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Building a Legacy for God's Kingdom

A Proposal for Living Hope Community Church to Plant a New Church in La Paz, Honduras and Bring the Gospel of Salvation to some of the World’s Poorest Children

ABOUT COMPASSION

In response to the Great Commission, Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty, and enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults — all for God’s glory. We also speak out for the needs of children in poverty to compel Christians worldwide to respond to God’s call to “look after orphans and widows” through advocating for children (James 1:27).

ADVANCING GOD'S KINGDOM

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10 NIV) True life and hope are found only in the redeeming gospel of Jesus Christ. Fighting poverty is more than providing economic resources — it is defeating the fatalistic lie that we are unworthy of God’s love. At the heart of all Compassion’s work is our commitment to releasing children from spiritual poverty. We pursue this commitment with as much fervor as we approach any other type of poverty.

More than 510,000

children in Compassion's programs chose to follow Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior for the first time over the last four years

Approximately 1,056,436

age-appropriate Bibles distributed over the last four years

Planting A New Church Partner

Compassion’s church-based efforts are key to its effectiveness. We invest a great deal of time and money ensuring each new church we partner with is like-minded in ministering to children and evangelizing biblically-based Scripture. Building relationships with more local church partners allows Compassion to open more Child Development centers in more extreme pockets of poverty and reach more children who otherwise would have no exposure to Jesus’ love and mercy.

Compassion International is seeking committed US churches that are passionate about planting new churches in Latin America and provide needed funds for the construction of a suitable facility for the new church plant. These new churches will be identified and mentored by a local, established "mother" church and extend the reach of the gospel into new, unreached communities through planting a "daughter" church where they already have a ministry presence.

Child Development through Sponsorship

Once planted, a new Compassion child development center will be among the first outreaches of the new church. Experience shows that, as the local Compassion staff members minister to approximately 200 children in need, visit their homes, and host community events, many parents and other family members become involved in the new church. This unique collaboration of ministry helps new churches grow even faster and stronger as they meet real needs.

Members of your church may wish to expand their individual ministry to children in Honduras by personally sponsoring some or all of the children who will be registered in the new Compassion student center.

Partnership Opportunity in Honduras

Compassion Honduras has recently identified a target area in need of an accessible local Christ-centered church that preaches and lives God’s Word in partnership with Iglesia Evangelica de Santidad. This existing church is located in La Paz, Honduras. There are approximately 14,500 residents in this plains community. They are ministering to children and families in the Barrio La Granja community, approximately 3 miles away, and are now ready to establish a church plant here. Click for more detail

The church is in the process of securing land in a strategic location (pictured right). Once secured, the congregation will need to fund the land purchase and the construction of the new church’s core facilities. After investigating the opportunity, Compassion International has agreed to help raise the funds for this church plant.

Your Investment

An investment of $77,000 will fund the construction of essential core structures for the new “daughter" church and launch a Compassion-assisted student center at the newly constructed facility.

Your funds will help build basic church facilities needed by the congregation and child development center such as:

  • one large meeting room / sanctuary which seats 200 adults
  • 2-3 classrooms
  • kitchen / food preparation space
  • restrooms
  • electricity & water

Join Us

It is our privilege to present to Living Hope Community Church this strategic missions opportunity to help grow God’s Church in an area that greatly needs the message of Jesus Christ and the accompanying care that is best delivered through the personal nurture of a loving local church. We believe you will be a prayerful, effective partner with Compassion International and Iglesia Evangelica de Santidad in Honduras. Together, we can build, plant and enable a new church, Iglesia de Santidad Barrio Le Granja, for effective Christ-centered ministry among the impoverished families of this community.

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Church Plant Timeline

Below is the typical schedule of establishing a new church partner. Specific details of each church plant will be scheduled and communicated as construction plans develop.

  • Month 1: Donation received by Compassion International
  • Month 2: Proposal matched to donation; bids solicited from screened vendors for construction
  • Month 3: Funds sent to Compassion field office
  • Month 4: Initial fund disbursement to vendors; construction begins
  • Month 5: Initial neighborhood visitations and child registrations begin; construction continues
  • Months 5-8: Construction continues; child development center staff training; caregiver orientation
  • Month 9: Dedication and launch of ministry at new church

Proposed church plant in Barrio La Granja, La Paz, Honduras

Elements of our approach to planting churches:

Identify established churches successfully operating Compassion's programs and working with children in an extended community as potential church planters

Thoroughly investigate and vet the capacity of the established church (mother) to plant and mentor a new church (daughter) in the proposed community

Partner with like-minded churches that are able to provide financial resources for the church plant's infrastructure needs, and potentially interested in sponsoring children

Construct new facility, register up to 200 children in Compassion's sponsorship program and communicate the impact of the daughter church to the supporting church partner

Our Ministry Model

Three distinct foundations of how Compassion works:

We focus exclusively on children “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” (Luke 18:16, NIV) All programs are aligned with developing children holistically (pre-natal through young adulthood) by addressing physical, spiritual, socio-emotional, economic and educational needs.

We work exclusively with the local church — Compassion believes that the Church is God’s agent for change in a broken world, which is why our programs are only offered through partnership with churches in the developing world that have the same passion for prioritizing and ministering to children.

We keep Jesus at the center of all we do — Children and families are not required to profess Jesus as their Savior to participate in our programs, but we want children to hear the gospel, see living faith and be discipled in the ways of Jesus. To this end, every mother and child registered in our programs receive age-appropriate Bibles, which are replaced as children mature and develop.

“Compassion International started with one man's obedience to God's call of, 'What are you going to do?' The question for us today is, 'What are we going to do?'”

— Wess Stafford, President Emeritus, Compassion International

Compassion Stats at a Glance

1,872,799

children currently participating in Compassion's sponsorship program

Numbers current as of July 2016.

29,837

babies receiving early development and survival care

26

of the world’s poorest countries where Compassion works

6,985

local church partners preaching the gospel and developing children

Total Investment Requested:

$77,000



Thank you, Living Hope Community Church, for prayerfully considering partnering with Compassion International. I would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about your goals for the kingdom, or any interest you may have in experiencing Compassion's work first-hand. I would be honored to connect with you.

Contact

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YongMyong Moon

USA Korean Markets Regional Director
Compassion International
Phone: 714-383-3999
Email: YMMoon@us.ci.org