Churches Helping Churches
Churches Helping Churches was created to address the immediate and
long-term needs of churches when disaster befalls a country, region,
city, or people in the spirit of Galatians 6:10—“…let us do good to
everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of
faith.” This help complements the initial waves of humanitarian aid that
pour into a country in the wake of a disaster. Many countries have
relied on networks of local churches to be a primary conduit for the
flow of health care, humanitarian aid, and even education.
Rebuilding
churches is a means of restoring infrastructure in a country through
which aid can flow into local communities which so desperately need
it. Both throughout history and following specific tragedies it is often
the local church that cares for widows, orphans, and the poor. It is the
church who performs the funerals, grief counseling and spiritual follow
up with families of victims. Rebuilding local churches helps address
the practical and spiritual needs of a country, one person, one
neighborhood, and one community at a time. When the magnitude of a
catastrophe can be described as “biblical,” it is the local church that
reminds people that another biblical concept is even more powerful: hope
in Jesus Christ.