The church doorstep is a frequent destination for people in need. But most churches alone cannot fully meet all the needs of every homeless family, single mom, or elderly shut-in who asks them for help.
Or can they?
Love In the Name of Christ enables churches in a community to pool their resources and services so that those in need are not turned away.
- Families in need receive immediate and long-term help.
- Church members use their gifts and talents through specific, manageable opportunities to serve others.
- Local churches come together, across denominational lines, modeling unity of the Body of Christ.
- Lives and communities are transformed.
Imagine the difference churches can make by joining with other churches in their community to help those in need. When the Body of Christ works together, the results can be miraculous.
The story of one Love INC affiliate...
The challenge: Christian leaders in a Midwest city realized that though their community had many churches, few were working together. Some people in need received help, but others simply cycled from church to church. Few lives improved enough to actually break through poverty.
The solution: Christian leaders in this community founded Love INC based on a simple strategy: Bring community churches together across denominational lines and inventory their collective resources, ministries, and talents of the people in the congregation. Next, match those resources with people in need. Then, train church members to walk alongside people in need through a network of relationships and supportive services that together transform lives.
The impact: Today this Love INC affiliate represents a network of more than 80 churches working in unity to love their neighbors. They are reaching the real needs of more than 7,000 people each year through life skills training, affordable housing, job training, day care, transportation, parenting resources, and more. Through caring relationships they are offering the greatest gift: hope.