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What We Do

"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." -James 1:27

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Family-Style Residential Care for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children

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The realization of a vision rarely occurs in a single step; consequently, our approach in pursuing God's calling with this ministry is incremental. We began this ministry by renting a small house in a suburb of Blantyre, Malawi, where we were quickly over-full.

 

In 2025, we were able to move to a larger facility capable of housing approximately 60 children. Our primary demographic is currently children under 10 years of age, though we pray to be able to expand our services to help older children as well.

 

Rather than an institutional model, we are pursuing a family style of residential care that mimics the nuclear family. To provide a healthy environment for the children we serve, our family-style care includes individual homes, live-in housemothers, and low child-to-staff ratios.  

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Community-Based Agriculture

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Cultivating food and cash crops can dramatically impact local economies by paying a truly living wage to workers who are too often taken advantage of, if they have employment at all. 

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In addition to funding our orphaned and vulnerable childcare services, our agricultural model serves the dual function of lifting up local communities and providing a witness to God's great love for them in Jesus.

"Whoever welcomes one little child like this in My name welcomes Me."     - Matthew 18:5
Ephratha House Christian Ministries is a registered 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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