{"id":19300,"date":"2015-10-01T15:17:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T22:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=19300"},"modified":"2019-05-23T11:09:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:09:35","slug":"65-years-engaging-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/christian-faith-news-stories\/65-years-engaging-church","title":{"rendered":"65 years: Engaging the body of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Since World Vision began in 1950, partnering with the local and global church has been at the core of our work around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1950 |<\/strong>&nbsp;North American churches respond to Bob Pierce&rsquo;s appeal for Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1951 |<\/strong>&nbsp;As a U.N. correspondant, Bob Pierce reports from Korea for the American Christian press.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19309\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19309 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pastors-Conference-Taegu-1955-11-2x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pastors-Conference-Taegu-1955-11-2x400-200x157.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pastors-Conference-Taegu-1955-11-2x400-306x240.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pastors-Conference-Taegu-1955-11-2x400.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pastors&rsquo; conference in Taegu, South Korea, in 1955. (&copy;World Vision archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1953 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conference start, first in&nbsp;Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1955 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Taiwan, Philippines, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1956 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1957 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Evangelism events in Philippines and Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1958 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in India, Singapore, Ghana, and Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1959 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Malaysia and Thailand; evangelism event in Japan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19303\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19303 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1961-Tokyo.D435-0034-071x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1961-Tokyo.D435-0034-071x400-200x155.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1961-Tokyo.D435-0034-071x400-311x240.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1961-Tokyo.D435-0034-071x400.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 1961, an evangelism event in Tokyo was broadcast on TV. (&copy;World Vision archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1960 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Barbados and Colombia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1961 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Evangelism event in Japan; pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Argentina<\/p>\n<p><strong>1962 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1963 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1964 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1965 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Peru and Bolivia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1967 |<\/strong>&nbsp;MARC Communications Center begins publishing world missions data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1968 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Kenya, Mexico, and Panama.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1969 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Sri Lanka and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1970 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19304\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19304 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1973.Love-Loaf_0003x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1973.Love-Loaf_0003x400-197x250.jpg 197w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1973.Love-Loaf_0003x400-189x240.jpg 189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1973.Love-Loaf_0003x400.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Started in 1973, the Love Loaf fundraising program got U.S. churches involved with World Vision&rsquo;s work. (&copy;World Vision archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1971 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in New Guinea and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1972 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Uganda and Vanuatu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1973 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Love Loaf fundraising launches for U.S. churches; pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1974 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Evangelism events in Cambodia and the Philippines; Lusanne Congress in Switzerland; pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Australia, Sudan, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Honduras.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1975 |&nbsp;<\/strong>100th pastors&rsquo; conference in Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1976 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1977 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Fiji, New Zealand, and former Yugoslavia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1978 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1979 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Poland and Haiti.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1980 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Annual Robert W. Pierce Award created to honor missionaries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1981 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Day of Prayer annually sets aside Oct. 1 for prayer in all World Vision offices; pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1983 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1984 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1985 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Retreat for urban pastors in Chicago; refugee Vietnamese pastors gather in California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1989 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Lusanne II in the Philippines; response to San Francisco earthquake through U.S. churches; and pastors&rsquo; conferences start in El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1990 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in the Dominican Republic, Moldova, Nigeria, and Zambia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1991 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Romania.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1992 |<\/strong>&nbsp;30 Hour Famine engages church youth to fight hunger; response to Los Angeles riots through local churches; and pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1993 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19305\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19305 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1996-Rwanda-reconciliation.V324-81-19x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1996-Rwanda-reconciliation.V324-81-19x400-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1996-Rwanda-reconciliation.V324-81-19x400-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1996-Rwanda-reconciliation.V324-81-19x400.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastors in Rwanda attended reconciliation workshops following the 1994 genocide. (&copy;1998 World Vision\/photo by Jon Warren)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>1994 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1995 |&nbsp;<\/strong>All-denomination pastors&rsquo; conferences continue through the decade in West African countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1996 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Reconciliation workshops begin for pastors in Rwanda after the genocide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1997 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Pastors&rsquo; conferences start in Chad and Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2000 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Hope Initiative engages U.S. churches to address the <a href=\"\/health-news-stories\/hiv-and-aids-facts\">AIDS pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2001 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Response to 9\/11 attacks through New York City churches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2004 |&nbsp;<\/strong>Hope Tours encourage U.S. pastors to mobilize on AIDS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2005 |&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Faith in Action Study Bible&nbsp;<\/em>published with Zondervan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2006 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Menlo Park Presbyterian Church begins assembling hygiene kits for AIDS caregivers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2007 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Faith in Action campaign kit equips U.S. churches, experiential AIDS exhibit travels throughout U.S., and Youth Bible Curriculum provided to former Eastern Bloc countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Rich Stearns&rsquo;&nbsp;book&nbsp;<em>The Hole in Our Gospel&nbsp;<\/em>is a call to action for the U.S. church.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19310\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19310 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Truck-Exteriorx400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Truck-Exteriorx400-200x128.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Truck-Exteriorx400-360x230.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Truck-Exteriorx400.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The World Vision Experience truck. (&copy;2014 World Vision\/photo by Jon Warren)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>2010 |<\/strong>&nbsp;Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism in Cape Town, South Africa; Church Partnership for Child Well-Being project launches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011 |&nbsp;<\/strong>&ldquo;Journey to Jamaa&rdquo;&nbsp;film deepens congregations&rsquo;&nbsp;understanding of AIDS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 |&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"\/get-involved\/experience\">Experiential exhibit<\/a>&nbsp;enables U.S. churches to follow Jesus into the margins.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since World Vision began in 1950, partnering with the local and global church has been at the core of our work around the 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