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Word Made Flesh
[edit]Word Made Flesh was started in 1991, as a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization that exists to serve and advocate for the poorest of the poor in urban centers of the majority world. The organization focuses most of its work on the most vulnerable of the poor – women and children.
In 1994, Word Made Flesh initiated its first children's home in Chennai, South India, for abandoned children with a primary focus on pediatric AIDS care. In 1995, another home was established for severely mentally and physically disabled girls who have been abandoned, left on the streets to die.
Since then, Word Made Flesh has expanded into other countries in South Asia, South America and Africa where they partner with international Christians. The organization is comprised of about 250 staff members, interns, volunteers and board members and operates on a $2.4 million budget (2007).
Projects include pediatric AIDS care, rehabilitation for abused and destitute women, care and education and vocational training for the war-affected, residential care for children with mental and physical disabilities, advocacy for children of the streets, housing and rehabilitation for children and youth of the streets, and education and business initiatives for sexually exploited women and children.
Word Made Flesh has nine foundational commitments (Lifestyle Celebrations): intimacy, obedience, humility, community, service, simplicity, submission, brokenness, and suffering.
Word Made Flesh also has undertaken guiding principles of solidarity with the poor, ecumenicism, gender equality, and multiculturalism.
Service
[edit]Word Made Flesh partners with local aid organizations, local churches, and local believers that work among children at risk.
Working toward preventing children from living on the streets, Word Made Flesh targets high-risk communities for education and community development projects with the hopes of keeping children off the streets.
Word Made Flesh also partners with local aid organizations that rescue and rehabilitate boys and girls who have been sexually exploited, helping to provide education, rehabilitation, discipleship, and care.
In addition to partnering with other organizations, Word Made Flesh has begun new ministries in:
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
India
Nepal
Peru
Romania
Sierra Leone
United States
Statement of Faith
[edit]Word Made Flesh adheres to the tenants outlined by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelism in the Lausanne Covenant.
External Links
[edit]Organizational links
www.wordmadeflesh.com - Word Made Flesh website
The Cry – a quarterly advocacy journal of Word Made Flesh
Word Made Flesh Romania
Published articles by WMF staff
"A Community of the Broken," by Chris Heuertz for the Christian Vision Project in Christianity Today
"Subverting Evangelicalism" by Chris Heuertz in The Other Journal, Issue 8
"Intimate Justice" by Chris Heuertz in Good News Magazine, Jan/Feb 2000
"Genesis 38" by Heather Coaster in The Other Journal, Issue 7
Books and articles that mention WMF
The New Friars, Scott Bessenecker
School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism, The Rutba House
"Trabadores Sexual: A Study of Poverty, Prostitution, and Women With Few Choices" by Ali Keller in The Other Journal, Issue 3
"Body and Soul" by Kate Bowman in Sojourners Magazine, July 2004
See also
“Women to Watch: Kristin Keen,” Kelsey Kreider, Radiant, Fall 2006, p. 42.
Living and Responding to Heal and Transform in Sexually Exploited Children: Working to Protect and Heal, Phyllis Kilbourn and Marjorie McDermid, eds. MARC Publications (Monrovia, CA: 1998) pgs. 83-91.
Discovering Holiness in Ministry Among the Poor in Power, Holiness, and Evangelism, Randy Clark ed. Destiny Image Publishers (Shippensburg, PA: 1999) pgs. 74-85.
"Intimate Justice" in Good News Magazine, January/February 2000 (vol. 33, no. 4) p. 51.
A Call to Die: A 40 Day Journey of Fasting from the World and Feasting on God, David Nasser, Baxter Press, pgs. 118-123.
"Outside the Majestic Colony" in Lifeline: Sharing Christ in a Broken World, Steve Beard and Maggie Schroeder, eds. The Good News Renewal Collection Living Streams Publications (Wilmore, KY: 2003) pgs. 107-127.
Servant First! Leadership for the New Millennium, John J. Sullivan, Xulon Press, pgs. 235-244.