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Cambodian Bible Project
May 31, 2012 - In Cambodia it is common for Bibles to be put away in the church and only brought out for classes and worship. They are then locked away so as to protect them. Pastors frequently worry about them getting worn out and not looking nice. Church goers who don't own their own Bible cannot take them out to study them at any time. The Word of God needs to be freely available to anyone and everyone and in their own language!
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Water Needed for a Dozen Villages in India
May 29, 2012 - In much of South Asia, months pass without rain. If the yearly monsoon season does not come in time, or fails to produce sufficient cooling rains, crops die, farm animals perish and people suffer greatly. Is this what God wants? Surely not! He has given man the ingenuity and wherewithal to overcome such difficulties. One of the simplest means of providing water in dry times is drilling bore wells.
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Spreading God's Grace in Argentina
May 25, 2012 - Thousands of towns across Argentina have no vital evangelical Christian witness. Each town´s 1000 to 10,000 inhabitants are trapped in superstition, idolatry or an empty tradition of Roman Catholicism. Burdened to reach them, Daniel Hurtado and his wife, Alicia, started Grace Mission of Argentina in 1989 as a pioneer church planting ministry in the largely unreached province of Santa Fe.
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House Church Fellowships: Planting Churches in Muslim-dominated cultures
May 22, 2012 - Just because a Muslim country is closed to the gospel does not mean that God is not using the Word to draw people to Jesus Christ. But there are barriers to following Christ in these Muslim-dominant countries even after a person believes in Christ. There are cultural aspects in a Muslim-dominated country that make it hard for new believers to follow Christ.
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Ministry to Remote Tribes in Brazil
May 17, 2012 - Caiua Evangelical Mission has a passion for reaching tribal groups located in Mato Grosso do Soul and Mato Grosso in mid-west Brazil.Among their ministry outreaches are: Bible Institute; Church Planting; Children's Schools; Bible Translation; and Medical Care.
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Animals Help Poor Christian Families
May 16, 2012 - Today, it is hard for many Christians living in developed regions like America and Europe to imagine life without meals three times a day. It is easy to forget that, for the vast majority of the world´s population, a daily meal is never a certainty. But for some, owning just one farm animal can make the difference between feeding a family or watching children go to bed hungry.
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Mobile Phone Outreach: Indians Launch Prayer Hotline
May 15, 2012 - Native missionaries in the 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. People are already dialing in from several states. India has 919 million mobile phones, almost three times more than all the cell phones in the United States!
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Church Planting in Indonesia
As a young person, Jimmy Siwalette was plagued by his sin, but lacked hope he could ever change. A total surrender to the Lord in 1977 was the beginning of a new life marked by radical devotion to God and passion for the salvation of his fellow Indonesians. Jimmy founded Antioch Ministry which teaches the principles of church planting to indigenous missionaries working in the fertile fields of Indonesia.
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Church Planting in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is defined as an authoritarian state with wide-scale violations of human rights. When anyone becomes a Christian, he is ostracized by the community. Indigenous missionaries have a vision to open a church in every small city and region. These are primarily home churches, reaching out to relatives and neighbors.
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Sharing God with Refugees from Burma in Thailand
Years ago when the Burmese reached Thailand, there were no churches for those who were Christian–and no outreach to those who had never heard of Jesus Christ. Eleos Ministries has stepped in to help to fill that void.
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Sharing Christ Where Religion was Once Banned
Albania, the only European country that is predominantly Muslim, is strategically important to both Muslims and evangelical Christians. The radical Muslims view it as a key nation that will give it a foothold in Europe. Evangelicals see Albania as key because it is strategic in reaching Turkey and the rest of the Balkans with the gospel.
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Wells Open Doors to Gospel in Africa
Providing clean drinking water to poor African villagers is one of the most effective ways to open their hearts to the gospel. Christian Aid-supported native missionaries throughout the continent are drilling wells in Christ's name to bring both physical and spiritual healing.
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Terrorists Attack Two Church Services in Northern Nigeria on Sunday
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. Both Sunday attacks were made upon Christians while they were attending worship services in Kano, and Maiduguri, the capital of Northeast Borno state. Police attributed the attacks to Boko Haram.
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Church Planting in Indonesia
As a young person, Jimmy Siwalette was plagued by his sin, but lacked hope he could ever change. A total surrender to the Lord in 1977 was the beginning of a new life marked by radical devotion God’s service and passion for the salvation of his fellow Indonesians. Jimmy founded Antioch Ministry which teaches the principles of church planting to indigenous missionaries working in the fertile field of Indonesia.
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Sewing Centers in South Asia
Imagine the joy of a woman living in poverty in India, who is able to sell the beautiful garment she has created, to feed her family or help put a roof over their heads. Imagine the greater joy she felt upon hearing those beautiful words of Jesus for the first time through the sewing/tailoring ministry established in her village, where she learned to sew and establish her business.