Sponsor a Child

Will your church move with compassion?

When you partner your church with Compassion, we connect you with local churches in areas of severe poverty around the world to enable their church leaders to reach children and families in need. By linking your church community to the transformational work of the global church, you enable your church to grow in love, mercy and discipleship.

Partner your church with Compassion and join God’s global church in seeing families, communities and even nations transformed for Christ—one child at a time.

ENGAGE with the church
ENABLE the church
EQUIP the church

Compassion echoes the very heartbeat of God and places value on every single life – Net Church is honoured to partner with such an outstanding organisation.

Roy and Keely Morley, Senior Pastors, Net Church (Dartford)

The Compassion team are accommodating, professional and it’s been a total blessing working with them to fulfil our Godly responsibility.

Andrew and Rachel Waddams, Senior Pastors, Gallery Church (Birmingham)

I can’t speak highly enough of the work of Compassion, about how lives are being changed, and even how our own church has been changed as a result.

Rev. Duncan Clark, Senior Minister, Coventry Elim (Coventry)

Partnering with Compassion ensures that we do not forget about the plight of children in poverty around the world. Surely, there can be few things closer to God's heart!

David Thompson, Lead Elder, Grace Church (Chichester)

Engage with the Church

We'd love to take you for a coffee and chat about how we can partner together and equip your church for mission. Just drop one of our friendly team members a line and they'll be in touch.

James Spencer

James Spencer

Head of Partnerships UK North

James Spencer

Head of Partnerships UK North

07714 370 007

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07714 370 007

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Melvyn Naidoo

Melvyn Naidoo

Head of Partnerships UK South

Melvyn Naidoo

Head of Partnerships UK South

07708 321817

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07708 321817

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Maej Tilson

Maej Tilson

Head of Partnerships Ireland

Maej Tilson

Head of Partnerships Ireland

08744 33730

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08744 33730

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Enable the Church

We currently work in partnership with more than 1,550 churches in the UK. Here are just some of the many testimonies of how UK churches have been released into mission thanks to partnership with Compassion.

Broadmead Community Church

Just over 10 years ago we wanted to challenge our congregation to look up and make a difference both locally and globally. We contacted Compassion and the idea of a church partnership was proposed connecting us to a project in the north of Uganda in a town called Lira. We now have about 90 children sponsored.

A group from the church visited the Compassion projects in Uganda in 2010 and that had a huge impact on the whole church as they shared their experiences. This led to two of our youth spending a year in Uganda before going off to college. We have regular Compassion Sundays and it has changed the hearts of the congregation and we have loved sharing our lives with the children through letters and cards.

Compassion has been an amazing support to us and provided resources and encouragement along the way. It's been a fruitful partnership and we look forward to seeing more children sponsored, and lives changed here and in Uganda.

Adam Eakins, Lead Pastor

Hope Church Winchester

In 2016 I had the privilege of travelling to Nairobi to see the work of Compassion in Kenya. I already knew something of Compassion's commitment to help vulnerable children through working with local churches, but seeing the impact of projects first-hand changed everything. The scale of the poverty was overwhelming yet in the midst of that, it was deeply moving to see children being given hope. Their simple but profound faith in God lives long in the memory.

As a result of that trip, we made the decision to partner with Compassion. We didn't change overnight, but three years on our work with Compassion is deeply embedded in the life of the church. We now sponsor more than 120 children in Rwanda and in 2018 we had the joy of funding an intervention which has had a huge impact for our partnered church.

It has been our privilege to be able to partner with the great work Compassion is doing, make a difference in children's lives and reflect something of the loving kindness and mercy of God, the Father of compassion.

Steve Chick, Lead Elder

Coventry Elim

The impact partnership with Compassion has had on our church has been significant. It has meant that a high percentage of our people feel connected in overseas mission and that they are making a notable difference to the life of a child living in poverty. In fact, as a church, we've often viewed our sponsored children as an extension of our own church family in Coventry.

In addition to supporting child sponsorship, we've been able to fund two additional projects. Firstly, we provided the funds to build a playground on the site of one of the projects where we sponsor around 50 children. Secondly, we provided the resources for 40 families to start their own businesses. On top of that, we've taken around 30 of our own people on two trips to Ethiopia to visit their sponsored children and to witness all that God is doing in the local churches there. I can't speak highly enough of the work of Compassion, about how lives are being changed, and even how our own church has been changed as a result.

Rev. Duncan Clark, Senior Minister

Equip the Church

We've created a series of resources to equip you in the great work you're already doing as a church. From Harvest resources to inspiration on being thankful, find sermons, presentation templates and stunning images that will encourage your congregation and grow their heart for the poor.

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Food Crisis Appeal

Resources to help you promote our Day of Prayer for the Global Food Crisis

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Giving Thanks

Encourage your congregation to develop an attitude of gratitude.

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Harvest

Sow a seed of faith and connect with people’s hearts and lives.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes, we would love to serve you in this way. Please get in touch with one of our team using the contact details above and we can have a chat about what this could look like.

There are many ways we could serve you through church partnership. For example, how amazing would it be if individuals who sponsored from your church focused on a particular country, an area within that country or even a specific project/local church? We would love to work with you to make a partnership with Compassion work for you and align with your strategy for mission. Let’s have a chat about how this could work for you.

We appreciate how busy being a church leader is and the constraints on your time. This is why we’re here to serve you and why we’ve made partnership with Compassion very resource light. We’d value an opportunity to explain how this works. Please give one of our team a call on the numbers above.

   

Get the app

The Compassion UK App is the fastest and easiest way to connect with your sponsored child. Write letters and add a photo on the go, read our latest blogs and prayer points and feel closer than ever to your sponsored child. Download free today for iPhone and Android

Compassion UK Christian Child Development, registered charity in England and Wales (1077216) and Scotland (SC045059). A company limited by guarantee, Registered in England and Wales company number 03719092. Registered address: Compassion House, Barley Way, Fleet, Hampshire, GU51 2UT.