About Josh Mitchell

When Melody and I first met at Cornerstone University, neither of us pictured a life where we served in full-time ministry. It wasn't until after we graduated that God revealed that he had bigger plans for our lives. James 1:27 says, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after Orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." (NIV) Through much prayer, we've come to realize that God has called us to commit our marriage to serve him by caring for the vulnerable locally and globally.

It truly breaks our heart that so many in this world are marginalized and overlooked. There are over 140 million orphans in the world, and research shows that over 80% of children living in orphanages have a living parent! As staggering as this is, I am so encouraged by the positive, generational impact that World Orphans is making through their commitment to family preservation by way of the local church.

World Orphans is committed to equipping, inspiring and mobilizing the church to empower and preserve families so a child never grows up on the street or in an orphanage. Through their Home Based Care (HBC) program, families receive food, shelter, healthcare, education, hope and love.

As a church partnership director, I will have an amazing opportunity to help keep children in families. My role will be connecting US church communities with church communities in one of the nine countries where World Orphans works. Throughout Scripture, we are mandated to care for the fatherless and the oppressed. Isaiah 1:17 tells us, "Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause." (ESV)

My position with World Orphans is fully funded by people like you. A caring community that is putting their faith into action and making a generational impact for the Kingdom! Committing monthly or yearly financial gifts allows us to fund my salary and the ministry expenses I incur, while your prayers give us the encouragement and strength we need to keep on going. Would you prayerfully consider partnership with Melody and me? You can do so in three ways:

1-Becoming a monthly or yearly financial supporter.

2-Connect World Orphans with your local church.

3-Pray for us!

Please feel free to reach out to us by email for additional information or simply to connect:
josh@worldorphans.org or calendly.com/josh-worldorphans

In Christ,
Joshua & Melody Mitchell