Whether or not you are called to become a full-time missionary in another country, if you are a follower of Jesus, you are called to mission work. The Kingdom of God does not flourish without willing hearts. One of the most powerful ways we can spread the love of Christ is by caring for the “least of these” through faith-based child sponsorship.
To the children you sponsor, you are bringing more than just a meal. You are bringing them the love of Jesus in a concrete and impactful way.
1. Sponsorship Connects Children to a Church Community
Did you know that when you sponsor a child, you are connecting them to a church within their local community? Your gift of child sponsorship doesn’t leave people without a place to go. It meets not only their physical needs of food, clean water, and medical care but also their spiritual needs of biblically-rooted community. Every child sponsored is connected to a local church. Pastors assist with our feeding programs, pray for our children, and lead our churches and youth centers.
You can be assured that when you sponsor a child, you are making it possible for him or her to receive ongoing spiritual support within a loving church community. For children in Guatemala, their church is a place of stability in a country that has been rocked by decades of civil war and unrest. We are blessed to connect them to a Christian community where they can be safe and receive ongoing hope and encouragement in their faith.
Give the gift that keeps on giving. Help children find the hope of Jesus in their local church body by sponsoring a child today.
2. Sponsorship Provides Access to the Gospel
For many children across Guatemala and Albania, this may be their first time hearing the gospel. Your gift of child sponsorship ensures that every child who is fed hears the life-giving message of the gospel. Thanks to your faithfulness, children across the world are coming to a saving faith in Jesus Christ every single month.
Not able to commit to a monthly donation but still want to spread the good news? You can peruse our M25 gift catalogue and bless a child with a Bible of their own, so the gospel will never be out of arm’s reach.
3. Sponsorship Lives Out Our Christian Calling
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” (James 1:27, ESV)
As followers of Jesus, it is our joyful privilege to follow in the footsteps of our Savior. Jesus radically loved those around Him by meeting their physical needs (i.e. the feeding of the 5,000; healing the blind, paralyzed, and sick; and providing safety for His disciples during a dangerous storm) as well as their spiritual ones. He saw physical needs and met them, while not neglecting to tend to their hearts’ deepest need: the hope of the gospel.
When you graciously sponsor a child, you are fulfilling the Great Commission: making disciples of all nations. It is our calling as Christians to reach out to our neighbors both far and wide with the love of Jesus. Scripture is rich with these reminders, and Jesus goes so far as to declare that when we tend to the needs of the people around us, we are showing Christ our love as well.
“‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. ‘” (Matthew 25:40, ESV)
Christian child sponsorship is more than a hot meal; it is the Bread of Life and the Living Water of the gospel.
Planting Seeds for Eternity, One Child at a Time
Regardless of where you are, you can live on mission for the Kingdom. Together, we can continue our Savior’s work of caring for the little children of the world and spreading His love to the least of these. By sponsoring a child, you are not only helping them to overcome extreme poverty–you are also planting seeds for eternity.
Make an eternal difference in a child’s life and consider giving the gift of hope today!
