Wilkey Honored By Agape International University

December 20, 2018 at 12:56 p.m.

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Joe Wilkey, founder of locally based World Compassion Network, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Ministry degree from Agape International University in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The president of the university and the secretary of state of Cambodia were among those at the ceremony.

After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Wilkey began work in Warsaw for R.R. Donnelly & Sons.

While living in the Chicago area, Wilkey felt the call to serve God more. Moving his family to Lincoln, Ill., he graduated in 1977 from Lincoln Christian University. He served Christian churches in Illinois, Texas and Indiana.

Beginning in 1978, Wilkey spent 45 days as an EMT in a refugee camp, touching thousands of lives in Cambodia.

Wilkey says he felt his gifts were better suited for compassion ministry so he went to work for Feed the Hungry for 10 years.

In 2002, as the result of 9/11, Wilkey and his wife, Lynn, began World Compassion Network in Warsaw to serve victims of natural and manmade disasters throughout the world. The ministry has led the Wilkeys to over 140 countries serving the Lord.

A large project in Cambodia involved developing a soil brick-making operation. Using a hand press, bricks are made with soil and water. Three buildings have been built so far.  One of these buildings is used to assist children rescued from sex trafficking.

He says Cambodia continues to grow in Christianity as Christian leaders minister to the surviving generations of the Khmer Rouge genocide.



Joe Wilkey, founder of locally based World Compassion Network, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Ministry degree from Agape International University in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The president of the university and the secretary of state of Cambodia were among those at the ceremony.

After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Wilkey began work in Warsaw for R.R. Donnelly & Sons.

While living in the Chicago area, Wilkey felt the call to serve God more. Moving his family to Lincoln, Ill., he graduated in 1977 from Lincoln Christian University. He served Christian churches in Illinois, Texas and Indiana.

Beginning in 1978, Wilkey spent 45 days as an EMT in a refugee camp, touching thousands of lives in Cambodia.

Wilkey says he felt his gifts were better suited for compassion ministry so he went to work for Feed the Hungry for 10 years.

In 2002, as the result of 9/11, Wilkey and his wife, Lynn, began World Compassion Network in Warsaw to serve victims of natural and manmade disasters throughout the world. The ministry has led the Wilkeys to over 140 countries serving the Lord.

A large project in Cambodia involved developing a soil brick-making operation. Using a hand press, bricks are made with soil and water. Three buildings have been built so far.  One of these buildings is used to assist children rescued from sex trafficking.

He says Cambodia continues to grow in Christianity as Christian leaders minister to the surviving generations of the Khmer Rouge genocide.



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