How We Serve

Children's Homes

Children’s homes are effective ministries for evangelism. How can we reach a Hindu? A Buddhist?  A Muslim?  One way is by bringing children with these backgrounds into the Christian environment of a children’s home and discipling them faithfully in God’s Word.  With their continuing ties to extended relatives and others back in their home villages, they can return as witnesses to lead others to the Lord.  

It works!  Children are coming to the Lord. If we can meet their needs, educate them and provide a firm Scriptural foundation, we can disciple many leaders, fully prepared to serve their God and reach their own people as adults. 

Church Sponsorships

We are serving fellow believers with child sponsorship programs through the local churches.  Our programs help children of pastors, evangelists, widows and impoverished families who might not be able to provide for an education and adequate nutrition for their children.

When financial circumstances become difficult,  it is common for parents to reluctantly send a child "out to work." Sometimes, survival does not offer any other choice. This usually means a job as a field worker or household servant. It is rare for a child "sent to work" to ever return to school or to have any kind of future beyond menial work.

Girls are often sent to work to provide school fees for their brother, and the girl might be as young as eight. In the villages, the girls might be arranged in marriage after the fifth grade, because there is no money to continue school and no other purpose or life choice for her.  

Sponsorship means a girl can stay in school and avoid life as a servant or an early marriage. Sponsorship means a boy can finish his education and provide for a family someday, breaking the cycle of poverty. Sponsorship helps parents and pastors prepare strong, discipled witnesses and leaders in all walks of life.

Residential Schools

We are serving through school ministries. We work with two schools for deaf students and one for blind students. These special education schools are badly needed in developing countries where children with disabilities often have no access to education. All of these schools serve as a means to spread the gospel and reach children and their families for the Lord.

Village Evangelism

We are working with strong, committed national believers in each of our countries.  They know the language and the culture.  They love their people and know how to reach them with the gospel.   

With only a little help, we can greatly expand their reach.  We raise funds for Bibles and literature, for motor bikes and petrol, for projectors and generators to show the Jesus video.  We help with small building projects—such as providing or repairing a roof,  adding a toilet, occasionally building a small church in a village.  

Relief Projects

Relief is not officially within the focus of our ministry, but when unforeseen disasters come, and especially when our own people are affected, we need and want to help.

Flooding and landslides are common in Nepal and can leave entire villages destroyed.

After the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, we supplied food through several of our partner churches. Prasansa Children’s Home was built as a part of our earthquake relief and received ten children whose families were devastated by the loss of homes and income.

In 2020 when the Covid pandemic hit, and so many people were out of work, families were in great need of basic food and supplies. Once again, we funded food distributions through the churches. These were used to help meet the needs of the church families as well as the needs of unbelievers within the reach of the church. Relationships were built and the gospel was shared.

Training Village Pastors

An important part of our work is to encourage, equip and enable the faithful pastors who are already ministering among the people.  In each country, we have established sponsorship programs for pastors in need.  

We have Bible training programs for pastors. We fund projects to provide goats, chickens, pigs, fruit trees, vegetable seeds and tools.

We provide bicycles to expand the pastor’s reach. This greatly enhances his ministry to the people.

These things help a pastor provide for his family and give him more time for evangelistic work. 

Women’s Training

It is so very important to train women in the Bible and all matters of faith. Women are an incredible influence in the family and the church. Women are the primary leaders and teachers of the next generation of the church. In less developed countries, women’s ministries are often considered less important than those of the men. Women need the encouragement of these seminars. These seminars require hours of preparation, of course, for the teacher. Funding is needed to provide at least one meal. This is a very special time for women to come together to fellowship and focus on spiritual things.

American Churches and Believers

The Lord commanded us to “Go..  and make disciples of all nations…”    Many believers in the US want to go and are willing to serve, but they do not know how or where to go and need local contacts to help them minister effectively.  

Allow The Children fills the need as the vessel to help American believers minister in the countries where we serve -- bringing opportunities to help with sponsorship, projects, specific directed prayer or by physically traveling to the country and becoming part of the work.

We have facilitated teaching conferences, medical clinics, building projects, and are simply giving people a chance to help.