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Leverage: A framework for harnessing the power of your Orphan Sunday, Stand Sunday or Pure Religion Sunday event
Leverage: A framework for harnessing the power of your Orphan Sunday, Stand Sunday or Pure Religion Sunday event
Orphan Sunday, Stand Sunday and now – Pure Religion Sunday – are all opportunities for churches to set aside the second Sunday in November to recognize God’s heart for the orphaned and vulnerable and to respond in a variety of ways. This guide is structured around three primary areas of focus for effectively leveraging the … Read more
2025 Guía Práctica para el Domingo de Religión Pura
2025 Guía Práctica para el Domingo de Religión Pura
¡Esta guía pretende ser un primer paso en la planificación y preparación de tus eventos de Domingo de Religión Pura! Aquí encontrarás recursos, historias, ideas prácticas y un ejemplo de un planificación que te ayudará a prepararte para los meses siguientes y más allá. Usa cualquiera de las ideas de esta guía y siente completa … Read more
Preach: Key Principles and Themes to Use When Preaching and Teaching on God’s Heart for the Vulnerable
Preach: Key Principles and Themes to Use When Preaching and Teaching on God’s Heart for the Vulnerable
Preaching, teaching or speaking on God’s heart for the vulnerable is a high and holy calling with eternal significance. Whether you’re preaching from the pulpit, leading a class or facilitating a small group discussion in your living room, use the key themes and principles in this minibook to help you make the most of the … Read more
Sabios en Misión: Las Escrituras, La Ciencia Y El Servicio a Los Más Vulnerables del Mundo
Sabios en Misión: Las Escrituras, La Ciencia Y El Servicio a Los Más Vulnerables del Mundo
Usted quiere comprometerse con la obra que Dios está haciendo en el mundo. Queremos ayudarle a hacerlo con excelencia cuando se trata de atender a niños y familias vulnerables. Sabios en Misión recoge las mejores prácticas y principios actuales para ofrecerle claridad y confianza a la hora de dar el siguiente paso en su estrategia … Read more
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Effectively Engaging Churches
Effectively Engaging Churches
The impact of your ministry is largely dependent upon your capacity to form strategic partnerships with churches. You believe the Church is the answer to the problem your organization is trying to solve, but you’re struggling to get the ear of a busy pastor, navigate through the complicated structures of various church ministry departments or … Read more
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Preaching that Moves: A Biblical Framework for Preaching and Teaching on God’s Heart for the Vulnerable
Preaching that Moves: A Biblical Framework for Preaching and Teaching on God’s Heart for the Vulnerable
The “Preaching that Moves” webinar explores principles and practices for effectively communicating the gospel and God’s heart for the vulnerable, the needs and opportunities that exist and the ways those in your congregation can get involved. Jason Johnson, Director of The Pure Religion Project at CAFO, was joined by special guests Beth Guckenberger and Renaut van der … Read more
Preaching That Moves – Principles
Preaching That Moves – Principles
Three key principles to keep in mind when preaching and teaching on God’s heart for the vulnerable, from the Preaching that Moves webinar.
Sound of Hope Group Discussion Guide
Sound of Hope Group Discussion Guide
If you’ve seen the film Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, then you know how powerful this story can be. You can now bring the film to your church to screen and discuss together in small groups for greater impact. We’ve created a small group discussion guide to help you process, in community, … Read more
Engaging Students: Building an Everyone Can Do Something Culture in Your Church
Engaging Students: Building an Everyone Can Do Something Culture in Your Church
CAFO’s Pure Religion Project, in partnership with Show Hope facilitated a practical webinar tailored for church ministry leaders and organizational leaders working to serve and support vulnerable children and families. In particular, the focus of this webinar is on how church-based ministries can create clear pathways of engagement for students in their ministries – from middle school, junior … Read more
Todos Podemos Hacer Algo
Todos Podemos Hacer Algo
Tanto si está poniendo en marcha un nuevo ministerio de acogida, adopción o cuidado de huérfanos, como si dirige uno ya existente, Todos podemos hacer algo está diseñado para reunir a su iglesia en torno al cuidado de los huérfanos y vulnerables de manera estratégica, eficaz y sostenible. Descubrirás los principios que necesitas para dar los mejores … Read more
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Engaging Retirees: Building an Everyone Can Do Something Culture in Your Church
Engaging Retirees: Building an Everyone Can Do Something Culture in Your Church
CAFO’s Pure Religion Project, in partnership with Retirement Reformation facilitated an insightful and practical webinar tailored for church ministry leaders and organizational leaders working to serve and support the faith community. In particular, the focus of this webinar is on how church-based ministries can significantly benefit from the wealth of experience, resources, and capacities that … Read more
2025 Pure Religion Sunday Field Guide
2025 Pure Religion Sunday Field Guide
For more than 20 years, churches all around the world have rallied together each year – on the second Sunday in November – to draw attention to God’s heart for orphaned and vulnerable children and families and to invite their own local congregations to respond in deep and meaningful ways. Through the power of this … Read more
Fuel + Friction: Minimizing the Barriers that Keep Churches from Taking Action
Fuel + Friction: Minimizing the Barriers that Keep Churches from Taking Action
What if, more often than not, churches are already on board with your vision and mission, there’s just some things they feel are standing in their way from engaging, and until someone helps them deal with those things they simply can’t see a clear path forward? What if we keep trying to convince them to … Read more
Go: A Wiser Approach to Short-Term Mission Trips
Go: A Wiser Approach to Short-Term Mission Trips
Service-focused travel during short-term missions trips can have the potential for great harm if not wisely led or prepared. These risks can be especially high when visitors seek to serve children, particularly those lacking the protection and connectedness of family. The potential for good that short-term trips have calls for continued refining, correction, and improvement. … Read more
Everyone: Creating space where Everyone can do Something in your church’s foster care, adoption and family support ministry
Everyone: Creating space where Everyone can do Something in your church’s foster care, adoption and family support ministry
The proper functioning of the people of God to fulfill the purposes of God are most often portrayed in communal terms, not individualistic ones. While one role may be more visible and another more subtle, both operate on a cooperative level of equal codependence, to the extent that if even one seemingly “small” part suffers, … Read more
All In
All In
It was never God’s intent for children to be without a family. This is why Scripture says He assumes the role of father to the fatherless and He sets the lonely in families. This is the heart of God – a good, loving and gracious Father. This is also the basis of His mandate towards … Read more
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