Africa Food for the Hungry International

Our Vision

• God called and we responded until physical and spiritual hungers ended worldwide.

Our Purpose

• Motivated by Christ's love, the international partnership of Food for the Hungry exists to meet both physical and spiritual hungers of the poor.
• Speak out to all people about physical & spiritual hunger.
• Send people to share Christ's love.
• Facilitate emergency relief & sustainable development.

Our Ten Principles

• Book of Acts based ministry (Spirit driven ministry)
• Incarnational ministry
• Spread of integrated "Bread & Gospel" (Physical, Spiritual, Social, Wisdom holistic ministry)
• Fulfilment of VOC (Vision of Community) through Church, Leaders and Family
• Pray once or more per week
• Respect opinion of field staff (field needs)
• Collaboration of servant-hood and respect
• Creative ministry
• Maximise direct costs (Minimise functional costs)
• Expansion of God's kingdom

Our Values

• Lordship of Jesus Christ
• Love for the whole person (physical, mental, social, spiritual)
• Unity and diversity
• Integrity and transparency
• Justice

Our Organizational style

• Prayerful, with love for God's Word
• Visionary and learning
• Decentralised, with authority based on principles and trust
• Mobilising people from all nations
• Practising simplicity
• Team-based and collaborative
• Creative and innovative
• Joyful and celebrative
• Growing with quality

Vision of community

The community and its people are advancing towards their God-given potential by:
• Being equipped to progress beyond meeting their basic needs, and
• Having a growing group of Christians:
  • Loving God and one another
  • Manifesting the fruit of the Spirit
  • Reaching out to serve others

Why Bread & Gospel?

1. God's biblical intentions
2. Jesus Christ's Ministry Principle
3. Early Church Ministry Principle
4. Means to fulfil great commandment
5. Best mission and evangelism strategy
6. Mind development (Completion of development ministry)
7. In debt of "Bread & Gospel"

Strengths of the FHI Federation

• Openness
• Freedom
• Simplicity
• Effectiveness
• Equality
• Cooperativeness
• Cost-Effectiveness

And More

1. Send self supported Hunger corps
2. Ministry through church and school
3. Focus on leadership training
4. Holistic growth of child
5. Improvement of educational condition
6. Improvement of living environment
7. Low budget ministry
8. High efficiency ministry
9. Donor child visit programs
10. Holistic community development