Feeding the Poor Spiritually and Physically
September 22, 2009
We are planting churches among the desperately poor in southern Brazil. The people in our church plants live in abject poverty and without our help most of them would be forced to survive by eating from the garbage. It is sad to think of children digging through refuse to find a meal but it is a harsh reality of life in much of the world.
We believe that the local church has a responsibility to address these type of needs in its community. How could we plant churches among the poor and needy and not address this very basic need? Each of our church plants operates various feeding ministries to reach out to their community. Some offer meals at the church, breakfast before Sunday school, and others have feeding ministries for the homeless. All of them provide families with monthly food kits, which make the difference between having to eat from the garbage or not. In addition, the churches meet emergency needs for food.
Pamela is a new believer. Her family receives a food kit
from our church plant in Vila Safira.
The Lord uses these ministries to open doors for the Gospel and they have been a key part of church growth. The poor come to see that the church really cares for them and the Lord draws them to himself. Further, scripture clearly teaches that we have a moral obligation to help our brothers and sisters in Christ. What better way to do that than through the local church.
As you might imagine these types of outreach ministries require resources to operate. We need monthly partners to give $15.00 to provide one family with a food kit each month. Your gift will literally keep people from eating from the trash for survival!
If you would like to provide food for hungry
families please click here.
Would you consider sharing this post with your circle of influence? You could email it or post it on a social network like facebook or twitter.
We are planting churches among the desperately poor in southern Brazil. The people in our church plants live in abject poverty and without our help most of them would be forced to survive by eating from the garbage. It is sad to think of children digging through refuse to find a meal but it is a harsh reality of life in much of the world.
We believe that the local church has a responsibility to address these type of needs in its community. How could we plant churches among the poor and needy and not address this very basic need? Each of our church plants operates various feeding ministries to reach out to their community. Some offer meals at the church, breakfast before Sunday school, and others have feeding ministries for the homeless. All of them provide families with monthly food kits, which make the difference between having to eat from the garbage or not. In addition, the churches meet emergency needs for food.
from our church plant in Vila Safira.
The Lord uses these ministries to open doors for the Gospel and they have been a key part of church growth. The poor come to see that the church really cares for them and the Lord draws them to himself. Further, scripture clearly teaches that we have a moral obligation to help our brothers and sisters in Christ. What better way to do that than through the local church.
As you might imagine these types of outreach ministries require resources to operate. We need monthly partners to give $15.00 to provide one family with a food kit each month. Your gift will literally keep people from eating from the trash for survival!
If you would like to provide food for hungry
families please click here.
Would you consider sharing this post with your circle of influence? You could email it or post it on a social network like facebook or twitter.
Posted by Patrick at 9/22/2009 6:55 PM 
Categories: Prayer Requests, General
Tags: Needy hunger Brazil world poverty homeless poor and needy world missions whole Gospel world hunger Latin America poverty hungry South America feeding ministry
Categories: Prayer Requests, General
Tags: Needy hunger Brazil world poverty homeless poor and needy world missions whole Gospel world hunger Latin America poverty hungry South America feeding ministry
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