WE BELIEVE …

God has clearly called His Church to defend the cause of the fatherless, to deliver them from the wicked, to look after orphans in their distress. (Deut 10:18; Psalm 68:5-6; James 1:27)

The most effective ministry begins and ends with the local church.

Indigenous believers and indigenous churches are best positioned to care for orphans in their communities and are the most knowledgeable on how to best administer that care in a culturally appropriate manner.

Self-sustainability should be a goal of every indigenous initiative, and it is our responsibility to ensure that the ongoing ministry efforts and scope stay within the country-specific capabilities and do not become solely dependent on Hope for the Fatherless support.

There is financial risk for our organization to connect a local church or local donor directly with an indigenous orphanage or ministry … but greater is the reward for the orphans than the risk to our organization. May God bless our resolve and stance.

Best practices are to be shared, a high tide raises all boats and the real benefit of strategic alliances are not short-term or tactical … but long-term and strategic.

Five loaves and two fish can feed 5,000 – synergistic efforts fueled by unity in the Body of Christ help ensure that the total impact is greater than the sum of efforts done independently. We will aggressively seek and facilitate strategic alliances and partnerships in everything we do.

Sound servant leadership, strong management methods, and transparent governance enable a ministry to move steadily toward its goals, to adapt to change and to innovate. To that end, fundraising for administrative needs will be as much of a funding priority as our programmatic initiatives … and done separately and openly with total transparency, instead of following the trend of cleverly hiding administrative & fundraising costs in program costs.

Connecting a donor to the Kingdom’s work is more important than receiving a contribution to our ministry, so referring donors to another trusted ministry better suited to their interest will be a standard operating practice, as will be our willingness to connect them directly to highly-effective, well-managed indigenous ministry partners.

Christ is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine according to the power of the Spirit that is at work in each of us. To Him be all the glory! (Eph 3:20)