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step into my life change a child’s life forever
changing lives TEAR Fund’s Compassion child sponsorshipprovides a simple, practical and personalway for your church to get involved inreaching out to those in need with thelove of Christ.
It is an opportunity for your congregation tolearn more about the plight of the world’spoorest children and to personally exchangeletters with and pray for the individual childrenthey sponsor. As they do so, you can expectto see their lives transformed too.
We believe that TEAR Fund andCompassion’s approach of connectingthe local church in developing countrieswith committed sponsors through its childdevelopment programme, provides the moststrategic way to end poverty.
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Releasing childRen fRompoveRty in Jesus’ name
TEAR Fund’s child sponsorship partner,
Compassion, is a leading Christian childdevelopment ministry committed toeliminating the root causes of poverty forchildren. Children are the hardest hit bypoverty and have the fewest resourcesavailable to change their circumstances.Our passion and our purpose reside in our
unwavering commitment to serve the poor asChrist calls us to. Poverty is more than simplya lack of things; it is a lack of hope, which iswhy we ensure that every child in our care
gets to hear about the hope theyhave in Christ.
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WheRe We WoRk TEAR Fund’s partner Compassion has more than 50 years’ experience of helping children
in need. At present, more than a million children attend Compassion child developmentcentres in 25 of the world’s poorest countries. Compassion partners with 5,000 churchesfrom a variety of denominations. Individual sponsors contribute $45 a month to TEARFund to support one child.
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chRist centRed andchuRch based
As a Christ-centred ministry founded on
biblical principles, we believe that the Churchis God’s chosen vehicle for reaching outto those in need with His love. That’s why
TEAR Fund through Compassion, partnersexclusively with local churches in thedeveloping world.
Through these churches, TEAR Fund’sCompassion child development centresprovide practical care for children indesperate need. Every child attending aproject is given the opportunity to hear andrespond to the gospel of Jesus Christ in away that is culturally appropriate and withoutpressure.
Last year, more than 102,000 childrengave their lives to Christthrough Compassion
programmes. Our experienceshows that when childrenare provided with theskills, opportunities andencouragement to full their
God-given potential, hope returnsand the tide of despair is halted.
child sponsoRship WoRks TEAR Fund’s Compassion projects are safeplaces where children are loved, valued and
have the opportunity to become all that Godintended. Loving Christian staff help childrento develop spiritually, physically, socially andeconomically.
We have witnessed not only the lives of children transformed, but also their familiesand communities. Many churches whopartner with TEAR Fund and Compassionhave seen their congregations swell in size
as they reach out to the most vulnerable intheir community.
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teaR fund andcompassion’sdistinctives
TEAR Fund and Compassion’ssuccess in child developmentrevolves around three uniquedistinctives. Working inpartnership with indigenouschurch bodies overseas,everything TEAR Fund andCompassion does isChrist-centred, Child-focused
and Church-based.
• CHRIST CENTERED Christ is at the centre of all we do. All TEAR Fund andCompassion employees are Christian as areour local church partners. We follow God’sWord in response to the Great Commissionby teaching the life changing gospel to every
child in a culturally relevant way.
• CHILD FOCUSED TEAR Fund and Compassion engage eachchild as a complete person, addressingtheir spiritual, physical, economic and socialneeds, enabling them to become responsibleand fullled Christian adults. Children are
particularly receptive to the gospel and ourchurch based programmes are thereforepowerful tools for evangelism.
• CHURCH BASEDLocal churches provide continuity, stability,security and are best placed to reach outwith the love of Christ to those in greatestneed in their communities. TEAR Fundthrough Compassion equips local churchesso they can realise their vision of changing
their communities for the better.
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What youR chuRch can do You have probably been given this leaet by
a TEAR Fund sponsor in your church who iskeen to tell your church about our ministry.
We provide a variety of free resourcesto help educate your church about our
Christian responsibility to the poor and thework of TEAR Fund through Compassion
child sponsorship. They include a
compellinglm, sample
presentations,andinformationabout
children whoare waiting for
sponsorship.
We hope you can give your blessing
to some form of church presentation
about the work of TEAR Fund on a
date convenient to you. The presentationcould take many forms, from allowing afew minutes for a sponsor to give a shortendorsement of the work of TEAR Fundto structuring an entire service around ourChristian responsibility to the poor.
We appreciate the need to be eible and
leave it up to you to decide what would work best in your church. We are grateful for anyopportunities that you can offer to share theneeds of children in poverty.
More than 100 children were released
from poverty as a result of churchpresentations that took place last
year as part of our TEAR Fund Sunday
campaign.
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paRtneR With a communityin the developing WoRld
TEAR Fund offers a number of opportunities
to help your church respond to God’s callto `care for the poor’. These could includeengaging with a specic Development
issue (i.e healthcare, water and sanitation,education) a country such as the Philippines,India or Uganda, or by sponsoring children ina focus country.
By working alongside TEAR Fund you can:• Etend the walls of your church into the
world to include those in most need• Walk alongside the poor overseas on a
journey of transformation• Develop deep and meaningful connections
that go far beyond simply sending a donation• Connect, discover, share and take action in
God’s mission to the poor
• Focus your mission activity and build
capacity for life-giving change TEAR Fund offers tools and resources
that provide meaningful ways forindividuals to get involved:
• You will receive information and support to
help your congregation engage with world issues• You can epect to see your congregation
transformed as they draw close to childrenand families in one of the poorest areas of our world
• Support comes from individuals, and
everyone can get involved in some way atsome level
• TEAR Fund will take care of all the
administrative aspects of the partnership
i w r r rto focus on a specic country/communityplease call our Church EngagementManager on 0800 800 777. For moreinformation visit www.tearfund.org.nz
ouR commitment to integRity TEAR Fund’s partner Compassion has been recognised as a charity of outstanding nancial
integrity by a number of independent accountability organisations. TEAR Fund sharesCompassion’s commitment to stewardship and the integrity of its programmes. We demandthe highest quality programme implementation and accountability of all the church and Christianpartners we work with, and as part of that commitment, our programmes and those of ourpartners are audited on a regular basis.
income total = $11,823,250 million
CHILD DEVELOPMENT = 46%
OTHER INCOME = 5%
GOVERNMENT GRANTS = 18%
UNDESIGNATED = 3%
MICROENTERPRISE = 9%
DISASTER RELIEF = 4%
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT = 15%
total eXpendituRe = $10,960,637 million
PROGRAMME ExPENDITURE = 71.2%
ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION = 7%
EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY = 1.8%
OPERATING ExPENSES = 20%
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teaR fPO Bo 8315, Symonds St, Auckland 1150, New Zealand
Freephone: 0800 800 777
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.tearfund.org.nz