As we enter this Christmas season, many nonprofits used this week’s Giving Tuesday movement as the initiation of their year-end-giving campaigns. This year as we celebrate God’s gracious gift of abundant life, we have the opportunity to lean into God’s calling for us to love others—not only with our words but also with our deeds (1 John 3:16-18). COVID-19 has had devastating effects on individuals, families, and non-profits. As followers of Christ, we are called to give generously and to give sacrificially, giving not from our surplus but even from our poverty (Luke 21:1-4). As we look for ways to give generously this season, we wanted to highlight some NRB member organizations, the work that they are doing, and ways that we can come alongside them as we approach the end of this year.
Consider donating by check or ACH transfer when you have the option in order to help these organizations avoid credit card processing fees and to ensure that as much of your donation as possible gets to your nonprofit. If you do give using a credit card, some organizations offer you an option to help cover the processing fee.
Christian Solidarity International:
CSI is a Christian human rights organization that advocates for and helps victims of religious persecution, enslavement, victimized children, and victims of natural disaster. CSI has been fighting for religious freedom and human dignity around the globe for over 40 years. They focus on assisting those whose lives are threatened or whose rights are abused due to religious persecution or natural disasters. They have delivered food, medical treatment, and other lifesaving aid to people in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Pakistan. Their core work is: slave liberation, aid for the persecuted, humanitarian assistance, and advocacy.
South Sudan is experiencing severe famine and intense tragedies, but CSI is on the ground positioned to intervene. You can give online here be a part of mobilizing CSI to respond to this hunger crisis. When you give, you’ll receive updates on how your gift helps the persecuted and the enslaved.
Compassion International is the world’s leading authority on holistic child development through sponsorship. Compassion’s history began in 1952 out of one man’s determination to help 35 children orphaned by the Korean War. Today, Compassion is a global ministry that serves more than 2 million babies, children, and young adults by partnering with more than 8,000 churches in 25 countries to help break the cycle of poverty. Compassion is Christ centered, child focused, and church based.
This year for Giving Tuesday, Compassion’s focus was on supporting moms and giving babies a healthy start. Donations through Compassion Survival help provide essential care for mothers and babies during and after pregnancy. These services include basic nutrition, health care interventions, and support and love. Visit their page to see stories of mothers and babies who have received this kind of care through Compassion, and give today.
Food for the Poor is one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the nation. They feed millions of the hungry poor primarily in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This interdenominational Christian ministry provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicine, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance.
As part of their Giving Tuesday fundraising effort this year, their goal was to raise funds to provide homes for families.
“Many families in the countries where we serve are in dire need of a secure home,” said Food for the Poor Executive Director Angel Aloma. “That reality is the reason we have decided to double the number of homes during the annual fundraiser from 24 to 48.”
You can visit their website to give today.
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Samaritan Purse Christmas 2020 Gift Catalog is available on their website. This catalog allows you to select a category or browse all items to select a gift and dollar amount that you want to give. All contributions designated for specific ministry projects will be applied to those projects, and up to 10 percent may be used for administering the gift. You can find the catalog here.
Somebody Cares is on a mission to let people know that, well… somebody cares. Somebody Cares is a network of organizations with a goal to impact communities through unified grassroots efforts. They seek to identify ministries that empower people to reach their full potential and become all that God envisioned when he created them. They are committed to standing with neighbors to help them reclaim their communities. Rather than doing for others what they can do for themselves, they empower others to do what they can do for themselves. Their four main ministry areas are: prayer initiatives, compassion evangelism, leadership development, and disaster and crisis response.
This Giving Tuesday, Somebody Cares set a goal of raising $10,000 to “Let them know Somebody Cares.” When you give to Somebody Cares, your donation directly impacts the lives of people in crisis with the love of Jesus. Find their Giving Tuesday campaign on their website, and help them reach their goal.
Operation Blessing is dedicated to demonstrating God’s love by alleviating human need and suffering in the United States and around the world. They focus on providing hunger relief, clean water, disaster relief, and medical care. In the face of a global pandemic, hunger and food insecurity are at an all-time high and unemployment rates have skyrocketed. Operation Blessing has been working to bring relief to families at home and around the world.
With their Giving Tuesday campaign, your gift provides families around the world with help they need. You can give to their Giving Tuesday campaign today by visiting their website. You can also support this ministry by going to their Giving Catalog and picking a gift and dollar amount to give.
The Voice of the Martyrs is a nonprofit, interdenominational Christian organization dedicated to serving our persecuted family worldwide through practical and spiritual assistance and leading other members of the body of Christ into fellowship with them. The Voice of the Martyrs serves Christians who are persecuted for their faith in Christ in more than 70 hostile or restricted nations around the world. Each year, more than 4 million people receive help from Voice of the Martyrs.
Through their end of the year campaign, Share Christmas, Voice of the Martyrs offers you the opportunity to sponsor Christmas care packs for children of persecuted Christians in restricted nations and hostile areas. The contents are tailored to specific needs of the children in each region, and every pack comes with a full-color, illustrated children’s Bible in the appropriate language. Visit their website to sponsor a Christmas care pack.
This year, pray boldly for these organizations and the people who they serve, and give generously.
