Isaiah 58, one of the most vivid and poetic passages in the Bible, starts with God’s distaste with empty religious ceremony, but then promises if we care for those in need (of clothing, housing, food, etc.), then our “own healing will quickly appear... your night will become like the noonday… and we will be like a well-watered garden.” Jesus summarized Isaiah 58 with one phrase: “If you lose your life for my sake, you gain it.” If we love, we live.

The Bible also teaches us that the concept of sowing and reaping will always be a part of God’s economy. “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” Genesis 8:22. We can’t always afford the time and finances to directly minister to people around the world that are in need. However, we can come alongside ministries that are doing the work and we can sow into those ministries and thus take part in the harvest of good works and fruit that those ministries present.

Shoreline Vineyard Church is proud to support the following ministries.