What If This Was the Fate of Your Letters?

A shanty-style house in Guatemala

After taking a trip to Guatemala with Compassion, sponsor and ministry advocate Julie Berger felt a responsibility to protect all other sponsors from what she experienced. Let her explain…

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Authority that Comes from Above

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The Bible teaches us that “to humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue” (Proverbs 16:1).

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With One Resolve

Many of the acts of Jesus were never recorded, but the healing of the lame man is found in three of the four gospels.

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Compassion Sunday 2012: Change the Story

Are you participating in Compassion Sunday? Will you change the story of a child living in extreme poverty?

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Ministry Highlight: Dominican Republic

We began our ministry in the Dominican Republic in 1970 as a relief program donating food, medicine and money for children selected by the local churches. In 1994, we started our Child Sponsorship Program.

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His Grace: My Doorway to Compassion Ministry

Compassion is my name, my pride, my rope, and my hope for many. Joyous? Yes. Blessed? Indeed, just because of His grace.

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We Need to Be Kids Again

It was not for nothing that Jesus used the example of children to show the spiritual receptivity needed to enter His kingdom.

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One Step Forward: Replacing Adversity with Creativity

In the midst of post election violence in Kenya one entire church was burned down. We lost all of our paperwork and child documentation — nothing was left.

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Love and the Fiber Mat

The fiber mat was an act of love from one child to another. The memories of this wave of love in a remote village school will never be forgotten.

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One and Being One

“One” means solitary, yet in contrast, “being one” means united in purpose. Individuality gives us an identity, but identifying to a common purpose takes extra effort, sacrificing individual identity to work toward common good.

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“Thank You for Noticing Me.”

All people have the need to feel valued and cared for. If we are willing to open our hearts to those cries, our world could be changed — one person at a time.

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Will You Take a Place at the Table?

Pastor Chris Seay invites you on a journey. A 40-day journey that will disrupt your habits and your rituals. A journey that will help you identify and connect with the poor and the suffering — the ones Jesus loves.

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