Tearfund
Big Quiz Night 2024
Churches, families and groups around the land will unite for an epic evening of poverty-beating, community-building fun. And you're invited.
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Churches that thrive, not just survive
Every pound you raise from your Big Quiz Night will support our Transforming Communities programme, helping local churches around the world lead their communities out of extreme poverty and into a sustainable future. This is about local people creating lasting change for themselves.
We have a vision to see hundreds of thousands of thriving churches transforming communities around the world – but we need your help. By taking part in Big Quiz Night, you can be one of the 500 churches we want to see signing up to help bring an end to extreme poverty.
As well as contributing to an amazing cause, the Big Quiz Night is a ready-made resource to help you engage your church with the wider community.
For more information, and to access all our amazing resource visit www.tearfund.org/quiz
How your quiz will make a difference
The medium of radio is a powerful tool Tearfund and its partner use across the world in broadcasting our Transforming Communities training.
Hope FM, in Kajo Keji, South Sudan, is a radio programme that is seeing lives transformed, reaching those living in extreme poverty, like Julius, and equipping them with the knowledge to transform their lives.
Julius Alfred, Hope FM listener
After conflict broke out in Kajo Keji, Julius and his family had to flee to Uganda, where they became refugees.
Years later, upon returning home, Julius discovered their home was burnt down and all their belongings were looted. They had no water, limited food, and were sleeping in the burnt remains of their home.
‘I went to visit a friend who had a radio and listened to a program called Transforming Communities that was full of teaching.’
‘When I listened to the program and teaching of CCT, I got deeper teachings that inspired me, especially identifying the local resources to transform our situation.’
Julius identified the land as one of his resources that he could cultivate to grow food to eat and form an income through selling other crops he grows.
‘Without this training, we would still be stuck in our old lifestyle and farming methods where previously, we only grew food crops to eat. We had no idea how to transform the soil to produce more.’
‘I give thanks to Transforming Communities because it has transformed us and we have forgotten the past [difficulties], and now our feeding is better and there is enough food now.’
The money you raise can unleash hope through church-led poverty solutions.
A gift of £24 could help to train one Transforming Communities facilitator like Joseph, through Bible studies, releasing communities to overcome extreme poverty.
A gift of £243 could equip 10 church leaders with our Transforming Communities training to develop lasting solutions like building waterpoints, schools and sustainable businesses.
Photo Credit Tom Price/Tearfund