Lutheran World Relief
Lutheran World Relief works in 35 countries on issues such as water accessibility, disaster relief and supporting women’s businesses.
Lutheran World Relief works in 35 countries on issues such as water accessibility, disaster relief and supporting women’s businesses.
Global Ministries is the United Methodist Church’s missionary arm that has worked in 60 countries around the world. Its missions have included providing educational resources to women.
Covenant World Relief is the Evangelical Covenant Church’s philanthropic arm that has worked in five continents on community issue projects and disaster relief. Some efforts include working with women in human sex trafficking, building micro-loans for women’s small businesses and developing their agricultural skills.
Read an April 28, 2008, Christian NewsWire story about cutbacks in global food aid that World Vision is having to make due to its own financial challenges.
The Muslim Women Resource Center provides assistance to women immigrants and refugees, helping them integrate into U.S. society and the job market. It is based in Chicago.
The Baptist World Alliance is a network of 228 churches in 120 countries that works to promote the church’s ministry and works around the world in various aid areas.
Read the U.N. Millennium Project’s gender equality report.
Sociologist John Bartkowski at Mississippi State University has studied faith-based poverty relief in Mississippi. He co-authored Charitable Choices: Religion, Race, and Poverty in the Post-Welfare Era (New York University Press, 2003).
The Orthodox Peace Fellowship website. The Fellowship, located in The Netherlands, does theological research, publishing, and assistance in conflict areas regarding peacemaking.