Thank you, Columbia Community Church, for partnering with Compassion International to reach more people with the gospel and bring the hope of Jesus to children and families living in extreme poverty in Guatemala. By partnering with us to plant Iglesia del Nazareno, you are acting as a catalyst to help a local church create a deeper presence of ministry in their community. By constructing a new church building you are giving them capacity to offer Compassion’s holistic child development program to children.
Compassion International highly values our partnerships — both with funding partners like you, and our implementing partners in the countries where we work. We strive to live out our Partnership Principles in how we partner with you and each new local church established in a child’s community.
Compassion’s Partnership Principles
- Founded on our identity in Christ
- Seeks mutually beneficial and respectful relationships
- Accepts mutual responsibility and commitment
- Produces visible transformation and outcomes
With every new church planted with Compassion in developing countries, our local staff members work closely with an existing (or “mother”) church partner, to pursue a mentorship approach that will help the new (or “daughter”) church quickly grow strong. We encourage local resource mobilization and ownership across the board. We aim for this not only in the initial construction of the church plant infrastructure you have helped fund, but also in the ongoing program implementation of the child development center.
Like any relationship, laying a foundation for mutually beneficial partnerships takes time. We appreciate your understanding as our staff members and local church partners work hard in the coming weeks and months to make next steps a reality. We commit to update you along the way as the construction process for this new church continues and evolves towards its launch and simultaneous opening of their child development center.
Because of you, the Body of Christ in Guatemala is now mobilized to expand and help more children be known, loved, protected and discipled towards a hopeful future. Thank you again for investing in this opportunity where we anticipate God’s Church positively affecting the lives of vulnerable children and releasing them from poverty in Jesus’ name.
