Mission of the Month
Each month we focus on one mission organisation for prayer and financial support. They are listed below for 2020, 2019, 2018, and 2017, first in date order and then in alphabetical order.
Links to other organisations we make use of or contribute to are listed on a separate page.
In date order
2020
| Month | Organisation |
|---|---|
| January | KRDP: the Kimbuta Rural Development Programme |
| February | Open Doors UK |
| March | Stop the Traffik |
| April | CAP: Christians Against Poverty |
| May | Christian Aid |
| June | Walk Thru the Bible and Bible Explorer |
| July | MAF: Mission Aviation Fellowship UK |
| August | UWCM: Uganda Women Concern Ministry |
| September | UDS: Uganda Development Services |
| October | Runcorn District Foodbank |
| November | Tearfund |
| December | BRF: Bible Reading Fellowship, Barnabas |
2019
| Month | Organisation |
|---|---|
| January | Christians Against Poverty |
| February | Open Doors UK |
| March | A New Dawn |
| April | KRDP: the Kimbuta Rural Development Programme |
| May | Christian Aid |
| June | Bible Explorer |
| July | MAF: Mission Aviation Fellowship UK |
| August | UWCM: Uganda Women Concern Ministry |
| September | Parish Nursing (Frodsham) |
| October | Runcorn District Foodbank |
| November | Tearfund |
| December | BRF: Bible Reading Fellowship, Barnabas |
2018
| Month | Organisation |
|---|---|
| January | Open Doors UK |
| February | Christians Against Poverty |
| March | A Rocha |
| April | KRDP: the Kimbuta Rural Development Programme |
| May | Christian Aid |
| June | Bible Explorer |
| July | Runcorn District Foodbank |
| August | UWCM: Uganda Women Concern Ministry |
| September | Stop The Traffik |
| October | Tearfund |
| November | MAF: Mission Aviation Fellowship UK |
| December | BRF: Bible Reading Fellowship, Barnabas |
2017
| Month | Organisation |
|---|---|
| January | KRDP: the Kimbuta Rural Development Programme |
| February | Kreativity, Ukraine |
| March | Children of Hope, Kenya: Tumaini Kwa Watoto |
| April | UCB: United Christian Broadcasters |
| May | Christian Aid |
| June | Bible Explorer |
| July | OM |
| August | UWCM: Uganda Women Concern Ministry |
| September | Tearfund |
| October | Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child |
| November | MAF: Mission Aviation Fellowship UK |
| December | BRF: Bible Reading Fellowship, Barnabas |
In alphabetical order
… with more information and links to the mission’s web sites.
- A Rocha
- The gospel is good news for the whole of creation, as well as for human beings. A Rocha UK equips the Church to demonstrate this good news for God’s earth. A Rocha operates Eco-Congregation to help churches reflect the full scope of the gospel and helps groups and individuals to live lightly in God’s world.
- Bible Explorer (BX)
- BX teaches the storyline of the Bible to children and Walk Thru The Bible presents the big picture of the Bible for adults.
- Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF)
- BRF promotes individual Christian growth; Church outreach in the local community — including Messy Church, Who Let The Dads Out?, and teaching Christianity in primary schools.
- Children of Hope, Tumaini Kwa Watoto
- Tumaini Kwa Watoto believes that “God sets the lonely into families” (Psalm 68 verse 6a). It is a charity operating a family-based outreach, empowerment, and foster care program aimed at orphans and vulnerable children, especially those living on the streets of Nairobi, Kenya.
- Christian Aid
- Christian Aid is a Christian charitable organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.
- Christians Against Poverty (CAP)
- CAP is passionate about releasing people from a life sentence of poverty, debt, unemployment and addiction. CAP works with the Church to bring good news, hope and freedom to people in the UK.
- Kimbuta Rural Development Programme (KRDP)
- KRDP works in Kimaluli-Butta, a village in Manafwa district of Eastern Uganda, about 200km from the
national capital, Kampala. Kimaluli-Butta is in a rural area where the majority of people rely on subsistence
farming for their living.
In Kimaluli-Butta, the people are ready and willing to work, but often lack resources. The UK charity raises funds which can be used to carry out projects that improve the quality of life and opportunities for the whole community. The UK charity does not decide the local priorities: their approach is based on partnership: supporters provide the funds to enable Ugandans to meet the needs of their own communities.
- Kreativity
- Kreativity is based in Cherkassy, Ukraine. As it says on their website: “The ‘Kreativity’ team are passionate about Mission, developing business projects to fund ministry. We try to be self-sufficient, we develop leaders, we create unique opportunities for young people to grow closer to God.” To find out more, visit
- Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)
- MAF uses aircraft to transform the lives of the world’s most isolated people in need.
- A New Dawn
- New Dawn Association is inspired by the Christian gospel. It began with a couple asking for donations to help needy children instead of wedding presents for themselves; today it serves in projects in Kenya, Rwanda and Nepal. New Dawn Association does not take ownership of the projects it is involved with, but brings encouragement and hope into situations and people’s lives where often there has been none.
- Operation Christmas Child (OCC)
- OCC organises an annual shoe-box appeal. Part of Samaritan’s Purse International Relief.
- Open Doors UK
- Open Doors works in over 50 countries, supplying Bibles, training church leaders, providing practical support and emergency relief, and supporting Christians who suffer for their faith. In the UK and Ireland Open Doors works to raise awareness of global persecution, mobilising prayer, support and action among Christians.
- Parish Nursing (Frodsham)
- Information not yet available
- Runcorn District Foodbank
- The food bank provides three days’s nutritionally-balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to it in crisis. It is part of a nationwide network of food banks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. Runcorn District Foodbank has five depots in Runcorn and one in Frodsham.
- Stop The Traffik
- Stop The Traffik works in human trafficking prevention, uniting people
around the world by inspiring, informing, equipping and mobilising communities to:
- Know what trafficking is
- Know how to identify it and how to respond
- Know how to protect themselves and others
- Tearfund
- Tearfund aims to follow Jesus where need is greatest, working through local churches to unlock people’s potential and helping them to discover that the answer to poverty is within themselves.
- UCB
- UCB provides Christian radio broadcasts in the UK and produce magazines such as The Word for Today.
- Uganda Development Services (UDS)
- UDS, now part of Afrinspire, was set up to provide information and skills training for rural families in Uganda. Working from their Development Centre in Kamuli, Eastern Uganda, they provided access to information and training in Literacy, Computer Training and Rural Development, giving people the possibility of escaping poverty. < 2016 Apr >
- Uganda Women Concern Ministry (UWCM)
- UWCM is a Christian organisation working with all people regardless of their faith or religious affiliation. UWCM was established in 1991 by Edith Wakumire to assist and empower people living in poverty, particularly those affected by AIDS. The organisation focuses on rural communities near Mbale in the east of Uganda and offers hope to those in need through practical, emotional, and spiritual support.