We walk alongside local churches in their efforts to meet the needs of children, families, and communities. Through your partnership, local congregations are changing the world.
Following the example of Jesus, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM) partners with local Nazarene congregations around the world to clothe, shelter, feed, heal, educate, and live in solidarity with those who suffer under oppression, injustice, violence, poverty, hunger, and disease. NCM exists in and through the Church of the Nazarene to proclaim the Gospel to all people in word and deed.
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries exists in and through the church. NCM partners with local congregations, supporting them in their efforts to serve others, create change in their communities, and point people toward the love of God through Christ. Because local churches are engaged in their communities, they understand the needs of their neighbors, and because local churches are not leaving after a specific program or project is started, the work they do through the support of NCM becomes sustainable.
Poverty is complex. It includes the lack of material or financial resources, but it’s far more than that. To get at the root causes of poverty, we have to address the spiritual, relational, and systemic aspects that keep people trapped in poverty. A holistic approach to community development works toward physical, relational, and spiritual wholeness for individuals and communities.
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries recognizes the importance of children as individuals who have value and dignity because they are each created in God’s image. NCM works to enable children to become the people God created them to be. In order to accomplish this, we address children’s specific needs, such as stability, education, food, and clean water. Because we recognize that the children are part of a larger context, we also address their overall situations, including the condition of their families and communities.
As people who are made in God’s image, community members have dignity, value, and capacity to create change themselves. Nazarene Compassionate Ministries equips churches to work alongside community members to develop their own communities and address their own situations and challenges.
The goal of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries’ work goes beyond community development projects and humanitarian assistance. Our goal is to see individual and communal transformation in and through Christ. Our faith is the heart of who we are, what we do, and how we work. We affirm the work of God as the cornerstone of transformation.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
You Are Not Forgotten: Hope and Healing on the Thai-Myanmar Border Context of Crisis
Why We Are Here To understand the ministry along the Thailand–Myanmar border, we must first see the scale of need. Nine refugee camps—established as...
PHILIPPINES - MICRONESIA
Church-Led Relief Reaches Hundreds in Flood-Stricken Iligan
By Ernelyn Mariquit ILIGAN CITY — A coordinated relief effort led by a local church network delivered immediate assistance to hundreds of families after...
SEALANDS
NCM Indonesia Extends Help to Earthquake Survivors
Between late July and August 2025, as Indonesia marked its 80th Anniversary of Independence, a magnitude 6 earthquake struck the Poso region of Central...
PHILIPPINES - MICRONESIA
Learning God’s Heart for Children and Building Stronger Ministries in Mindoro District
Occidental Mindoro, Philippines: The Mindoro District is the newest pioneering district in the Philippines. The district needs to be equipped to carry out various...
