God calls us to speak up and advocate for those in need. Explore Bible verses on advocacy and gain insight into the powerful teachings that empower us to be agents of change in the world.
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Faith
From the Field
Small loans, big impact: Rebuilding communities one step at a time
Through participation in a savings group in rural Zambia, women are changing not only their own lives but those of their community members as well.
From the Field
Serving from the steps of City Hall
At a street church in Hartford, Connecticut, Pastor Bryan Bywater serves people in the community who are experiencing homelessness. World Vision partners with the church and its pastor, providing donated supplies that help meet the community’s spiritual and physical needs.
Change Makers
What does the Bible say about refugees and displaced people?
You won’t find the word “refugee” in the Bible, but there are principles in God’s Word for how His people are to treat those who are called “strangers,” “foreigners,” and “sojourners” in our translations. In Matthew 25, Jesus says that how we treat “strangers” indicates whether or not we are His followers. Disciples’ behavior should include hospitality to strangers. And the New Testament epistles use the term “strangers” as a metaphor for our status before we professed faith in Jesus Christ.
Change Makers
What does the Bible say about poverty?
The Bible has a lot to say about God’s love for people living in poverty — and our responsibility to help them. Reflect on these Bible verses and pray for people in need.
Prayers
Explore the meaning of Matthew 25 through prayer
As Christians, we have a choice: respond to unsettling realities in the world with fear and avoidance or follow Jesus in responding to the greatest needs of our day with love and hope. Reflecting on Matthew 25, pray with us for World Vision’s work around the world.
Change Makers
The people who help shape us
Six people answer a single question: Who believed in you? They share about who encouraged and inspired them when they were younger and how that experience helped shape their lives … and led to their involvement in different areas of World Vision’s work.
Change Makers
How one boy’s free throws changed a community in crisis
A World Vision employee’s belief in a 9-year-old boy has created changes that continue to ripple in a community in Zambia. His fundraising helped provide the financial support for a community and World Vision to build a clinic furnished with essential equipment to care for people living with HIV and AIDS.
Change Makers
4 promises to encourage God’s children in the truth
Read a devotion centered on promises from God’s Word about how we as believers can strengthen each other and be encouraged in our identity as God’s children.
From the Field
11 reasons to have hope in 2023
Head into the new year with 11 reasons to have hope in 2023 — read about global development progress and ways World Vision’s work is empowering vulnerable kids and families to overcome poverty.