30 Years on the Frontline

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30 Years on the FrontlinePO BOX 74 NEWLANDS 7725 SOUTH AFRICA2012 EDITION 1

Page In this Issue 1 30 Years on the Frontline 5 Honorary Members 6 60 Years in Missions 8 Serving South Sudan 11 Persecution Increases 13 Mission to Zimbabwe 15 William Carey Bible Institute 16 Frontline Resources

FRONTLINE FELLOWSHIP NEWS 2012/12

30 years ago Frontline Fellowship was a protection over hundreds of successful

vision which many described as mission trips to 30 countries and tens-

reckless, irresponsible, and impossible! o f - thousands of ser v ices and

It's too dangerous! It's illegal! You'll get outreaches. Hundreds-of-thousands of

killed! Are you crazy? These countries Bibles and New Testaments have been

are at war with us! You can't go riding distributed in over 100 languages.

into these war zones on motorbikes Many tens-of-thousands of pastors,

with Bibles and the Jesus film! teachers, chaplains, medics and

evangelists have been trained and Sudan. After enduring over five

These were some of the reactions I more prayers have been answered, and decades of Jihad, South Sudan has

encountered as I put forward the vision miracles experienced, than we could achieved its Independence. Hundreds

of Bible smuggling, serving persecuted possibly catalogue.of new churches have been established

Churches and evangel i s ing in and Bible colleges are flourishing.

Communist countries. As missionary Hudson Taylor declared:

“God's work, done God's way, will never We have seen so many momentous

At that time, Mozambique was in the lack God's supply.” Yes, we have answers to prayer during the last three

grip of an anti-Christian dictatorship experienced aerial and artillery decades: The fall of the Berlin Wall, the

that had already desecrated, burned bombardments, we have had to drive collapse of communism in Romania,

down, or confiscated over 8,000 over landmine endangered territory, tens-of-thousands of Muslims won to

churches. Bibles were banned. ridden through ambushes, preached in Christ in Nigeria, communists coming

Evangelism was forbidden. Al l communist military bases, sang in to Christ in the Congo, Zambia has been

missionaries had been expelled. chains in prison cells and ministered transformed from a socialist nation -

Mozambique was suffering the effects under rocket fire. But God has (which used to host Marxist terrorists

of a man made famine and a vicious protected us through all danger, guided who ferried landmines, surface-to-air

civil war. Operation World described us across unchartered territory and missiles and other weapons of death

Mozambique as: The least evangelised provided for our every need. across the border into neighbouring

country in the Southern Hemisphere. countries) to commit itself to being a

M oza m b i q u e w a s c l o s e d a n d On a recent ministry trip, I was able to Christian nation. Now Zambia sends

unreachable. see how much had changed since I was missionaries, evangelists and Bibles

a prisoner in Maputo. The walls of across the border, even smuggling in

In April 1982, the Lord opened the way Marxism in Mozambique have aid for Christians suffering in Marxist

for me to ride on my off-road crumbled and many hundreds of Zimbabwe.

motorbike into Mozambique with a missionaries and evangelists have

four-reel copy of the Jesus film and a poured into this land that was once the For these and so many answers to

thousand Gospels and New Testaments least evangelised and the most prayer we want to give all praise and

in Portuguese and Shangaan. unreachable country in the Southern thanksgiving to our Lord and Saviour,

Hemisphere. Barely 4% of the country Jesus Christ. “And you know in all your

Now, 30 years later we can praise God were Protestants when we began our heart and your soul that not one thing

for His provision, guidance and mission into Mozambique in 1982. has failed of all the good things which

Today, over 30% are born-again the Lord your God has spoken

Christians.concerning you. All have come to pass

for you; not one word of them has When we first started swimming across

failed.” Joshua 24:14the river into communist Angola,

churches were being burned and Please continue to pray for Frontline

bombarded. Today many of the Fellowship as we seek to win Africa for

churches which had been destroyed Christ through Literature, Leadership

are now rebuilt, flourishing and training and Love in Action.

overflowing with new converts.

Dr. Peter HammondPeace has now come to war-devastated

Evangelising in War Zones“Some like to live within the sound of church or chapel bell - I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell!” CT Studd

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Working for Reformation in Africa“Only one life, it will soon be past,

only what’s done for Christ will last.” CT Studd

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Serving persecuted churches


“The will of God will never lead you, where the grace of God cannot keep you.” Hudson Taylor

Rev. ' D o c ' Wat s o n Dr. James Kennedy

served as a soldier in pastored Coral Ridge

W W I I , p i o n e e r e d Presbyterian church

Scripture Union in Natal, for nearly 50 years.

p a s t o r e d B a p t i s t T h e F o u n d e r o f

churches throughout the Evangelism Explosion,

country and was General Dr. Kennedy was a

Secretary of the YMCA in steadfast friend of

C a p e To w n . ' D o c ' Frontline Fellowship

Watson discipled Peter donating thousands of

Hammond and was the books and tapes to

first Chairman of the our work in Africa. Dr.

B o a rd o f F ro nt l in e K e n n e d y w a s a

Fel lowship (1982 – dynamic Reformer

2002). and an energet ic

Evangelist.

Rev. Arthur Lewis was a

graduate of Oxford Bishop Bullen Dolli was the

University where he first Bishop of the Episcopal

trained under C.S. Lewis. Church of Sudan to be

Rev. Arthur Lewis served enthroned in liberated

as a Church of England Sudan. His cathedral at Lui

missionary to Africa for was repeatedly bombed by

over 50 years, first to the Sudan Air Force. Bishop

T a n g a n y i k a , t h e n B u l l e n D o l l i w a s a

Rhodesia and finally courageous co-worker in

South Africa. Author of the Gospel and conducted

Christian Terror, Arthur n u m e r o u s m i s s i o n

Lewis exposed the World outreaches together with

Council of Churches D r. Pe t e r H a m m o n d ,

support of communist including the Mission to Yei

terrorists. Arthur Lewis i n 2 0 0 2 , w h e n b o t h

founded the Rhodesia escaped and survived a plot

Christian Group, was a to have them killed.

founder member of

United Christian Action (now Brigadier General Ben

Christian Action Network), and a Partin is one of the

Board Member of Frontline wo r l d ' s fo re m o st

Fellowship (1982 – 2010). a u t h o r i t i e s o n

weapons technology.

Dr. Fritz Haus served as a soldier General Part in is

in the Africa Korps in WWII, and r e c o g n i s e d a s a

devoted 60 years to ministry in pioneer behind the

South Africa, planting Baptist d e v e l o p m e n t o f

churches throughout the modern precis ion

country. He mentored Peter g u i d e d w e a p o n

Hammond and introduced him systems. He has been

to the Reformation. Dr. Fritz Haus a steadfast friend and

was a great friend of Frontline Board Member of

Fellowship and an honored Frontline Fellowship

Board Member and frequent since 1988.

guest speaker at Biblical Worldview Summits.

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60 Years in MissionsRev. B i l l Bathman has Christians living in communist ministered in over 100 or Muslim lands aren't "playing countries and served the Lord church" as many in the West are as a Missionary for over 60 doing. Their very lives are on years. the line every day. Everyone I've

met, across the past 60 years of 1. How did you come to the m i n i s t r y t o p e r s e c u t e d Lord? Christians, is a hero to me. For It was my first night at example:university. I was almost 21 years old, recently completed Richard Wurmbrand, whom I my service in the U.S. Navy, met at the Vienna airport after and now enrolled to study for his release from 14 years in the ministry at Bob Jones the next summer I spent three months Romanian prisons where he University in Greenville, South traveling as an evangelist, through ten was brutally tortured for his faith in Carolina. Each semester began with a countries on the continent. That Christ and with whom I worked closely series of evangelistic meetings. I am experience confirmed God's call to over the next 12 years. eternally grateful for that tradition. Europe.

Andrew van der Bijl, better known as Having grown up in a spiritually-dead, Harriett and I were married and "Brother Andrew", whom I first met in modernistic church, I had never once following graduation we left for Bensheim, Germany in 1957 after his heard the Gospel, the good news of Europe. We lived and ministered in initial trip to Poland and then on his salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Western Europe for ten years before way to Hungary. The Lord used him to The service that evening was full of God opened the door for us to begin a open my eyes to the possibility of joyful singing and concluded with a serious ministry in the communist ministry behind the Iron Curtain. We powerful message by Dr. Bob Jones, his countries of Eastern Europe. worked closely together evangelising words made the Bible come alive to communist soldiers during the Russian me, in a way I had never before My first trip behind the Iron Curtain invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and experienced. He identified sin, labeling was to Yugoslavia, in October 1961. On other times together in Eastern its cause and pointing to its cure. that trip I met a Baptist pastor in Europe, later developing a training

Zagreb, who implored, "You must come program to prepare other missionaries After about 20 minutes, I thought he back. Even if the door is closed, try it, to to work in communist countries.was preaching straight at me. I thought see if it's locked!"'someone has told him all about me' Dr. Josif Tson, the Baptist Reformer of and my discomfort changed to anger - Those words were like a clarion call Romania. We worked very closely over the Holy Spirit was convicting of sin, from God. The Lord clearly showed me many years. After his exile from righteousness and judgment. I was that my future ministry would be to Romania, he asked me to write a book almost ready to get up and leave when preach the Gospel and serve about the Reformation in Romania.it dawned on me that he was right. persecuted Christians in restricted-Truly, "all have sinned and come short access countries. I will never forget Dr. Nick Gheorghita of the glory of God." I couldn't argue with that. But if he was right, it meant 3. Who are some that I was wrong. o f t h e

unforgettab le That was the moment – 9 p.m., p e r s o n a l i t i e s September 8, 1948 – when I realized that you have that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for met amongst the my sins, and by faith I opened my heart p e r s e c u t e d and received Him as my Lord and Church?Saviour. I've written a

book that only 2. How did you become involved in t o u c h e s t h e Missions to the persecuted Church? surface of that The Lord put Europe on my heart and q u e s t i o n .


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was Romania's leading endocrinologist and is vital to reaching remote areas. A shallow, superficial façade seems to and an outspoken Christian witness. He There is hardly any category of vocation have infiltrated many churches in the r e f u s e d t o c o m p ro m i s e . T h e that is not needed to extend the West, where entertainment has communists did everything they could Kingdom of God. replaced worship. There are two to destroy him. He and his co-pastor crosses preached today: a modern, colleague, Dr. Paul Negrut, were In the early days of my missionary smooth, highly-polished cross, easy to constantly under persecution and ministry, two-thirds of our financial bear, that makes no unpleasant life-threats of death from the atheist support came from mission-minded changing demands. This is in stark authorities. c h u rc h e s a n d o n e - t h i rd f ro m contrast to the Old Rugged Cross. The

individuals. Today it is reversed with old Cross slew men; the new cross A man God used to challenge and most of our support coming from amuses them. As A.W. Tozer put it, "The inspire me to greater dedication is individuals. flesh, smiling and confident, preaches George Verwer, founder of Operation and sings about the cross; before the Mobilization. I first met George in There is a 'trend' today for churches to cross it bows and toward the cross it Madrid, Spain in October 1961. I "do missions." While the intention is p o i n t s w i t h c a r e f u l l y s t a g e d thought I was a dedicated Christian admirable, it often results in poorly chorography – but upon that cross it until I stood next to this man and t ra ined, i l l -equ ipped "2-week will not die, and the reproach of that realized what true dedication really is. wonders," devoid of any cross-cultural Cross it stubbornly refuses to bear."George has a worldwide ministry, experience, or understanding of including many restricted-access language skills. Full-time career 8. What do you believe are our countries. Harriett and I worked in an missionaries are rare today. When we greatest priorities today?OM team in Austria in 1963 and later started out, the thought of setting a Obedience to the Great Commission. moved our home to Salzburg to time-limit didn't occur to us. Taking the initiative to take the Gospel establish a Mission base for to the ends of the earth. Facilitating working behind the Iron Curtain t h e n a t i o n a l ; h e a l r e a d y during the Cold War. understands the language and

knows the culture. We multiply our 4. What are some of the most ministry when we come alongside outstanding answers to prayer the national and work as his that you have experienced? colleague, not as his commander. Living by faith is a constant Putting some tools in his hand will experience of God answering help make disciples.prayer. He does not always answer "Yes," but He always answers. 9. What are some of the most vital

lessons that you have learned In the years we worked behind the during your 60 years in Missions?Iron Curtain, during the Cold War, First of all: God just loves to be 6. What advice do you have for there were many occasions when we trusted. In my 84 years, I've learned someone wanting to get involved in received a letter from someone in one thing about life: we never get out Missions today?America telling us that at a certain hour of it alive! We all have a Divine Be certain of God's call. Be willing to be on such and such a day the Lord appointment. "It is appointed unto man misunderstood by those closest to you. awakened them to pray for us. When once to die, and after that the Our Lord was misunderstood by His we compared the date and time it Judgment." Hebrews 9:27. The only family, His disciples and the religious coincided with a very critical hour way to live, is to be ready to die. The leaders.when we were facing certain danger or only way to be ready to die, is to know extreme need. God answered prayer in Jesus Christ as your own, personal Lord If the burden of your heart is to share real time across 9 time-zones. This and Saviour. Jesus said: "I am the Way, the Gospel and preach Christ to happened many times. the Truth and the Life. No one comes to precious souls in other lands or

the Father except through Me." cultures, then you should prepare by 5. Missions must have changed a lot John 14:6proper training, education and over the last 60 years. What are some discipline; raise your personal support of the changes that you have noticed? Rev. Bill Bathman is the Chairman of (trusting the Lord for all of these) and There is much more opportunity today Frontline Fellowship. He is author of then Go.for lay people to be involved, particularly in the area of technology ; 7. What do you believe are some of the and tech support. A whole aviation and greatest threats facing the Church ministry has evolved since World War II Email: ; today?

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Serving South SudanCrossing Countries for Christ almost seizing up. These After an epic 2½ month 16,000km mechanica l chal lenges overland journey across 8 countries, slowed us down a bit, but we our Frontline Fellowship Field Team were still able to make all our completed a very successful and appointments.effective time of ministry in South Sudan. Our trailer was loaded to the

m a x i m u m w e i g h t We bounced over rocky, bumpy, pot- re co m m e n d e d b y t h e holed, narrow, dusty roads heading for manufacturer with two the newest country in the world, South tonnes of Bibles, Gospel Sudan. On 9 July 2011 South Sudan literature and audio visual gained its independence from the Evangelistic, Discipleship, North after many decades of war. Leadership and Worldview Rich Heritage

Training material. Frontline Fellowship has been working Having crossed the Tropic of Capricorn, in Sudan since 1994. It was a great the Equator and the great Nile privilege for us to have gone in R i v e r , w e h a d m a n y after Dr. Peter Hammond and opportunities to see wildlife the Frontline teams that had and enjoy the beauty of God's served so diligently during the Creation. years of war. The people r e m e m b e r e d D r. P e t e r Mechanical Challenges Hammond as a true friend Driving overland from South because he had been a friend Africa through Zimbabwe, during the hard times. They Zambia, Namibia, Tanzania, said, "Peter Hammond is a Uganda, Kenya, and South blood brother, because while Sudan certainly had a few our blood was being shed he challenges. Our trailer axles was here risking his own life to repeatedly broke loose, serve us."needing then to be welded back. The bull-bar, roof-rack Hymnbooks that Survivedrigging, and tow-hitchs One of the most prized Evidences of Warrattling loose also demanded constant possessions of the Moru people is the As we travelled in South Sudan we saw attention. The trailer lights got blasted Moru Hymn Books, which they the evidence of war: ruins of churches out by the gravel stones from the tyres, received from Frontline Fellowship in that had been bombed, buildings and and a wheel-bearing burned out 1996 and these very same Hymn Books trees pock-marked with scars of

are still being used in their churches. shrapnel and bullets, men and women Even though they are worn out, with terrible scars of wounds and tattered and torn, they are a very torture from the war. Yet they were all prized possession. Whenever we were rejoicing over the

fact that they were now Free! But with freedom c o m e m a n y c h a l l e n ge s . To truly be free one n e e d s t o b e respons ib le to make the right choices.


introduced by Canon Kenneth Beloved BooksBaringwa, he would say, "You know The most appreciated those Hymn Books that we use in our book that we were able churches every Sunday, it is Frontline to give the people of Fellowship that gave them to us." South Sudan was Faith

Under Fire in Sudan. Malaria This tells the story of Two of our team members, Daniel and their struggles for Hunter suffered from malaria and I freedom and includes went down with high fevers and many pictures of the pounding headaches. By God’s grace, war.we recovered and continued to m i n i s t e r a n d c a r r y o u t a l l It was also a great responsibilities despite the discomfort privilege to distribute of illness. The Doctor Comes to

experienced some of the scenes that Lui book amongst the Moru people on they witnessed in the film. I heard one Through Sickness and Health the very soil where Dr. Kenneth Fraser man say as he watched: "That is where I We persevered and pushed on through accomplished his ministry. The Moru lost my uncle!" and another man said: sickness and fatigue and saw many people hold Dr Kenneth Fraser in high "That is the conflict that destroyed our faces beaming with appreciation for esteem because it was he who first village!" There was a constant hum of the valuable training and vital brought the Gospel to them and excited chatter throughout the film as materials received. started the first Church, the first participants were recognizing faces hospital and the first school in and places, and at times in horror Ministry Moruland.

remembering the sufferings of the In the 5 weeks we were in South past. Sudan, we presented more than

140 lectures, sermons, school Celebrating Jesusmeetings, outreaches and We were encouraged by the way the d e v o t i o n s . W e h e l d 5 Moru people responded to the Evangelism Workshops and Jesus film. They shouted with joy Biblical Worldview Seminars, and the ladies jubilated in the lectured at 3 Colleges, preached traditional African way when they at 10 Churches, and we had saw the Risen Lord Jesus appear to some good opportunities to His disciples for the first time after minister to about 2,000 His death and burial. Each time believers at a Let your Light we've shown this film at different Shine Conference. We donated locations, we hear the same shouts books and Bibles to 4 Bible of praise and spontaneous applause College Libraries and a Teachers when it came to the Resurrection. T r a i n i n g

Film MinistryC o l l e g e Our team diligently took advantage of We screened films on 25 different Library. We the opportunities to share the Gospel occasions. Some nights there were as also donated

many as 1,000 people books to 8 gathered to watch. Community The screenings of the Libraries and f i lms Sudan: The enriched the Hidden Holocaust, p e r s o n a l a n d Te r r o r i s m & libraries of Persecut ion were more than undoubtedly a great 220 pastors, encouragement to l e a d e r s , many of the folk there. evangelists, Many of the people in teachers and t h e f i l m w e r e students.recognized by local Christians who had

We had Evangelism W o r k s h o p s a n d Biblical Worldview Seminars with more than 220 Sudanese pastors, chaplains, e v a n g e l i s t s a n d teachers. Personal EvangelismDuring the week, after each day of lectures, w e a n d t h e participants had the opportunity to go into the market places and local areas After seeing the taking down of the amongst the villages and do personal flag, I was able to show the soldiers evangelism. how their flag has the Gospel in it. The

black on top speaks of how our hearts were dark with sin; the red in the

message to the many who gathered middle shows how the Blood of Christ around our equipment after each cleanses us and purifies us from sin; film ministry. the white lines speak of how our

hearts can be white as snow; the green Sunday Services shows us that we must grow in Grace, On Sundays each of our team reading our Bibles, fellowshipping with members had various opportunities other believers and praying; the royal to minister at different parishes for blue shows us that we are now sons of Sunday morning Worship services the King; and the gold shows us that each Sunday. Some of the parishes we can be in Heaven one day forever.are very rural and were only accessed by some serious bundu-bashing. Thank You Thank you for all your support and We were also able to take Devotions prayers which made our ministry in at the assemblies of a teacher South Sudan possible. May God richly training college and at Bible colleges. reward you for helping us serve this

recovering war-torn country. Michael Watson Prison [email protected] provided opportunities for us to

minister at a local prison and police station where we had the opportunity to share the Gospel with prisoners and saw many trust in Christ. School MinistryWe also ministered at local Primary and Secondary Schools where often the students took refuge from the blazing heat of the sun under the shelter and shade of large trees. Military MissionWe had the privilege of going to SPLA barracks to share the Gospel with soldiers.



Persecution IncreasesNigeria developed into a Jihadist The militant Islamic Boko Haram group determined to movement demanded that al l e s t a b l i s h a M u s l i m Christians living in Northern Nigeria Caliphate throughout West must leave. This amidst an escalation Africa. In 2009, more than in terror attacks on churches 700 people were killed in throughout Northern Nigeria. Boko conflict between Nigerian Haram claimed responsibility for at soldiers and Boko Haram least 50 major terrorist attacks on followers. Mohammed Christians, including assassinations Yusuf was captured and and bombings. summarily executed while

in police custody at that Christmas Jihad time. assassinations. In Qena province, in On Christmas Day a series of co- the village of Rahmaniya-Kebly, ordinated terror attacks targeted Christians in Jos have recently lost over Muslim mobs chanting Allah Akbar churches across the country. Muslims 150 people at the hands of Boko destroyed the homes and shops of set fire to the cars of Christians outside Haram terrorists. Boko Haram means: Christians while security forces a church in Damaturu, the capital of Western Education is forbidden, and watched, but did not intervene. Yobe state. A car bomb killed 42 they describe themselves as people Homes and places of worship were worshippers at a Christmas day committed to the propagation of the torched, but the fire brigade arrived 90 morning service at Madalla, just prophet's teachings and Jihad. Boko minutes late. The Copts were forcibly outside the federal capital of Abuja. Haram demands the imposition of prevented from voting. So only Muslim Other churches targeted by Islamic Islamic sharia law across Nigeria. The Brotherhood candidates were voted terror attacks included Mountain of Nigerian government reports that for.Fire and Miracles church in Jos. Boko Haram is financing itself through Churches in Maiduguri were burned bank robberies and receives oil money Intimidationdown and Christians killed. In the wake from neighbouring Islamic states. They In Bahteem, Qaliubia province, a mob of the lethal Christmas Day bombings have been credited with at least 465 of Muslim Brotherhood radicals across Northern Nigeria came reports killings in Nigeria in the last year. stormed into a church and informed of Muslim mobs blocking the path of them that they no longer had any ambulances and delaying their Under Siege license and needed to vacate the attempts to transport wounded Some churches now have military building which would be turned into a victims from the churches to hospitals. detachments entrenched with mosque!

machine gun nests behind sandbags to What is Boko Haram? protect the congregations from Boko Haram has been described as an a s s a u l t . I n n u m e r o u s t o w n s African Taliban, with links to Al-Qaeda. motorbikes have been banned in fear Boko Haram started in Maiduguri over of Boko Haram's repeated use of 15 years ago by Mohammed Yusuf as a motorbikes for hit and run attacks. Quaranic study group. It quickly President Jonathan declared a State of

Emergency on New Years Eve and closed Nigeria's borders with Niger, Cameroon and Chad.

EgyptChristians throughout E g y p t h a v e b e e n s u b j e c t e d t o l e g a l h a r a s s m e n t , s t a t e p e r s e c u t i o n , m o b violence, arson attacks, a r r e s t s a n d


Sudan into the newly independent attacked Evangelical Christians. Police South Sudan since the secession. were reported ly re luctant to Christians are facing growing threats investigate the assaults, interrogating from both Muslim communities and injured Christians as to what had Islamic government officials in Sudan. motivated them to convert to Church property i s rout ine ly Christianity! Reportedly the police confiscated. The police and courts sided with the attackers. In Karnataka, have been unjustly biased in favour of many of the injured Christians were Muslims against Christians. Sudan arrested and thrown in jail for a week, police have arrested and beaten while no action was taken against the pastors and evangelists. assailants. Christians in India report

that this illustrates the justice Under Fire Again problem: somebody comes to beat you Christians in the Nuba Mountains in up, and then the police come and South Kordofan, in Blue Nile Province arrest you and accuse you of inciting and in the oil rich Abyei, have come that other person to violence! under aerial bombardment, ground Christians are a minority of just over attacks and devastating Scorched 2% in India, where Hindus are the Earth campaigns. At least 130,000 overwhelming majority and Muslims

Cold-Blooded Murder Negok Dinka residents in Abyei have constitute 13% of the population.An Egyptian policeman opened fire on fled the fighting as Sudan armed forces a crowded train targeting Christian have poured into the area, engaging in Persecution Todaypassengers as he shouted Allah Akbar! ethnic cleansing. Over 400 million Christians live under Since the removal of Hosni Mubarak 66 governments which from power, the Muslim Brotherhood severely restrict religious has dominated the political landscape freedom and persecute and their party has overwhelmingly Believers. Every year an won in recent elections. More than a v e r a g e o f 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 100,000 Christian families have Christians are killed for emigrated from Egypt in fear of their Faith.violence from Islamic extremists.

Massacres “And if one member suffers, all the Iraq In Jonglei state, in South Sudan, severe members suffer with it… you are the Midnight Christmas and New Year inter-tribal warfare between the Nuer Body of Christ and members services were cancelled in Baghdad, and Murle people has resulted in an individually.” 1 Corinthians 12:26-27Mosul and Kirkuk as a consequence of estimated 3,000 deaths and the the never ending assassinations of displacement of over 100,000 people. Serving the PersecutedChristians. A blunt statement from the During the civil war, the National During the last 30 years Frontline Chaldean Archbishop, Louis Sako, Islamic Front government of Sudan Fellowship has served persecuted explained that in future all Christian armed militias amongst the Nuer churches throughout Africa, delivering services had to be scheduled for the people to attack the neighbouring hundreds-of-thousands of Bibles and daylight hours for security reasons. In tribes and destabilise the situation. Christian books to persecuted 1932, one out of every five Iraqi's was a Entire families have been massacred in Christians, training pastors, teachers, Christian. Today the number has tribal violence. President Salva Kiir of chaplains and evangelists, helping to dwindled to one in 33. Close to a South Sudan has declared the area in establish Christian schools, plant million Christians have emigrated from Jonglei state a disaster zone. churches, develop Bible colleges and Iraq because of the anti-Christian medical clinics – ministering to body, persecution that has erupted since India mind and spirit.democracy came to Iraq. During one On Christmas Day, an angry mob of attack on a church in Bagdad, 52 were Hindus raided Christian homes, “Remember the prisoners as if killed in what the terrorists described smashing windows, damaging chained with them – those who are as a Jihad to exterminate Iraq furniture and assaulting Believers. mistreated – since you yourselves are Christians… an obscene nest of Thousands of Hindu protestors in the body also.” Hebrews 13:3infidels…! objected to the celebration of

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Mission to Zimbabwe“And do not be conformed Ministryto this world, but be We also had the opportunity t r a n s f o r m e d b y t h e to preach at several churches, renewing of your mind, that a prison, an old age home, you may prove what is that Bible Colleges, open-air and in good and acceptable and a store. Our message always perfect will of God.” stressed Biblical holiness,

Romans 12:2 Godliness, brotherly love, Spir i tual f ru i t that f i ts

Rebuilding Zimbabwe repentance, perseverance, We have a vision to help self-denial and a lifestyle that rebuild the country of testifies of a Saviour living

in a phase of change. It should Zimbabwe upon the only within.therefore be a call to self-examination sure foundation of Biblical principles. “Examine yourselves as to o f p e r s o n a l l i v e s , f a m i l i e s , After the economic collapse of the whether you are in the Faith. Test congregations, and society. It is easy to Zimbabwean dollar, many people are yourselves. Do you not know regard the status quo as right. “We eager to embrace questionable quick- yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? have always done it this way.” fix schemes and heresies that promise - unless indeed you are disqualified.” Common practice should not be lifted health and prosperity, rather than life- 2 Cor. 13:5above Scripture and popular approval transforming Biblical principles. does not have Divine authority! Heresies Therefore, during our recent mission and cults that are trip, we conducted Biblical Worldview t h r e a t e n i n g t h e Seminars addressing the battle for the church should be mind.exposed and opposed. It is therefore a worthy “Beware lest anyone cheat you time to be challenged through philosophy and empty by the great Biblical deceit, according to the tradition of pr inc ip les of the men, according to the basic principles Reformation.of the world, and not according to

The Jesus FilmChrist.” Colossians 2:8I have seen and presented the Jesus The only hope for any nation is the film many times, but I am still touched Lordship of Jesus Christ in all areas of Hopeevery time I see the powerful message life.The Zimbabwean people are weary of love, grace and Redemption. On and some feel defeated by injustice four occasions we followed the film Seminarsand lawlessness. Many churches were with an evangelistic message.Because we have a Commission from forced to close their doors during the

our Lord Jesus Christ to make disciples economic collapse. Yet the country is Boxes with Lovea n d to te a c h We were blessed to provide Boxes with o b e d i e n c e Love to senior citizens who have no (Matthew 28:18-pension. I received letters expressing 2 0 ) , w e their gratefulness. Here’s one p r e s e n t e d example:B i b l i c a l “I do not know how to express our deep E v a n g e l i s m , heartfelt thanks to... All the folks who Discipleship and so generously donate and do packing, W o r l d v i e w etc .May God, our Heavenly Father conferences for give each of you a special blessing. p a s t o r s , Those who have received their Love chapla ins and Boxes join with us expressing our deep teachers at seven appreciation. We MARVEL at the d i f f e r e n t contents of those boxes.”locations.

Challenges and Prayer itemsThe electricity supply (ZESA) in Zimbabwe is still very unpredictable. Power failures are the norm. One of our friends gave us a generator which proved to be an indispensible part of our equipment. One evening while showing the Jesus film (using our valuable generator), a huge roar of joy announced that the electricity had suddenly came on in the township!

Farmers, other land owners, and even residential home owners, are living in constant threat of their property being invaded and confiscated by “war veterans”. Frequent court hearings, corruption, bribes and high stress levels complicate their lives.

Thank youThank you to our families who stayed behind and prayed for us during this month of absence. Also to all those who faithfully prayed for us, those involved in arranging successful meetings, our hospitable hosts and those who sacrificially contributed financially towards the Mission.

“To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.”

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