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Africa
Throughout history Africans have suffered from a legion of formidable hardships including drought, floods, disease, hunger and tribal warfare. Yet the greatest threat to all of Africa comes in the form of a false religion: Islam.
Armed with resources, Muslim fundamentalists are rapidly converting the entire continent, while followers of Christ struggle to survive.
Yet Christian Aid knows that the selfless love of Christ, embodied in African Christians, can transform nations and people.
Africa director, Rae Burnett, works with African ministry leaders to establish schools of missions that prepare native missionaries for the challenging work of sharing the gospel with the unreached.
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SINCE 1993, Rae Burnett has served as Field Director for Christian Aid’s Africa Division. She has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles over land, sea, and air, penetrating the depths of this dark continent to find indigenous ministries which are reaching those in their nations who have never heard the gospel. Thus far, she has been to 45 of Africa’s 54 countries, most of them many times.
by Rae Burnett
In this special season of giving, we want to thank you for your loving and faithful support for the work of indigenous missions in Africa. I am including some of the ways your gifts have produced light in the Dark Continent. We know very well that without your support, we could do nothing.
by Rae Burnett
Though one of few Burkinabé born into a Christian family, it was when he was 12 years old that Maurice Sawadogo heard these words of Jesus for the first time at his church’s summer camp. He immediately accepted Christ, and on returning home, called his neighbors together to hear the gospel. This first of hundreds of evangelistic meetings bore much fruit, including the formation of a preaching and worship team that ministered throughout the nation for many years.
by Rae Burnett
I just returned from five months in Africa. I spent one month visiting underground indigenous missionaries in three nations closed to the gospel. In one place, I met with 11 women who have been beaten and thrust out of their homes because they are believers.
by Rae Burnett
The constitution of every North African country mandates Islam as its religion and Arabic as the official language. Conversion is forbidden. Schools are Islamic. Believers are in real danger. Yet each one is quietly and faithfully going “about their Father’s business,” bringing people to Christ and discipling them.
Protection. Ownership. Privacy. ... Why they are so important to indigenous African ministries
by Rae Burnett
African ministries are awakening to the call for discipleship and missions, but workers must be trained. And they must be trained by their own people, Africans who know first-hand what is required.
Apr. 21, 2008 - "I am currently with Christian Chadian refugees in northern Nigeria. These are missionaries who plan to return in two days time to use this opportunity to bring Christ to those who are suffering so much now."
Dec. 7, 2007 - After working among the Fulani since 2002, Christian Aid-assisted Missionary Crusaders Ministries experienced a breakthrough in August when 12 Fulani accepted Christ as their Savior and expressed a desire for a church building and primary school.
by Rae Burnett
I’ve seen it time and again. In the hope of constructing a church building, African Christians pool their paltry resources and discover that the total sum is only enough for a crudely fashioned mud and thatch hovel....
by Rae Burnett
I met 5-year-old Jamoke in Winnie Owiti’s house. She awakened one morning to find him lying naked on the ground outside her front door. She scooped the crying bundle into her arms and kissed the distraught, tear-stained face....
by Rae Burnett
Tucked away from public view, native missionaries are building God’s kingdom in Africa. "I could feel the darkness and death in the air as we entered the Burundi prison yard. I knew the strength of the enemy was being held back by the power of Christ."
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