Every day, children around the world are denied hope due to poverty, a lack of dignity, and even abandonment. They merely survive outside the margins of society’s care and concern, and they don’t know the true God who loves them.
Our solution as a Christian charity is to feed, evangelize, and disciple at-risk children around the world and connect them to well-trained churches. We believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ changes everything!
We partner with local Christians and churches in Africa who are already doing the work. We come alongside and support them as they stand on the front lines. To ensure that the work is accomplished, we partner with regional liaisons who send back reports on the projects we fund. This dance of accountability allows us to make the most meaningful impact in the most overlooked areas of the world.
Centered around Christmas and Easter, Gospel Outreaches are orchestrated by African local Christians and churches to feed and share the gospel with children in their region. At the 2024 Easter Gospel Outreach in Malawi, 12,000 children were fed physical meals and heard the gospel throughout Easter weekend.
In Malawi we support 61 childcare centers. Children can come and get a meal and hear the gospel five days per week. We also work with partners in Uganda, Zambia, and Panama who feed and disciple children at gospel-focused childcare centers.
At Mission to Children, we want to see every child FED. This is our strategy:
We care as much about physical need as we do spiritual need. No child should have to hear the gospel on an empty stomach, so we ensure that every child is physically fed.
Don’t mistake a meal for simply being a meal. Every meal carries with it tangible love, and opens opportunities for the Gospel.
Our mission doesn’t end when a child says yes to Jesus. We equip local churches with training so they can disciple children who will transform communities for Christ.
“One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty works.”
-Psalm 145:4
“Our children are growing in the Word of God and in ministry. The children's teachers also now meet to pray and prepare together and teachers too are growing in the Word of God.”
“The children's teachers are growing as they study and prepare lessons from the materials we provided. The children's ministry is growing not only in number but also in the Word of God. This month they Baptized 40 young children who are from age 12 and have been consistent in discipleship classes”
“One child who is 10 years old thanked us for loving them and taking care of them. He said ‘I always thought celebrations are always for adults and not Children.’”
“Children were so happy to have the opportunity to have meat and drinks. Meat is mostly eaten once in a year or twice in most homes and juice is only taken by children from financially stable families. In my conversation with most children, this event was to them a miracle.”
“Miweni tells us that he has not been sick from hunger related diseases in the of months of Nov-February.”
“It has become known that children are able to eat, and gain weight while parents go to bed hungry. Parents are freed to work in the farms while children are taken care of. Most children have maintained/gained weight during hunger months (Nov-March) when most people drop it during these months. Children now know how to pray.”
“The children ministry in their church had failed, the outreach and the materials provided have brought new life in the children ministry. The children's church is growing.”
“Our location has been a very hard and difficult ground because of the big number of Muslims in the area, it has always been difficult visiting homes. The outreach changed everything, more and more homes are now open and the Muslim children are coming to faith in big numbers.”
Mercy comes from a Malawi village. She is 9 years old. She belongs to Anglican church. She likes going to church every Sunday. However, their church does not have children ministry and therefore, they stay in church for a few hours then she and her friend go out to play until the adults are finished in the service. She says this gathering of children was the first in their area. She said children were taken care of well. They ate, played netball, sang choruses and enjoyed the Bible lessons.
Miriam, who is 14 years old, said ‘I am happy for the love and care you have shown to us it is my first time this year to eat meat, normally we eat meat during Christmas and Juice is a miracle to us.’”
Africa is the youngest continent in the world. By the year 2100, almost half of the world’s children under the age of 4 will live in Africa. Christianity is also on the rise in Africa. Over 33% of the world’s evangelical Christians reside in Africa. Africa is also a place where there is severe poverty and malnutrition. 7 million children under the age of five are facing severe malnutrition.
We want to partner with you to make a difference in the lives of children around the world. By hosting an event for you and your community, you can spread the word about Mission to Children. Host a dinner party, have a bonfire, a beach night, or a game night. You can do whatever works within the natural rhythm of life for you and your community. Sometime during the event, talk about why you support Mission to Children and encourage attendees to do the same.
Message us if you're interested in hosting your own event.
