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Christian Faith<\/span><\/h1>\n
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God’s Word teaches us to care about those living in poverty.<\/p>\n
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In Kenya, World Vision and the church join heart and soul to effect lasting change.<\/p>\n
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Third-party research confirms that our Biblical Empowered Worldview program helps reduce poverty and increase wellbeing by combining livelihood training with the power of Scripture.<\/p>\n
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Over 2.6 million<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
interested children and youth were able to begin a relationship with Jesus or grow in their Christian faith through our biblically based programs in 2023.<\/p>\n
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More than 50,000<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Christian pastors and ministry leaders are equipped to support the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of children in their communities every year.<\/p>\n
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325,191<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Bibles have been made available through World Vision and our partners since 2016, benefiting over 1.6 million people.<\/p>\n
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Our Approach to Faith<\/h2>\n
Our faith in Jesus Christ is core to who we are. As an expression of God’s unconditional love for all people, especially vulnerable children, we serve alongside the poor and oppressed. We hope to live as followers of Christ by being active, visible bearers of God’s love.<\/p>\n
Relying on God’s grace and Spirit, we affirm the truth of the gospel and our hope in Christ through our character, speech, actions, and in the signs of God’s power at work in individual lives, in the communities where we work, and in all creation.<\/p>\n
As a Christian charity, we partner with local churches, helping to strengthen local leadership and equipping them with resources and training to carry out our shared mission among the poor and oppressed. Our commitment is to strengthen local churches so that when we leave the community, they are thriving, engaged, and equipped to support sustained spiritual and physical transformation.<\/p>\n
Christ calls us to serve the vulnerable, and this calling often takes us to places where the majority of people follow faiths other than Christianity. We serve wholeheartedly in these places because we cannot ignore the need. In our work among people of other world religions, we value our common humanity and common desire to care for and protect vulnerable children. By developing relationships with people of other faiths, we have found that suspicion, mistrust, and fear are replaced with trust, friendship, and mutual support.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Faith Resources” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]