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Family Empowerment Centers
Family Empowerment Centers exists to glorify God and love our neighbors by strengthening young urban families in Christ as we create real opportunities of empowerment and care for the needs of those facing greater challenges in urban America. It is our conviction that all people, from every nation of the world are of equal value and concern before God. It is also our conviction that although mankind is of equal value before God, often times the opportunities for empowerment and freedom are selective due to issues of systemic and personal injustices. Family Empowerment Centers will seek to bring a balance to these circumstances by loving our neighbors in a Christ like manner and creating opportunities for those who are disadvantaged in our urban communities to attain empowerment and freedom. It is also our conviction that real empowerment, freedom and wholistic growth has its foundation in an individuals experience of the love of Christ, through His body the church, and the truths found in the Scriptures. Family Empowerment Centers recognizes mankind as spiritual, physical, psychological and social beings. By coming along side individuals in a wholistic and Christ like fashion we expect these individuals to have maximized opportunities of empowerment and a greater hope in the future. The element of Christian faith in what we do, how we do it in creating opportunities of empowerment, and who we do it for is what sets our organization apart from others. Family Empowerment Centers has chosen to target urban communities on the basis that these communities tend to include people from all of the nations of the world and at the same time seems to be the epicenter for injustice, inequality, and issues of poverty. In the same manner that trends move out from major metropolitan cities our organization believes that as people are empowered they too may move out from urban communities to various world destinations creating change in their environments. Family Empowerment Centers also recognizes that the family unit is the most influential determinant in the growth of the individual. Great attention will be given to the growth of the whole family when possible. Our organization defines family as a multi-individual group of people, often times made up of a father, mother, and child, but not limited to those roles in which the group bears the relational characteristics of a family. Therefore the family could be traditional in nature, be a single parent home, be a home with no children, be a home where a significant other (i.e. grandmother, aunt, uncle) is raising the children, or a foster home situation.
Chicago
Voices for Children/CASA of St. Louis
Voices for Children advocates for abused and neglected children and youth in St. Louis by representing their best interests in court and in the community.
Saint Louis, Missouri
NCRC
NCRC (National Community Reinvestment Coalition) is a coalition of more than 600 community-based organizations working for economic fairness. Founded in 1990, we're an organization that provides training, technical assistance and support and counseling services to our members and other individuals, organizations, and businesses.
Washington, District Of Columbia
LIVE THE LIFE MINISTRIES INC
More children will grow up in safe, happy, and healthy married families characterized by nurturing parents, permanence and better life outcomes. MISSION: Provide the tools, guidance, and support needed to strengthen marriages and families.
Tallahassee, Florida
EPIC Youth
Inspire youth to maximize their gifts and talents in faith, leadership and athletics.
Pingree Grove, Illinois
CHILDSERV
ChildServ's mission is to help Chicagoland's at-risk children and their families build, achieve and sustain better lives. We serve Cook, DuPage, Kane and Lake Counties through 11 sites. These include a Chicago location that focuses on foster care, early childhood education and family counseling, and group homes in Naperville, Downers Grove, Lisle and Wheaton that house previously abused or neglected children. Help today at www.childserv.org/donate.
Chicago, Illinois
GARDENSHARE INC
GardenShare has worked to end hunger and strengthen our local food system since 1996.
Canton, New York
Crossroads Pets - Shop and Adopt
A nonprofit "pet store" operated by the Crossroads Campus, offering pet product retail, pet adoptions, professional grooming, dog self-wash
Nashville, Tennessee
4HIM - His Healing Helping Hands International Ministries, Inc.
We are a multifaceted ministry called to make a difference in the lives of the poor and underserved of the world.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
New Eyes for the Needy
New Eyes for the Needy purchases new eyeglasses for poor children and adults in the United States and recycles donated glasses for distribution to indigent people in developing nations worldwide.
Short Hills, New Jersey
Heart to Honduras
Transformational development is the active work of loving, caring, sharing, and empowering each other to discover the fullness of life and the incredible strength and resources that have already been given to us.
Xenia, Ohio
FRONTIER EVANGELISM INC
We believe these words of Christ in Matthew 13:8 are true and that is why we are devoting as much of our time as possible to spreading the Gospel abroad. We have seen the masses starving for the Gospel. We have heard their cry. We have witnessed their hunger. We have watched their hopeless countenances. But best of all, we have seen them turned from the power of Satan unto God: from darkness to light. We have heard them...acres of them... praising and magnifying God. We could never live without giving our best to them. That is why we go.
Tulsa, Oklahoma