of the Willow Creek Association and will become the fifth president in our 61-year history.

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Who Are Your Heroes?

In 1 Tim. 4:12, the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy not to allow others to look down upon him because of his youth. He said, ‘but be an example in your conduct, love, faith and purity’. Everyone has their own sphere of influence, regardless of age.

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Compassion Sunday 2013: Ginsely’s Story

Poverty does not just bring hunger or ill-health. Poverty robs children of their joy and takes away their opportunities and hopes for the future.

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New President Jimmy Mellado with Wess Stafford

We Have a New President and CEO

We are sad to be saying goodbye to our beloved Papa Wess but look forward with anticipation to where Jim Mellado leads us in service to our God and the children He loves.

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Inspire a Child to Greatness

The physical needs sponsors meet on a monthly basis are undeniable, but it’s only the beginning. Sponsors have the ability to not only meet the basic needs of their sponsored child but to be a catalyst in the transformation of his or her life.

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“Would You Like Me to Marry You Right Now?”

When Joe Castillo went to Colombia to visit his sponsored child, he did not expect to attend a wedding, much less perform the ceremony.

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Who Are Compassion Sunday Presenters?

Compassion Sunday is as annual event created to draw attention to the needs of the world’s poorest children. Compassion Sunday presenters are men and women just like you who share the story of Compassion with their church on behalf of children living in poverty.

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What is Forgiveness?

Once a victim of horrendous sexual, physical and emotional abuse, Sylane Mack shares with passion, vulnerability and even with humor, about the unfailing love of Jesus that has completely, outrageously transformed her into living freely as “more than a conqueror.”

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What Would you Like to Know About Your Sponsored Child’s Country?

What would you like to know about the country where your sponsored child lives?

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Dinah Meyer and Wess Stafford

Ministry Insider: Dinah Meyer, Faithful Servant

Dinah Meyer has been working for Compassion 18 years. She has been around for much of the ministry’s history, and working in the Executive office, she has a unique perspective we want to share with you.

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A Different Kind of Compassion Sunday

This Compassion Sunday in Togo is a very different kind of Compassion Sunday than we are used to in the United States.

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