When the world went into lockdown, Jose* started to wonder how he could use the situation for God.
Jose is a believer from the Southern Philippines, and when the pandemic hit, he decided to invite his relatives, the Santos* family, to begin an in-home small group.
The Santos family comes from a Muslim people group known for its hatred and anger towards opposing families and communities. Clashes are very common in this community because of the retaliation and vengeance so deeply rooted in their culture.
But Jose began the small group sessions by sharing stories from the Bible and had open conversations about who Jesus is. These open conversations led the family to ask more questions about Jesus and the life that He lived.
Jose prayed for each of them to experience a personal encounter with Jesus. He wanted them to discover Christ personally on their own. He wanted them to yearn for more knowledge of who Christ truly is.
By God’s grace, after many months of effort, the whole family made the decision to follow Christ and wanted to be baptized! In response to their desire, the local house church leaders organized a baptism ceremony.
However, their baptism was a little unusual. In order to evade any suspicion from the Muslim community, the church leaders asked the new believers to dive into the water!
Having declared their faith through baptism – though in an unorthodox manner – the Santos family is moving forward with the love of Christ having changed their lives! They will continue with their small group and keep learning about how much God loves them!
Pray
Please pray for believers like Jose who are seeking to share the Gospel during a time of lockdown.
And also pray for families like the Santos’, who have chosen to follow Christ despite the risks.
What do these names have in common? They are all prisoners because of their faith in Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, these three names are just a small representation of thousands of believers who are in prison or being held against their will because they are Christians.
Pray
Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh is currently serving a 10-year sentence. Ebrahim Firouzi is currently serving out his sentence in internal exile after spending six years in prison. Leah Sharibu has been declared a slave for life by Boko Haram after being denied release because she refused to deny her faith in Jesus Christ.
These believers courageously follow Jesus even though it has cost them their freedom.
Now – persecution and imprisonment is not a new phenomenon to the Church. We read about much persecution in the pages of the New Testament. Paul even wrote several letters to the churches while in prison for following Jesus. One of these letters was to the church at Philippi.
Here’s what he writes about his imprisonment in the first chapter of Philippians:
12. Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. 13. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14. And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.
Did you catch what Paul is saying in those verses? His imprisonment actually helped the church to be more courageous. Paul’s imprisonment gave the believers the confidence to live out their God given mission: the great commission.
If Paul’s courage in the face of imprisonment, could spur the early church to proclaiming the gospel, then I think the courage of believers like Naser, Ebrahim and Leah should spur us on to proclaim the gospel with boldness.
When we choose to share the gospel in our freedom, we honour those who share it in the face of persecution. But the opposite is true – if we choose to keep the gospel to ourselves, we dishonour those who shared it even in the face of extreme persecution.
Think about this: those who are persecuting Naser, Ebrahim and Leah are doing it because they don’t want the gospel to be proclaimed, they don’t want more people to hear the good news of Jesus Christ. If we choose to keep our faith to ourselves and withhold the gospel from the lost people around us, are we any different than their persecutors?
And so I encourage you today, in this very moment, to think about one person who you can share your faith with. Begin to pray for that person, look for the opportunities God gives you to share and then take them!
Let the courage of Naser, Ebrahim and Leah embolden you to share your faith with those around you!
After years of violence and oppression, more and more believers are leaving Iraq. In the past 30 years, nearly one million Christians have departed, leaving an estimated 150,000-200,000 in the whole country.
As part of Open Doors ongoing Hope for the Middle East campaign, will you join us in praying for Iraq?
Pray
– Please pray for protection and safety of the civilian families on Iraqi-Turkish borders. The military ground operations of Turkey have extended to neighbouring villages; the Turkish army is opening fire on the villages causing panic and fear among civilians. Since the middle of June, the Turkish army has been targeting PKK, the Kurdish workers’ party, who are located in the mountain areas in Iraq’s northern border region.
– Pray for the young Iraqi graduates. Each year groups of graduates volunteer to work as free lecturers in school, in the hope that they will be hired as official government employees in the future. Many of them faced disappointment when the ministry of education held on to them but didn’t hire them. Please pray for the young volunteers to be able to find a job to meet their daily needs.
– There is a lack of legal punishment for criminals who commit “honour crimes” – harming a woman under the pretext of protecting her honour; for instance, as a punishment for immodesty. This is a factor contributing to the increase of violence and murders against women and children. Pray to end the honour crimes and pray for a society free of violations.
– Pray for wisdom for political leaders in Iraq. Pray that they may lead the country to peace and far from corruption.
– Fear spread among the Iraqi people after a crisis development between the US government and Iran-supported militias in Iraq. The militias targeted the US embassy in Baghdad by missile strikes. The US threatened to close its embassy in Baghdad if the Iraqi government fails to act against the militia groups. This might also limit help from abroad. Please pray for peace and stability for the people in Iraq.
– Pray for the families of 2 women and 5 children who died when a missile hit their home in Baghdad. Pray that conflict on Iraqi soil will end.
– Pray for protection and stability for the Christians in the Nineveh plain. In 2014 Christians in Iraq were the main target of the so-called Islamic state. They were expelled and displaced, their house and villages were destroyed and many of them left the country. The number of Christians decreased dramatically. While thousands of them are now back, the security situation remains unstable. Pray for peace.
– Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq got infected. Pray for medical staff. There is a lack of medical equipment. Ask the lord for their protection and ask Him to strengthen them to continue to serve.
– Please continue to pray for the families of government employees in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Due to an economic and political disagreement between the central government of Iraq and Kurdish authorities, they haven’t received their salaries since the beginning of 2020. Ask the Lord for wisdom for the leaders on both sides to solve the problem that affects so many people economically.
– Ask for the Lord’s mercy for people who are passing through a very difficult financial time. Before the pandemic, poverty was already at high levels. During the lockdown, because of COVID-19, people were forced to stay home. Many people lost their job. The economic situation is worsening each day. This comes on top of the security issues and related fears that people are already dealing with.
Learn More
Iraq is number 15 on the 2020 World Watch List. You can learn more about Iraq’s statistics and challenges on its Country Profile.
You can also hear more about the situation in Iraq on the World Watch Weekly podcast.
Baptism can be a major step for our persecuted brothers and sisters. In places where converting to Christianity carries significant risk, making a public expression of faith often means more persecution.
But amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, a church that Open Doors partners with in Bangladesh reports that they have seen more and more Christians come to know the Lord and choose to be baptized. Last month, fifteen believers from northeastern Bangladesh were baptized together.
“It was a blessed moment for our church. There were about ten people who got baptised in February this year, and ten more were waiting to be baptised when the country went into lockdown,” said Peter*, an Open Doors partner.
After the baptism, they were each given their own Bible.
Among the baptized believers were two sisters, Dewanti and Mayna. They first moved to the village in 2017, where they met a believer named Brother Simon*.
He shared the gospel with them. He had been working closely with the men and the children of the village at first, but later got acquainted with the two sisters and invited them to an Open Doors adult literacy program.
Dewanti and Mayna were not the only ones who were impacted by the ministry of Brother Simon and the adult literacy program. In the past three years that he has been working there, 20 families have come to know the Lord and have been baptised. “As they believed, they have already started to go through mental and social persecution, but their unity in Christ amazed me.”
Praise God with us for these baptisms. Pray for these believers that they will continue to grow strong in their faith and be His salt and light to their community.
Learn More
Check out this episode of the World Watch Weekly podcast to learn more about why baptism is so dangerous for our persecuted family:
A young boy ran and took his ration of rice with happiness. Excited, he barely paused in his run home when the local pastor and Daniel*, an Open Doors partner, said hello. ‘‘When will you start cooking this rice?’’ Daniel asked. The boy replied immediately, “I will cook as soon as I get home! My parents went out for searching for food in the forest and they will at least bring mushroom and fruits, and then we are going to have a grand dinner tonight!”
The Lockdown Hardship
As the number of COVID-19 cases has increased in Myanmar, the chance to have a ‘grand dinner’ has been rare for many families. One Open Doors partner says, “People’s lives and livelihood are disrupted by the lockdown. They lost their jobs as daily wage labourers, they could not sell their vegetables and forest produce to the neighbouring villages as there is no proper transport. Jobless and without income, the believers were panicking as they also did not receive any help from the government. Their lives were difficult, but the lockdown made it even harder.”
In addition to the lockdowns, the yearly monsoon floods that were delayed last year resulted in poor harvests, so this year, the believers are facing a food shortage. In many farming areas, believers are panicking as mice and other pests attacked their crops this year. There is alarm about the future food crisis and possible disasters such as famines because of the pandemic.
Providing Relief
But your prayers and support have enabled Open Doors local partner to distribute relief to thousands of families in Myanmar, an answer to prayer for many believers and a testimony of God’s faithfulness towards his people. Sayed*, one of the believers who received this support, said “Your aid saved my family from hunger, especially in this corona situation, and I believe God is using your ministry to save many other people. May God bless the ministry. Amen!”
The journey to deliver the relief materials was not easy – the monsoon rains made the roads slippery and there was a risk of landslides. Open Doors partner Thun*, who travelled through these difficult terrains, shared, “Though this distribution is happening in the rainy season when the roads between villages are in a bad condition and muddy, we were able to do it solely because of God’s grace. Despite the circumstances, rice was distributed to the relief of many Christian families. This is indeed a blessing and couldn’t have happened if God didn’t pave the way for us.”
While he was helping to distribute aid, Open Doors local partner Obed*, who also provides training to believers on how to improve their livelihoods, took the opportunity to give tips on growing and planting vegetables to the pastors and believers so that they can better sustain themselves and sell the extra produce.
Noor*, a mother of three children extends her gratitude: “In this time of hunger I am able to feed my children. It is only because of your ministry. My profound gratitude will remain forever for your support.”
Jesus spent a lot of time talking about the Kingdom of God.
It was one of his favourite topics, but he didn’t describe the conquering, mighty kingdom his followers were maybe expecting. Instead, his idea of the kingdom included among other things, two rather bizarre metaphors: mustard and yeast.
He told another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and planted in his field. It’s the smallest of all seeds. But when it’s grown, it’s the largest of all vegetable plants. It becomes a tree so that the birds in the sky come and nest in its branches.”
He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in a bushel of wheat flour until the yeast had worked its way through all the dough.” (Matthew 13:31-33)
A mustard seed is hardly an inspiring image of a kingdom. It’s a small seed, difficult to even hold between two fingers. Imagine, if you will, a believer in a hostile country, struggling to survive because of their faith. It must often seem that the kingdom they are a part of truly is the size of a mustard seed. It can sometimes seem hopeless – how can a handful of undercover Christ followers make a difference when they’re under pressure from an authoritarian government or a strict community?
But the seed presents a dramatic image. Once planted, it sprouts into a massive leafy tower, large enough for birds to nest. The corresponding imagery of God’s kingdom on earth is clear: the “planting” of even one person’s life for the kingdom of God can see incredible results.
But it’s also interesting to peel back the different layers of the parable and see things that may not be immediately obvious to a 21st century audience. Jesus, addressing Jews, spoke of birds coming to nest in the kingdom of God – birds were often used as a reference to Gentiles, the people of the world. In Jesus’ view of the kingdom, it was not just the Jews who would rest in the branches, but the people of all the world: surely a shock to those who expected him to establish a kingdom like that of their ancient king David.
And then Jesus goes a step further and continues to confound his listeners: he addresses the women. After comparing the kingdom to sowing seeds – typically a male job, working in the fields – he takes the same idea and frames it in such a way that the women listening know exactly what he’s talking about.
This isn’t the only time he does so either. When Jesus talks about the kingdom of God, he often uses multiple metaphors – one that the men might understand, and then another that the women will. “Sisters,” he’s saying “I want you to know that you have just as much inheritance in the kingdom as your brothers do.” In first century Palestine, this was unheard of.
But Christ’s point is clear. The Kingdom of God on earth, though it begins small, will grow and reach out to welcome anyone who wishes to join.
Many years ago, Brother Andrew saw this exact result from his work of smuggling Bibles. Just one Bible given to a church in need gave them better access to God’s word, allowing them to grow and disciple other believers. As the church grew, they were able to become a light for Christ. That was his vision for the persecuted church. Today, Open Doors continues to seek to strengthen the persecuted church so that the kingdom of God can continue to grow.
That kingdom might not look like much on the outside. It might only look like a small seed, or a bit of yeast, or a faithful pastor in Communist Europe, or an African widow raising her children to follow God. But no matter how small it is at the beginning, we know that the ultimate end in the kingdom of God will be the most glorious result we can imagine.
Amnesty International has ended its operations in India after the Indian government froze its bank accounts.
Rajat Khosla, Amnesty’s senior director of research, advocacy and policy, told the BBC, “We are facing a rather unprecedented situation in India. Amnesty International India has been facing an onslaught of attacks, bullying and harassment by the government in a very systematic manner. This is all down to the human rights work that we were doing and the government not wanting to answer questions we raised.”
This comes just as the Indian government has passed a new bill in parliament called The Foreign Contribution Regulations Act (FCRA). The Voluntary Action Network India (VANI), a body of Indian voluntary organisations, has said the bill will make it virtually impossible for NGOs to function. The bill includes restrictions on permitted expenses for an NGO and on collaborations between different NGOs. VANI calls it a “major blow”.
Open Doors local partner Heena* says “Considering that most of the Christian organisations and churches are registered as NGOs, this new bill is targeted especially at Christian mission organisations which had been operating for a long time in coalition with international churches and organisations, and often get its funding from outside India.”
According to national news site TheHindu.com, there are currently almost 22,500 NGOs registered under the FCRA. However, because of the limited domestic philanthropy initiatives, “guidelines that criminalise activities of even those certified as FCRA compliant, thousands of small NGOs which enable good work and are dependent on legal funds obtained internationally, will shut down, also endangering livelihoods of those dependent on them for a vocation.”
Open Doors local partner Heena* says “Considering that most of the Christian organisations and churches are registered as NGOs, this new bill is targeted especially at Christian mission organisations which had been operating for a long time in coalition with international churches and organisations, and often get its funding from outside India.”
Please Pray
Open Doors works through local church partners in India, and is therefore not directly affected.
However, our local church partners continue to need our prayers as they face the new level of scrutiny this bill creates. Heena says, “Please pray for the mission organisations and churches in India which are mostly registered as NGOs. The government alleges that the grants they receive are used in fraudulent conversions to Christianity and are seeking different means to stop them functioning.”
Amidst violent activity, local faith communities continue to play an important role in restoring security in Nigeria.
According to Amnesty International, at least 1,126 people were killed in Nigeria in the first six months of this year, and the absence of rule of law left the rural population “at the mercy of rampaging gunmen.”
Among the dead are many of our brothers and sisters. Rev. Sam Ebute of Kangoro said the increase in violence in the past two months had paralysed the Christian community because people are too afraid to leave their homes. “For four years, since I became a priest in 2016, I have been burying my parishioners.”
According to one report, at least 105 members of the Baptist community in Kaduna state have been killed in attacks since January. When gunmen reportedly followed Rev. Alhamdu Mangadus to his farm and shot him, Christians in the region of Kaduna took to the streets in protest.
Attacks have reached unprecedented level
Amnesty is not the first to document escalating violence in Nigeria. The Islamist Boko Haram group, which started its insurgence in northeast Nigeria in 2009, was West Africa’s “most active and lethal actor” said the Washington-based non-profit organisation Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). Since its inception, the group has become responsible for killing at least 27,000 people in Nigeria and the surrounding nations of Chad and Cameroon.
With increasing violence, faith communities in Nigeria are providing an oasis of community, security, and comfort.
Meanwhile the conflict between herders and farming communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region has become more dangerous than the Boko Haram insurgency, said a 2018 report by the International Crisis Group. Armed groups of mostly Fulani militants target mostly Christian villages, loot property, kill and abduct villagers. A report published in July by members of the UK Parliament said Fulani militants were responsible for the majority of terror-related attacks in 2018.
Since then, the increase and spread of attacks to Nigeria’s north-western region — and the inability of the government to restore security — has created opportunities for other criminal groups who seek to create a foothold.
“The violence continues unabated and the attacks have reached an unprecedented level … in terms of intensity, modus operandi, the multiple actors and the large geographical scope,” said Illia Djadi, Open Doors’ Senior Analyst for Freedom of Religion or Belief in Sub- Saharan Africa.
He told the Religious Liberty Partnership roundtable webinar on Nigeria on September 16 that a new approach was needed and highlighted the role of Local Faith Actors, or LFAs, such as church leaders. They are strategically placed to help support victims and ultimately solve the problems on community level, he said. He said local people trust them and that they were often involved in peacebuilding efforts among communities.
Also, communities turn to churches in times of need, he said — not only for prayer, but for food and medication. “In times of crisis LFAs such as churches often are the first responders and have access to networks that give them a ‘logistical edge’ in terms of distributing aid,” Djadi said.
The COVID-19 pandemic made this obvious again, he said. “The nation-wide lock-down prevented people to go out, to feed their families and made them more vulnerable to attacks by militants.”
“If we could encourage international agencies to support LFAs, to increase their capacity and to make sure the aid reaches the actual victims, that would go a long way to help Nigeria out of this quagmire,” Djadi said.
Open Doors, through its local partners, has been able to deliver emergency aid to 15,000 families in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, Niger, Ethiopia, and Mozambique.
Sudan’s transitional government has agreed to remove Islam as its state religion as part of a peace deal it signed with rebel groups last week, per Bloomberg.
Thirty years ago, former president Omar al-Bashir enforced a strict Islamic law. Churches were confiscated or demolished, and leaders were harassed and arrested. Removing this law is the latest in a string of decisions taken by the new government to repeal laws that violated human rights. Last month it announced it would cancel the apostacy law and a law on public flogging. It also criminalised female genital mutilation. The changes are a response to demands made during months of street protests, which led to the ousting of al-Bashir in April 2019 and the installation of the transitional government.
“For Sudan to become a democratic country where the rights of all citizens are enshrined, the constitution should be based on the principle of ‘separation of religion and state,’ in the absence of which the right to self-determination must be respected,” says the declaration that was signed by the government and rebel groups, as quoted by Bloomberg.
“Open Doors welcomes this significant development in Sudan,” said Jo Newhouse, spokesperson for the organisation in Sub-Saharan Africa. “We share the Church’s careful optimism over the transitional government’s efforts to rid Sudan of laws discriminating against non- Muslims.”
However, Newhouse says there are issues that still need to be addressed. This includes the repeal of the blasphemy and public decency laws, as well as addressing difficulties with church building and registration, and of confiscated church properties. “A move to allow representation of religious minority groups in the Ministry of Religious Endowments with delegates they have chosen themselves, is also necessary,” she said.
Last week’s signing of a peace declaration is meant to end years of war in the regions of Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile. According to the UN, the conflict has killed at least 300,000 and displaced 2.7 million people in Darfur alone.
However, the agreement is fragile and not all rebel groups support it. Islamist groups loyal to al-Bashir have challenged recent government decisions, insisting Sharia should remain in force and calling on the army to step in and “defend the law of God.” Analysts, however, expect the groups to come around. “It is a Sudanese deal, negotiated by the Sudanese without external deadlines or arm-twisting. Both sides know that it must work or the democratic experiment will fail,” Edward Thomas, fellow of the Rift Valley Institute in Kenya, and Alex de Waal, is the executive director of the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University in the US, wrote for the BBC.
Please Pray
1. Pray for the ongoing efforts to improve human rights in Sudan. Pray that the government takes further necessary steps for full freedom of religion.
2. Pray for believers in Sudan to be given holy courage to share their faith amidst the updated laws.
3. Pray that the Gospel will reach willing hearts among the Sudanese peoples.
A church in Nicarauga is grieving the death of two of its pastors, who are among more than 40 church leaders who have passed away since March.
Bethel Restoration Church in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, lost two pastors to the coronavirus. “There was just so much misinformation,” said Raúl Valladares, whose father used to pastor the church. Mr Valladares took on leadership after his father and another pastor passed away.
When the COVID-19 virus arrived, Nicaragua’s government kept the country open and did not impose restrictions. Churches initially continued to meet, but in June Bethel closed its doors, following an advisory from the Assemblies of God Nicaragua Conference, the umbrella body to which it belongs. The church reopened on 2 August, this time with health restrictions in place.
According to the Nicaraguan Evangelical Alliance, at least 42 other pastors have died since March, although because of the lack of testing it can’t say whether COVID-19 was the cause of death for all of them. The Alliance represents most of the more than 100 Christian denominations in Nicaragua.
Bolivia
Although churches in Bolivia mostly closed with the lockdown, pastors kept reaching out to church members. “They went to pray, to visit the sick; in that work they died,” said pastor Luis Aruquipa of the National Christian Council. He told AP news that more than 100 evangelical pastors have died of the coronavirus.
COVID-19 has also plunged church leaders into financial difficulties. “Many pastors rely on tithing, financial contributions from church members, for their income and with churches closed, this suddenly stopped,” the spokesperson said. “We were able to help some of them and their families with financial aid and supplies.”
Please Pray
Pray for the families of the church leaders who have passed away. Pray for comfort and peace in their grief.
Pray for strength for the Latin American congregations, and that new pastors will capably lead the church.
Pray for those who are seeking to support the church through healthcare, food, and other emergency relief.
The Malaysian region of Sarawak has seen massive flooding last week. Heavy rains and thunderstorms saw water levels rise about a meter high. Many families were evacuated or moved to the second floors of their long houses. Schools were shut down as well.
One area that has been hit particularly hard is the town of Kapit, where many believers live and do ministry. Open Doors local partners have responded, preparing relief aid and other necessities to distribute to the affected communities. They carried the needed aid by boat.
The emergency relief was gratefully welcomed by the believers. “I did not expect that the (global) church would care. We do not ask for much. Whatever you have given us is already good. I am so thankful,” said one believer.
Another said, “I did so little for God, but yet He is faithful to provide for my need through you.” She has only just started sharing the gospel with her animistic family, after many years of being a believer. She was very touched that God still cares for her.
Another elderly believer shared, “Through this aid, we know that God still loves us and is merciful towards us.”
The flood waters have started to recede, and the people are ready to go back to their homes and their lives soon. Open Doors local partners will continue to provide relief aid to believers, as the flood has destroyed their crops and the pandemic is still on-going.
Please Pray
1. Pray for the believers as they go back to their normal lives. Pray that they will have a renewed understanding of the love of God.
2. Pray for God to protect and bless the work of our partners and volunteers who are providing aid to affected believers.
Supposedly, it was a blasphemous Facebook post that got an Egyptian Christian arrested.
In August, authorities in Upper Egypt imprisoned a 65-year-old Christian pharmacist under the accusation of uploading an insulting post about Islam onto social media. Proof was not brought forward, but the believer (whose name we were asked to withhold for fear of repercussions) is in prison awaiting his court case.
“My husband doesn’t even know how Facebook works really,” his wife told our contact. “He isn’t very good with things on the internet.” She tells us how the police entered the pharmacy of her husband and arrested him and their adult daughter who was working with him in the shop. Their daughter was released the next day and said that an angry crowd gathered close to the shop when they were taken to the police station.
“My husband is a very peaceful man,” says the pharmacist’s wife. “He had his pharmacy for over 30 years. He has Christian and Muslim customers. He never had any problems with anyone.” The wife supposes extremists hacked her husband’s Facebook page and posted the insults.
Why? “I can’t tell for sure, but recently two pharmacies were opened close to my husband’s shop. They belong to extremists’ families. Maybe someone wants to damage my husband’s business to help his competitors.”
The lawyer of the pharmacist says that the case against his client involves foul play. “At the time of my client’s arrest, the police officer took my client’s phone and printed out the blasphemous post. He put the print in an envelope and closed the envelope. Now the officer claims that he found the print in the drawer of the pharmacy. He took the CCTV footage from inside the pharmacy to hide what really happened.”
The Christian has been in prison for over a month now, awaiting his court case. His Facebook page has been deactivated by the authorities. His pharmacy remains closed.
Pray
Pray that this believer would be acquitted after a fair trial and that justice would be done
Pray also that his wife and daughter are protected from further harm, and that they are provided with necessary livelihood with the closing of the pharmacy
YOUR YEAR-END GIFT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
Persecution is growing, and so are the needs of persecuted believers. More Christians need Bibles, discipleship, trauma counselling, and relief aid as they face violence, displacement, and loss.
The Canada Post strikes slowed the arrival of gifts during this critical time of year. Will you help?
Your support will empower persecuted believers through Bibles, training, relief aid, trauma counselling, and more.
Persecution is growing, and so are the needs of persecuted believers. More Christians need Bibles, discipleship, trauma counselling, and relief aid as they face violence, displacement, and loss.
The Canada Post strikes slowed the arrival of gifts during this critical time of year. Will you help?
Your support will empower persecuted believers through Bibles, training, relief aid, trauma counselling, and more.
