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barnabasgiftsGifts of Love for the Persecuted Church 2014-2015

Barnabas Fund Gift Cataloguewww.barnabasfund.org

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Contents

Welcome .......................................................................... 3

How we help .................................................................... 4

What did your gifts achieve last year? .......................... 5

Where we helped ............................................................. 6

Special feature: Assisting displaced Christians in the Middle East ........8

Basic needs ...........................................................................................9

Water ...................................................................................................10

Disaster relief .......................................................................................11

Medical care ........................................................................................12

Gift form ....................................................................... i-iiiGift cards ........................................................................ iv

Victims of violence ...............................................................................13

Convert care ........................................................................................14

Small businesses .................................................................................15

Leadership training ..............................................................................16

Christian workers .................................................................................17

Christian resources ..............................................................................18

Church buildings ..................................................................................19

School-place sponsorship ....................................................................20About Barnabas Fund ...................................................21

Commendations .............................................................22

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WelcomeDear Friend,

I am delighted to present to you the Barnabas

Fund gift catalogue for 2014-2015.

Here is an opportunity to present a gift of love

to our brothers and sisters in Christ who are

suffering for their faith.

This catalogue offers many options for gifts that

you, your small group or your church can maketo help Christians suffering discrimination and

persecution in various parts of the world. These

range from relief from natural disasters to the

provision of food and other basics for the needy;

from help for converts and victims of violence to

sponsorship of schoolchildren and start-up costs

for small businesses; from training and support

for leaders to funds for resources and buildings.

On page 8 you can also read about how to helpdisplaced Christians from northern Iraq and Syria

who have ed from the brutality of ISIS.

Please prayerfully consider your response to the

needs set out in this catalogue and give what you

can, and please also encourage others in your

congregation or fellowship to do the same.

Single and regular gifts

Single one-off gifts help to support vital ministries

and also make attractive alternative presents for

friends and family. Why not give a Barnabas gift

as a birthday or Christmas present this year?

Regular gifts (such as a Direct Debit in the

UK) help us to minimise our overheads and so

maximise the amount we can send to support

persecuted Christians. They also allow us to plan

ahead with more condence and to respond

quickly to new and urgent requests.

Gift cards

If you choose to support one of our projects as an

alternative gift, we will supply you with a delightful

thank-you card, which you can send to the person

on whose behalf you have made the donation.

Please turn to page iv of the pull-out gift form for

further details.

Paul encouraged the Christians in Galatia to

bear one anothers burdens, and so full the lawof Christ (Galatians 6:2). May you know Gods

rich blessing as you consider how to identify

yourself with the plight of our persecuted brothers

and sisters. Please pray for them as you read

their stories.

Yours in the service of Christ,

Dr Patrick Sookhdeo

International Director

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How we help

Medical careclinics and life-saving

healthcare

Christian resourcesresources for growth and

encouragement

Christian educationChristian schooling for

Christian children

Small businessesstrengthening Christiansthrough self-sufficiency

Christian workersspreading the Word,

strengthening the Body

Basic needsfood and other essentials

supplied through localchurches

Victims of violencehelping Christians

who suffer violence orinjustice for their faith

Church buildingsenabling ministry on

firm foundations

Disaster reliefemergency aid in times

of calamity

Waterdigging wells, ensuring

supplies

Leadership trainingequipping the

ministers of Christ

Convert caresupport for those who

turn to Christ

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What did your giftsachieve in the last year?*In contexts of pressure and persecution

Barnabas Fund provided:

Barnabas Fund supported:

20,181 Christians

who were victims ofviolence

912 Christians with

small-business andincome-generation

projects

6,165 Christian children

in Christian schools oreducational programmes

6 safe houses and

helped persecutedChristian converts in

9 countries

264 evangelists and

137 pastors

leadership training

for 27,472 Christiansin 27 countries

5 clinics or care

centres

food and other basic

needs for 116,383

Christians

emergency disaster

relief to 13,406

Christians

122,000 pieces ofChristian literature

resources for the

construction or

repair of 397 homes

for Christian families

and 27 churches

resources for the

construction and

repair of 7 other

Christian ministry

buildings

37 water projects,

including wells andhand pumps

*From 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014

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Where we helped*

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Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

AustriaAzerbaijan

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burma (Myanmar)

Burundi

CameroonCentral African Republic

Chad

China

Democratic Republic of

the Congo

Egypt

Ethiopia

GermanyGhana

Greece

Guinea-Conakry

Holy Land

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Kazakhstan

Kenya

KyrgyzstanLebanon

Mali

Moldova

Nepal

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

PakistanPhilippines

Russia

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Solomon Islands

South Africa

South Sudan

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

SyriaTajikistan

Tanzania

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States of America

Uzbekistan

Zimbabwe

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* Some of the countries where Barnabas Fund

supported projects from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014.

Projects in Western countries are usually assisting

Christians from places of persecution.

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Special feature

You no longer have to feel powerless whenwatching distressing news coming out of theMiddle East about Christians. Besides praying,

you can help our suffering brothers and sisters by

donating to our Middle East Fund.

This will bring clean water, food, medicines,

clothes and other essentials to hundreds of

thousands of Christians from Iraq and Syria who

have been forced to ee their homes to escape

the brutality of ISIS and other militants. Some

of the displaced believers have taken refuge in

public buildings, but many have nowhere to go

and are stranded in streets and open elds.

At the time of writing, ISIS is in control of large

tracts of northern Iraq and Syria. Christians are

eeing from the north-eastern region of Syria asISIS continues to seize towns. In Iraq, 200,000

Christians are on the move after ISIS seized the

Nineveh region, traditionally the homeland of

Christians in Iraq.

A Syrian pastor said in thanks to Barnabas Fund,

[Your support] was a clear declaration to all

people that Jesus Christ is there for them during

their toughest and darkest times.

Will you stand with these displaced Christian

believers and help them through the severe trial

they are now facing?

Assisting displacedChristians in the

Middle East

pays for a hygiene kit

for a displaced Iraqi

Christian family

provides a food

basket for a displaced

Iraqi Christian family,

to last approximately

ten days

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Reference number:

00-1188 (The Middle East Fund)

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ISISmarkedChristianhomesinMosulwiththeArabicletterNthatstandsforNisrani(Nazarenei.e.Christian)

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A ChristianwomaninPakistancarriesfood

hereceivedfromBarnabasFund

Food for survival Basic needs

will provide a

Christian child

refugee from Burma

(Myanmar) with food

and hygiene products

for one month

will feed a family in

Bangladesh for one

month

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Reference number:

00-636 (Feeding Fund)

Why not start supporting one of ourfood programmes by donating to theFeeding Fund?

We are currently providing food on a regular

basis to Christian families in Bangladesh, Egypt

and Pakistan. For many, the food can be a real

life-saver.

One of the families in Pakistan is headed by

Munir and Ruqqiya. The food from Barnabas

Fund is a big support, said Munir. I can feed

my children and am very thankful.

Munir has struggled to nd sufcient work to

support his family since his wife was falsely

accused of blasphemy in 2008. They live in

hiding and in continual fear of attack by Muslim

extremists. Sadly, Ruqqiyas release and

acquittal by the High Court in 2012 has notdecreased threats.

With all those concerns, the monthly food

packages ensure that the family do not have to

worry about their children going hungry.

Many people would not give me daily labour

work because I am a Christian, said Kuru in

Bangladesh about the problems his family facedafter converting from Islam to Christianity. I

knew Jesus suffered a lot, therefore I am also

ready to suffer. I am praying for those who are

regularly supporting the food programme.

We also frequently send short-term support to

Christians who are temporarily in need.

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BarnabashasprovidednineneedycongregationsinPakistanwithhandpumps

twenty-five gifts of

19 paid for a tube

well for 15 Christian

families in Sri Lanka

provides a hand pump

for an impoverished

Christian community

in Punjab, Pakistan

Reference number:

00-635 (Water Projects Fund)

With joy you willdraw water(Isaiah 12:3) W hen Christians are a despised,impoverished minority, they may lack

access to lifes most essential resource: water.

We help provide wells to make sure needy

communities have a clean, constant supply.

Muslim-majority Bangladesh is one country

in which Christian communities can struggle

without access to water. The entire north of the

country suffers severe water shortages between

March and July, and Christians are often

prevented from drawing water from public wells

by Muslims.

Thanks to the wells that Barnabas is helping to

build in Bangladesh, believers do not have to

rely on public resources. We are very happy

and give thanks to our God, said one Christianwhose church now has its own well. Before the

well was built, the congregation had to carry the

water they needed for long distances.

Supporting our water projects helps to radically

improve the lives of suffering believers, and can

also lead to other, unexpected blessings. When

Barnabas helped to build a well in a Central

Asian village in 2013, the Christians allowed localMuslims to use it for free. The Muslim neighbours,

surprised at this kindness, developed a more

positive attitude to the church, and persecution in

the area lessened.

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I give thanks to God for this gift that hasfallen from heaven. I thank all the donorsfrom my heart. May God bless them abundantly!

Soumana is one of more than 1,000 disaster-

affected believers from Nigers vulnerable

Christian minority who were going hungry

until Barnabas stepped in to provide food aid.

Because of droughts and occasional ooding,

Niger endures almost constant food insecurity.

As Soumanas joyful words show, receiving

emergency aid from Barnabas makes a huge

difference to Christian lives blighted by natural

disaster. When believers are a hated minority,

they sometimes miss out when aid is distributed.

Barnabas Fund is there to support them, both

in the short term and for longer periods wherenecessary, to make sure they do not suffer more

severely than others around them.

A gift to our Disaster Relief Fund not only helps

us provide aid, from food and medicines to

new livelihoods and new homes; it also helps

show devastated believers that, although they

may have lost everything, they are not alone

in their distress. Thank you very much, saidKhurshid, a Pakistani Christian who received

ood relief. We were hungry and looking help

from God Then we were given good news

of Barnabas Fund, who are always near to

poor Christians in Pakistan.

Disaster reliefA helping handwhen disaster

strikes

paid for a 50kg bag

of rice for a hungry,

drought-affected

Christian family inNiger

provided a needy

family in Pakistan with

food and hygiene

supplies following

flooding

Reference number:

00-634 (Disaster Relief Fund)

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BarnabasprovidedfoodforChristiansdisplacedbyfoodinginChad

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AchildinSouthSudanreceivesa

check-up

paid for a Christians

treatment at a clinic

in Baghdad

covered the daily

medicines dispensed

at a mobile clinic in

South Sudan

Reference number:

00-671 (Medical Fund)

Life-savingmedical aid

Your gift to our Medical Fund can mean thatan impoverished Christian facing greatpressure can get that check-up or medicine or

life-saving operation.

Many Christians around the world are so poor,

through marginalisation and persecution, that

they have no resources to fall back on when

they have an accident or fall sick. Our Medical

Fund steps in at such times to help pay for their

doctors or hospital fees.

In Egypt, a mobile clinic brought medical services

to hundreds of Christians in remote areas of

Upper Egypt with help from Barnabas Fund.

These impoverished believers, for whom access

to medical care has become more difcult since

the Arab Spring, only had to pay a nominal sumto receive treatment.

The same ministry also provided medical care

to 200 Christians in Egypt suffering from chronic

diseases such as cancer, kidney failure and

heart disease.

A mobile clinic in South Sudan was able to

provide a worried Christian father with healtheducation and a regular supply of milk and

vitamins for his newborn son last year. The childs

mother had died when the little one was just

one week old. A doctor wrote, The relief on the

fathers face that he was not alone in caring for

his son was a beautiful sight.

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Gift Form To make a Gift of Love for the PersecutedChurch, please use the following forms.

You can either set up a regular donation,or make a single donation to the General

Fund or to one or more of the projects

whose reference numbers are listed

throughout the booklet.

Simply fill out your contact details

below and then fill out p. ii for single

donationsor p. iii for regular donations.

If you are a UK tax-payer, pleasecomplete the Gift Aid Declaration

below to enable us to reclaim tax on all

your donations at no extra cost to you.

If you would like us to send you a

gift card(s)following your donation,

please also complete p. iv with details of

the wording required.

When complete, please pull the form out ofthe catalogue and send it to your nearest

Barnabas Fund office (addresses on the

back cover).

I / We would like to help thepersecuted Church:

(Mr / Mrs / Miss / Ms / Rev / Dr/ Other ......................) (Please Circle)

Name .................................................................................................

Address ...................................................................................

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Postcode .................................................................................

Telephone ...............................................................................

Email ........................................................................................

GIFT AID DECLARATION(Applicable to UK tax-payers only)

Name of charity: Barnabas Fund

Please treat as Gift Aid donations all

qualifying gifts of money made:

(Please tick all boxes you wish to apply)

this gift and if applicable

in the past 4 yearsin the future

I confirm I have paid or will pay an

amount of Income Tax and/or Capital

Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5

April) that is at least equal to the amount

of tax that all the charities or Community

Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that I

donate to will reclaim on my gifts for

that tax year. I understand that other

taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do

not qualify. I understand the charity will

reclaim 25p of tax on every 1 that I give.

Signature.................................................................

Date ...........................................................................Please inform us if you want to cancel this

declaration, change your name or home address

or no longer pay sufficient tax on your income

and/or capital gains. If you pay Income Tax atthe higher or additional rate and want to receive

the additional tax relief due to you, you must

include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self-

Assessment tax return or ask HM Revenue and

Customs to adjust your tax code.

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For Single Donations

Other ways to donate

*If the project chosen is already sufficiently funded, we reserve the

right to use designated gifts for another project of a similar type.

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SMSYou can donate 3 by texting Barnabas to 70007. You will receive a

confirmation message that includes an option to complete a Gift Aid

Declaration. For terms and conditions please visit

www.barnabasfund.org/terms

Direct credit to our Barnabas Fund bank account

Please make your transfer to: Account Name: Barnabas Fund; Account

Number: 50133299; Sort Code: 20-26-46. It is really helpful if you show

as your transaction reference your postcode, the project number you wishto donate to, and indicate if you would like us to acknowledge your gift by

including the letters TY. This enables us to allocate your gift correctly and

claim Gift Aid if appropriate.

A sample reference would be TY/SN154TR/940

If in any doubt please email finance@barnabasfund.orgfor clarification.

Credit card donation

Please phone 0800 587 4006

(from outside the UK phone +44 1672 565 031)or visit www.barnabasfund.org

Barnabas Fund is a company registered in England

number 4029536, Registered Charity no. 1092935

Please supply your

address on p. i and

send us all four

pages.

Please return

this form to your

nearest Barnabas

Fund office

(addresses on the

back cover).

If you are a UK

tax-payer, please

complete the GiftAid Declaration on

p. i to enable us to

reclaim tax on all

your donations at no

extra cost to you.

Here is my single gift of .................................................................................

I enclose a cheque/voucher payable to Barnabas Fund

OR

Please debit my Visa Mastercard

American Express Maestro CAF card /other charity card

Card NumberMaestro issue number or issue date /

Expiry Date / Signature ...........................................................

I do not require an acknowledgement of this gift

I / We want to bring hope to the persecuted Church by a regular gift, to be used:

where it is most needed (General Fund)

or for________________(give reference number of project to be supported)*.

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For Regular Donations

*If the project chosen is already sufficiently

funded, we reserve the right to use designated

gifts for another project of a similar type.

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THE DIRECT DEBIT GUARANTEE

This Guarantee is offered by all Banks and

Building Societies that accept instructions to

pay Direct Debits. If there are any changes to theamount, date or frequency of your Direct Debit

Barnabas Fund will notify you 10 working days

in advance of your account being debited or as

otherwise agreed. If you request Barnabas Fund

to collect a payment, confirmation of the amount

and date will be given to you at the time of the

request. If an error is made in the payment of

your Direct Debit by Barnabas Fund or your bank

or building society, you are entitled to a full and

immediate refund of the amount paid from your

bank or building society.

If you receive a refund you are not entitled to, you

must pay it back when Barnabas Fund asks you

to. You can cancel a Direct Debit at any time by

simply contacting your bank or building society.

Written confirmation

may be required.

Please also notify us.

Barnabas Fund is a company registered inEngland number 4029536,Registered Charity no. 1092935

barnabasfund.org

Name and full postal address of your bank or building society

To: The Manager Bank/building society

Address

Postcode

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Instruction to your Bank or Building SocietyPlease pay Barnabas Fund Direct Debits from the account detailed in thisinstruction subject to the safeguards assured to by the Direct Debit Guarantee.I understand that this instruction may remain with Barnabas Fund and, if so, detailswill be passed electronically to my Bank/Building Society.

Signature(s)

Date

Please fill in the whole form in a ballpoint pen and send to: Barnabas Fund,9 Priory Row, Coventry CV1 5EX

Reference (Barnabas Fund to complete)

I will pay:

by bank Direct Debit, and have filled in the form below (for UK supporters only).

Alternatively, Direct Debits and regular credit card donations can be set up via

www.barnabasfund.org

by regular cheque/voucher payable to Barnabas Fund

(please complete your address details on p. i of this form)

My first payment of ................................... to cover ....................................month(s) is enclosed.

I / We want to bring hope to the persecuted Church by a regular gift, to be used:

where it is most needed (General Fund)

or for________________(give reference number of project to be supported)*.

DIRECT DEBIT(for UK supporters only)

I would like to give a regular gift of ......................... (amount in words) .......................................................................

Starting on 1st/ 11th/ 15th/ 21st(please encircle) of (month) ....................................and then every month /

quarter / year (delete as applicable) until further notice. This Direct Debit is a new one / in addition to /

replaces an earlier Standing Order / Direct Debit in favour of Barnabas Fund (delete as applicable).

Please return this

form to Barnabas

Fund and not to

your bank. See

back cover of this

catalogue for

address details.

If you are a UKtax-payer, pleasecomplete the GiftAid Declarationon p. i to enableus to reclaimthe tax on yourregular payments.

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A Gift ofLovefor thePersecutedChurch

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PersecutedChurch

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If you would like more cards, please

photocopy this page or attach a separate

piece of paper with the details for the extra

cards and send it with your donation. You

can also call your nearest Barnabas Fundoffice with the details and pay by credit card

over the phone.

A Lasting Legacy to the Persecuted Church

Gift Cards

Many people have savings and assets that forgood practical reasons they cannot shareduring their lifetime. A bequest to help the persecuted

Church in your will enables you to express a desire to

be generous that you may not have been able to put

into practice in any other way.

Please consider remembering Barnabas Fund in your will.

A booklet entitledA Christian Guide to Making and Changing Your

Willis available free of charge.

Simply tick this box to receive a copy

If you choose to support a Barnabas Fund project as an alternative gift

for a friend or relative, we can supply you with an attractive Thank

you card, which you can send to the person on whose behalf you

have made the donation.

Please fill in the details as you would like them to appear on the card and please completeyour name and address on p. i. Please write clearly.

Dear ...................................

A gift of ................. has been received on your behalf from

.........................................................................................................

This gift will assist Christians who are persecuted for their faith.

With many thanks on behalf of the persecuted Church

If you would like to have

the card sent directly to the

recipient, or if you would prefer

to receive blank cards and

fill them out yourself, pleasecontact your national office

(address details on back cover).

Please state your preferred card choice (see right): ____

Tick here if you do notwant the amount to be stated on the card

Tick here if you dowish details about the project to be included on the card

Please send this pull-out form to your nearest office(addresses on back cover).

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W hen believers are violently targetedbecause of their faith, the consequencesare devastating. Christian victims of attack suffer

physical injury and psychological trauma. Many

see their homes and churches destroyed, or are

forced to ee. Others are arrested, imprisoned

or even executed.

However they are affected, Barnabas Fund

provides the support that targeted Christians

need. For example, this year we provided

survival kits, containing food, basic household

items and a Bible, to Christian families displaced

by violence in the Central African Republic. All

589 families had lost at least one member in

attacks by the Islamist Seleka rebels.

As well as meeting immediate basic needs,we help with medical expenses, safe houses,

trauma counselling and rebuilding destroyed

homes. Giving to this work helps us to reach

out to Christians such as the families who

lost breadwinners in the horric bombing of

All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan,

in September 2013. By providing monthly

nancial support, Barnabas has been ensuring

that the families have enough to eat. Oursupport also allows the bereaved believers

children to continue attending school as their

families rebuild their lives.

Victims ofviolenceHelp to survive,

support to heal

paid for a blanket for

a Christian displaced

by violence in South

Sudan

pays one months living

expenses and school

fees for a Christian girl

at a rescue home in

Kenya

Reference number:

00-345 (Victims of Violence Fund)

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BarnabassupportsChristianorphanagesin

Burma(Myanmar)whereChristianorphans

displacedbyviolencereceiveprotectionandlovingcare

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RoseisnowusinghersecretarialskillstoassistapastorinstartingachurchinherMuslim-majorityhometown

paid for two weeks

ministry training

for a Turkish

convert from Islam

in Bulgaria

covered tuition fees

in teacher training

for one month of a

convert from Islam

in Uganda

Reference number:

00-113 (Convert Fund)

Standing with

converts Y our support has made a signicantimpact in my life, wrote Rose, ayoung woman in Uganda. The help she

received from Barnabas Fund through our

Convert Fund enabled her to obtain a diploma

in secretarial studies at Kampala University

after turning to Christ.

I [now] have a hope which had eluded me for

over two years when I could not go to school,

she added. Like many other converts from Islam

experience, Roses family disowned her, leaving

her and abandoned and destitute at a young age.

Here is an opportunity to show love to more

Christian converts from other religions. Many

have lost everything in order to gain Christ. Your

help will not only transform their circumstances,but will also send them a message of solidarity

and care during difcult, and often lonely, times.

In Burundi, twelve converts, who are marginalised

by their Muslim neighbours, were each given a

cow. The milk from the cows is now providing

income for them.

Your gift could provide safe accommodationfor converts in danger, small business start-up

funds for those in need of an income, education,

pastoral care or meet many other needs.

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Y ou could be instrumental in enablingmarginalised Christians to have alivelihood.

By providing training and tools for their trade, we

enable converts to start a small business and

earn money to provide for their families.

Sudha, a Christian widow in Sri Lanka, received

a sewing machine to re-start her sewing

business. She lost everything during the civil

war. Her husband was killed and she and her

children ended up in a camp for displaced

people. After the war, Christian widows like

Sudha did not receive adequate assistance

from the government.

The gift from Barnabas Fund has changed hercircumstances. She said, I am happy that I can

stay at home and earn money for taking care of

my kids.

In some contexts, a simple, but effective gift like

this can provide the means for survival. When

Christians are refused entry to the workforce,

then starting a business can provide the solution

to bringing in money for their family. It can alsoenable Christian workers to support themselves.

From the pair of goats I received last year, I

now have ve, a pastor in Sierra Leone said.

The two goats, farming tools and seeds, and

training in animal rearing and farming that 80

pastors received are enabling them to work and

live in poor, rural, Muslim-majority areas of the

country. You could help another pastor in SierraLeone become self-sufcient.

SmallbusinessesRoad towards

self-sufficiency

can pay for a goat to

generate income for a

Christian pastor working

in a Muslim-majority

area of Sierra Leone

provided for a sewing

machine and a years

training in sewing and

literacy for a Christian

woman in Pakistan

Reference number:

00-356 (Small Business Start-up Fund)

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ChristiansinKyrgyzstanstudyata

three-dayconferenceforchurchleaders

pays for evangelism

training for an

impoverished pastor

in Sierra Leone

enabled a church leader

in a repressive country

in South-East Asia to

attend a three-day

Christian leadership

training course

Reference number:

00-430 (Leadership Training Fund)

Leadership trainingfor ministry under

pressure C hurch and ministry leaders in contextsof persecution need to be well trained tohelp their congregations stand rm in the face of

discrimination, hostility and even violence. But

many have had little or no opportunity to have

even basic Bible training and cannot afford the

costs. Barnabas Fund enables faithful servants

of God to be trained in theology, Christian

leadership skills and also in specic skills

needed for their particular contexts.

For example, in several Central Asian countries,

believers in unregistered churches face

harassment by the state and legal penalties

for taking part in Christian activities. Christian

leaders are particularly vulnerable to being

harassed by the authorities and particularly

need to be strengthened and equipped for theministries to which the Lord has called them.

Barnabas-funded leadership training courses

are helping needy Christian leaders in Central

Asia to grow and develop their knowledge and

skills. Zarina, who attended a two-year Biblical

training course in Tajikistan, gained an improved

understanding that she can now share with

others. Zarina said, Now I know how to explainto people many spiritual things from the Bible.

A contribution to our Leadership Training Fund

is a gift that keeps on giving. As leaders share

what they have gained with their congregations,

they in turn are strengthened and encouraged

by Gods Word.

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Apowerful way to strengthen the persecutedChurch is by enabling pastors andevangelists to focus on their work.

One pastor, church-planter, evangelist or church

worker can provide spiritual encouragement

and nourishment to many more persecuted

Christians, and can help the Church ourish,

even under intense pressure and obstruction.

By contributing to their living costs, you are

freeing them up from having to go out and earn

money for their family. Instead, they can focus

their time on much-needed pastoral and other

spiritual work.

Members of a congregation in a Central Asian

country feel they are now receiving good spiritualleadership since their pastor started receiving

support for 85% of his needs from Barnabas

Fund. Severe persecution by the authorities

means that the church members, who are

converts from Islam, cannot meet all together.

Instead, the pastor visits them secretly as 25

home groups.

Before receiving the support, the pastor only hadtime to visit each group once a month at most.

But now he can visit each home group every

fortnight, and sometimes more often, to lead their

services. He now also holds a fortnightly meeting

with all home group leaders.

Currently, Barnabas Fund is supporting 48

church-planters in Indonesia who have started

small churches in impoverished, rural, Muslim-majority areas. Your contribution would be a great

encouragement to them and can help them stay

and succeed.

ChristianworkersMinistering to

Gods people

can support a

church-planter in

Kenya for one week

contributed towards

an evangelists

monthly upkeep in

rural China

Reference numbers:

00-477 (Pastors Support Fund),

00-478 (Evangelists Support Fund)

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ApastorinPakistanpreachestohiscongregation

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BarnabasprovidesChristian

magazinesinCentralAsia, forboth

childrenandadults

paid for one song

booklet for a

Sudanese Christian

covers the production

costs of ten Christian

childrens magazines

in Central Asia

Reference numbers:00-360 (Christian Literature Fund);00-362 (Bibles and Scriptures Fund);00-479 (Resources Fund)

Resources tostrengthen and

encourage Ihave prayed all of these 38 years toreceive a Bible in the Lisu language. Nowtoday my prayers have been answered.

Barnabas Fund has the privilege of providing

Bibles for Christians who would otherwise have

no access to the written Word of God. As these

words from a Christian man in Burma (Myanmar)

show, receiving a Bible from Barnabas is often

the answer to years of prayer and longing.

In Burma, as in many other places, the

publication of Bibles and other Christian

literature is restricted. In other countries,

publishing resources to help Christians grow in

their faith is forbidden altogether. Sometimes,

believers are forced to leave their Bibles behind

when they ee from anti-Christian violence.Others are simply too impoverished to access

the resources they need.

Persecuted Christians benet greatly from

resources that help them to walk closely

with the Lord and understand the suffering

they are experiencing. As well as Bibles, our

literature and resources funds help provide

other Christian literature, DVDs, and televisionand radio programmes. A viewer of a Christian

television programme in Egypt said, These

shows are like the breath of air that keeps us,

especially women who cant leave their houses

God bless you.

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H aving a safe, secure place to meet isparticularly important for congregationsat risk of persecution. But in many countries,

Christians are very poor because of

discrimination, and they cannot afford to

buy, build, or repair their buildings. In others,

repressive laws prevent them from doing so.

Sometimes churches are closed or destroyed,

and Christians may be prevented by law from

meeting to pray and worship in private homes.

Sometimes local people refuse to rent premises

to Christians for worship.

One congregation in India was bereft of a

place to meet for ve years. The dedication

of its new building, constructed with help from

Barnabas, was celebrated with joyful singing and

dancing. The new church symbolises hope andrestoration, as the previous church was destroyed

by Hindu extremists during violence in Orissa

state. Barnabas is continuing to build churches in

India; other recent building projects have taken

place in Bangladesh, Uganda, Pakistan and

Central Asia amongst others.

A gift towards Barnabas Funds work to build

churches for needy Christians representsmuch more than bricks and mortar. In providing

churches and other ministry buildings, we give

downtrodden congregations back their dignity,

enable them to meet with peace of mind and

vastly improve their potential for ministry.

Churchbuildings

Building abrighter future

for persecutedcongregations

paid for 100 bricks for

rebuilding a destroyed

cemetery wall in

Bangladesh

paid for one steel

sheet for the

roof of a church

building in Russia

Reference number:

00-637 (Church Buildings Fund)

5.50

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ThisnewchurchbuildinginIndiabrought

greatjoytothecongregation

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on average per

month funds a school

place at a Christian

school for a needy

Christian child

Supporters who give regularly will receivea card with the name and photograph ofone child and a twice-yearly newsletter

about the project.

Learning in safety,growing in faith

I trust you Lord, that you will be able topave the way for me to continue myschooling. You have said not to worry.

Benaria, a faithful Christian teenager in

Indonesia, prayed this prayer when her

parents told her that they were too poor to

continue paying her school fees. Her prayer

was answered when she was admitted to a

Christian school funded by Barnabas.

The dilemma faced by Benarias parents is

one that often confronts Christian parents

impoverished by discrimination. When

believers live as a hated minority, they

may have to choose between feeding their

families and paying for school places. Even

when Christian children can go to school,they often face harassment and unfair

treatment in the classroom. Some are even

deliberately failed in their exams.

Barnabas Funds School-Place Sponsorship

programme enables Christian children in

nine countries to learn in a loving, Christ-

centred environment. At the schools we

support, children are encouraged in theirfaith while receiving a quality education from

caring teachers.

Giving the gift of a school place, which costs

an average of 18 per child per month, can

give a Christian child the chance to break

the cycle of poverty and illiteracy for good.

Barnabas also helps with school buildings

and other projects to enable Christian

children to get Christian schooling.

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ThisyoungboyfromaChristian

familyintheHolyLandisoneof6,126childrenreceivingacaring,Christian

educationatBarnabas-fundedschools

Reference numbers:00-514 (School-Place Sponsorship Fund)00-794 (Christian Schooling for ChristianChildren)

260per student paid for

a school building

extension in South

Sudan

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About Barnabas Fund

As we have opportunity, let us do good to allpeople, especially to those who belong to thefamily of believers.Galatians 6:10, NIV emphasis added

As part of the family of God, Barnabas Fund stands with our Christian

brothers and sisters around the world, including the West, where they suffer

discrimination, oppression or persecution as a result of their faith. In this way we

witness to the love of Christ and build His Kingdom.

We believe in the clear Biblical teaching that Christians should treat all people

of all religions and none with love and compassion, even those who seek to

persecute them. We carry out our vision and purpose accordingly, but we will

not compromise what we believe the Word of God teaches.

1.We encourage prayer for the persecuted Church by providing comprehensive

prayer materials.

We believe in the power of prayer to change peoples lives and circumstances,

either through grace to endure or through deliverance from suffering.

2.We channel moneyfromChristians throughChristians toChristians. Donations

from individual Christians and churches are forwarded to local ministries and

Christian organisations in contexts of persecution, mainly in Muslim-majority

environments, to bring about practical and spiritual transformation in the lives of

suffering believers.

We fund projects that have been developed by local Christians in their own

communities, countries or regions. Thus we act as equal partners with the

persecuted Church, whose leaders often help to shape our overall direction.

3.We tell the untold story about the plight of persecuted Christians and speak outon their behalf, making their needs known to Christians around the world and to

governments and international bodies.

We seek to tackle persecution at its root by making known the aspects of religious

and secular ideologies that result in injustice and oppression of Christians and

others. We also equip Christians in the West to meet the challenge that other

religions pose to the Church, its mission and society.

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Commendations

I have followed the work of Barnabas Fund for many years and heartily

recommend their vision of bringing hope and practical aid to Christians

under persecution around the world. Barnabas Fund has played a key role

in bringing home to Christians in Britain the reality of life for brothers and

sisters in many other countries. In so doing, Barnabas Fund encourages

informed prayer and channels aid to where it is desperately needed. I have

always been deeply impressed by the calibre of research which underpinsBarnabas Funds advocacy and ensures the appropriateness of the aid

it provides. Also, from my own experience of working with persecuted

Christians in many places, I know that their priority request is always for

prayer and I greatly value this emphasis in the work of Barnabas Fund.

Baroness Caroline Cox

Iraqi Christians are facing danger and destruction on every hand. But

Barnabas Fund has been our faithful brother for many years, bringing

help when we felt forgotten, bringing hope when we felt ready to despair. Ithank God for Barnabas Fund which is a lifeline for the Church in Iraq.

Archbishop Athanasius Toma Dawod

Syrian Orthodox Church

Not only did Jesus say, Do good to those who persecute you, he

emphasised coming to the aid of our brothers and sisters who are

suffering. Barnabas Fund is taking Christs command seriously and putting

it into practice. It has my wholehearted support.

Professor Graeme Clark AC

I have been associated with Barnabas and its ministry to the persecuted

Church in Africa and around the world for many years. I fully endorse their

ministry as they champion the cause of the persecuted Church. I strongly

urge you to support Barnabas projects with the suffering Church.

The Most Rev. Peter J. Akinola

Formerly Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria

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An increasing number of suffering and persecuted Christians around

the world need a voice to speak for them and a hand to reach out

and help them. Barnabas Fund provides both and I am honoured to

be associated with its ministry.

The Rev. Peter Grainger

Pastor at Large, Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh

I have benefited much from the sane, well-informed, reliable and

brave resources coming from Barnabas. They help the church

respond wisely and faithfully to challenges facing our brothers and

sisters around the world.

Ajith Fernando

Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka

Barnabas Fund has no hidden agenda. Its transparency captured almost

all Syrian church leaders and helped them to work together for His gloryand by His grace. Barnabas Funds work in Syria is very effective and

efficient, very fruitful and productive, specific and significant.

Dr Jany Haddad

Senior Baptist church leader, Syria

Professor of Surgery, Founder and President of the Armenian Christian Medical

Association, Founder and President of Living Hope for Families ministries

Barnabas Funds financial and prayer support has a marvellous

impact on the lives of families through the feeding programme.The financial assistance provided to Christian workers has brought

enthusiasm; the churches are growing numerically and in maturity.

Childrens education has also improved, and there is more outreach

to the non-churched communities.

Yunis Lal Din

Brethren leader, Pakistan

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