Get Involved
127 Worldwide wants to help you, an advocate, find ways to better live out what it means to care for the orphan and the widow. Our advocate development includes helping you Pray, Give, Go, and Grow.
Get Involved
127 Worldwide wants to help you, an advocate, find ways to better live out what it means to care for the orphan and the widow. Our advocate development includes helping you pray, give, go, and grow.
Our Advocacy Plan
We work to help advocates, like you, find healthy ways to live out James 1:27 obediently. We desire to help you on your journey to understanding your role in caring for the world's most vulnerable.
Join us in praying for our partners, their ministries, and those they serve through our Partner Prayer Newsletter – a once-per-month email letting you in on specific ways to lift up Geoffrey, Rose, David, and Chris.
GIVE
GO
Going on a large scale encompasses Jesus command to both go to the nations to proclaim the Gospel and also to go to the widow and the orphan in their distress. We provide opportunities for advocates to GO and visit our partners both to encourage them, help them in their ministry, and to gain vision and be equipped for the larger work of vulnerable community care.
Join us for an upcoming GO Trip or through Virtual GO, our SMS based GO opportunity that allows you to experience a week with our partners through daily devotions, local recipes, and more!
Read Advocate GO stories
How Mutual Edification Shaped My Time in Kenya and Beyond
Throughout my walk with Christ, I’ve participated in several mission trips, but it wasn’t until I served alongside 127 Worldwide
The Global Church As Family: Q&A with Pastor Wesley Hicks
Wesley Hicks, 127 advocate and pastor of The Ridge Church, felt the urge three years ago for his young church
A Lesson on Mutual-Edification with Rose Bugusu
At 127 Worldwide, we use the phrase “mutual-edification” a lot. We believe that fostering mutually-edifying relationships with our local leaders
Ten Lessons in Ten Years of 127
This December 127 Worldwide will celebrate a decade of ministry. God has exceeded my every expectation for starting a nonprofit
How 127 Equipped Me for My First International Trip
During the spring of 2021, I discovered 127 Worldwide through a blog on Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Intersect Project. The
A Decade Reflection: 127 and Me
Sandwiched between my top bunk and the ceiling at Tumaini Miles of Smiles, with my phone antenna pointed out the
How Collaboration Resulted in Empowerment
At 127 Worldwide, we’re celebrating ten years of connecting and equipping the global body of Christ to restore hope to
127 Advocates Pray for Partners
127 seeks to connect and equip the global body of Christ to work together to empower vulnerable communities. As we
GROW
We want to help you grow in your ability to live out James 1:27. We primarily engage in helping advocates grow through creating and curating disciple-making content and developing specific curriculums centered around our EQUIP Plan competencies.
EQUIP Plan Competencies
Gospel-Centrality
Short-Term Missions
Local Leaders
Cultural Sensitivity
Human Dignity
Healthy Engagement
EQUIP Plan Resources
Stages of Poverty Relief
There's no one-size-fits-all approach to helping the poor. To truly help people, we need to understand the root causes of
Interview with David Lara
In this podcast episode Sara Beth Fentress, Executive Director of 127 Worldwide, has a conversation with the newest partner, David
Helping the Poor Without Hurting Them on Your Mission Trip
If we’ve learned anything from our combined years of ministry experience, it’s that good intentions are not enough and cultural
Interview with Chris Omondi
Chrispine (Chris) Omondi is the Director of Swahiba Networks in Nairobi, Kenya, and in this podcast episode, he shares about
Does Christianity Belong in Africa?
This article on The Gospel Coalition Africa website is intended as an apologetic tool for refuting a common objection that
Why You Should Consider Canceling Your Short-Term Mission Trips
Has an organization facilitating a short-term mission trip ever encouraged you not to go? You might be surprised to know
Six Harmful Consequences of a Savior Mentality
Ryan Kuja, author of From the Inside Out: Reimagining Mission, Recreating the World, delves deeply into the “hero mentality” to
Join God At Work
This video does an excellent job of introducing how a commitment to human dignity informs the way Christians see material