Summary
Organization name
Compassion International - ColoradoGives.org
1956
Category
Youth Development
Address
12290 Voyager ParkwayColorado Springs, CO 80921-3668
El Paso County, CO, US
Our ministry is focused on the individual child and his or her development. We are unashamedly and singularly focused on developing children.
Each child we serve is ministered to personally, and each church partner we work with tailors its programs to meet the specific needs of the children in its community.
Embracing children is at the heart of who we are. We are advocates for children in poverty. And we commit to developing minds, bodies and spirits - in Jesus' name.
Testimonials
At Compassion, we take your trust in our ministry very seriously. We know how valuable your confidence is...without it our mission of releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name can't be accomplished.
Mission
In response to the Great Commission, Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults.
Background Statement
More than sixty years ago, a preacher from Chicago flew to South Korea to minister to American troops fighting in the Korean War. During his time in Seoul, the Rev. Everett Swanson grew increasingly troubled by the sight of hundreds of war orphans living on the streets, abandoned by society.
One morning he saw city workers scoop up what looked like piles of rags and toss them into the back of a truck. He walked up to the truck for a closer look - and was horrified to see that the "piles" were not rags, but the frozen bodies of orphans who had died overnight in the streets.
Swanson could not turn his back on these unwanted children and vowed to find a way to help them. He raised money to support a Korean orphanage and soon established a unique program that allowed an individual in the Western world to provide Bible-based education, food, clothing, shelter and medical care for a Korean orphan for a few dollars a month.
Embracing children in need remains at the heart of who we are and has been honed over six decades of ministry.
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Organization Data
Colorado Springs, CO 80921-3668