Our Mission
Who is Widows Harvest?
Taking responsibility for the ongoing care of widows, thus fulfilling the mandate in Isaiah 1:17, "Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow."
Learn MorePlead the case of, Provide assistance to, and Promote the spiritual growth and ministries of widows.
What is our Mission?
In Isaiah 1:17, the prophet presents to Israel God's standards of worship for measuring their faithfulness to him as “learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed (or rebuke the oppressor) Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.”
In the 7th chapter of Zechariah, the credibility of Israel's worship is again called into question based on these same standards, but Israel, refusing to listen, “are scattered by a whirlwind,” and God tells them that they (not him) are guilty of “turning their pleasant land into a desolate place” (in effect, a place likened to the condition of widowhood).
In contrast to the consequences for Israel recorded in Zechariah 7, Acts 6:1-7, serves as the model for us when Isaiah 1:17 is being fulfilled by God's true worshipers, who seek to worship him in “spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24).
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Why Minister to Widows?
Based on the example of Anna the Prophetess (Luke 2) and the clearly mandated instruction for the widow to cry out night and day to the Lord through prayer (I Timothy 5:5), Widows Harvest Ministries has come to recognize the invaluable prayer resource that God has made available to His church through widows. A resource, sadly, though, that is largely unrecognized and consequently greatly underutilized.
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Abigael Atieno
Director of Widows Harvest Africa
Abigael Atieno (left), wife of Joshua and Director of Widows Harvest Africa, visiting with a widow in Kenya. Abigael has organized some of her widow's prayer team to take provisions to widows living out in more rural areas who literally have nothing.
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