Shining Lights – Category – MinistryWatch
MinistryWatch President Warren Smith comments on one or more stories in the week’s news, adding an additional perspective or, sometimes, a behind-the-scenes look at how the story came to be.
Each month, MinistryWatch.com publishes lists of interest to donors and non-profit executives. But once each year we publish a very special list, a list of what we call our “Shining Lights.” The Bible says we ...
Operation Care International cares for 245,000 homeless and impoverished children and adults
Jennings said in her life-altering conversation with God following her neighbor’s suicide, she asked what she could take to this very needy group of people. One word came to mind: “Blankets.”
A Texas-based nonprofit equips churches to care for the 400,000 orphans in the United States one child at a time.
“We all need to care for the vulnerable. The widow, orphan, immigrant and the homeless — everyone is not called to foster or adopt, but we do believe everyone is called to do something,” Porter ...
Abara, a nonprofit providing for the physical and emotional needs of more than 10,000 asylum seekers before, during, and after COVID-19, seeks to engage across cultural divides.
Since its launch in spring of 2019, Abara has cared for more than 10,000 asylum seekers, some short term for a meal or a toiletry pickup and others long term, spanning months. Their main role ...
One Mission Ministries provides for the physical and spiritual needs of thousands of asylum seekers waiting to cross into the U.S. in Matamoros, Mexico.
At age 14, Abraham Barberi came to the United States from Mexico as an immigrant. Now 53, Barberi spends his days and nights running One Mission Ministries (OMM), caring for thousands of immigrants seeking asylum ...
Neighbors in South Dallas fight to remove drug houses with free legal support provided by Act
Act is a nonprofit founded by Reid Porter, a 44-year-old pastor’s kid with entrepreneurial passion for fighting injustice in the Dallas region, with the mission to make safety a normal reality—no matter the neighborhood.
A nonprofit pregnancy clinic serves thousands of patients diagnosing pregnancy, treating STDs, and providing families with material goods, all done with a pro-compassion mindset.
Hope Pregnancy Ministries offers a duo of services that include their Clear Choice Clinic, which serves about 1,000 men and women yearly with pregnancy and STD diagnosis and treatment, and Hope Family Resource Center, which ...
Alabama Childhood Food Solutions feeds more than 800 hungry families per month and 2,100 kids per week
Alabama Childhood Food Solutions feeds more than 800 hungry families per month and 2,100 kids per week
Nonprofit recovery program, Gilgal, provides a fresh start for more than 760 women in Atlanta
Since the launching of Gilgal in 2005, more than 760 women have been served by Gilgal. Women who graduate the program have at least one year clean, a job that pays living wages, and affordable ...
