World in Need offers churches a variety of ways to engage in Practical Mission:

• Build a lasting relationship with a Global Family project.
• Support a specific practical or spiritual need.
• Offer child sponsorship through your church community.
• Organise special offerings, fundraising events or mission campaigns.
• Receive prayer requests, stories, testimonies and project updates.
• Invite World in Need to speak at a Sunday service or weekday group.
• Hear from Global Family leaders when they are visiting the UK, where possible.
• Support evangelism, discipleship and Christian leadership.
• Benefit from personal support, transparency and accountability from our UK team.

Engage in the Great Commission – Support trusted local Christians as they share the Gospel, disciple believers and serve their communities.

Build genuine relationships – Connect with Global Family leaders who live in, or are closely connected with, the communities they serve.

Involve your whole church – Create opportunities for children, young people, families, small groups and the wider congregation to pray, give and take action together.

Support whole-person mission – Help meet practical needs through education, nutrition, healthcare, clean water and family support alongside evangelism and discipleship.

Give and pray with confidence – Receive regular updates, prayer requests and financial accountability, helping your church understand what its partnership is making possible.

From a special offering to a lasting relationship, we can help your church find an approach that works for your congregation.

• Partner with a project – Build a long-term relationship through regular prayer, financial support and shared updates.
• Support evangelism and discipleship – Help provide Christian training, discipleship resources and opportunities for local ministry.
• Sponsor children – Help children access education, nutritious food, healthcare and practical care.
• Fund a specific need – Support priorities identified by local leaders, such as teaching costs, school meals, clean water or community care.
• Organise a church campaign – Bring your congregation together through a mission weekend, special offering, fundraising event or sponsored challenge.
• Share expertise or resources – Explore opportunities to contribute suitable professional skills, teaching or practical resources.
• Explore a mission visit – Where appropriate, discuss the possibility of a carefully planned visit that supports the work and priorities of our Global Family.

Our established Global Family enables us to support work across Africa and Asia, while our UK team remains small enough to offer churches a personal and responsive relationship.

Locally led – Our Global Family leaders understand the communities they serve and identify where support is most needed.

Long-term – We build lasting relationships that help projects, churches and communities grow and flourish.

Responsive – Support is directed towards genuine practical and spiritual priorities identified locally.