Through our World Impact Ministries, we partner with organizations and groups to make a positive impact in our world. In our partnerships and missions trips with ZOE Empowers and Allies in Youth Development, we equip orphans in Rwanda, India, Russia and Eastern Europe with tools and training to overcome life-threatening poverty for good. Our partnership with UMCOR supports missionaries in Africa and Mexico and provides resources for urgent needs throughout our world. We partner with many other groups and organizations to share the love of God and make a positive impact throughout the world.
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ZOE Empowers Ministry transforms the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children from poverty and neglect to self-sufficiency and community within three years. This happens through Education, Encouragement, and Advocacy. When these children first joined the ZOE programs they had been living in extreme poverty and instability. Many had been living with a caregiver who shared their shelter but could not provide adequate food, education, health care or other support that children need. Through your generosity we are helping empower a generation skilled to leave extreme poverty behind forever!
ZOE Group Sponsorship Information
- 76 groups sponsored by FMCM since 2010
- 2,398 households sponsored by FMCM since 2010
- 5,740 head of households and siblings sponsored by FMCM since 2010
- FMCM has donated over $2,050,845 for ZOE Empowers since 2005 (*As of 1/8/2024*)
- FMCM is currently or has sponsored groups in Rwanda, India, Zimbabwe, Guatemala, and soon in Tanzania
Traveling with ZOE
A big aspect of the ZOE partnership is our congregation sending members to meet with our sponsored groups. These trips allow us to meet, encourage and praise our sponsored families. 100 congregants have traveled on these trips have gone to Zimbabwe, Guatemala, India and Rwanda. If you would like more information about how you can go on a ZOE mission trip, contact serving@fmcm.org.
What’s Next for Our ZOE Orphan Empowerment Ministry?
With our 14 current groups that we sponsor scheduled to graduate in June 2024, we are excited to begin sponsoring 17 new groups beginning in July 2024. These group swill be split between two countries: Rwanda and Tanzania.
The news coming from Turkey and Syria are heartbreaking. Our hearts and prayers remain with the survivors and rescue workers even as the death toll continues to rise. We support the work that UMCOR continues to do along with their partners on the ground in the effected area. Watch the video for an update on UMCOR’s initial response to the devastating earthquakes.
If you would like to financially support them, we encourage you to use the blue donate button and give to UMCOR below.
Photos and videos courtesy of IBC Uluslararası Mavi Hilal Vakfı
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is a non-profit, global mission organization dedicated to alleviating human suffering wherever needed throughout the world. UMCOR’s work includes programs and projects in disaster response, health, sustainable agriculture, food security, relief supplies, and more.
Through financial donations as well as donation of relief kits, support from our church helps fund the ongoing work of UMCOR. We also send teams each year to serve at UMCOR Sager Brown in Baldwin, Louisiana. Sager Brown is the relief supplies processing and distribution site for every corner of the world.
Allies in Youth Development, based right here in Mansfield, Texas, sponsors orphans in over 70 orphanages around the world. They are connected in more than 15 cities throughout Ukraine, as well as Eastern Europe, and the world.
During this troubling time, their priorities continue to be the safety and welfare of the children and youth in their care, many of whom are special needs. They have also added goals of helping with shelter for some 400 families in a refugee camp, elderly care in the region, and Moldova and neighboring countries that are in desperate need of support.
You can help by donating below as they are able to access our donations to make an immediate impact on their efforts.
Missionaries
Through the General Board of Global Ministries, the United Methodist Church trains and sends missionaries all over the world. We currently provide support for:
