Find out how your church can play a crucial role in ending extreme poverty and injustice around the world.
Find out moreAround the world, churches are changing. Changing lives. Changing communities. Changing futures. Tearfund works in more than 50 countries, equipping local churches to lead transformation. It’s a model that’s seeing thousands of people lift themselves out of poverty. And your church can be a part of it.
With training and support from Tearfund, Pastor Gabriel changed his life and then helped to lead development projects in his community. He is now financially stable and his congregation has built another church | Credit: Paul Mbonankira/Tearfund
We are already working with 25,000 churches in some of the poorest areas of the world, but God has given us a bold vision to see 250,000 churches become centres of transformation in their communities in the next seven years.
‘So many churches and communities are eager to get involved, but we will need more resources to support them all.’
Worship on a Sunday morning at Beth Shalom Church in Quillacollo, near Cochabamba city | Credit: Tom Price-Ecce Opus/Tearfund
We believe that every church can play a part in ending extreme poverty – that’s why we want to equip you and your church to take action. Sign up to our email newsletter for church leaders, Local Church, Global Difference, to receive free resources and hear testimonies from around the world to inspire your church to tackle global poverty in practical ways.
Tearfund exists because poverty is not God's plan.
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Around the world, churches are supporting some of the most vulnerable people in areas that aid and development organisations often struggle to reach. Church leaders are often respected role models within their communities and are well placed to lead development initiatives.
We believe that poverty exists as a result of broken relationships with God, ourselves, others and creation. The church can play a key role in helping to restore these four broken relationships, bringing whole-life transformation to individuals and communities.
Renald, a member of a Church and Community Transformation programme in Haiti, at work in his local community garden | Credit: Ruth Towell/Tearfund
Tearfund uses a process called Church and Community Transformation (CCT) to help churches actively respond to the holistic needs of their communities in practical and sustainable ways, using their God-given potential and resources. We kickstart this journey by envisioning church leaders and encouraging them to take an active role in bringing about the change they long to see.
Slide 1 of 3: 3,500 church leaders have been equipped to lead development projects with their congregations.
Slide 2 of 3: 877 church leaders and theologians have taken part in online events to share learning.
Slide 3 of 3: 25,000 churches have been leading sustainable development in their communities.
3,500 church leaders have been equipped to lead development projects with their congregations.
877 church leaders and theologians have taken part in online events to share learning.
25,000 churches have been leading sustainable development in their communities.
Find out how Tearfund can equip you and your church to take action to tackle global poverty.
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An evening of epic fun for an amazing cause. Host a quiz in your community, raise money, and help end extreme poverty.
Find out how Tearfund can equip you and your church to take action to tackle global poverty.
We’re facing mountains of plastic pollution. Take action today and help us beat this rubbish problem.
An evening of epic fun for an amazing cause. Host a quiz in your community, raise money, and help end extreme poverty.
Find out how Tearfund can equip you and your church to take action to tackle global poverty.
We’re facing mountains of plastic pollution. Take action today and help us beat this rubbish problem.
An evening of epic fun for an amazing cause. Host a quiz in your community, raise money, and help end extreme poverty.
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