Sure, young Americans are leaving the church, but young people in the developing world face very different pressures and challenges to their faith.
In the past month, we have signed partnership agreements for two of the largest countries in Asia.
Seth Godin points out that no-one ever bothers to wash a rental car. The reason why is of critical importance to Alongsiders.
Short term mission is broken. Its time for a change, and we know just the person to help.
Alongsiders has a different DNA. That's why we shy away from terms like "charity" or "non-profit" or even "ministry". But what makes us a movement?
Across the developing world, there is a demographic explosion – a population bulge of children and youth and it's changing the world we live in.
Earlier this week about 30 people gathered in a little cafe down a side street in the center of Thailand's bustling capital city, Bangkok.
Bob Goff, author of Love Does, likes to say, "No one really gets discipled, they get loved; we learn what we see, not what we only hear about."
How did an international movement come to be headquartered, not in New York, Sydney, Geneva or London - but on a dusty backstreet in the heart of Asia?
How can vulnerable children escape their circumstances? If education is the key, why is building schools not enough?
What might it mean that the All-Powerful God chose to become the All-Vulnerable God?
Alongsiders is different. We are moving beyond the old paradigms in mission and non-profit work. So is Alongsiders an organization (an NGO, charity or non-profit) or is Alongsiders a movement?
Even before the invitation was made at church that Sunday, Linda Vang knew she needed to be an Alongsider.
Last Sunday, Alongsiders International held the first of our international launch events in Singapore. Here are 3 key ways we tried to approach the event differently...
Alongsiders is excited to be officially launching beyond Cambodia this month with the establishment of Alongsiders International.
In the days following her mother’s death, I remember longing to know how Dai, my 8 year old neighbor in this Phnom Penh slum, was doing.
Because our context is one with low rates of literacy, and because we are working with young children, we needed to develop lessons that could be delivered visually.
The poorest child in the world is not the child without an Xbox, or even the child without shoes, but the child without someone who believes in them, loves and walks alongside them.
This unique model of working in groups distinguishes Alongsiders from other mentoring programs and reflects the deep commitment we have to building community - a central value for many people in developing world cultures.
Imagine feeling sand between your toes for the first time in your life. Imagine seeing the vast, vast ocean for the first time in your life...
