Church partnerships

For 75 years, churches around the world have partnered with World Vision to follow Jesus into the hardest places - bringing hope, dignity and lasting change to the world’s most vulnerable children.

As the world’s largest child‑focused Christian NGO, with staff in nearly 100 countries, we help churches live out their global mission with integrity, compassion and impact.

Churches choose to partner with us because:

We are rooted in faith. Following Jesus' call to love the poor and oppressed.
We are trusted. Decades of experience give us the structure and expertise to respond quickly and effectively.
We are child-focused. Everything we do centres on helping children experience life in all its fullness.
We multiply impact. Through our community‑led model, the support from one one church benefits far more children and families.

Thinking about how your church could get involved? Our Churches team would love to listen and explore what partnership might look like for you.

👉 Talk to our churches team at churches@worldvision.org.uk

Churches always want to work with people that they trust, and we know from our experience that we can trust World Vision to deliver.

Rev Nicky Gumbel

Pioneer of Alpha

How can your church get involved

Your church's love for children in the world's hardest places can give them choices and the chance for a better future.

There are a number of ways your church can partner with us:

Victor from Uganda smiles and holds up a photo of the sponsor he chose

Chosen Child Sponsorship (where the child chooses you)

Chosen turns sponsorship upside down - giving a child the power to choose their sponsor.

Your church can take part together, creating an unforgettable experience that connects your congregation directly with children and families around the world.

For every child sponsored, four more benefit, thanks to our community‑wide approach.

Find out how your church and congregation can be Chosen.

Ready to be Chosen yourself? Sign up now

A family forced from their home in Sudan, now living in a make-shift tent

Responding to Global emergencies

When disaster strikes, children need urgent food, clean water, shelter and protection.

World Vision is often one of the first organisations to respond - usually within 72 hours.

Your church can stand with children in crisis by joining our emergency appeals and mobilising prayer and giving when it’s needed most.

Find out about the latest global emergencies.

Inspiring the next generation

Help young people live out their faith in action with free, ready‑to‑use resources:

40 Hour Challenge – A free discipleship and justice toolkit for Gen Z and the local church.

Pumpkin Heroes™ – A fun and meaningful alternative to Halloween for children aged 4–10, packed with games, crafts, and Bible‑based storytelling.

These tools help young people grow in compassion, courage, and global awareness - grounded in the love of Jesus.

Serving your church

Our friendly, passionate Churches team is here to serve and support you - whether you're exploring partnership for the first time or looking for new ways to engage your congregation.

We’d love to chat, answer any questions, and help you discover what partnership could look like in your context. No pressure. No pressure. Just a conversation.

Get in touch to book a call or meeting with our Churches team. We’d love to hear from you.

👉 Contact us at: churches@worldvision.org.uk

A map of the UK showing where our Church team members operate — Our Churches team is based across the UK, ready to walk alongside churches in their local context.

What we can achieve together

When churches and World vision partner together, extraordinary things happen.

Together, we walk alongside communities in some of the world’s poorest places - listening first, building relationships, and supporting long‑term, locally led transformation.

Children discover hope and real choices for their future, supported by families, churches, and communities working together.

Families gain access to clean water, education, food security, and protection, addressing the root causes of poverty rather than just the symptoms.

Communities grow in dignity, resilience, and long‑term stability, equipped to shape their own futures.

Local churches are strengthened in their God‑given role, serving their communities and witnessing holistic transformation.

UK churches experience renewed passion for global mission and justice, seeing faith expressed in action, not just intention.

Discipleship comes alive, as congregations connect prayer, generosity and justice with God’s work in the world.

This kind of partnership transforms lives overseas and here in the UK - as churches grow in purpose, unity and compassion, and discover what it means to join in with God’s mission beyond their own walls.

As one church leader said after taking part in Chosen: