Millennium Development Goals

 What Can You
and
Your
Congregation
Do to Help?

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
2. Achieve universal primary education.
3. Promote gender equality and empower women.
4. Reduce child mortality.
5. Improve maternal health.
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
7. Ensure environmental sustainability.
8. Develop a global partnership for development.

Pray.

Give to organizations and projects of your choice.

Create bulletin boards in your church to promote and educate the MDGs.

Build awareness about clean water and nutrition and its effects on child mortality.

Recycle, limit consumption of plastic and paper.

Volunteer at a local food bank, soup kitchen, or homeless shelter.

Offer an 8 week study on each of the MDGs.

Share your ideas and experience with others.

Central Baptist Church Story

UN Millennium Development Goals

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Virginia has joined the global campaign known as The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which are a commitment to eradicate poverty in our world.

Contributing to The Millennium Development Goals is a practical and focused way in which we as individuals, a congregation, and a fellowship can join in the great work of eradicating poverty within our lifetime.

In this campaign, we join with many other people of good will and of different faith traditions to accomplish this grand goal. As Christians, we pursue these good works not just for the sake of doing good, but in obedience to the call of our Savior. Our Lord is clear that when we, His followers, ser the needy, the poor, the broken-hearted and the oppressed, we are serving Jesus himself and through our actions proclaim him as Lord.

We call upon each congregation and each Baptist to become familiar with and to seek specific avenues of participating in the MDGs.

(Note: Please do not send contributions to CBFV. Send your contributions directly to the organizations or projects you have selected.)

Share your story of participation with us.

Millennium Development Goals and CBF

CBF Partnering Resources

Baptist World Aid Projects
The Baptist World Alliance is a fellowship of 211 Baptist unions and conventions comprising a membership of more than 47 million baptized believers. This represents a community of approximately 110 million Baptists ministering in more than 200 countries. The BWA unites Baptists worldwide, leads in world evangelism, responds to people in need and defends human rights. For more information, visit www.bwanet.org.

Bread for the World is a nationwide, Christian citizen's movement seeking justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying U.S. decision-makers. BFW is a nonpartisan movement of 50,000 people of faith, including 2,500 churches.

Developing a Heart for the Hungry: A Hunger Emphasis Primer for Churches
Produced by Seeds of Hope Publishers, this packet is an excellent resource for churches new to the idea of a hunger emphasis. The packet includes prayers, litanies, youth activities and children's sermons. To access the packet in either html or pdf format, visit www.seedspublishers.org, email seedshope@aol.com or call 254-755-7745

Hunger News & Hope
— published by Seeds of Hope Publishers in partnership with the Fellowship and other denominational groups — is a quarterly periodical on hunger and poverty issues. Hunger News & Hope is available online at www.seedspublishers.org at no cost. For more information, contact Seeds of Hope at 254-755-7745 or seedshope@aol.com.

Watering Malawi - Malawi continues to live through cyclical seasons of drought putting millions of Malawians at risk for hunger, disease and death.
Watering Malawi advocates for long-term solutions to hunger through access to clean water and simple irrigation systems.

His Nets is a non-profit faith-based organization which purchases insecticide treated
sleeping nets in response to the global malaria epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
His Nets Reaches the Ilchamus People of Kenya

Order Resources Below

Hunger, No More Video
This video explains the manner in which CBF Global Missions is seeking to alleviate hunger and outlines steps churches and individuals can take to help the hungry.
Order number: 120V00

Responding to Disenfranchised Women Living in a World of Inequality - Led by Winnie Williams
What should be our response to the situation of women globally? Listen as the author of Women I Can’t Forget discusses the stories of women far and near, and discover ways you can make a difference. Order number: 0540A063
The Church has AIDS: Challenges and Opportunities - Led by Lonnie and Fran Turner There is a global epidemic of HIV/AIDS. Many volunteers are needed from the interfaith community to use their expertise in business, medicine and education to contribute in various places of the global community. Learn what you can do to become the presence of Christ in your community and your world. Learn how your church can also engage in this most important need. Order number: 0540A052 - $ 12.00 - Audiotape; Order number: 0540A016 - $ 10.00 - CD

Together for Hope - Introduction to Together for Hope, CBF's Rural Poverty Initiative - This DVD introduces Together for Hope, the CBF rural poverty initiative, with an approximately nine minute piece outlining the principles behind the ministry, regions where ministry sites are located and ways individuals and churches can get involved. The piece includes interviews with local residents in the focal communities as well as national ministry coordinators. It is suitable for informal gathering as well as congregational settings.

Order number: 0620DV003

CBF Global Missions