ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the ways that the different departments changed their work and the extent to which they succeeded in shifting to a faith-based, church-centred approach. By 2005 there were major differences of opinion regarding what type of organisation Tearfund should be and what type of work it should be doing. Even while Matthew Frost had decided to foreground the faith-based approach, he intended for Tearfund to stay part of the mainstream, to continue to grow and receive institutional funding, and to continue being signed up to international codes and standards. The main point is that, despite the increased rhetoric about faith-based development and working with the local church, the vast majority of Tearfund’s work continued in a mainstream, secular manner. The campaign ran from 2004 to 2015, with national campaigns in 41 countries across the North and South and three global campaign moments in which everyone participated together.
