Solving poverty in impoverished communities is no easy task. Poverty is present everywhere we minister. Giving people welfare relief may have an air of compassion but we have recognized that it could hurt them in the long run. How does White Fields address this portion of our ministry to become a solution instead of compounding the problem?
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GIFT CATALOG
Your Gift can lift a family out of poverty and give them the opportunity to support themselves and sustain their church through their offerings. Our goal is to transform communities through the gospel followed by poverty solutions.
Click on the Green button to visit our online store and choose a gift to give. We will see that the donation you give reaches the children and families in one of our churches in an impoverished community, along with the training and guidance to help them make use of the gift to become
Poverty Solutions Online Store
Your support of our Poverty Solutions will help new believers of local churches become self-supporting by giving them the ability to become productive members of a local economy.
We’ll Provide a Card
If you make a gift to our Poverty Solutions or Pastor Support “In Honor” of a friend or family member — We will provide a card for each gift so you can inform them of the contribution you’ve made. After you complete your donation — email info@whitefields.org and let us know where you would like the card(s) sent. We can mail them for you directly to your friends, or we can send the card(s) to you so you can put them in their Christmas Stockings or give them at the appropriate time.
Some of our partners request that friends donate through the gift catalog in their honor instead of giving them a present. This tradition is a great way to enjoy celebrating your birthday while knowing that the love of Jesus is being spread in your honor. Share our Gift Catalog on your Facebook page to spread the word to all your friends.
Poverty Solutions are Available
Give the startup solution for church members to raise pigs, goats, chickens, that feed their families.
Provide Bibles, transportation, or classes in hygiene or tools to work. We also offer training to provide them with the skills to take advantage of the resources in their region (like learning to bake or weave baskets).
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Support a National Pastor
You can also help us support the national pastor that starts the church in an impoverished community. Bringing people the Good News of Jesus Christ and leading them to place their faith in Jesus for salvation is the start of overcoming poverty. The discipleship and life-transforming changes make their economic improvement become a whole community transformation because the power of the gospel will transform the life of every new believer. For example; When a drunkard becomes a believer in Jesus Christ, they become sober by the power of the Holy Spirit. That transformation changes their work ethic and completely changes their financial ability.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 [NASB]you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
Love Travels Far
As we approached the simple structure, a woman came out with her arms opened wide to greet us with a hug. She received our simple gifts of maize, beans, soap, and a loaf of bread. “I have not tasted bread since the last time your mission team visited my home.” Our team in Uganda had first begun to minister to these people living in the region of Kikirara in May of 2017. There was a famine caused by severe drought.
Our churches in Rukungiri traveled into the area and went house to house and discovered the deaths from starvation. No one else was providing any assistance, and the people were hopeless. White Fields assisted our churches to bring maize, beans, salt and other simple supplies that allowed these people to survive. Now I had the opportunity to visit the community and travel with Pastor Bryan and Onesimus.
What a surprising realization that a loaf of bread was beyond this women’s affordable cost of living. She was impoverished, and any income would be used to buy the least expensive form of food–maize. But now she had a fantastic opportunity to attend a church in her village. [Read more…] about Love Travels Far
Poverty Solutions
In the impoverished communities where White Fields ministers, the average person makes $1 a day or less. The regions we serve often consist of farmers and day laborers who may only have a fourth-grade education, with few opportunities for advancement. Factors such as these continue the cycle of poverty.
Part of our comprehensive approach to transforming communities worldwide is to come alongside new church members and give them the means to become producers and lift themselves out of poverty. We believe that work is good, that it restores dignity, and that it is God’s plan for people to work. The local community is transformed through the micro-enterprises we help the local church members initiate.
Your partnership is essential in changing the lives of Christians living in poverty, helping them to become self-sustaining. We also teach church members biblical principles about generosity with their income. Many testimonies highlight how widows have donated some of their proceeds to help even more impoverished neighbors. In return, God has blessed these widows with better crops or additional piglets during their next birthing. They give glory to God for His blessings and become even more generous to those around them.
Many Projects Can Be Engaged
White Fields implements a range of thoughtfully crafted policies designed to ensure that Poverty Solutions fosters a meaningful and impactful experience for the local church community. We provide comprehensive training for church leaders, empowering them with the skills needed to manage financial resources effectively and ethically. Our approach emphasizes integrity, ensuring that we prevent any exploitation of the system—such as individuals falsely professing faith to secure a donation.
Each initiative we support is intricately tailored to meet the unique needs of the community it serves. We prioritize local projects, strategically diversifying efforts to align with the region’s economic landscape. For instance, if a majority of the local farmers are cultivating corn, we deliberately avoid oversaturating the market with additional corn. Instead, we seek alternative avenues that complement existing practices, fostering sustainable growth and nurturing the community’s economic resilience.
There are a wealth of inspiring initiatives aimed at alleviating poverty, each thoughtfully crafted to empower the establishment of churches in struggling communities. Imagine the transformative impact of providing a family with a pig, a goat, or seeds; these gifts offer not just sustenance but the seeds of a sustainable livelihood. They can help new believers cultivate hope and independence in their lives.
In addition to animal husbandry and agriculture, we also engage in vital Water Projects. These ventures range from constructing resilient water storage tanks to drilling deep wells, ensuring access to clean, life-giving water. By situating these resources at the local church, we help transform the church into a pivotal hub for the community, a sanctuary not only for spiritual growth but also for practical support and development. Through these projects, we weave together threads of faith and empowerment, fostering a brighter future for all.
In Uganda, Myanmar, and the Philippines, we provide people with the technology and training to create sustainable water sources for their communities located at the church. Your donations provide resources to build rainwater collection tanks, wells, water storage, and filters.
A family raising a piglet can within a year have a mature pig that can give birth to a drove of piglets. These pigs when mature can be sold at the market price for $350, almost double a families average salary. Join us and solve poverty for a family by donating today!
Difficult Places
White Fields serves in impoverished communities. Our pastors and short-term teams engage the local people and share the gospel. Telling the story of creation and God’s interaction with sinful people leads to the discussion of Jesus coming to earth. Then, the community members begin to place their faith in Jesus and receive Him as their Lord and Savior.
We often hear testimonies of fathers who become believers and immediately seek to be sober and search for a method of earning funds to feed and care for their families. White Fields Poverty Solutions provides local methods to get those parents working and providing for their families. You can choose any items from our gift catalog. Our church leaders manage all projects in the local community.
Step by Step
Our ministries around the world are making progress every day. The national pastors we support apply hard work, faithful obedience, and diligent perseverance in their ministries. When combined with the prayers of our partners, then by the grace of God, people come to faith in Jesus Christ. Each step in the process builds upon the last step until total transformation takes place. Villages are turned upside down and people walk in a newness of life.
PROJECTS
Projects
Our main goal at White Fields is to provide a salary for a national Pastor that will allow a self-sustaining church to be planted. As part of supporting that goal, we seek to have holistic community transformation through various projects that help raise the quality of life of people in the local church. Listed below are several of the projects that our national pastors have identified as helping transform their community.
By joining us you can provide one of these solutions to a community of believers in Uganda, Myanmar, and the Philippines.
Brick Machine
Interlocking Soil Stabilized Bricks (ISSB) machines have transformed brick making efforts across the continent of Africa. ISSB bricks are environmentally friendly and are an economical way to build water tanks and buildings. A cohesive team using a brick machine can produce 700 bricks a day. In 2016 White Fields purchased two brick making machines for our churches in southwest Uganda. These tools empower the congregation with the ability to construct new church buildings and water tanks as the Gospel goes forth into new communities. Read more…
Water Tank
The water tanks we build use gutters to channel rainwater from a house roof into a tank protected from insects and contamination. A water tank made from ISSB bricks is stronger, longer lasting, and one-third the price of a traditional plastic tank imported from southern Uganda. These tanks are produced in both 2,000-liter household sizes, as well as in larger 10,000-liter community sizes. Our churches built their first rainwater harvesting tank in Rukungiri, Uganda in 2015. This tank, strategically placed next to the church of God’s Embassy Kotobo is now the central collection point for water in the community.
Pig Project
In Rukungiri, Uganda we are establishing a piggery project. Through supporters joining White Fields we are able to provide a sow (female pig) to a family in the local church, that sow once impregnated has little piglets which the owners are then able to sell, increasing their income and allowing them to raise their quality of life. Once each family in the church has raised full grown pigs they will be able to sell them as a group in Kampala at full market value. To help restore pride and dignity to a family in Uganda go to our website and get involved. A donation of $45 dollars buys a female piglet which is raised to produce more pigs.
