Help Find, Vet and Evaluate Workers
Bob Finley founded Christian Aid after going overseas as a missionary only to have Christians abroad ask him why he had come; North American missionaries brought government suspicion of foreign involvement on native churches and tended to export their denominations’ internal problems. By contrast, native churches were shining beacons of committed faith.
Send Aid to Desperate Refugees in Europe
Refugees fleeing dangers in the Middle East and Africa rarely find a warm welcome in Europe, and the love of Christ that native Christian workers offer makes a deep impression. Besides the food, clothing, infant care items and other aid they need to survive, the spiritual and psychological support they receive is a salve for weary souls.
Help Bring the Gospel to the Unreached in South Asia
A native ministry provides one year of biblical training to young men and women who wish to engage in full-time ministry, and those who seek further study are sent to Bible colleges. Ministry leaders are training them especially in bringing the gospel to areas where it is unknown.
Help Transform Lives with the Gospel in Togo
A native ministry was able to share the gospel with 3,450 people over the course of six months. Among them was a 19-year-old man who had left school and gone on drinking binges. “During our soul-saving seminar, by the grace of God he was saved and was baptized,” the ministry leader said. “Since then he is now respecting his parents and has stopped drinking; he has gone back to school and is preaching the Good News to his friends.”
Help Send the Salvation Message in Iraq
Native Christian workers have multiple opportunities to share the gospel as they distribute Bibles, tend to the needs of refugees and the internally displaced and bring medical care to the poor. Workers with a native ministry’s mobile medical clinic share Christ daily with those receiving treatment, along with praying with them and providing them Bibles.
Provide Critical Aid to Refugees in Greece
As economic turmoil causes governmental and other programs to fade, more refugees are seeking ways to survive. “The projects and organizations working with refugees are closing one after the other, leading the people to despair and pushing them to leave the country as quickly as they can,” a native ministry leader said.
Send the Message of Eternal Life in China
Native Christian workers found various ways to encourage church members to share Christ amid the pandemic. Some visited with neighbors while going out for mandatory COVID-19 tests, deepening relationships and following the Holy Spirit’s guidance into discussion of the gospel.
Help Plant Churches in Ivory Coast
Local missionaries from a native ministry helped a villager work on his farm, and when his family invited them to dinner at the end of the day, the workers spoke to them about God. “The whole family gave their lives to the Lord,” the ministry leader said. Many Bible studies arise from workers coming alongside villagers in this way.
Help Build the Kingdom with God’s Word in Pakistan
A native ministry’s correspondence courses focus on the theme of salvation through Christ and also include studies of biblical books, such as the Psalms, the Gospel of John and 1 Corinthians, among others. A monthly magazine acts as a follow-up tool for teachings on timely subjects and has been helpful for evangelists, Sunday school teachers and pastors.
Provide Aid to the Needy in Peru
More than 60 children living in extreme poverty have received food every weekday from native Christian workers. “Before each meal, we sing as a choir, and in prayer we thank God,” the ministry leader said. “Also, on the weekend in Bible classes we share the Bible with each child in depth. Our desire is that they grow up knowing and trusting God, as they are the future of our ministry and community.”
