What We Do
Our process for engaging the vulnerable stands on three pillars: Connecting, Equipping, and Empowering. We work to connect the global church, equip partners and advocates, and empower vulnerable communities.
What We Do
Our process for engaging the vulnerable stands on three pillars: Connecting, Equipping, and Empowering. We work to connect the global church, equip partners and advocates, and empower vulnerable communities.
CONNECT
We create introductions and facilitate ongoing relationships between partners, advocates, and churches around the world through opportunities to pray, give, go, and grow.
ROSE
GEOFFREY
CHRIS
DAVID
Many Christians want to partner with an effective local leader but don’t know who to trust or where to start. 127 introduces these Christians to our ministry partners who are already caring for the disadvantaged with excellence. Our partners are experts in the local culture and understand the complexity of the need facing their neighbors. By facilitate ongoing relationships between local leaders and western believers, we help them work together effectively so that, as the global church, we direct the giftings of the entire body of Christ toward empowering vulnerable communities to flourish.
EQUIP
We support partners through coaching & granting for specific collaborative projects aimed at empowering vulnerable communities & we provide ongoing educational and discipleship opportunities for advocates to support partners in healthy ways.
We equip our partners through coaching and trainings geared towards building Gospel-centrality, independence, and best-practices knowledge aimed at empowering vulnerable communities.
127 equips western Christians in best practices for vulnerable community care so that their partnership empowers vulnerable communities to flourish.
Discover EQUIP Plan resources for Advocates...
From the Gospel and For the Gospel
127 Worldwide is committed to gospel-centrality as our primary motivation. It’s our first distinctive and arguably the one that shapes
Interview with Chris Omondi
Chrispine (Chris) Omondi is the Director of Swahiba Networks in Nairobi, Kenya, and in this podcast episode, he shares about
Realistic Expectations for GO Teams
You spent the last six months fundraising to participate in a 127 Worldwide GO Team traveling to Kenya. Even though
127 GO Teams
Whether you’ve never traveled far from home or you’re a frequent flyer miles millionaire, welcome! We are excited to invite
Tips to Protect Human Dignity as You Travel
A team of Ugandan women offer seven practical tips for engaging with another culture that might not be obvious to
Not Bad Just Different
The Oxford dictionary defines worldview as “a particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.” It’s woven into our
Paternalism
When Helping Hurts, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, has shaped much of the way 127 Worldwide interacts with vulnerable
3 Conclusions from Encountering the Global Church
Believing that God has gifted believers to accomplish his work in the world, 127 Worldwide has come to several conclusions.
To Western Missionaries: From An African Pastor
Chopo Mwanza pastors Faith Baptist Church Riverside in Kitwe, Zambia, and his thoughts about missions in Africa provide insightful context
Rediscovering Our Place in the Story
We are motivated to care for the needs of others because we were once needy, orphaned, spiritually dead, separated from
Managing Culture Shock
If you’ve ever considered traveling internationally, you’ve probably heard tales of the infamous “culture shock” upon arrival in a new
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
Championing Local Leaders
Pippa Biddle, a well-intentioned, multiple time short-term missions-tripper, witnessed firsthand some of the drawbacks of mission projects and came face
5 Steps to Serving Others Well
A distinctive of 127 Worldwide is that we believe all relationships are mutually-edifying. We are not the experts with knowledge
Biblical Justice
Justice is foundational to the work of caring for the vulnerable. If we have no standard for how human beings
Thinking Biblically About Poverty Relief
Poverty relief is a complex undertaking that often requires both immediate intervention and upstream investment. Walter Strickland, Associate Vice President
Interview with David Lara
In this podcast episode Sara Beth Fentress, Executive Director of 127 Worldwide, has a conversation with the newest partner, David
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
Culture as a Pathway for the Gospel
Scott Hildreth, Assistant Professor of Global Studies at Southeastern Seminary, examines the primary ways Christians can approach culture and how
127’s Commitment to Human Dignity
At 127 Worldwide, we believe that the image of God in people requires something of us. The Bible teaches that
EMPOWER
Through local leaders, we aim to provide vulnerable communities with the tools to use their God-given potential to meet the spiritual and physical needs of their community.
We focus on empowerment in 3 ways
- We empower advocates to join what God is doing by serving local leaders effectively
- We empower partners to maximize their gospel work through collaboration with the global church
- Working through local leaders, we empower vulnerable communities with the gospel to flourish as God intended
