January 15, 2013 - Aleppo, Syria´s largest city, has been fought over by all sides of this civil war. Large minorities of Christian Arabs, Syrians, Assyrians and Armenians live in Aleppo. At times life in Aleppo is quite peaceful but now, all live under great tension.
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January 10, 2013 - Once again Boko Haram has targeted Yola, Nigeria, headquarters of an indigenous ministry helped by Christian Aid since 1986. Multiple attacks killed 20+ last year. Just last week four more were killed, including a grandmother and grandchild burned to death in their home.
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December 31, 2012 - When writing a "Year in Review" on the top trends in the indigenous missions movement, we can summarize 2012 by looking at the stories that most visibly affected the gospel-advancing work of native missionaries overseas.
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December 26, 2012 - While Christian pilgrims and tourists were streaming here from all over the world to visit the birthplace of Jesus Christ and worship at the Church of the Nativity this Christmas season, local Arab Christians were once again quietly going door to door, sharing food baskets and toys with their most needy neighbors.
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December 13, 2012 - How does a Christian keep the conversation going long enough with a Buddhist, so he can present him with the good news? Read on.
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December 11, 2012 - Matta grew up in a Muslim family in Turkey. His parents sent him to Koran school every summer, where he learned to read the Koran. As he grew older he soon became disillusioned with Islam.
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December 18, 2012 - As we near the end of 2012, it is time to pause and reflect on all the Lord has done this year through missionaries in Peru.
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December 12, 2012 - "This week, specifically last Tuesday, a Typhoon named Bopha (international name) or Pablo (Philippine name) hit the Philippine island of Mindanao in the areas of Cateel, Davao Oriental, and the Compostela Valley province where we live. Three days after the storm, my wife, Dorcas, and I went to New Bataan, where we saw toppled trees, banana plantations completely ruined, countless houses blown away, and much more devastation."
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November 21, 2012 - During the last four decades, Rohingyas, who are Muslims originally from Bangladesh, have migrated into Rakhine state, settling in villages and towns. The Rohingyas are faithful to their Islamic beliefs and have not assimilated with the locals, who are predominantly Theravada Buddhists.
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November 29, 2012 - In Colombia this year, native missionaries sponsored by Christian Aid Mission are sharing the gospel in several regions where it has been impossible for the past 10 years because of the guerrilla war.
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December 04, 2012 - Christian Aid is helping indigenous Nigerian missionary ministries which are preaching the gospel and bringing Muslims into the kingdom of God, even in the midst of this nationwide fear and chaos. After 30 years of living peacefully among Muslims, one of these ministries finds its headquarters in an area targeted by these terrorists.
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December 03, 2012 - "Yesterday, there was a big stand for the brotherhoods all over Egypt just to declare that they are with the new president's decisions. Mobs were chanting, 'We want Islam,' and they want to enforce the Sharia. One of them said, 'It is our country, and those who do not like our law or decisions should leave.' He then led the crowd to insult badly those who oppose Sharia, singling out and threatening Christians though they were not present."
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November 30, 2012 - "Our situation here is getting worse day by day," reports an Egyptian ministry leader supported by Christian Aid. Indigenous ministries are growing more concerned each day as they watch radical Islam gain control in Egypt. Christians in Egypt believe that dark days of persecution are looming ahead of them.
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November 9, 2012 - Recently indigenous missionaries working in Rakhine, Burma had the opportunity to share God´s love by distributing food to victims of violence who had been trapped in a crossfire between Rakhine Buddhists and Rochingya Muslims along the Burmese border with Bangladesh. Later they were able to hold an evangelism rally at a nearby village, where several came to faith in Christ.
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October 19, 2012 - Sami, a Syrian Muslim Background Believer and church leader was killed by a marauding militia earlier this month. This brings to 11 believers killed from this one ministry area in Syria. Many believers have fled to Lebanon. There are 32 Christian families left in Syria in this area that need to find a way to Lebanon.
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On a group of islands in the Southern Philippines, live the Tausug, a people part of the wider Moro ethnic group whose lives are intricately intertwined with Islam and animism.
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October 12, 2012 - Night after night we see the images on television of a country at war with itself; armed insurgents clashing with the Syrian army while villages burn, naturally we get the idea that the whole country is burning but actually the violence is not nearly so widespread.
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October 11, 2012 - "God's blessings have overwhelmed us through the warm welcome we have received from the families and tribes. One of the tribes honored us by slaughtering a sheep. We took the opportunity to share the gospel and explain from Isaiah 53 how Jesus made the sacrifice for us."
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October 02, 2012 - Last night, just a few miles away from our headquarters, the militant Islamist Boko Haram group stormed a university dormitory. Everywhere here in Adamawa State is now under curfew.
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September 17, 2012 - A top Jordanian missions leader says the attacks against local Christians and Americans in Egypt and Libya are "mere symbols" of a radical new Islamic order that has taken over in the Middle East.
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September 17, 2012 -The impact of Syrian refugees has been felt by indigenous mission groups in surrounding countries. Indigenous groups are providing as much material aid as they can but believe that sharing the Word of God with these refugees is the best thing to give, especially when people need help.
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September 21, 2012 -Thanks to the Lord's provision, the Bolivian mission group Serving Jesus Christ is continuing its vital ministry to the rural river villages of their country.
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September 05, 2012 -In the midst of death and destruction caused by flooding throughout the country, Life Missions Africa leader, Sadio Absoma, sends good news.
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August 30, 2012 -Jordanian native missionary leaders say they are being overwhelmed by a new surge of terrified Syrian refugees."They are coming under the fences every night, 2500 to 3000 at a time since the border with Turkey closed two days ago," says an indigenous leader of one of the main mission groups who asked not to be identified for security reasons.
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August 28, 2012 - Mr. Bountheung is an indigenous missionary who moved to Nongpong village 10 years ago to become a part of the community and reach out with the love of Christ. But this year he has been interrogated three times by village officials, forced to sell his property and finally arrested. What is his crime? He is a faithful Christian witness in a part of Laos that that is particularly hostile to Christians.
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August 23, 2012 - The man who has been called one of the most significant leaders in the history of Christianity in China has gone to be with the Lord whom he loved and served. Dr. Sun Yi-yin, known in America as “Freddie Sun,” succumbed to cancer on the evening of August 22nd at the age of 76.
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August 21, 2012 - In May, Slavik Radchuk, the Ukrainian born Area Director in charge of former Soviet Union states for Christian Aid, visited the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District in northern Siberia. Conditions in this region are brutal.
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August 21, 2012 - Nestled in the center of Asia lies the mountainous, landlocked country of Kyrgyzstan; once part of the Soviet Union. Kyrgyzstan has the lowest GDP of any nation in Central Asia, the bulk of its people live in rural areas and are involved in agriculture. Good News Mission of Kyrgyzstan has a heart for the various ethnic groups living in their country, and especially its young people.
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August 13, 2012 - In the wake of Hurricane Gener a storm moved into the Northern Philippines August 7, dropping torrential rains and causing ten-foot deep floods. Indigenous ministries are already responding to this latest disaster.
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August 07, 2012 - Even though conditions are improving, many families who have lost loved ones, remain without a permanent abode. Indigenous ministries continue to distribute basic necessities such as blankets and clothing to affected households.
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August 03, 2012 - Deep within Ecuador´s prison system, thousands of people live in physical and spiritual darkness. Prison Outreach of Ecuador (POE) boldly steps into this darkness and goes behind bars to minister to these lost souls and to the loving family members who visit them.
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July 25, 2012 - As the violence escalates in Syria, those who survive continue to seek refuge in other towns and villages inside Syria or flee to bordering countries. Wherever they have been stranded over the past 17 months, their situations are dire. “They are eating poorly and sleeping on the arid, dusty ground. No clean water means they have nothing for drinking and baths are taken in polluted water,” one ministry leader reported to Christian Aid.
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July 17, 2012 - "Right now," said the Burmese mission leader, "the whole of Rakhine State remains in crisis. Travel from city to city is almost impossible but the needs both spiritual and physical are great. They are hungry for food and thirsty for water, but also for the Word of God - as the doors are opening now, we must send help."
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July 04, 2012 - "The situation is so urgent as we have all been traumatized for the fact that these terrorists are targeting church and missions leaders in the North east. More than 50 pastors and missionary leaders have so far died of this persecution which the federal and State governments seem helpless."
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July 03, 2012 - Most of our churches in Northern Kenya have closed down due attacks by the al Shabaab terrorists. Most Christians had to evacuate to safer areas. Missionaries and pastors who have been serving there had to relocate. Yesterday's attack was in the middle of Garissa town where 2 churches were attacked. Police who were guarding were also killed. Of course, women and children were wounded.
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June 28, 2012 - A presidential election runoff was held in Egypt on June 16 and 17 between Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate and Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak. Morsi's win makes him the first Islamist elected as head of state in the Arab world.
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June 26, 2012 - "Just as I am writing this evening, a whole village in southern Kaduna is fighting. We have five missionaries there now whose work among local unreached Muslim tribes has been very successful. They are helping to comfort and shelter unprepared villagers who fled in terror as heavily armed Muslim militants invaded without warning. No police or soldiers have come, and it is doubtful they will."
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June 19, 2012 - "Terrorists have struck again. This time we had to evacuate our missionaries from Kandawa fields as Muslims militants discovered the work and threatened them. Right now we need your prayers as Chris (the overseer of all ministry work in the northern Islamic area)is still trapped in the fields with several missionaries, some with infants."
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June 18, 2012 - Christian Aid has received update reports from two indigenous ministries that we support in the Philippines chronicling the ongoing relief effort after the devastation caused by Typhoon Washi last year.
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June 12, 2012 - An indigenous missionary from nearby Lebanon crossed the border to baptize a believer last week. Instead, he had to bury him - shot in the head as a martyr for his recently found faith in Jesus Christ. Read more.
June 04, 2012 - Native missionaries went ahead with plans to baptize new believers and delivered food packages to suffering Christians in Syria over the weekend according to Christian Aid Mission in Charlottesville, Virginia. Read more.
May 15, 2012 - Indigenous missionaries in this huge North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have opened a prayer hotline for poor, rural farmers. Called the “Prayer on Phone Ministry” by local leaders, it has proven wildly successful. India has 919 million mobile phones. Read more.
May 1, 2012 - Nigeria - Coordinated attacks attributed to Muslim terrorists left at least 19 dead on Sunday in areas here where Christian Aid Mission is assisting native evangelists. Police attributed the attacks to Boko Haram, an Islamic terrorist sect which is seeking to create a separate Muslim state in northern Nigeria. Read more.
April 19, 2012 ...Another older woman told native missionaries, "I was talking with friends next to our building when suddenly, from every direction, we heard gun shots. At the same moment I watched my friends fall in front of me dead! I was also hit by a bullet. It fragmented my knee, and now I can't walk normally." Read more.
April 13, 2012 -Francisco Mendez, a native missionary with Associated Ministries of Argentina, reported that “There are 40 Wichi communities in Bolivia that need to be evangelized.” He learned about this when a village chief received Christ and told Francisco that there were many Wichi and Guaraní people in Bolivia that have never heard the gospel. Read more.
April 10, 2012 – Laotian officials, who were in town for three-days of anti-Christian indoctrination, rounded up 136 local Christian families here during the Holy Week, and confiscated their church building on Good Friday eve. Read more.
April 2, 2012 - India, though part of Asia, is a sub-continent with over 1600 “nations” contained within its borders. No greater convergence of diverse peoples, religions and languages exists on this planet than this great homeland of more than 1.2 billion people. Read more.
March 21, 2012 - In missions, the essential thing by far is the man and the vision. Next is the finance needed to accomplish that vision. Until 1996, when Rae Burnett first went to this African country, Brother Suleman, founder of an independent indigenous missionary ministry, had no support. Read more.
March 15, 2012 - Still mostly ignored by international news coverage, the trickle of refugees from the killing fields of Syria is turning into a flood. "The number of refugees is growing daily, mostly women and children," say indigenous leaders here. Read more.
March 14, 2012 - South American missionaries and believers pour their hearts out from the Andes Mountains to the Amazon jungles and from the Amazon tributaries of to the shanty towns across the continent. Poverty does not stop these grateful Christians from reaching out to those around them. Read more.
March 7, 2012 - The greatest need in China has been to find and train house church leaders to lead the rising generation of new believers. Christian Aid has helped to establish and support 151 Bible institutes and missionary training centers, with one or more located in every province of China. Read more.
March 6, 2012 - "Now anything can make us a target. We must move immediately…We had no idea of the danger that was coming. We had no clue that the need to move would be so pressing and even a matter of life or death." Native missionary ministry leader. Read more.
March 2, 2012 - The following information from Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF) regarding two churches in Luangprabang Province was sent to Christian Aid by an indigenous ministry being assisted in Laos. Read more.
February 29, 2012 - Don't wait til Christmas... Fulfill your calling to world missions in 2012. Help African native missionaries build the kingdom of God through indigenous ministries all year round. Read more.
February 29, 2012 - The New Testament gives priority to pioneer missions. Other things, though still important, are secondary. Notice I said “pioneer missions.” It´s based on what the Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 15:20-21; So have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named. Read more.
February 24, 2012 - On February 21-22, 2012, a group of 4-5 Saybuli district officials travelled to Kengweng village and conducted a seminar entitled "Tricks of the Enemy." Officials and villagers of Kengweng were asked to join the seminar. Read more.
February 23, 2012 - Punjab Ministries of India regularly conducts outside evangelistic outreaches in North India. In 2011, when the missionary team held an open- air meeting in one of the villages, they reported a wonderful work of God among the crowd of about 250 people. Read more.
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February 14, 2012 - Christopher Djatta was born into the Islamic Kotokoli tribe, the second largest people group in the West African francophone nation of Togo. When I met him in 2001, he was one of only 200 professing Christians among his tribe numbering 600,000. Read more.
February 9, 2012 - The Board of Directors elected a new President of Christian Aid to take over as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in January 2012. Read more.
February 7, 2012 - In most mission field countries, native missionaries are responsible for 90% of all pioneer evangelistic work among unreached people groups, even though they have only a tiny portion of the financial support that American missions have. In closed North African countries, they do 100% of the work. Read more.
January 26, 2012 - War! Poverty! Famine! Street children! Widows! Orphans! Rampant disease! Corrupt governments! Genocide! HIV/AIDS!—all these problems and more, well-known by the world, only increase even as billions of dollars in foreign aid continue to pour into Africa. Read more.
January 26, 2012 - Just a few weeks ago, the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram murdered Suleman Asmaul. A serious convert from Islam, Suleman spent time in discipleship training where he determined to take the gospel back to his own unreached and highly resistant Kanuri tribe. Read more.
January 25, 2012 - On January 20, multiple bombs rocked Kano as Boko Haram sprayed gunfire on 8 government sites including the headquarters of both local and zonal police, the State Security Service, which is the much-feared secret police, and immigration and passport offices. So far more than 200 people have died, many more are injured. Read more.
January 18, 2012 - First-hand report of a native missionary ministry leader supported by Christian Aid. "Thank God for His grace and mercy. Today, we buried Jacob Eloiyi, one of our ministry supporters who was killed by Islamic terrorists." Read more.
January 11, 2012 - Nearly 99 percent of all remote villages in Burma have no electricity. Because of this, church planters are unable to visit the villagers in the evenings for evangelistic outreach, follow-up or Bible study. But evenings are the only time these hardworking villagers are available since they work and perform their household chores during the daylight hours. Read more.
January 10, 2012 - Mothers here are telling horror stories of how their children were “robbed from their beds” by flood waters that killed over 1200 during the Christmas holidays. Indigenous missionaries, with help from Christian Aid Mission, are rushing assistance to help rebuild broken lives, homes and churches in the aftermath of Typhoon Washi. Read more.
January 6, 2012 - Indigenous missionaries are rushing aid to help rebuild broken lives, homes and churches after Typhoon Washi killed over 1200 during the Christmas holidays. The death toll is still climbing. On Thursday, 25 more died in a mudslide and many are still missing. Over 300,000 were left homeless. Read more.
January 1, 2012 - For more than 58 years Christian Aid has provided representation in the USA for indigenous evangelistic missions based in lands of great poverty. Most are in countries where American missionaries are no longer allowed to preach the gospel of Christ. Read more.
December 21, 2011 - The headline above goes back to May 2009. At that time the Board of Directors resolved that every contribution received by Christian Aid designated for an overseas need or ministry must be sent overseas 100% without deduction. Read more.
December 14, 2011 - To plant a witness for our Saviour within those nations where He previously had no people for His name has been the top priority of Christian Aid for more than 50 years. It´s the main point of foreign missions as revealed in the New Testament. Read more.
December 13, 2011 - Those who enter fully into the Christian experience will continually share two opposite emotions: joy and sorrow. Read more.
December 14, 2011 - Thanks to the loving gifts of many Christian Aid donors like you, the Christian school located in a secular Islamic country of West Africa has been able to complete the minimum renovations necessary to open its doors to the 300 children who are now being educated. Read more.
December 07, 2011 - When Dr. Bob Finley, Chairman and Founder of Christian Aid, was in China 62 years ago, he never in his wildest dreams imagined that we would ever see the likes of what´s happening there today. House churches are exploding in growth throughout the entire country. Read more.
November 23, 2011 - More than 130 Christians, including several indigenous missionaries, were brutally slaughtered on November 11 when members of a fanatic Islamic sect viciously attacked the mostly Christian community of New Jerusalem in Yobe State, Nigeria. Read more.
November 09, 2011 - In the dark days of Communist rule, many American church leaders said that the light of the gospel had been extinguished in the USSR. Even during that oppressive period, Christian Aid was in secret communications with hundreds of born again believers who were keeping alive the torch of Christian testimony in those closed countries. Read more.
November 08, 2011 - Indigenous missionaries here in northern Lebanon are asking for emergency help to feed and care for hundreds of Syrian refugees who have fled the terror and violence across the border in Syria. About 6000 refugees have streamed out of Syria so far in what amounts to a “secret exodus”. Read more.
October 26, 2011 - Hundreds of tribes and nations live in the 7000 islands of the Philippine archipelago. Before the Spaniards came in the 16th Century, the only organized religion among them was Islam, centered mainly in the large southern island of Mindinao. Read more.
October 25, 2011 - "Thailand is experiencing its worst flooding in over 60 years," says one leader, "Nearly 30 provinces have been flooded with thousands losing their homes, churches and businesses." Read more.
October 20, 2011 - More than 1 million refugees have fled the Ivory Coast to escape the bitter civil war precipitated by the fraudulent election of French-backed president Alassan Ouattara. One of the most prosperous and stable nations in Africa under the rule of former president Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivory Coast was flung into chaos when the rigged election results declared Ouattara the winner. Read more.
October 19, 2011 - During the months of June and July, with help from Christian Aid, the Lord enabled native missionaries serving with a ministry in India to reach 224 new villages with the gospel for the first time. Field missionaries presented Christ in a variety areas. Read more.
October 17, 2011 - Indigenous missionaries have organized a flotilla of small boats to deliver disaster relief along with a strong witness for Christ to flood victims here. Read more.
October 12, 2011 - Two years ago, in one of the secular Islamic countries of Africa, the owner of a highly-rated private school became a believer. He gave his school building to be used by the ministry to build the Lord´s kingdom and became a missionary himself. Read more.
October 05, 2011 - Native missionaries make the best possible persons for reaching their own people. They know the customs and languages of ethnic groups in their native lands. Local foods, climate and living conditions are not strange to them. Read more.
September 28, 2011 - Maurice Sawadogo, well-known and highly esteemed in Burkina Faso, proudly told Christian Aid Africa Director, Rae Burnett, of the 72 churches he planted and turned over to local denominations. Energetic and zealous, he had little understanding of true discipleship and the nature and purpose of the Church. Read more.
September 27, 2011 - Rain continues to fall and water keeps on pouring into Pakistan causing massive destruction to homes, crops and livelihood. In one of the area where one indigenous ministry is working, 70 Christian families are completely surrounded with water. Read more.
September 21, 2011 - An Indigenous Ministry that works in Iraq reports that Christians are persecuted and sometimes killed. Christians are no longer protected. Many have left Iraq. Future governments will not give Christians freedom. On the other hand, there is some good news. Read more.
September 14, 2011 - The explosive growth of indigenous missionary ministries is beyond the comprehension of most church people in America. Content to follow traditional methods of sending our own members abroad, churches are generally unaware that our Lord has moved ahead in world evangelization and left us far behind. Read more.
September 9, 2011 - The Gonzales recently opened a new children's program for 130 needy children in Guajitos. Almost half the population is under 15 years of age, and millions of children are living in poverty. Read more.
September 7, 2011 - Davao Strategic Outreach assists in church planting in Mindanao, Philippines targeting the Ata tribe. The Ata people are farmers scattered among the mountains in several provinces. Church planters who are sent to reach these unreached people do not receive funds to support them. Read more.
September 1, 2011 - The Christian Aid Area Director for the former USSR is calling upon American Christians to help acquire urgently needed church buildings in those countries. Slavik believes that the lack of church buildings and worship centers has reached a crisis stage in many former Soviet states. Read more.
August 25, 2011 - Indigenous missionary leaders in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are facing emergency needs for aid to flood victims and asking for prayers and support from Christians in the USA. Almost 4 million people are homeless as a result of monsoon rains and flooding. Read more.
August 24, 2011 - Christian Aid began sending financial help to indigenous missionary ministries in Latin America in 1953, and has continued to do so for 58 years. Priority is given to those that are sending native missionaries to carry the gospel into jungles and mountains where isolated tribes have never had contact with the outside world. Read more.
August 23, 2011 - Every day, more than 1000 refugees from Somalia flood across the unguarded border into Kenya. Over five million Africans are suffering the ravages of drought and starvation as famine stalks three countries in the northeastern “horn” of Africa. Read more.
August 18, 2011 - "So terrible and traumatizing. I bore it a little more easily because you remember that I had this experience before...but not as horrible as this-in the dead of night with dangerous men pointing guns at me, demanding that I give them everything I have or they shoot us all. Read more.
August 17, 2011 - At most missionary conferences, the theme is likely to be centered on how many human souls are lost in darkness with no hope of salvation. We are urged, therefore, to “rescue the perishing.” Read more.
August 12, 2011 - Financial aid is being received here for destitute victims of leprosy from Christian Aid Mission based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Most of these lepers are located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and many of them are Christians. Read more.
August 10, 2011 - Robert Morrison went out from England in 1807 as the first evangelical missionary to China. Thousands more followed him during the next 142 years; then the Communists took over and put them all out in 1949. Marxism-Maoism became the equivalent of a state religion. Read more.
August 4, 2011 - Summer is a time of the year when most tribal people are not busy because they are waiting for their crops to grow. During this time native missionaries in Burma hold summer evangelism camps that are very effective in reaching these families. Read more.
July 28, 2011 - Only two years ago, Life Missions Africa in Senegal extended 50 invitations to attend its first annual Young Men´s Conference. In response, 140 Senegalese from all religious backgrounds and tribal groups, including non-believers, arrived to study God´s Word and learn how the cross is the key to life in Christ. Read more.
July 21, 2011 - "The day was very hectic as we had to run to and fro to rescue many women and children who are the most affected and traumatized victims of the ethnic violence in Taraba State. This is especially sad since MCM has been having unprecedented success planting churches among both the Kona and the Mumuye tribes. Read more.
July 13, 2011 - This year one ministry in Burma has sent an evangelistic team to work among unreached people groups. As a result of the crusade, 71 people received salvation and eight persons were baptized. Read more.
July 6, 2011 - About 120 students of Bharat Bible College, as part of their practical outdoor ministry, along with the teachers, went into the streets to preach the gospel. They set up at several strategic centers in 11 towns and surrounding villages with the help of the public address system. Read more.
June 22, 2011 - For nearly six decades Christian Aid has provided a U.S. headquarters and support-gathering service for native mission ministries based in poor countries where local support is not available. Read more.
June 8, 2011 - It´s like asking, “What is a church?” The average person thinks of a building down on the corner. Mature Christians know better. The Word of God defines a church as a gathering of believers who have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus, and thus with one another as members of His body. So what is a missionary? Read more.
June 1, 2011 - Christian workers who minister along a river in Ecuador have been praying for a boat. Recently they received God´s supply. Christian Aid sent funds to Anchayacu Mission of Ecuador and the ministry was able to purchase a boat and motor. Read more.
May 25, 2011 - While visiting other countries, Christian Aid staff missionaries look for effective indigenous ministries already working among their own people. In addition, Christian Aid is frequently referred to new ministries by trusted missionaries whom we currently support. Read more.
May 18, 2011 - Jean-Batiste was preparing to become a doctor and eventually assume leadership of the ministry. The day after Christmas, he and a missionary team were readying the boat for ministry to previously unreached remote areas. Jean-Batiste was swept in by a strong river current, and he drowned. Read more.
May 11, 2011 - Nepal is experiencing relative freedom these days, but it faces challenges of a very unique nature. On the other hand, in Bangladesh where 96% of the population is Muslim, indigenous missionaries face daily opposition and work “underground” to reach one person at a time. Read more.
May 3, 2011 - A missionary pastor and his family were arrested, and are being secretly held in custody according to leaders associated with ministry to former USSR states. Read more.
April 27, 2011 - Calling for increased prayer, Rae Burnett, Africa Director at Virginia-based Christian Aid Mission, has confirmed reports that many thousands of Christians in North Africa and Nigeria spent the Easter holidays locked behind closed doors for their safety. Read more.
March 18, 2011 - The Christian Aid relief co-ordinator for Japan is calling Americans to pray and collect aid this weekend for families from Fukusima who lost loved ones in last week's killer quake. Read more.
March 06, 2011 - Violent government crackdowns on demonstrations continue in some North African countries this week. In Egypt, long-time Dictator/President Mubarak has been forced to resign. Native missionaries are concerned about the country's unpredictable future. Read more.
February 1, 2011 - For centuries, the impoverished tribals of the Bandarban Hills been without the spiritual and physical help they need to survive and develop. Totally animistic until recently, most of these tribals lived in terror of the tree spirits, ghosts and demons that inhabit their streams and hills. Read more.
January 12, 2011 - Haiti's best hope is for gospel-preaching indigenous missions to get the support they need, says Christian Aid Mission's Haiti Director, Rae Burnett. She directed emergency response to last year's deadly earthquake and is in regular touch with indigenous missions there which are assisted by Christian Aid. Read more.
September 13, 2010 - Although the secular news media have nearly forgotten the flood disaster in Pakistan, local Christian mission teams still carry on the grueling relief efforts every day. Delivering aid to one family at a time, they are often forced to use public transportation and walk to remote villages. Read more.
September 2, 2010 - Christian Aid Mission is increasing efforts to collect emergency help for the flood victims of the continuing crisis in Pakistan as worldwide interest from the news media wanes. Read more.
July 12, 2010 - Over 200,000 missionaries are on the fields with no support. Christian Aid is your best means to help meet their needs. Read more.
July 8, 2010 - In the Rift Valley, 500 families have been displaced by the floods that have destroyed human life and vegetation. Some of the displaced families are at risk for waterborne diseases such as cholera, dysentery, malaria and typhoid.... Read more.
June 4, 2010 - Christian Aid Mission is looking at long-term support in their continuing response to help the real indigenous missions rebuild in Haiti. Much short-term relief was offered by many government and humanitarian agencies, but much is yet to be done. Read more.
May 30, 2010 - As the annual summer season of open air campaigns begins in the former USSR, Slavik Radchuk has issued an urgent appeal for help from friends in the USA. Read more.
May 28, 2010 - People killed; families starving; homes, roads, and church buildings destroyed as flash floods and subsequent landslides again claim many lives and cause massive destruction of property and farmlands throughout Kenya. Read more.
May 27, 2010 - Native missionaries say disaster relief is needed now for distressed believers in Sri Lanka. Just off the coast of South India, the island state of Sri Lanka was hit with an early tropical storm that caused massive flooding and displaced 500,000 a week ago. Read more.
May 5, 2010 - In SRI LANKA, native missionaries spend many hours traveling by foot to villages to share the gospel, plant churches and disciple new believers. A ministry in NEPAL, started in 2000, develops and trains church leaders. NEPAL is also home to nearly 20,000 Tibetan refugees who have been resistant to the Gospel message, but are now being reached by native missionaries. Read more.
April 30, 2010 - After more than 60 years of fruitful ministry, a pioneer apostle to the people of the Philippines has gone to his reward. Greg Tingson went to be with the Lord he served so faithfully on April 24, 2010. Read more.
April 01, 2010 - Thanks to your response and gifts received in 2010, construction has begun on replacement housing in some flood-ravaged villages of South India. Hastily made bamboo huts allocated during the emergency phase are now being enlarged and strengthened with durable building materials. Read more.
March 18, 2010 - Approximately 10,000 people in northern Kenya have been displaced by flooding, with hundreds of animals drowned or missing, and many houses and businesses submerged. At least 17 people have died in the floods. Read more.
March 9, 2010 - The Jos community, still in recovery mode from Januarys violence, was awakened at 2 a.m. on March 7 by Fulani Muslims who set fire to houses, and shot those who tried to escape. Read more.
March 2, 2010 - Some 2 million people in Chile were affected in one way or another by the fifth most powerful earthquake in the last 100 years. The strong tremors began early Saturday morning with an 8.8 magnitude quake followed by more than 90 aftershocks. Read more.
March 1, 2010 - We would like to provide you with an update about the on-going relief for the persecuted believers in Orissa, India. As you know this state was greatly impacted by the fundamental riots that took place against Christians in December 2007 and August 2008. Hundreds lost their lives and thousands found their houses and churches damaged or burned to the ground. Read more.
Feb 23, 2010 - Christian Aid assists numerous native missions in expanding broadcasting as a means of reaching millions with the gospel. This week, Christian Aid is co-hosting the International Broadcasters reception at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Nashville, and participating in a number of sessions with native missionary broadcasters who are visiting the USA. Read more.
Feb 9, 2010 - 48 Laotian Christians, marched from their village at gunpoint, have been abandoned on the roadside three miles from their homes. Their return to home and family is blocked by armed police squads. Read more.
Feb 8, 2010 - Flooding and drought have resulted in famine conditions for millions in this desperately poor West African country. Children are especially at risk. Christian Aid´s Africa Director Rae Burnett, travelling in Central and West Africa, received this urgent cry for help from indigenous missionaries helped by Christian Aid in Niger. Read more.
Feb 5, 2010 - Thanks to gifts from concerned friends in the United States, construction has begun on replacement housing in some flood-ravaged villages of South India. The aid was given as Christian Aid supporters responded to appeals for help during terrible flooding there last fall. Read more.
Feb 4, 2010 - The whole country of Nigeria is in turmoil over this and other problems. Marches and protests, demanding the rule of law, are taking place throughout the country with the exception of Islamic regions in the north. Read more.
Jan 29, 2010 - Christian Aid is not a news service, but rather a unique missions ministry that is in touch with thousands of indigenous ministry leaders throughout the world. We provide reports sent directly from these leaders. Read more.
Jan 26, 2010 - The homeless and injured need our prayers and compassionate aid as another wave of Muslim/Christian violence sweeps the city of Jos in central Nigeria. Native missionaries share God´s love and the gospel in a time of terror and crisis. Read more.
Jan 19, 2010 - Modern technology is speaking the gospel and teaching the Word of God to oral cultures in the Middle East. Media players have become much more than entertainment toys. Indigenous missionaries are creating programs for these hand-held devices. Read more.
Jan 19, 2010 - While massive American aid is flowing into Haiti this week, Christian Aid Mission is looking at long-term support to indigenous missionaries. While emergency medical relief is being sent, overseas directors see a three or four year rebuilding program. Read more.
Jan 19, 2010 - Through mission´s mobilization conferences, practical evangelistic outreaches and Video Bible Schools, native missionaries hope to be able to mobilize another 3000 native missionaries in Eurasia. Read more.
January 1, 2010 - With the generous help of Christian Aid donors, a ministry based in Pakistan was able to contribute significantly to help rehabilitate the persecuted people of Korian. Read more.
December 25, 2009 - Dear Fellow Christian, On your birthday, do your friends and family send gifts to one another? Of course not. Birthday gifts celebrate the one who was born that day.
So how should we celebrate the birth of our Saviour? By exchanging presents with loved ones who already have what they need? Why not rather give to our Lord Himself? Read more.
November 24, 2009 - A century ago there were hardly any indigenous missions in all of India. Today more than 3000 of them deploy over 100,000 native missionaries who are winning souls and planting churches among the 1600 different tribes and nations scattered throughout that vast subcontinent. Read more.
November 21, 2009 - Most of the children shown in this picture have lived hard lives by the age of 10. Their memories consist of images of sleeping in abandoned buildings, sewer tunnels, or on the street, if weather permits. They carry with them the stigma of being "dirty little outcasts" made into criminals for survival. Read more.
November 20, 2009 - Believers in the Philippines are constantly assaulted by two forces: natural disaster and human cruelty. Earthquakes and tsunamis are among the other natural disasters threatening these tiny islands, but perhaps the most devastating trial for these people is the cruelty imposed on them by barbaric terrorists, bandits, or communist rebels. Read more.
October 28, 2009 - EXAMINING the lives of believers in Vietnam, Laos, and Burma, we can begin to understand the nature and cause of persecution many Christians experience. All three countries have military dictatorships at the helm of government. Both human rights and religious rights are often trampled. Read more.
October 23, 2009 - An indigenous ministry in India sent these photos taken by a native missionary visiting the affected areas and seeking to help those in need. Read more.
October 12, 2009 - Africa Director Rae Burnett first visited Trinity Gospel Ministries in war-devastated Sierra Leone in 1996. She observed the ministry´s merciful outreach to those living in severe poverty, as well as to amputees maimed by rebel soldiers in Sierra Leone´s bloody 10-year civil war. Read more.
October 09, 2009 - Recently floods in south India and in the Philippines brought devastation and an appeal for help by Christians and indigenous ministries located in the affected areas. And not far away in Indonesia, an earthquake destroyed over 100,000 homes in the largest city in West Sumatra. Read more.
September 29, 2009 - As more and more countries close their doors to the gospel (and foreign missionaries), the presence of native missionaries becomes even more significant. Read more.
September 28, 2009 - Three Lao officials arrested Thao Oun, elder of the Boukham Church. He was detained, interrogated, and terrorized for five to six hours. Police authorities threatened Thao Oun that if news got out to the international community about this incident, they would put him to death. Read more.
September 10, 2009 - As July came to a close, violence erupted in northern Nigeria, a hotbed of Muslim/Christian tension. More than 700 have been killed, 2,000 arrested, and six churches destroyed by members of a Muslim terrorist group known as Boko Haram, which means “western education is sin.” Read more.
August 14, 2009 - A Christian family in Pakistan cut up pieces of paper to be used as confetti in an upcoming wedding. Out of this innocent act, a ridiculous rumor spread saying that the pieces of paper were really pages ripped out from the Koran and shredded.
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August 13, 2009 - In most cultures, deaf and/or otherwise impaired individuals are a neglected segment of society. Some mission agencies list the deaf population in about 40 countries as being an Unreached People Group.
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August 10, 2009 - Earlier this year, Christian Aid reported that Christians were suffering abuse in Vietnam. It has been especially prevalent in rural areas where the persecutors avoid scrutiny from the outside world. In one remote area, various acts of violence include the destruction of homes and tortures have been going on for the last five years.
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August 07, 2009 - The Laotian Constitution states: Lao citizens have the right and freedom to believe or not to believe in religions. Yet Christian believers´ rights were once again violated by local officials of Katin Village.
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July 31, 2009 - In a period of just eight months, Christians in the State of Orissa, India, suffered two waves of persecution and a major flood. The first crisis began on Christmas Eve day in 2007, now referred to as "Black Christmas." Hindu fanatics first attacked Christians in Kandhamal. Next, in June of 2008 incessant rains flooded the already devastated areas in Orissa. But even these floods did not dampen the fervor of the extremists.
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July 14, 2009 - For over 50 years Christian Aid has been assisting indigenous missionaries in seeking out unreached people groups for the kingdom of God. There are segments in every culture that are often neglected when it comes to evangelization...
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July 13, 2009 - Devastating cyclones, bitter ethnic wars, and human rights abuses have all had a part in contributing to the poverty and spiritual darkness that characterizes Burma today. Despite this opposition, the church in Burma is gaining ground.
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June 05, 2009 - A native missionary from Bangladesh wrote Christian Aid saying: "I am sure you are aware that Cyclone Aila hit our country and has caused much damage. The current death toll is 125 people, and there are still many missing. Although we are now safe from the storm, we really need help in overcoming this devastation." Read more.
June 04, 2009 - "They all need our help and the needs are great. Our mission is two-fold: We are trying to provide them with the basics – food, water, and hygiene facilities. In spite of the turmoil around us, the Lord has provided opportunities to take the Word of God to displaced people in various camps."
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April 29, 2009 - The Laos constitution professes freedom of religion in its Constitution: "Lao citizens, irrespective of their sex, social status, education, faith, and ethnic groups are all equal before the law" according to Article 22. Article 9, however, is loosely written to say, "The state respects and protects all lawful activities of the Buddhists and of other religious followers . . . to participate in the activities which are beneficial to the country and people."
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April 15, 2009 - There are many indigenous ministries located throughout Eastern Europe, Russia, Siberia, and Central Asia. In most cases they are located far apart from one another. In some of these countries public transportation, such as buses or trains, are available. But the service is often very limited.
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April 01, 2009 - More than a year after the horrendous post-election violence erupted in Kenya, 10 million people face starvation. Hundreds of thousands were displaced, including farmers who have not returned to their homes to produce crops. Famine has overtaken the nation. Read more.
February 26, 2009 - "As you may remember, the Vietnamese government has been consistently ranked as one of the harshest persecutors of Christians in the world. In order to become legal, they must register with the government. This allows the government to closely monitor the churches."
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February 04, 2009 - In the midst of continual strife and turmoil, a small glimmer of hope shined in one area: "It is reported that the Deberi Sahi Church (under the jurisdiction of the Daringbadi police station), was able to celebrate Christmas this year without incident. Even more remarkable, hundreds of Hindus joined to celebrate with us!
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January 20, 2009 - After three decades of relentless oppression by megalomaniac president Robert Mugabe, Zimbabweans are entering the worst of their seven straight years of hunger and suffering. With a cholera epidemic threatening the lives of nearly half the malnourished population, 2009 looks grim for the collapsing country.
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January 19, 2009 - Since the horrendous post-election violence in Kenya, which destroyed families and devastated towns and villages, Kenya Evangelism Team has worked diligently to help those left in the wake of the destruction.
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January 19, 2009 - The battles raging in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank over the past several decades have always held worldwide political implications. Throughout history, no one has ever lived in the holy land without strife. It is difficult to hope for reconciliation – at least from a purely human perspective.
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December 10, 2008 - Christian Aid has received this news update from native missionaries living inside of Jos. Most reports of this situation by secular media contain skewed information, received directly from the Nigerian government.
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October 14, 2008 - In 2005 the city launched a demolition project as the first phase of its rebuilding program. Many communities were bulldozed and hundreds of citizens were left homeless. Last year a Protestant church was confiscated and completely demolished. Read more.
October 13, 2008 - Shortly after World War II, Albania was officially declared to be the world’s first atheistic state. Marxist dictator, Enver Hoxha, claimed to have murdered God and called this his greatest achievement. In the end, however, all he really accomplished was murdering religious practices. After Hoxha died in 1985, it did not take long for new believers to emerge.
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October 11, 2008 - ..."The government has special task forces to hunt Christians from their offices, homes, from under-ground and on the street. Their aim is to eradicate Christianity from the country by killing believers, beating them into death in front of their peers."
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October 8, 2008 - In most Western cultures persecution of Christians is seen in its more subtle forms: ridicule, inciting of religious arguments, attempts to suppress public forms of Christian expression, and accusations of being "religious fanatics" for sharing your faith. But in the Majority World (or, the "developing countries"), persecution is as blatant as it is rampant.
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September 12, 2008 - Once again, Christians in the Kandhmal District of Orissa State have come under attack. The motivation is unclear, but a group of burgeoning Communist insurgents is suspected of attacking and killing Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, Swami Laxmananda Saraswati and four of his associates on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Read more.
August 26, 2008 - Christian Aid received a report from a ministry in India. The following is quoted in full from their News bulletin: AFTERMATH OF SWAMI'S KILLING : THE CHRISTIAN VICTIMS LIST
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July 29, 2008 - On May 28, 2008, the monarchy reigning in Nepal for 240 years was abolished. It is now officially declared to be a Federal Democratic Republic. It is uncertain how this turn of events will specifically affect ministries in Nepal assisted by Christian Aid – or how it will affect the small, but growing population of Christians in general.
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July 28, 2008 - On Sunday, July 20th at 10:00 a.m. ten district police authorities stormed into the Boukham Church and ordered the believers to cease their worshipping God or else they would face arrest and imprisonment. When believers refused to comply with the order, the ten police commenced to arrest five church leaders.
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July 18, 2008 - Christian Aid received this update from a ministry leader in Chad: "Last weekend, a group of Muslim radicals raided a village in southern Chad in an effort to forcefully convert all to Islam. They burned down four churches and 150 houses, and killed several people. This is a huge threat to the fledging Church in our country.
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July 03, 2008 - As you know, Mt. Elgon was attacked by a terrorist group, called the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF). At their hands, many people were brutally killed, attacked, raped and even set on fire. They burned houses, churches and schools, and robbed the people of their food, livestock and other belongings. It became even worse after the January 1 general elections.
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June 30, 2008 - Christopher Djatta, ministry leader of Warriors for Christ (WFC) in Togo, works to disciple and train new believers to become missionaries to their own tribes. Once these believers finish their training, Christopher helps them establish tent making projects that will allow them to support their own ministries. Read more.
June 30, 2008 - A ministry supported by Christian Aid is located in the heart of the disaster area of Orissa State, India. Estimates are that nearly 700,000 people in the Balasore District have been stranded due to the heavy flooding caused by torrential rains.
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June 24, 2008 - During the very first days of the cyclone disaster a ministry supported by Christian Aid reported that a sister ministry located in Thailand was able to bring goods into Burma without incident. While help from foreign agencies was constantly thwarted by the government, indigenous missionaries were able to start work immediately because of their status as "locals," and because of the timely gifts from Christian Aid donors.
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May 23, 2008 - Christian Aid continually receives reports of native missionaries suffering from persecution in various states of India. These two are from Bihar:
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May 22, 2008 - "Many who survived the cyclone are now on the verge of death because of a lack of food, water, or shelter from the wind, rain, and cooler weather," comes news from a ministry assisted through Christian Aid Mission. It is expected that even more will die as injuries and ensuing diseases go untreated. Read more.
May 21, 2008 - "I talked to one of our long-time faithful partners, who listened to my plea for help for the Ark Handicapped Orphanage in China. He and his wife not only gave a very generous donation themselves, but they are contacting all of their relatives, friends and church family and are encouraging them to give their help, as well."
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May 16, 2008 - The masses continue to suffer as Chadian rebels, backed by Sudan, continue to fight against the Chadian government. Christian Aid received the following update from a ministry leader in Chad:
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May 13, 2008 - In addition to those already dead from the storm, more are dying because of injuries, illness, and a lack of clean water, food and sanitation. The situation is getting worse as each day passes. There is fear that there may be ensuing epidemic outbreaks of malaria, cholera and other diseases.
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May 08, 2008 - As the death toll keeps increasing and the needs become even more desperate, the rulers of darkness and spiritual wickedness in high places hover over Burma like a swarm of locusts. One native ministry leader described the situation like this: "Everything looks so dark. We are all stunned from the shock – we are numb, in a stupor."
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May 07, 2008 - "My family and I live in Rangoon (Yangon) and I can tell you that the whole city was horrified by the number of causalities, death, and the destruction of property and landscape. One family living near my home lost their house when it collapsed. I am now taking care of all of them (9 people) in my home.
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May 06, 2008 - In the midst of the chaos wrought by Cyclone Nargis this weekend, it is estimated that the death toll has doubled since yesterday. Rangoon, the commercial capital of the country, was devastated by the storm. Hundreds of thousands of people in Burma are now without shelter or clean water to drink.
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April 24, 2008 - "In four districts of Kenya, several thousand of our church members have been scattered throughout the country. This is all the members of 60 of our churches. We still do not know what has become of some of them. Many are living in camps. Three of our church buildings were looted and demolished."
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April 21, 2008 - "January 30 was when we started hearing about the rebel advance to N’djamena. We are so used to problems here in Chad that we didn’t think it serious."
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April 20, 2008 - Missionaries with Segadores (Reapers) in Peru recently learned of a hidden tribe of people who have never been reached by anyone from the outside world, much less Christians bringing the gospel. But in order to reach them, they must travel in areas where they put themselves at risk to venomous snake and spider bites – or where they might be shot at with bow and arrows.
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March 27, 2008 - ”We send our love and gratitude in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to the brethren of Christian Aid. Thank you so much for what you have done for us. All our indigenous missionaries and children do express their appreciation."
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March 18, 2008 - For many years Christian Aid has been helping ministries in Burma and has witnessed many wonderful reports from missionaries laboring in this troubled land. But this latest startling report tells of 4,700 Buddhist monks who accepted Christ as their Savior.
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March 17, 2008 - Last year Bolivia experienced its worst flooding in 25 years, killing 35 people, drowning 22,500 head of cattle, and destroying nearly 500,000 acres of cropland. Over 90,000 people were affected in some way due to the devastation. Homes, furniture, personal belongings and crops were lost.
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February 08, 2008 - "Today we were very grateful to God that we were able to provide transportation for 66 people who have been displaced by post election violence and were staying at a police station in Kisumu for the past three weeks."
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February 07, 2008 - "The situation here is getting worse. Two of Raila Odinga’s legislators have been shot dead. Violence is getting more organized and everything is difficult. I have been in my house for days, you have to walk if you must go to town."
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February 06, 2008 - "It has been days since we were locked in our house in Ahero a few miles from Kisumu, a main center of recent violence after the general elections, which included civic elections, parliamentary elections and presidential elections," reports Winnie Owiti, leader of Ebenezer Life Center."
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February 05, 2008 - "In Mt. Elgon there have been many killings, and the town of Gitwamba was totally burnt down. All of our KET churches were destroyed and all members ran away. Our two churches in Eldoret and 15 churches in Mount Elgon are severely affected, and members of those churches are homeless."
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January 31, 2008 - "We were finally able to contact the Red Cross today to assist our church members in Naivasha (a town outside of Nairobi), but they say they cannot help. These believers have experienced terrible violence--15 people were burnt alive in a house and 24 others were killed. Four people were shot to death."
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January 25, 2008 - Believers in this village are encouraged as 10 homes have been completed so far. Hundreds of blankets have been supplied, priority being given to those families with children or elderly parents. "We had no capacity to buy blankets to protect us from the winter, but you have saved us," reports Moriom, another believer who received help from contributions sent to Christian Aid.
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January 18, 2008 - Christian Aid just received more grim news on the violence against Christians in the Kandhamal District of Orissa. Four different ministries supported by Christian Aid echo these tragic reports:
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January 11, 2008 - An emergency meeting between Christian leaders and the chief minister was called, where it was decided that extraordinary action was needed. The deployment of more police force, including deputy senior officers, finally resulted in the suppression of the terror campaign instigated by radical Hindu extremists against Christians on Christmas Eve. But the damage is already done.
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January 03, 2008 - We desperately need your prayers. The Kenya situation is getting worse every day, as many innocent lives are being lost — children and mothers and fathers killed; many houses, shops and stores have been reduced to ashes.
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January 02, 2008 - On the afternoon of December 24, 2007, many Christians in the Kandhamal District of India were preparing for their usual Christmas festivities. A quarrel broke out after a group of people approached one of the tents voicing their disapproval of the decorations being used for the Christmas celebration. A scuffle ensued which escalated into open fire on the Christians, resulting in gunshot wounds to three of them. Read more.
December 13, 2007 - Radical Muslim missionaries to Central Asian countries are desperate to thwart the spread of Christianity. So desperate, they used the medium of television to spread propaganda about Christians and their beliefs.
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December 07, 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.
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December 03, 2007 - A ministry in West Bengal that Christian Aid has been assisting since 1956 is still suffering from nature’s fury after this year’s monsoon season caused the worst damage and destruction in decades. Roads were destroyed, houses washed away, hospitals evacuated, and lives have been lost.
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August 27, 2007 - Beginning in 1990, five Burmese gospel workers began translating the Bible into the language spoken by the Ngawn tribe, an unreached people group of 20,000. Using only a manual typewriter, the workers completed 10 copies of the translation in 2006. These copies were kept in a safe location and loaned to native believers.
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August 17, 2007 - With the help of Christian Aid supporters, Save Africa Project, an indigenous ministry in Chad, has found strategic methods of sharing the gospel with the Muslim majority. According to SAP, Islam is spreading rapidly in Chad due to the growing number of Islamic humanitarian organizations that promise valuable resources to members of Chad's poor, uneducated class.
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August 07, 2007 - This year, due to the Bible distribution efforts of a Christian Aid-supported ministry in Iraq, a former major in the late Saddam Hussein’s army accepted Christ as Savior. He and his wife have also led their entire family to Christ.
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July 20, 2007 - This year proved a turning point for native Christians living in Attapeu Province of southern Laos. After years of struggle, believers rejoiced as the government now recognizes Christianity as a legitimate religion.
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July 10, 2007 - In contrast to its Middle Eastern neighbors, Jordan has traditionally maintained considerable tolerance toward minority groups. While Islam is the official state religion the constitution provides for freedom of religion. Although proselytizing of Muslims is technically illegal, Christians living in Jordan have faced relatively little persecution, until recently, that is.
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June 30, 2007 - "Heavy rains are falling in Liberia as I write to you. They continue day and night without ceasing. The rural areas of the country are very bad and transportation fares are increasing. Those of us involved in mission work are having a very hard time, but we shall remain on our knees in prayer until the final victory is won."
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May 31, 2007 - Ethnic conflict continues in Mount Elgon, a western district of Kenya, over a controversial land allocation. More than 100 have been killed and tens of thousands have been displaced. The conflict, which began in November 2006, erupted over a governmental settlement scheme to attract newcomers to the area. Read more.
May 30, 2007 - Local authorities have restricted believers from accessing public wells. Some authorities have agreed to let Christians access the wells if they will make offerings to and worship the god of the well. The Christians have refused. Instead, they must walk far distances to find freshwater springs. Read more.
May 29, 2007 - A Christian Aid-supported ministry in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu works to spread the gospel to the Kani tribal people, the largest tribe in the state. The Kani have traditionally lived in bamboo huts in forests away from civilization. Today, many still live in forests, but some have moved to cities and towns. Agriculture remains their main source of income.
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May 25, 2007 - Fatima's once loving husband, Salam, tried to kill her when he discovered she was a Christian. Fatima refused his demands to renounce Christ and follow Islamic rituals of praying and fasting. Salam stabbed her in the chest, and if neighbors had not intervened, he would have cut her hand off. Read more.
May 11, 2007 - We had a serious disaster caused by a violent wind storm. It devastated the entire community, leaving half the people without a home. One mission building, housing eight missionaries and the school for the Koma children were blown down by the night-time disaster. Read more.
April 23, 2007 - Every day thousands of Iraqis flee their country and take shelter in the Arabic- speaking countries of Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Many of them have never heard the gospel. One Christian Aid-supported ministry, covertly working in the Middle East, has found that these refugees are often open to the gospel.
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April 22, 2007 - Native missionaries with Serving Jesus Christ Mission in Bolivia are still recovering from the worst floods to hit Bolivia in 25 years. The devastating February floods affected approximately 350,000 people, destroyed an estimated 494,000 acres of cropland, drowned 22,000 head of cattle and resulted in millions of dollars in losses.
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April 21, 2007 - Native missionaries with Men of the Cross Ministries in Burundi are struggling to help those affected by poverty, natural disasters and civil war between the Hutu population and Tutsi minority. The country is marked by a history of genocide against the Hutu majority.
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March 29, 2007 - A Christian Aid-supported missionary in the state of Maharashtra reports that persecution of Christians by Hindu extremists has recently increased in his area. Read more.
March 28, 2007 - A Nigerian indigenous ministry assisted by Christian Aid is preparing to launch an outreach in northern Nigeria. Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria and the capital of Kano State, is a predominantly Muslim city, but is home to many different groups, including a Christian minority.
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March 27, 2007 - A Christian Aid-assisted ministry in the Philippines has started an orphanage for tribal people on an island off the coast of Muslim-dominated Mindanao. During the past two years, an influx of foreign Muslim missionaries has infiltrated Mindanao with the intention of converting children to Islam. Read more.
March 02, 2007 - Islamic extremists destroyed a church established by Christ’s Power Ministries, an indigenous ministry in Benin, just three days after it was built. The church was established among the Ayizo tribe by a native missionary working with CPM
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February 28, 2007 - A Christian Aid-supported ministry in Iraq started a church in the city of Nineveh, a particularly difficult region for believers to spread the gospel. Three pastors were killed there in 2006. Church meetings will be held secretly until the situation improves. Read more.
February 27, 2007 - Zahida, a woman with AIDS in Maharashtra State, received Christ as Savior in November through a local ministry supported by Christian Aid. She has two sons and one daughter, and was living in her mother’s home. Formerly Muslim, she had arranged for an Islamic scholar to daily teach her children from the Quran. Upon discovering that Zahida had become a Christian, the scholar cursed her, and her mother immediately cast her and her children out of the house.
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February 26, 2007 - While a center for Islamic training, Egypt is also a hub for much Christian outreach to the Arab world. A Christian Aid-supported Egyptian ministry, Think and Do (TAD), specializes in vocational training, and reaches the Fellahin—the farmers and peasants living in rural areas. Read more.