We are committed to proclaiming God's love through word and deed, therefore we resource compassionate ministries that present a whole gospel. We provide personnel and resources for our teams to increase their capacity to respond to the physical needs of people with whom they work.

Most often those who work in compassion ministry work very closely in a team with others who work in church ministry and sometimes marketplace ministry. The local church becomes the central expression of God's love for that community.

Examples of Compassion Ministry Activity

• Health Care
  • Medical clinics
  • HIV/AIDS education and care

• Relief Work
  • Food and material aid
  • Trauma counseling

• Development
  • Community health education
  • Microeconomics
  • Water projects
  • Agricultural development
  • Food security

Core Qualifications for Serving in Compassion Ministry

1. Spiritual gift(s)
2. Experience
3. Education

1. Spiritual Gifts:

We affirm the value and importance of all the gifts of the Spirit.  However, due to the nature of compassion ministry activity, there should be a demonstrated evidence of giftedness in at least one of the following gifts:

• Mercy
• Helps
• Administration
• Leadership
• Evangelism

2. Experience:

• For those with a medical background, minimum 2-5 years experience in the medical field
• For all other areas,  appropriate experience that demonstrates sufficient competency to qualify for work overseas
• Or participation in the Apprenticeship Program

3. Education:

• Bachelors Degree
• R.N. or M.D. for medical related work
• Alliance History and Thought course
• Completion of Global Ministries' approved Training for Inter-cultural preparation. In many cases this may include the equivalent of the Diploma of Inter-cultural Studies at Ambrose Seminary.

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