Churches can receive a matching contribution to use their distribution channels to reduce child deaths in 40 countries
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Thirty churches are sought to participate in Mission Match's next phase of expanding church impact on reducing, in Jesus' name, global under-age-5 child deaths.
Since 2002, empty tomb's Mission Match has offered matching contributions for church mission projects done in Jesus' name.
Now, Mission Match is seeking 30 churches to help launch the next phase of mission mobilization.
Mission Match's goal continues to be to change the world in Jesus' name. The focus now is on a critical global need: preventing 1 million children under age five from dying each year from treatable causes.
The churches can apply for matching contributions to expand their medical mission projects located in one of the 40 countries.
As of 2015, these 40 countries were behind the curve in meeting goals to reduce the rate of under-age-five child deaths. Since many of these deaths are from treatable causes, churches can provide help at strategic points toward meeting these goals.
Projects can provide medical workers, or assist with a medical facility, or furnish equipment or supplies that assist with child survival in a medical setting. The types of projects could include, for example, a portable ultrasound machine, the repair of a maternity clinic in a country struggling with civil war, or malaria nets. It is understood that other age groups might also be assisted by the projects.
Although data indicates a decline in church membership in the U.S., church structures still continue to have one of the best delivery networks in global areas of need. Local churches in the U.S. can identify projects that work through these channels to help insure the projects are effective. Denominational and Christian nonprofits can be helpful sources about what is needed in these 40 countries to help reach the reduction goal in the rate of under-age-5 child deaths.
The Mission Match matching contributions are available in amounts of $500 through $3,000, in $500 steps.
Churches can find information about how to apply at missionmatch.org by selecting the Church Application page on the menu.
The list of 40 countries is at missionmatch.org on the 40 Countries page on the menu.
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Sylvia Ronsvalle, empty tomb, inc., 217-356-9519, [email protected]
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