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Inspire your church

A Global Partnership is an exciting way to engage your entire church with God’s heart for the poor and build real connections with the Church in the developing world.

1. Find your focus

TEAR Fund aligns with partners in a variety of aid and development projects throughout the world. This global network leaves room for God’s leading, allowing your church to find a partnership focus that reflects your congregation and best release the passions, giftings and resources of the people in your church

Option 1:
Church to Cause

 

Option 2:
Church to Country

 

Option 3:
Church to Church

As a church, prioritise time and resource to focus on Gods' heart for justice. 

Take part in exciting and inspiring events and campaigns that TEAR Fund holds each year.  

Focus your effort on a specific developmental issue like human trafficking, the millenium development goals or water

As your church becomes personally involved in world issues, they will grow in together in common focus and purpose.

 

Choose a country or region through which to focus your support. 

This allows your church to build relationships while actively and prayerfully building a connection with a specifically known area and community of people.

 

Build a deep and lasting relationship between your church and a specific church or community. 

Together you will see children, families and communities released from poverty and a church in the developing world raised up through your support and prayer. 


• See how churches have chosen to focus their partnership

2. Share the story

Walking in partnership is not just about organising another event to add to your church calendar. You can look for creative ways to invite your global partner into the existing rhythm of your church. Use opportunities like Sunday services, conferences, Mothers Day, Easter and Christmas to share the partnership story.

Your Global Church Partnership will help you to see God at work. The more you invest, the more transformational it will become both in their village and yours.

3. Empower participation
 

Use TEAR Fund’s extensive tools and resources to get everyone involved. The profile and values of programmes such as Child Sponsorship and TEAR Fund events, means participation can extend to include individuals, schools and other local groups outside your church.

Your church could:

• Host a TEAR Fund speaker or take part in events and campaigns
• Encourage people to take action by sponsoring a child
• Collectively sponsor a Leadership Development Programme student
• Support a Child Survival Programme or a Trustbank
• Raise funds to support TEAR Fund’s effort in tackling an issue like Human Trafficking
• Provide prayer and encouragement for the leadership of your partner church through direct communication


4. Evaluate & celebrate

Share about the difference being made, both in your church and the lives of your partner community. Receive reports and updates from TEAR Fund about the developmental progress unfolding and support raised through your church. Celebrate what God is doing in and through the lives of the people in your church.

 

Find out more


• Empower your church to walk with the poor

• Respond in ways that are meaningful, measurable and multi-faceted

• Deepen your global mission and inspire your church in common purpose

• Engage the heart, head, hands and feet of the people in your church and local community

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churches taking action 

• Contact us today to
embark on a journey of transformation