CHURCH PARTNERSHIP
Father's Divine Love MinistryThrough the Home Based Care program, this church will help meet the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs of 20 families caring for orphaned and vulnerable children.
Jinja, Uganda
Father’s Divine Love Ministry
AbOUT THE CHURCH
Father’s Divine Love Ministry (FDLM) was founded in 2004 by David Livingstone Zijjan and his wife, Sarah. At the center of FDLM is Divine Love Church, a vibrant church that is passionate about the Gospel and has a heart for reaching the most vulnerable people in their community. Focusing on the wholistic health of the community, FDLM administers programs targeting education, economic empowerment, medical intervention, family and youth discipleship, and community outreach. In addition, FDLM implements a pastoral training program for dozens of rural pastors so that the Gospel can be multiplied throughout the surrounding villages.
Leadership
Since 2004, Pastor David has successfully built Father’s Divine Love Ministry into one of the leading ministries in Jinja. His extensive ministry
experience includes working with Youth With A Mission (YWAM),
Justice Defenders, and the Foundation For Human Rights Initiative, as
well as graduating with a business and human rights degree from the
University of Zurich and a clinical legal education degree from
Makerere University School of Law. Currently, he and his wife, Sarah,
oversee a staff of over 20 people serving in various positions across the
ministry. David and Sarah have four biological children and a growing
number of foster children.
Home Based Care
Program Overview
The Goal
The goal of the Home Based Care (HBC) program is to equip, inspire, and mobilize churches to build relationships with at-risk families within their communities. Relationships grow through frequent visits to families in their homes to offer prayer, biblical training, counseling, and overall encouragement. To empower this wholistic approach to orphan care, World Orphans and US churches connect with Ethiopian churches to provide Gospel-centered training and funding.
Funding
Funding for the HBC program comes from a combination of church partnerships and fundraising campaigns. This funding ensures that these children receive the following:
Food
Meals served with the families and at school on a daily basis
Medical Care
Access to medical services and monitoring for specific health needs
Education
Assistance with school fees, school supplies, and tutoring
Emotional Care
Counseling and mentoring through relationships with church members
Spiritual Care
Fellowship, prayer, discipleship, and encouragment
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Why Church Partnership?
Most children living in orphanages have at least one living parent. Working together, we help keep families together, strengthen them, and help them toward independence.