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Experience the joy that comes when you provide HOPE which:

The Southern California FMC Conference and Empowering Lives International have shared a unique and life-changing partnership for over 20 years to inspire your local church and bring HOPE to orphans and suffering families in Africa!

As we serve together, your church will creatively advance Global Missions as we empower the broken in our world to crush poverty, embrace Christ, and share their transformation with others!
Abject poverty is destroying futures in Africa, but village leaders in over 50 areas are urging ELI to bring our unique training and HOPE initiative to empower families and ultimately transform their villages. Watch this video to see what we have accomplished over the years together through hope that is healing hearts, overcoming poverty, pursuing Christ, and empowering families and government leaders in over 50 villages across East Africa.
  • Rather than give handouts to the poor, you provide knowledge and practical tools for business and agriculture.
  • Rather than overlook issues of the soul, you help share how God’s love can embrace and heal hearts—restoring hope for tomorrow and eternity.
  • Rather than just send support for “others” to do the work in Africa—your church becomes involved on several meaningful and tangible levels with the ministry!

Our great joy is to be a conduit of your love and generosity to as many as God allows us to empower.
  • Explore more on this website
  • Contact me to talk about how a unique partnership with ELI can impact your local church and bring HOPE to the people across the globe who are desperate for change.
Serving together,

Don Rogers
Founder / Intl. Director
FMC So Cal 

Step 1: CALLED TOGETHER

A cohort of approximately 10 Emerging leaders in each of 50 villages will be equipped as the initial World Changers in their community.


Step 2: INSTRUCTED

These cohorts are trained and coached on how best to transform their community though the "ELI Way."

Step 3: SENT OUT

Each cohort will then collectively work with ELI to create dynamic empowerment programs, workshops and trainings to impact 300 other family leaders (heads of households) in their village.


When God’s people come together with a united mind and heart, amazing things happen. Join a growing family of people who actively intercede with expectant hearts . . . to see powerful results!

Change the Future

Forever impact moms, dads, and children

Invest Now with a Recurring Gift

Empowering Villages with Hope!


$25/month or $300/year empowers emerging leaders to impact their villages

(for every 25 people who give $25/month, another village can be empowered)

Invest Now with a Special Gift

Empowering Villages with HOPE!

$50 provides a life-skills workshop in a village

$90 trains a woman to leave illegal brewing

$250 provides a village outreach/evangelism weekend

$1,800 empowers a village cohort to lead a community

$8,000 provides Family HOPE to an entire village

Stories of HOPE in action!

HOLDING TIGHT TO HER FAITH



Irene lost her husband when she was 6 months pregnant with their third child. She was lost and scared. An unemployed, pregnant widow with two kids under the age of 10—what was she going to do? She held tight to her faith and stayed hopeful that something would come along to help get her through this.
 
Thankfully, two incredible things happened one after the other that completely transformed Irene’s life! First, she received valuable training from ELI that helped her take the little she had and multiply it. Second, she was chosen as a beneficiary of the Seeds of Hope program, which provided her with invaluable vegetable seeds. These two things combined have blossomed into a rich life for Irene, and she is quick to share what she’s learned with others! She is truly a World Changer!

Because of Irene’s clear passion to pass her transformation on to others, she has been identified as one of the emerging leaders in her village. She and about 15 others from her village will soon be going through a training, coaching, and mentoring process to be equipped to reach 300 local families. Because of the hope she has received, she is excited to have this new platform that will give others hope as well! It is a blessing to walk alongside incredible people like Irene.

LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS



From the time he was little, Peter knew firsthand the devastation that comes with a life of brewing and alcohol. As his eyes were opened to the love of God, he believed there had to be a better way and he longed to bring freedom to others in his village.

Then, one Sunday while at church in another village, Peter heard radical testimonies from women who experienced life-changing transformation because of an ELI program called Women of Change. Hearing their stories, Peter couldn’t help but notice the contrast between their lives and those of the women in his own community: these Women of Change were running dignified businesses, building healthy families, and demonstrating the way out of poverty. He knew this was the light his dark community needed!

After the service, Peter approached the women who had given their testimonies and shared his desire for helping the people of Bogoria. Arrangements were made for training to reach his people which has had wonderful results! Peter is also a World Changer as he is helping spread the good news with his community. Now he will partner with ELI and several other leaders from their village to multiply their impact. We are excited to see what God will do as they spread even more hope to those around them!
If you want to empower a family, go first to mom.
If you want to empower a village, go next to her husband and children.

The Challenge

The Sub-Saharan region of Africa, where ELI serves, has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty in the world. If something is not done, people will continue to live in and propagate the cycle of hopelessness for generations to come. Due to the lack of skills and hope, both young and old are lured into dangerous lifestyles and vocations (like brewing moonshine) that increases malnourishment, child abuse/neglect, idle youth, the spread of HIV/AIDS, broken families, poverty, and spiritual bankruptcy.

The Short-Term Results

While the action plans developed with each community will differ from one another, key indicators of success and measurable results do exist. There will be ongoing assessment and analysis of six Key Performance Indicators:

  1. Increases to family/household income
  2. Increases in church participation/membership, access to Bible/Bible Study content, Spiritual "engagement"
  3. Decreases in the number of brewers
  4. Decreases to the number of alcoholics
  5. Decreases in the number of non-working/idle people
  6. Increases to the number people being trained, coached, and mentored

The Long-Term Impact

  • ­   Churches growing and being planted
  • ­   Individuals and families coming to Christ
  • ­   Families reconciled and dads at home more often
  • ­   Increase in family nutrition and hygiene
  • ­   More children in schools
  • ­   Economic empowerment through new small businesses being started
  • ­   Increase of local food production and trade
  • ­   Environmental conservation
  • ­   Less idle youth, crime, HIV/AIDS, abuse, addiction to drugs and alcohol
  • ­   Decrease in brewing dens and incarceration of parents
  • ­   Increased health and life spans resulting in fewer orphans
Experience the joy that comes when you provide HOPE that:

The Southern California FMC Conference and Empowering Lives International have shared a unique and life-changing partnership for over 20 years to inspire your local church and bring HOPE to orphans and suffering families in Africa!

As we serve together, your church will creatively advance Global Missions as we empower the broken in our world to crush poverty, embrace Christ, and share their transformation with others!
  • Rather than give handouts to the poor, you provide knowledge and practical tools for business and agriculture.
  • Rather than overlook issues of the soul, you help share how God’s love can embrace and heal hearts—restoring hope for tomorrow and eternity.
  • Rather than just send support for “others” to do the work in Africa—your church becomes involved on several meaningful and tangible levels with the ministry!

Our great joy is to be a conduit of your love and generosity to as many as God allows us to empower.
  • Explore more on this website
  • Contact me to talk about how a unique partnership with ELI can impact your local church and bring HOPE to the people across the globe who are desperate for change.
Serving together,

Don Rogers
Founder / Intl. Director
FMC So Cal 
Change the Future
Forever impact moms, dads, and children
When God’s people come together with a united mind and heart, amazing things happen. Join a growing family of people who actively intercede with expectant hearts . . . to see powerful results!

Invest Now with a Recurring Gift

Empowering Villages with Hope!


$25/month or $300/year empowers emerging leaders to impact their villages

(for every 25 people who give $25/month, another village can be empowered)

Invest Now with a Special Gift

Empowering Villages with HOPE!

$50 provides a life-skills workshop in a village

$90 trains a woman to leave illegal brewing

$250 provides a village outreach/evangelism weekend

$1,800 empowers a village cohort to lead a community

$8,000 provides Family HOPE to an entire village

Stories of HOPE in action!

HOLDING TIGHT TO HER FAITH



Irene lost her husband when she was 6 months pregnant with their third child. She was lost and scared. An unemployed, pregnant widow with two kids under the age of 10—what was she going to do? She held tight to her faith and stayed hopeful that something would come along to help get her through this.
 
Thankfully, two incredible things happened one after the other that completely transformed Irene’s life! First, she received valuable training from ELI that helped her take the little she had and multiply it. Second, she was chosen as a beneficiary of the Seeds of Hope program, which provided her with invaluable vegetable seeds. These two things combined have blossomed into a rich life for Irene, and she is quick to share what she’s learned with others! She is truly a World Changer!

Because of Irene’s clear passion to pass her transformation on to others, she has been identified as one of the emerging leaders in her village. She and about 15 others from her village will soon be going through a training, coaching, and mentoring process to be equipped to reach 300 local families. Because of the hope she has received, she is excited to have this new platform that will give others hope as well! It is a blessing to walk alongside incredible people like Irene.

LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS



From the time he was little, Peter knew firsthand the devastation that comes with a life of brewing and alcohol. As his eyes were opened to the love of God, he believed there had to be a better way and he longed to bring freedom to others in his village.

Then, one Sunday while at church in another village, Peter heard radical testimonies from women who experienced life-changing transformation because of an ELI program called Women of Change. Hearing their stories, Peter couldn’t help but notice the contrast between their lives and those of the women in his own community: these Women of Change were running dignified businesses, building healthy families, and demonstrating the way out of poverty. He knew this was the light his dark community needed!

After the service, Peter approached the women who had given their testimonies and shared his desire for helping the people of Bogoria. Arrangements were made for training to reach his people which has had wonderful results! Peter is also a World Changer as he is helping spread the good news with his community. Now he will partner with ELI and several other leaders from their village to multiply their impact. We are excited to see what God will do as they spread even more hope to those around them!
If you want to empower a family, go first to mom.
If you want to empower a village, go next to her husband and children.

The Challenge

The Sub-Saharan region of Africa, where ELI serves, has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty in the world. If something is not done, people will continue to live in and propagate the cycle of hopelessness for generations to come. Due to the lack of skills and hope, both young and old are lured into dangerous lifestyles and vocations (like brewing moonshine) that increases malnourishment, child abuse/neglect, idle youth, the spread of HIV/AIDS, broken families, poverty, and spiritual bankruptcy.

The Short-Term Results

While the action plans developed with each community will differ from one another, key indicators of success and measurable results do exist. There will be ongoing assessment and analysis of six Key Performance Indicators:

  1. Increases to family/household income
  2. Increases in church participation/membership, access to Bible/Bible Study content, Spiritual "engagement"
  3. Decreases in the number of brewers
  4. Decreases to the number of alcoholics
  5. Decreases in the number of non-working/idle people
  6. Increases to the number people being trained, coached, and mentored

The Long-Term Impact

  • ­   Churches growing and being planted
  • ­   Individuals and families coming to Christ
  • ­   Families reconciled and dads at home more often
  • ­   Increase in family nutrition and hygiene
  • ­   More children in schools
  • ­   Economic empowerment through new small businesses being started
  • ­   Increase of local food production and trade
  • ­   Environmental conservation
  • ­   Less idle youth, crime, HIV/AIDS, abuse, addiction to drugs and alcohol
  • ­   Decrease in brewing dens and incarceration of parents
  • ­   Increased health and life spans resulting in fewer orphans
  

Change the Future

Forever impact moms, dads, and children
I want to crush poverty with HOPE!
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