Week of Compassion

Week of Compassion is the relief, refugee, and development ministry fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) responding around the world around the year on behalf of congregations and individuals of the church.
Week of Compassion

1. Through Week of Compassion, North American Disciples reach out in the name of Christ to:

2. respond with help, hope and hospitality to people who have been uprooted and displaced from their homelands by war, environmental catastrophe, famine and natural disaster. Many of the world’s 25 million refugees are children.

3. support self-help programs of development and rehabilitation that empower people and communities to stand against and rise above hunger, poverty, disease, illiteracy, and other forces of injustice that deny and destroy human dignity. WOC supports projects

4. encourage and support volunteer groups in "hands-on" mission and service opportunities. Annually, WOC partners with more than 50 Disciples work groups in mission projects in North America and abroad.