For most churches, the issue is not that they don’t care about serving the vulnerable and making an impact.
The issue is they often don't know how.
The Pure Religion Project aims to inspire and equip God’s people to live the “pure religion” described in James 1:27 and invited throughout Scripture. Through world-class resources, supportive community and ongoing connection and coaching, you don’t have to wonder “how” anymore – you can lead your church with assurance, hope and the help you need.
Helping your church live decisively different through...
Resources
World-class training and resources to help your church ministry and organizational strategy thrive.
Connection
Relationships with other pastors, ministry and organizational leaders like you.
Coaching
Cohort and individualized coaching opportunities to help clarify you mission and increase your ministry impact.
Your work is too important not to have the tools you need.
For My Church
For My Church
No matter where your church is on the journey of caring for vulnerable children and families, we have resources and relationships to help.
For My Organization
For My Organization
Resources and connections designed to help you engage church partnerships and equip their ministry more effectively.
Coaching
Coaching
We believe that learning happens best in the context of relationships. When you’re ready, schedule a 30-minute introductory coaching call!
CAFO and The Worship Initiative
Listen to Father to the Fatherless and use the EP to help your church engage with Pure Religion Sunday in 2025.
Pure Religion Stories
Scroll to see stories of how church and ministry leaders have seen pure religion impact the culture and rhythm of their church.
Belay Gebru
Through the care of the church and its orphanage, Belay encountered Christ and found hope. This story reminds us: God changes lives through ordinary people doing small things with a big heart.
David Platt
Pastor and author David Platt has seen over and over again that moving towards vulnerable children and families refines churches in beautiful ways through transformation and mission.
Keith Fortier
In Wake County, North Carolina, Keith and other ministry leaders came together to imagine what it would look like to make a difference for children and families in new ways.
Jose Salazar
“Pure religion” flows from God’s grace and generosity, sustaining the hard and beautiful work of caring for vulnerable children and families in Jose’s community..”
Jay Strother
As a pastor, you want your church to be a safe place, on the other hand, you recognize that ministry is messy and hard. Learning to live in that tension is so important.
Carly Souza
Carly Souza started a foster care ministry in her church because, as a foster mother, she needed it.
James Tica
Pastor James Tica shares with us the incredible impact that welcoming youth who’ve aged out of orphanage care has had on his church and community.
Aixa de Lopez
Aixa spoke to us about the ways she's seen the church in Guatemala rise up on behalf of children and families in the community.
Vince Smith
Hear what Vince has to say about inviting others into this work and the beautiful wreckage that comes from it.
Toni Steere
Watch as Toni Steere shares about the unexpected impact that God brought through simple and small acts of faithfulness.
Alex Ilie
Alex Ilie from Romania Without Orphans Alliance shares his perspective on adoption as a means of discipleship and a way to reflect God’s heart.
Jen Decker
Watch as Jen Decker shares how the Church can support families in practical ways that reflect the "pure religion" described through scripture.
Rephat Nyarenda
A powerful testimony from Pastor Rephat Nyarenda in Zimbabwe who shares how the love of Jesus transformed his own life and church.
Alex Blake
Pastor Alex Blake speaks about finding Jesus in the midst of suffering when our church serves the vulnerable in our communities.
Kondo Simfukwe
Kondo shares how engaging more deeply in some very hard and difficult places, his community found Jesus in some new and profoundly beautiful ways.
Jamie Finn
Jamie shares how not only opening their home to children, but also their hearts to the families of those children, has profoundly impacted their family.
Mike Kraft
Mike passionately shares how he has seen the gospel take root and spiritual formation flourish in the lives of those in his church and around the city of San Antonio, Texas.
Gustavo Echemendia
Gustavo passionately shares that “there is no better personal growth than serving others,” but that in doing so, we will face two risks as leaders: “doing something and doing nothing.”Be the Village: Short film highlights the power of collaboration
Churches, organizations and advocates in Lake County, Indiana, are showing what healthy collaboration looks like in practice and the difference it makes for children and families. By building relationships with one another, setting aside their individual logos and egos, and working together to fill the gaps that will make the biggest difference in caring for children and families, they are charting a new path for their community.
Featured Church Ministry Resources
A field guide for strategically rallying your church around the orphaned and vulnerable.
Four Principles to Help Your Organization's Church Engagement Strategy Thrive
Pure Religion Project Training Events
Explore trainings, webinars and cohort calls that connect and equip church and organizational leaders.
Join a growing community of churches living out pure religion
Connect with a worldwide network of churches committed to growing in discipleship and action on behalf of vulnerable children and families as described in James 1:27 and invited throughout Scripture.
