Training Up Myanmar
The nation of Myanmar is 90% Buddhist, and Christians there are often mocked, threatened and persecuted. However, the harvest is ripe, and the need for courageous spiritual leaders and missionaries is great.
The nation of Myanmar is 90% Buddhist, and Christians there are often mocked, threatened and persecuted. However, the harvest is ripe, and the need for courageous spiritual leaders and missionaries is great.
Imagine you are walking down a narrow street. You hear the sound of an engine behind you, so you step to the side just in time for a retro-style car to drive by. As it disappears around a corner, you hear another, more unfamiliar sound behind you. You turn to see a horse and buggy rolling down the road, driven by a farmer as he takes his produce to the local market.
Even though the Chinese church is growing rapidly, heavy government restrictions are forcing it to remain underground and believers to meet in secret. These restrictions have increased in the last year, isolating Chinese pastors even more. This difficulty, combined with an estimated 10,000 believers for every one trained pastor, puts a heavy load on the shoulders of Chinese church leaders.
The Bible is the number one best-selling book of all time. In America, churches are often full of them, schools and libraries stock them, and even hotel rooms often have one sitting in a drawer somewhere.
In the Middle East alone, there are more than 1.6 billion Muslims who have never heard the loving and life changing Gospel of Jesus. For this reason, World Compassion is committed to creating and facilitating a religious safe haven for Christians, fighting for Christians to remain in the Kurdish region to continue to spread the Gospel of Jesus.
World Compassion is committed to bringing the Gospel to the outermost parts of the world – nations that have limited to no access to the Word of God. This month we are excited about continuing to partner with our contact in Iran who is helping to operate and coordinate the distribution of Bibles.
My name is Sazan, and I was freed from ISIS sexual slavery in March of 2016. Upon my return, I spoke to no one other than my family for days. I had suffered unspeakable things – things I could not even bring myself to tell them; however, now I want to share my story, and I want to share it with you through those I have met who are helping me.
UPDATE: the city of Mosul has since been liberated from ISIS control on Sunday, July 9th, 2017. Iraqi forces and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the city free from the grip of ISIS after three years. Above, two young boys comfort each other after seeing the collapse of their home, knowing that loved ones are still under the rubble.
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