Christian Globalism at Home
An exploration of how ordinary U.S. Christians create global connections through the multibillion-dollar child sponsorship industry
Child sponsorship emerged from nineteenth-century Protestant missions to become one of today’s most profitable private fund-raising tools in organizations including World Vision, Compassion International, and ChildFund. Investigating two centuries of sponsorship and it...
An exploration of how ordinary U.S. Christians create global connections through the multibillion-dollar child sponsorship industry
Child sponsorship emerged from nineteenth-century Protestant missions to become one of today’s most profitable private fund-raising tools in organizations including World Vision, Compassion International, and ChildFund. Investigating two centuries of sponsorship and it...
