You Can Really Fight Poverty by Showing Compassion
Showing compassion isn't just an emotional sentiment that provides no payoff in the fight against poverty. By showing compassion, you can release a child from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty. A simple act of sponsoring a child through Compassion, for example, can put you on the front lines of fighting poverty.
Showing Compassion: A Model of a Ministry
Showing compassion was foremost in the mind of Compassion's founder, Everett Swanson. In 1952, he founded the organization to provide others a way of showing compassion to boys orphaned by the Korean War. But showing compassion has become a model of Compassion's ministry. It's more than a mantra or a namesake. Showing compassion is integral to all Compassion does in its church-based programs administered to more than 1 million children and families around the world.
Our ministry model centers around showing compassion as it is:
- Christ Centered. What better way of showing compassion to children in need than by giving them the opportunity to hear the gospel in an age-appropriate and culturally relevant way?
- Child Focused. We treat children in need like we'd want our own children to be treated, showing compassion to them in every way we can.
- Church Based. We partner with churches, parents and communities, showing compassion through teaching, training and mentoring.
- Committed to Integrity. We're dedicated to showing compassion by delivering excellent programs with complete integrity.
Begin Showing Compassion to Children in Need
Share your love, prayers and support with children in need, showing compassion by sponsoring a child today! You can also make a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry, which serves children and families in 25 countries around the globe.
