Crawl, walk, run steps to HIV ministry

Perhaps God has prompted you to care for those with HIV and you're wondering where to start. This month, we begin a new series of features offering several ways you can implement the C.H.U.R.C.H. strategy.

For each of the six ways churches can get engaged in HIV ministry, I'd like to suggest three levels of involvement: crawl, walk, run. Perhaps you can only "crawl" in some areas. That's OK! The important thing is to just get moving and let our Father guide your steps in ways he has determined.

I'm thankful you've allowed us to journey with you in this important ministry.

Kay Warren, co-founder, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, Calif., and executive director of Saddleback Church's HIV/AIDS Initiative

Ways to care for and support the sick

The C.H.U.R.C.H. strategy for church-based HIV/AIDS ministries offers six ways to minister to people with HIV/AIDS. Over the next several months, the HIV/AIDS Caring Community will offer you a crawl, walk, and run step for each of the six C.H.U.R.C.H. components. Learn more >>

Kay Warren challenges young adults at Urbana 06

The first time she met a homeless woman dying of AIDS, Kay Warren realized that nothing in her Christianity had prepared her to face that situation. Now she’s convinced that in times like that, she can make the invisible God visible to suffering people. At Urbana 06, Warren told 22,000 young adults that, by caring for people with HIV, they can demonstrate that God cares as well. View Kay's message >> | AIDS discussed at Urbana >>

S.T.O.P., not S.L.O.W., is key to ending HIV/AIDS, Warren says

Only the church has the authority to completely eradicate AIDS, said Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and an increasingly prominent AIDS activist, during the 2006 Urbana Student Missions Conference, Dec. 27-31 in St. Louis. Read more >>

8,000 a day/every day
A ninth grade high school student at Saddleback Church created this video used during high school ministry weekend services to commemorate World AIDS Day.

AIDS awareness video game competition
Here is a unique opportunity for college students to share their faith and God's plan for stopping AIDS with their peers.

'To whom much is given, much is required'
During the annual State of the Union address, President Bush challenged Americans to continue to support funding for HIV/AIDS initiatives.

African experiences
The World Health Organization (WHO) created these photo galleries to bring to life many of the challenges that exist in health care systems in five African countries.

Meeting real needs
Central City Lutheran Mission's Supportive Housing Program provides housing and support for HIV positive homeless men, women, and children in San Bernardino, Calif.

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