We hope to see churches and communities transformed
We inspire and support the church to be active, vibrant and living out a theology of integral mission so that people in their communities experience whole-life transformation.
We believe that poverty is the result of broken relationships between God and humanity. Our work focuses on restoring four important relationships: how we relate to God, to ourselves, to others and to the environment.
Local churches begin a lifelong journey when they embrace and commit to partnering in God’s mission to bring restoration in all four of these areas. This journey empowers them, changes mindsets and brings about ‘whole-life’ change in both the congregation and the community.
The church responds to the needs of their local community holistically and from within. As a result, people are lifted out of poverty and lives are transformed. Church and Community Transformation (CCT) approaches vary around the world but are all based on a theology of integral mission and have a vision for whole-life transformation.
These approaches are locally owned, sustainable and empowering. They start with biblical reflection that enables churches and communities to have a deep-rooted understanding of their identity and potential, and helps change mindsets. Sometimes, the entry point for CCT is accompanying churches to address a specific issue, such as migration or creation care, but the focus is always on transformational change and a call to action, which encourages church and community members to mobilise resources to meet the needs they have identified in their community.