We have always wanted to be a community that is known for how we love and serve others.
We don't want service to be an afterthought, or just the grateful result of success in other areas. We want it to be core to who we are.
In 2006, we came to the clear conclusion that God was calling us to partner significantly in stopping the AIDS pandemic in Africa. How we got there is a winding story, the summation of which is this: God gave us a very distinct direction in how Summit can be part of turning the tide in a pandemic that has no hope outside of Jesus Christ working through his church.
Join by Going
Summit has currently suspended travel for our 2020 global teams until further notice. We will continue to support our partner organizations' regular work and are committed to aiding them in their responses to COVID-19 as we are able. This year, our teams will stand by our partners in prayer and engage in supporting their work from afar during this season. To learn more about getting involved, send us an email.
Join by Sponsoring
Our long-standing partners, Children of the Nations and Children’s HopeChest, offer opportunities to sponsor children in several countries around the world including Malawi and Ethiopia, two of the countries Summit teams travel to each year. Learn more about sponsorship programs or sign up to sponsor a child with COTN or Children’s HopeChest.
Join by Hosting
A few times each year, Summit is able to host guests and students from abroad. We enjoy the opportunity to host them well which often includes them staying in Summit homes when possible. If you’re interested in hosting one of our international guests or otherwise helping with their stay, email Garry Abbott for more details.
Join by Getting Educated
Summit aspires to match good intentions with sound development strategies. Sometimes our best intentions result in unintended consequences and even harm to ourselves or the very people we are trying to help. Using specific resources, studies, and best practices, Summit collaborates with its partners in guiding our approach to serve the vulnerable with our hearts and minds. Check out these resources and consider studying one individually or with your Connect group, and let us know of others you have found valuable!
Meet Our Global Partners
We hope to form strong partnerships with existing ministries in Africa where we can unite together as individuals and organizations to put a stop to the worst humanitarian crisis in the history of the world. God has always been on the side of the poor and needy. As his hands and feet, it is our honor to take our place in history and join the work he has already started in Africa.
The mission of Africa Windmill Project is to establish food security by teaching farm irrigation and sustainable agriculture practices in Malawi.
Children’s HopeChest exists to help orphaned and vulnerable children and their communities through partnerships that cultivate holistic transformation.
Children of the Nations exists to raise children who transform nations by partnering with nationals to provide holistic, Christ-centered care.
Nairobi Chapel is a faith community originating in Nairobi, Kenya. Their desire is to see that each and every person that God brings through their doors has a life changing encounter and begins to live a life of purpose.
Tazama Nia has led efforts to help vulnerable women and children in Nairobi, Kenya since 2011. Their focus is community development and transformation through the platform of the local church.
In community with the local church, World Relief envisions the most vulnerable people transformed economically, socially, and spiritually.
