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Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship Bangkok, Thailand Annual Report 2015-2016 Pastor Incharge :- ASIF ARTHUR (B.Th,M.Div) E-MAIL:[email protected]
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Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship Bangkok, Thailand Annual Report 2015-2016

Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship Bangkok, Thailand

Annual Report 2015-2016 Pastor Incharge :-ASIF ARTHUR (B.Th,M.Div)E-MAIL:[email protected]

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BANGKOK THAILAND Estd:2015"It is Better to Light a Candle than to Curse the Darkness."

Message:Tell the Father to send His people with the grace of our Almighty God, It is good initiative taken for our Pakistani persecuted asylum seekers and refugees, those are live in fear and stress here in Bangkok, Thailand. These people are every dying with fear and stress but still there is hope given by Candlelight, for Christian people because I have pain for my people. Lord God has blessed me and gave me the vision and burden for serving with a caring, loving and concerned heart for people who feels the pain and distress of the persecuted Pakistani asylum seekers/refugees. Though the position is tough to do any work here in Bangkok, Thailand because of illegal status, but still I did not lose hope and working for his community. May Lord God give us courage and power to do work with Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship and we will take our community in the light from the dark so I will not be tired and not to be alone in serving for winning the souls for His Kingdom. Come and prayer for Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship so it grows and prosper in Bangkok, Thailand, in Jesus name. Amen

Pastor Asif Arthur But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. Jeremiah 20:11

Introduction for Persecution Church:Pakistan is an Islamic and religious extremist country and growing under the shadow and the umbrella of the Religious Islamic fundamentalists. Due to this, all minorities are facing many problems like religious persecution, forced conversion, rape minoritys girls especially the Christians. They kidnap Christian girls and rape them first and then force them to accept Islam otherwise they will kill their parents, brothers and sisters and the most of the Christian girls accept Islam to save their families and live with them as Muslim and are gang raped daily.The others, who do not accept Islam they are brutally raped and killed by the Muslims. They even grab Christians land forcedly like this, and if someone is not agreed, they make such cases against them like Blasphemy Law under section Pakistani Penal Code 295/A-B-C so the Christians run to save their lives and the Muslim occupy their houses and land easily. Due to these reasons, many Christians fled from Pakistan to Bangkok, Thailand to save their lives. They came here to Bangkok to live in freedom but here the situation is same because Thailand Government is no the signatory with the United Nations, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 Refugee Convention so this country does not respect asylum seekers, and Unite Nations High Commissioner for refugees is not giving any financial support and food support so asylum seekers are living a misery life here in Bangkok.

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They cannot do any job here for their survival, if they try to get job, it is the fear of police and immigration that they can be caught by the forces. If they will be caught either the forces will send them to Immigration Detention Center or to send them back to Pakistan forcedly. In 2015, we started sending Pakistani food to Immigration Detention Center on daily bases for the Asylum seekers. And this year 2016 we started giving raw food to the families of the asylum seekers in IDC so their families can also survive outside. We even opened the Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship Bangkok with the prior permission and the interest of our Candlelight Church in the USA and it is four months already we are having prayer meetings regularly in two different areas, Bangwa and Charan.

Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship Bangkok Team together ordination to Mr. Romail Yousaf as Assistant Pastor with Pastor Asif Arthur

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16- (KJV )

Candlelight IDC Committee:The Immigration Detention Center ministry was established in 2015 and daily regularly basis the cooked food was sent to the Asylum seekers in prison. Right now it is closed due to some certain reasons but in future we wish to start again soon because people are dying with hunger and sickness. They are eating Thai food, as this food is hot food so the IDC people are getting sick, that is why we want to start the cooked food for IDC prisoners. There are still health issues with the Asylum seekers in Immigration Detention Center(IDC) and their families out of IDC are living in misery situation because most of the men (males) from the families are in prison and it is hard to live with some children out side, their room rents, eating stuff and other necessities are needed for them which are not possible for females and mothers to look after the children and to go out to ask and get food from other people. So the Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship also made this possible to send cooked food in IDC as well as provided uncooked food to some of the families of the prisoners of IDC. I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.Matthew 25:36

Seek Asylum is not a Crime, it is Basic Right of the Humanity

Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship distributed Food Packets Among the Needy People 2016

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Anyone who oppresses the poor is insulting God who made them. To help the poor is to honor God. Proverbs: 14:31

On Christmas Event 2016 we distributed Food Packets Among the Church Members

The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. Proverbs 22:9 NIV

On Christmas Event 2016 we distributed Food Packets Among the Church Members

Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. Proverbs 22:9 (ESV)

Candlelight Childrens MinistryWe have already started the Children ministry and doing Sunday School for the Christian Asylum Seekers and Refugee Children ,Mr.Romail Yousaf goes to teach them Bible Study and Learning the Prayers in Urdu & English in Bangwa and Charan areas of Bangkok, We also present them milk, snacks and food most of the time.

The love of children inspires an interest in the welfare of all humanity

Candlelight Christmas and Children:While the Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship Bangkok had their prayer meetings at Bangwa and Charan, the Sunday School children also presented their Drama and Christians Songs during these meeting and the gifts were distributed.

I brought children into this dark world because it needed the light that only a child can bring. ~Liz Armbruster

We've had bad luck with our kids they've all grown up. ~Christopher Morley

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

Candlelight Urdu Bibles Distribution:Thanks Lord as per need of Candlelight Church Members we are able to distribute the Urdu Bibles in Bangwa and Charan because when the Christian flee from Pakistan they left their Holy Bible in Urdu also there, and people do not have the Urdu Bible with them.Candlelight felt the need of the Bible and along with the team the Holy Bibles were distributed so the people can read/Study the Holy Bible daily.

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.Psalm 119:105

We Distributed Urdu Holy Bibles in our Church Members

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.Psalm 119:105

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We Distributed Urdu Holy Bibles in our Church Members

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.Psalm 119:105

Candlelight Prayer and Worship Meetings:Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship Bangkok has been started from last Six months and took the initiative to arrange Urdu prayer meeting for the Pakistani Community. We have selected two areas as per need of the community, Bangwa and Charan. So we go for prayer meetings there on regularly basis even the situation is so feared here but still the work of our Lord Jesus Christ is going on with full zeal and zest in these two areas.

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 28:19

The Candlelight Church Leaders Meeting:Under the leadership of Senior Pastor of Candlelight Urdu Fellowship Bangkok, Thailand held a meeting with the area Leaders to see the matters and discuss future plans and other thing for the growth of the Candlelight Christian Urdu Fellowship Bangkok and Pastor Asif Arthur also take leadership session in this meeting so the community develop through these sessions even.

How Good and Pleasant it is when Gods People live together in Unity ! Psalm 133-1


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