About GFA World
For more than 40 years, we have been committed to serving the “least of these” in Asia, often in places where no one else is serving, so they can experience God's love for the first time. We recently began serving the “least of these” in Africa as well. Through four main avenues, GFA World supports national workers serving as the hands and feet of Christ.
“Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.” —Zechariah 4:6
1. Sponsoring National Missionaries
We partner with national workers who are serving Christ by ministering to people’s deepest needs, both physically and spiritually, in communities throughout Asia and now in parts of Africa. Because they live among the people, they are aware of the specific needs of the individuals and communities they serve. They form the essential network for distributing gifts from GFA World’s Christmas Gift Catalog, requesting gifts that will be most helpful and coordinating gift distribution programs. Read about one pastor who is meeting dozens of needs in his community through Christmas gifts.
2. Sponsoring Children
Tens of thousands of children from impoverished families across Asia and in Rwanda, Africa, are finding hope and a brighter future through GFA World’s Child Sponsorship Program. This sponsorship program provides children, families and communities with things like education, medical checkups and more in Jesus’ name. As relationships between GFA staff members and children’s families and communities grow, the staff responds to their needs, often helping families to receive income-generating gifts through Christmas gift distribution events. See how Christmas gifts enabled GFA sponsorship staff to help a desperate father.
3. Developing Communities
Millions of families and entire communities in Asia and Africa are stuck in the cycle of poverty. Limited access to education, medical care and reliable employment gives them little hope for change. GFA workers invest in these families and communities, helping meet their immediate needs by providing things like clean water, income-producing farm animals, sewing machines and vocational training. Read how Missael’s pair of pigs completely transformed his family.
4. Disaster Relief and Compassionate Care
GFA national workers serve victims of natural disasters; those affected most by the coronavirus-related shutdown; and those who are often rejected by society, like widows and leprosy patients. Our Compassion Services teams love the Lord and serve the needy from that same heart. Oftentimes, a gift from the Christmas Gift Catalog—such as a pair of goats or a sewing machine—can help put a person back on their feet after they’ve suffered from a natural disaster, the death of their husband or the effects of leprosy. Watch one widow’s story of how a sewing machine came to her rescue.
For more than 40 years, GFA World has continued to bring aid and hope to some of the most downtrodden people.