World Challenge is planting the church where it doesn’t exist. Where material poverty and spiritual poverty overlap, that’s where we want to serve.
For more than 50 years, World Challenge has partnered with churches across the globe that share our burden to see impoverished and unreached people experience the fullness of life in Jesus.
Will you help us reach the world?
As Jesus entered communities 2,000 years ago, he dealt both with people’s spiritual and physical afflictions. We believe the church of today is called to continue Christ's work.
We aim to walk alongside indigenous churches and ministries that are already working in disadvantaged communities. We provide training, mentorship, and financial assistance so they can effectively serve their people in need.
The world needs more churches, even in places where Christianity is firmly established. However, there are people who live completely beyond the reach of the gospel. We’re committed to planting the church among these people.
God has a special place in his heart for the widow and orphan. So do we. We strive to use best practices as we serve widows and orphans around the world, working primarily through local churches.
Disasters come in all shapes and sizes. Some, like wars, are created by people. Others are natural disasters. When these occur, we reach out through our partners to bring relief, serving as the hand and feet of Jesus in these difficult situations.
We are committed to obeying Jesus's commands to care for people's spiritual and material needs. The best way to do this is to share the gospel through near-culture neighbors and to create systems that lead to sustainable personal and community transformation.
Poverty is both spiritual and material. We are committed to serving the least-reached in places where people have been trapped in historic material poverty.
We are committed to making disciples among every people group, and we believe this is best done by planting churches that multiply within a people group and beyond.
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Through the Holy Spirit's empowerment and your generous giving, World Challenge is making thousands of new disciples through our global partners. Our goal is to build up discipleship groups and local churches. Because we work where evangelism is often illegal, these churches are similar to those in the book of Acts.
Many countries in this region are run by Muslim governments with restrictive laws against Christianity. Persecution of believers is frequent.
Many pastors are passionate about taking the gospel to their neighbors, but few have formal training or even Bibles in their native language.
In an increasingly secular culture, the opportunity is opening to share the gospel with young people who have never heard the true message of salvation.
Persecution from Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim majorities here can be deadly. Spiritual oppression is fierce in regions untouched by the gospel.
Mark Renfroe and his wife, Amy, have been involved in field missions work for 30 years. Mark served as the area director for Assemblies of God World Missions and currently serves as the chief missions officer for World Challenge.
Thousands of disciples have been made. Hundreds of churches have been planted. Dozens of communities have been transformed both spiritually and physically. This is the power of the gospel at work through your financial partnership with World Challenge.
Pastors and leaders from across the Amazon gathered to receive encouragement from World Challenge speakers. East of the Andes is a city in Peru named Iquitos. Located in an ideal position to reach the northern Amazon and the tribes that live in this jungle region, it can only be reached by boat or
A tribe threatened to kidnap our teams when they tried to share the gospel...then the Holy Spirit touched this village. Our teams in Liberia have felt a deep missional calling to the tribes in their area, including the Poro in the village of Wehyeepa. After overcoming many challenges, spiritual
In regions hostile to Christianity, some pay the ultimate price. Being a disciple of Christ in areas of the Muslim World is dangerous. *Salem’s brother knew this when he dedicated his life to Jesus. Salem and his family were devout Muslims, so his brother’s conversion horrified them. Not only had he
Christ is healing and setting free the demon-oppressed in Southeast Asia!
In Central Asia, sharing the gospel is risky, especially where Islam is widespread. But many new believers can’t resist passing on the hope they have found in the Messiah, despite the dangers.
In one corner of Ghana, our partners reached a Muslim tribe who had not heard the gospel before. World Challenge’s partners in Ghana knew of a nearby tribe, called the Fulani, who were almost exclusively Muslim. This tribe has a rich cultural heritage and a nomadic lifestyle that takes them through
Chantha and his wife had four children on their small family farm in rural Cambodia. He was the breadwinner for his loved ones, so it was deeply alarming when his left leg began to go numb. The numbness began to spread until he was forced to give up his work. His wife and he spent as much money as
One of many refugee camps on the outskirts of Nairobi has nearly 1,500 Somali families stranded far from home.
Amid the many struggles Christians face in Central Asia, a story of courage and unwavering faith shines a light on Jesus’s powerful love. Despite the challenges and dangers of being a devout Christian in Central Asia, Zarina* led a life dedicated to her family, church and students. A woman of