What is the Community 2 Community Partnership?

FH's Community to Community (C2C) Partnership is a relationship between a community in the developing world and an American church. By getting personally involved with the poor, churches are able to work towards lasting change within the context of a strong relationship. FH strives to facilitate true transformation for both the American church and the international partner community. We invite churchs to serve, give, and connect with their partner community, and educate their congregation about poverty and God's heart for the poor.

Ways your church can get involved...

We invite churches to SERVE, INVEST, and CONNECT with their partner community, and EDUCATE their congregation about poverty and God's heart for the poor.

Serve

Short-Term Teams: Send at least one short-term team (10 - 14 days) to serve alongside your partner community each year.

Church Advocate: Nominate a representative from your congregation to be trained by FH staff, serve as a liason for the relationship, and lead your C2C Core Team.

Core Team: Bring together a team of people to carry the vision of the C2C partnership at your church.

Hunger Corps Missionaries: Serve in your community long-term.

Invest

Child Sponsorship: Recruit individuals to sponsor your community's children.

Community Projects: Invest funds to meet critical needs in your community.

Disaster Relief Support: Contribute to the needs of the communities struggling from natural disasters or complex emergencies.

Educate

FH Summit Conference: Send people from your church to learn from FH International staff at the annual winter Summit conference.

6:8 Sunday: Join churches from around the country who spend a Sunday responding to the mandate of Micah 6:8 to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God.

Educational Resources: Educate your church with Poverty Unlocked curriculm and podcasts, God's Heart for the Poor Bible study, HIV/AIDS resources and more.

Church Events: Host events such as the Hunger Banquet to educate your church about poverty issues. 

Go-ED Semester Study Aboard: Send college students to study in the hard places and participate in transformational development.

Internships: Invite college students and recent grads to apply for international internships from two to six months.

Connect

Community Updates: Encouage your church with stories of transformation from your community.

FH Field Staff Visits: Work with the U.S.office to invite FH staff from your partner community to visit your church.

Prayer: Prayer for your partner community and provide prayer requests to stregthen connections between your church and your partner community.

Core Requirements

We ask for four simple commitments… First, the church nominates a Church Advocate to be the primary contact between the church, FH and the community. Second, the church commits to promote the C2C initiative to the body at large, regularly praying and communicating updates from the chosen community. Third, the church commits to sponsor children each year. Fourth, the church commits to sending at least one short-term team to the partner community.