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the “Last Mile of Need”
CityServe benefit held in Nashville to help those in need in war-torn regions of Ukraine and Israel
The CityServe International church empowerment network hosted a dinner and benefit concert on Wednesday in Nashville to honor heroes on the frontlines in war-torn Israel and Ukraine.
Ofelia’s Story Part 3
A Survivor of Familial Trafficking Experts estimate over 29.9 million people worldwide are trapped in a life of exploitation and human trafficking. And millions of them are children. God’s answer to fighting this heartless evil against those made in His image – His...
Ofelia’s Story Part 2
Today we bring you Part Two of Ofelia Flores’ compelling “God Story” – how she was rescued from a life of misery and abuse after being trafficked by a member of her own family. Today, Ofelia is a successful Kern County mother of five with 13 grandkids who works with...
Ofelia’s Story: A Survivor of Familial Trafficking
Jesus makes his feelings clear regarding the evil of trafficking and exploitation. “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble,” the Lord declares in Matthew 18:6, “it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck...
Initiative Update: 7 Common Myths about the Poor
For the month of December here at CityServe, we’re spotlighting The Poor: A CityServe Compassion Initiative. The Poor Compassion Initiative is how CityServe inspires, resources, and mobilizes churches to serve
The World Needs to Help Rescue Israel’s ‘Breadbasket’
By Todd Lamphere This op-ed was first published in The Messenger. ------- Israel is running out of time to save a critical harvest. It has gone largely unnoticed in the fog of war that has enveloped the Holy Land since the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7. There’s an...
Hope is running short for Christmas. This Advent there is one priceless lesson we can still learn
We know that 2023 has been a very difficult year for so many of our friends, neighbors and those around the world By Dave Donaldson This article first appeared on Fox News ---------- Here’s an Advent riddle for you: Name something every single human being on...
New legislation resurrects unique food distribution program that’s fed over 100 million Americans
Legislation introduced in Congress today would reinstate, and make permanent, elements of the vital food distribution program that supplied fresh fruits and vegetables to millions of families nationwide during the global coronavirus pandemic.
CityServe International and Fill the Needs launch unique Maui relief operation in a Boeing 747sp filled with emergency relief supplies
Supplies will be loaded on Sunday for the urgent airlift to help many fire victims Press Release: JDA Worldwide for CityServe International Sept. 15, 2023 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Hope is on the way for firestorm-battered residents in Maui who’ve lost everything. It will...
Ivanka Trump joins CityServe International in bringing help and hope to Lahaina, Maui
Press Release: JDA Worldwide for CityServe International Sept. 1, 2023 BAKERSFIELD, CA – The charitable relief organization CityServe International has fully activated its church-based network, teaming up with No Child Hungry, to launch its distribution of over...
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