National Projects

Women Touching the World

Generous. That's what women are. The one and a half million women who attend Assemblies of God churches are generous givers. The math is amazing. Total giving through our women across America in 2005 exceeded $12.8 million. Since 1951, giving has topped $336 million dollars. We truly are women touching the world.

Missions giving has been at the heart of Women's Ministries since 1925. Unlike other national departments, Women's Ministries does not have one identifiable missions project. Instead, women give to many projects using many project names. Consequently, Women's Ministries has not had specific identification for its giving in General Council reports. In referring to Women's Ministries giving, ministers frequently search for a name to compare with Speed-the-Light, Light for the Lost and Boys and Girls Missionary Crusade. That's why we’ve chosen Women Touching the World as the umbrella name for all Women's Ministries missions projects at national, district and local levels.

In 2005 women across America gave:

Nearly 3.7 million to World Missions
More than 1.7 million to U.S. Missions
Nearly 1 million to Compassion Ministries
More than 3.3 million to district projects and educational institutions
Nearly 3 million to local ministries
Nearly 300 thousand to the national Women's Ministries Department
For a total giving in 2005 of $12,886,693.

Touch the World Fund

Touch the World Fund is the identification of our national Women's Ministries Missions Fund. It is comparable to Speed the Light for National Youth Ministries, or Light for the Lost for Men's Ministries.

The Touch the World Fund provides indoor equipment and furnishings for Bible schools and institutions worldwide—those in tiny, remote villages, and those in large cities.
Missionary Medical Kits are provided in certain countries where health maintenance is difficult. Missionaries and their children receive medications, ointments, disposable medical tools and free medical service.
Provides funds to Compassion Ministries such as Maranatha Manor and AG Family Services

The Touch the World Fund promises many opportunities for you to give.

Argentina—100 student desks and 100 chairs for chapel.

El Salvador —King’s Castle Ministries. Chairs for chapel, computers.

Ethiopia—Addis Bible College. Computers for student lab, library, teachers and office; tables and chairs, shelving units and card catalog for library.

Mexico City—Anna Sanders Bible Institute. Stove, refrigerator, microwave, café-style tables, chairs and stools.

Philippines—Surigao City Street Children’s Welfare Foundation. Refrigerator, stove, television, VCR.

Republic of Russia —Regional Bible school. Desks and chairs.

United States—Native American Bible College, Shannon, North Carolina; American Indian College, Phoenix, Arizona. Classroom equipment and furnishings.

Your contributions also provide medical kits and services to Assemblies of God world missionaries and their children.

Touch the World Fund Offering

Each year local Women's Ministries and churches across America are encouraged to receive an offering in September for the Touch the World Fund. Contributions may be sent with the church's other missions offerings using the World Ministries Offering Form. Online donations are also accepted and encouraged.

All women are encouraged to give an offering to the national Touch the World Fund. The national Women's Ministries Department gives a Touch the World lapel pin to women who give a donation of $10 or more. The attractive, full-color pin shows that women are concerned about and involved in ministries that touch the world.

Library Fund

The Library Fund provides World Missions Bible Schools with textbooks and reference tools. Funds are raised in a creative and profitable manner: Women's Ministries, churches and individuals save canceled postage stamps. Profits from those stamp sales go to the Library Fund. Cash donations are also given to this project. To date grants have been given to 447 Bible schools totaling $64,450, and $100,000 has been given to Latin America Library Services.

Adoption Plan

Local Women's Ministries are encouraged to participate in their district's Adoption Plan. The Adoption Plan provides opportunity to remember the missionaries and their immediate family members for special occasions such as birthdays and anniversaries. Each district Women's Ministries department coordinates this unique ministry.

Child Compassion Challenge

Child Compassion Challenge is an innovative program of the national Women's Ministries Department, in partnership with KidCare America, a ministry of Assemblies of God U.S. Missions, empowering churches to holistically reach children and youth after school.

The funds raised through Child Compassion Challenge (CCC) provide after-school enrichment programs to children and youth located in at-risk communities across the nation. CCC will help KidCare America by increasing resources for children to receive a healthy snack, homework help, recreational activities, Bible teaching, practical living skills, tutoring and a godly man or woman to walk with them through life.

CCC raises money for this through recycling discarded cell phones, and laser and inkjet cartridges.

For more information, visit: www.agccc.org.

District Ministries

District ministries are very generous and creative in their support of missionaries and missions projects. Some do this by providing generous cash offerings. Some districts invite missionaries to "shop" free of charge at missionary stores or boutiques filled with quality linens, dishes, small appliances and other household items or provide gift cards to major retail stores. Other districts assist their missionaries by sending containers full of commercial appliances, office equipment, dorm furniture and much more. Still other districts take groups to foreign countries to help with construction projects, or send money designated for special buildings. Yes, district Women's Ministries are very generous to missions!

There are two ways you can give.

Contribute online
Or, if you prefer, you can download a printable PDF copy of a contribution form and mail it in with your payment information to the address provided on the form.
Download a printable contribution form