Mission Statement

In response to the Great Commission, Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social, and physical poverty and enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults.

Founded by the Rev. Everett Swanson in 1952, Compassion began providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and health care, as well as Christian training.

Today, Compassion helps more than 1.2 million children in 26 countries.

Calvary Christian Church has chosen to focus our partnership efforts with Compassion International on the country of El Salvador. In that way, we pray for and work towards a dramatic change not only in the lives the individual children we sponsor, but in entire villages and an entire nation. As of December 2011, our church family sponsors almost 200 children from this region alone. Please consider joining with us in those efforts.