Whether it’s running schools, medical clinics, sustainable farming, developing literacy programmes, providing relief and development or cattle for those who have lost all they had, WEC teams are sharing Christ’s love around the world.  It is tough and often thankless, but so relevant and necessary.  Some of the workers involved are highly trained professionals, others with hearts full of love do what they can – just like Mary did for Jesus (Mark 14:6-8).

Here’s a random mix of just some of what WECers think and do...

“We’ve built them a hospital, taught them English, given them medicine…..what more do they want?” The line in the movie Avatar goes something like that. If you’ve seen it recently you may have been struck by how possible it is for evil motives to fire social action. “We’ll do XYZ so that we can get what we want.” In Avatar it was access and possession of a precious mineral. In mission life it could be acceptance and trust in a community in order to be able to preach and find receptivity to the gospel.

My greatest memories of my mother are her strong work ethic and her passion for the poor, the suffering and the women of the young Liberian church. 

WEC is focused on church-planting. Yet WEC workers are involved in many social projects:

    * Caring for children in crisis
    * Digging wells
    * Setting up schools
    * Helping people to get vocational training
    * Teaching adults to read and write.

Why does a church-planting mission do all this?