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Gifts of Love for the Persecuted Church

2013-2014 Barnabas Fund Gift Catalogue www.barnabasfund.org
Contents
Welcome ................................................................... 3
How we help ............................................................. 4
What did your gifts achieve last year? .................. 5
Where we helped ..................................................... 6
Special feature: Sponsor a Christian child ................................... 8
Disaster relief ............................................................................... 9
Feeding ...................................................................................... 10
School-place sponsorship ...........................................................11
Small business ........................................................................... 12
Gift form ................................................................i-iii
Gift cards ................................................................. iv
Victims of violence ..................................................................... 13
Convert care .............................................................................. 14
Leadership training .................................................................... 15
Pastors and evangelists ............................................................. 16
Water ......................................................................................... 17
Medical care .............................................................................. 18
Church buildings ........................................................................ 19
Christian literature ...................................................................... 20
About Barnabas Fund ........................................... 21
Commendations ..................................................... 22
Convert care.............................................................................. 14
Leadership training.................................................................... 15
Pastors and evangelists............................................................. 16
Water......................................................................................... 17
Medical care.............................................................................. 18
Church buildings........................................................................ 19
Christian literature...................................................................... 20
About Barnabas Fund ........................................... 21
Commendations..................................................... 22
Welcome
Dear Christian friend,
I am delighted to present to you the Barnabas
Fund gift catalogue for 2013-2014.
In 2013 we have been giving thanks to God
for His faithfulness in enabling Barnabas to
serve His persecuted people over the past 20
years. By His grace we have brought hope and
aid to countless Christians who are suffering
discrimination, harassment and violence
because of their love for Christ. All this has been
possible only through our supporters, whose
hearts He has stirred up to give generously
to support their needy Christian brothers and
sisters.
Practical ways to help
As we look to continue and expand our ministry
in the years ahead, with the Lords help, this
catalogue offers many options for gifts that you,
your small group or your church can make to
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 school-children 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 the expansion of our child sponsorship
programme to address the desperate plight of
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in Syria.
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
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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 wrote to the Christians in Corinth, You will
be enriched in every way for your great
generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to
God (2 Corinthians 9:11). May you know Gods
rich blessing as you respond to the needs of His
suffering people. Please pray for them as you
read their stories.
Dr Patrick Sookhdeo
International Director
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How We Help
Di sast er
r el i ef
emergency aid in
times of calamity
Chr i st i an
r esour c es
resources for growth and
encouragement
Smal l
busi nesses
strengthening Christians
lrrougr se|l-sullc|ercy
Basi c needs
food and other essentials
supplied through local churches
Chur c h
bui l di ngs
erao||rg r|r|slry or lrr
foundations
Medi c al
c ar e
clinics and life-saving
healthcare
Chr i st i an
educ at i on
Christian schooling for
Christian children
Wat er
digging wells, ensuring
supplies
Past or s and
evangel i st s
spreading the Word,
strengthening the Body
Leader shi p
t r ai ni ng
equipping the
ministers of Christ
Vi c t i ms of
vi ol enc e
helping Christians who suffer
violence or injustice for their faith
Conver t
c ar e
support for those who turn
to Christ
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What did your gifts
achieve in the last year?
*

* From 1 J uly 2012 to 30 J une 2013
In contexts of pressure and persecution
20,490
20,490 Christians
who were victims of
violence
462 Christians with
small-business and
income-generation
projects

7,445 Christian
children in
Christian schools
or educational
programmes
the establishing of 1
new safe house and
helped persecuted
Christian converts in
18 countries
263 evangelists
and 126 pastors

leadership training
for Christian leaders
in 21 countries
lre ou||d|rg or lll|rg
out of 5 clinics or
care centres the drilling of 3 wells
emergency relief
to over 121,572
Christians
food to over 22,247
Christians, sometimes
with other basic needs
130,000 pieces of
Christian literature and
55,000 Bibles
resources for the
construction or repair of
20 churches and other
Christian buildings
20,490
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Where We Helped
*

Algeria
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
China
D. R. Congo
Egypt
Ethiopia
France
Georgia
Germany
Guyana
Holy Land
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Mali
Mozambique
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Pakistan
Philippines
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
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*Some of the countries where
Barnabas Fund supported
projects from 1 J uly 2012 to 30
J une 2013
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C
hildren in Syria are
caught up in a nightmare
that is far bigger than they
are. The violence that has
engulfed their country has left
thousands of children dead
and many more injured or
disabled. Christian children are
particularly targeted by Islamist
rebels because of their faith.
Many Christian children and
lre|r lar|||es rave rad lo lee
their homes.
It is too dangerous for some
Christian children to travel
to school, and many no
longer have a school to go to.
Christian girls are in particular
danger of being kidnapped
and abused. And shortages
and soaring prices are causing
thousands of these vulnerable
children to go without the
basics we take for granted.
Barnabas Fund is looking for
sponsors for 2,000 Christian
children in Syria. Could you
reach out to one Christian child
and commit to providing food
and basics for him or her?
Special feature
Sponsor a
Christian child in Syria
Reference number: 00-1147
(Sponsor a persecuted Christian child)
18 on average per month provides for
the basic needs of one Christian child in
Syria
Christian children in Syria desperately need our
support

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Supporters who give regularly
will receive a prayer card with
a photograph of one Christian
child, their name and their age.
They will also receive a twice-
yearly newsletter about the
sponsorship project as a whole.
Contact with the sponsored child,
or updates specifcally about
them, will not be possible owing
to security concerns.
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In
December 2012 Typhoon
Bopha triggered
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landslides across the southern
Philippines. Many Christians
on the island of Mindanao,
who were already vulnerable to
hostility from militant Islamists,
saw their homes and crops
destroyed. Barnabas assisted
705 families with essential
supplies.
In areas where Christians
are in a minority, and
especially where they are
persecuted, they may also
suffer discrimination in the
distribution of aid after natural
disasters. Barnabass Disaster
Relief Fund is used to provide
both their immediate needs
and support to rebuild their
lives in the longer term, so that
their suffering is no worse than
that of the majority population.
In the past year Barnabas
has provided food relief for
Christians affected by crop
failures and spiralling food
prices in Mali, emergency
aid for Christians displaced
by heavy rains in Chad, new
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Pakistan, and many other
needs for disaster victims.
Hope in the
midst of calamity
bought a 50kg sack of rice for a Christian
family in the Philippines afected by
Typhoon Bopha
provided emergency supplies for two
weeks for a Christian family displaced by
foods in Bangladesh
Reference number: 00-634 (Disaster Relief Fund)
Relief from Barnabas brought joy to Christians
in the Philippines caught up in the devastation of
Typhoon Bopha
Disaster Relief

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W
hen many Christians in
the Democratic Republic
of the Congo were forced to
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group M23 in 2012, Barnabas
Fund stepped in to provide 652
desperate, starving Christian
families with food and hygiene
supplies. Our partner wrote
that the food support brought
joy into their heart and a big
smile on their faces.
Barnabas Fund is on hand
to help feed Christians who
are temporarily in need.
But sometimes our support
is needed long-term. For
example, Christians in
Pakistan and Egypt are often
trapped in grinding poverty
because of discrimination.
Receiving regular food parcels
transforms their lives: when
they know where their next
meal is coming from, they can
use what they would have
spent on food to pay for school
fees or start a small business,
so that they can lift themselves
out of poverty and hunger for
good.
Reference number: 00-636 (Feeding Fund)
Feeding hungry
Christian families
Feeding and basic needs
A child of a displaced Christian family in Mali
sits on a vehicle bringing Barnabas-funded food
supplies
provided food and basic needs for a
month for a Christian family displaced by
violence in Mali
per month provides a needy Christian
family in Pakistan with nutritious food

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I
am praising God because
of his goodness to my
family, said Kakolis father.
Kakoli is a student at one of
lve 8arraoas-lurded Crr|sl|ar
schools in Bangladesh.
These schools are not only
transforming the lives of
needy Christian children but
are touching other lives too.
Remarkably, some of the
children are teaching their
parents to read and write.
Children from Christian families
often cannot go to school at
all. Their parents are so poor,
because of discrimination, that
paying the fees is impossible.
When Christian children can
attend school, they may be in a
small minority in the classroom,
where they often experience
harassment, pressure to
change their faith or even
violence. Some are failed in
their exams because they are
Christians. Barnabas Funds
support enables impoverished
Christian students in ten
countries to learn in a loving
Christian environment. Here
they can both improve their
prospects and grow up to be
strong men and women of God.
Barnabas Funds School-place
Sponsorship programme funds
places at Christian schools for
needy Christian children. The
average cost is 18 per child
per month.
A Christ-centred education
in contexts of persecution
School-place Sponsorship
Reference Number 00-514 (School-place Sponsorship Fund)
Supporters who give regularly will receive a card with the name and
photograph of one child and a twice-yearly newsletter
about the project.
on average per month funds a school
place at a Christian school for a needy
Christian child

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Barnabas Fund enables children from
impoverished Christian families in Pakistan to
learn in a safe, loving Christian environment
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M
any Christians in South
Sudan are struggling to
feed their families because of
forces beyond their control.
Their country is still reeling
from the effects of the long civil
war (1983-2005), when what
was then North Sudan tried
to impose sharia law on the
mainly Christian South.
In 2012, Barnabas Funds
partner in South Sudan
loaned a group of 197 South
Sudanese Christian women
the money they needed to start
their own small businesses
to support their families. For
example, one of the women,
Kila, now runs a thriving
market stall selling bread and
snacks and can now provide
for her children.
In some countries, Christians
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all but the lowest-paid jobs or
passed over for promotion. It
may also be that the only work
open to them is dangerous.
Barnabas Fund provides
the training, start-up costs
or resources our brothers
and sisters need to become
se|l-sullc|erl so lrey do rol
need to seek employment from
those who despise and abuse
them.
Small Businesses
The help they need
to support themselves
Reference number: 00-356 (Small Business Start-up Fund)
Giving livestock to needy Christian families in
Burundi provides them with a means of income
provided a needy Muslim-background
Christian family in Burundi with a goat
helped one war-afected Christian widow
in Sri Lanka to start a small business

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Gift Form
To make a Gift of Love for the Persecuted Church,
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 fll out your contact details below and then fll out p. ii for single donations
or p. iii for regular donations. If you are a UK tax-payer, please complete 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 of the catalogue and send it to your nearest
Barnabas Fund offce (addresses on the back cover).
I / We would like to help the persecuted Church:
(Mr / Mrs / Miss / Ms / Rev / Dr)
Name .............................................................................
Address ...................................................................
..........................................................................................
..........................................................................................
..........................................................................................
Postcode ..................................................................
Telephone .................................................................
Email ........................................................................
*If the project chosen is already sufciently funded, we reserve the right to use designated gifts for another project
of a similar type.
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least equal to the amount of tax that all the
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CV1 5EX
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*If the project chosen is already sufciently funded, we reserve the right to use designated gifts for another project
of a similar type.
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Credit card donation
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For Regular Donations
*If the project chosen is already sufciently funded, we reserve the right to use designated gifts for another project
of a similar type.
Barnabas Fund is a company registered in England number 4029536, Registered Charity no. 1092935
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)*.
I will pay:
by bank Direct Debit, and have flled 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 frst payment of ________________ to cover __________ months is enclosed.
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 UK tax-payer, please complete the Gift Aid Declaration on p. i to enable us to reclaim
the tax on your regular payments.
DIRECT DEBIT (for UK supporters only)
I would like to give a regular gift of ___________ (amount in words)____________________________
Starting on 1
st
/ 11
th
/ 21
st
(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).
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 the amount,
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, confrmation 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 confrmation may be
required. Please also notify us.
Instruction to your bank or
building society to pay by Direct Debit
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Please fill in the whole form in a ball point pen and send to:
Barnabas Fund, 9 Priory Row, Coventry CV1 5EX
Name and full postal address of your bank or building society
To: The Manager Bank/building society
Address
Postcode
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Reference (Barnabas Fund to complete)
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Please pay Barnabas Fund Direct Debits from the account detailed in
this instruction subject to the safeguards assured to by the Direct Debit
Guarantee. I understand that this instruction may remain with Barnabas
Fund and, if so, details will be passed electronically to my Bank/
Building Society.
Signature(s)
Date
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Please send this pull-out form to your nearest ofce (addresses on back cover).
UK address: 9 Priory Row, Coventry CV1 5EX
A Lasting Legacy
to the Persecuted Church
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any people have savings and assets that for good practical reasons they cannot share during 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 entitled A Christian Guide to Making and Changing Your Will is available free of charge.
Simply tick this box to receive a copy
Gift Cards
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 fll in the details as you would like them to appear on the card and please complete your 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
Please state your preferred card choice (see below): ____
Tick here if you do not want the amount to be stated on the card
Tick here if you do wish details about the project to be included on the card
A Gift of
Love
for the
Persecuted
Church
A
A Gift of
Love
for the
Persecuted
Church
B
A Gift of
Love
for the
Persecuted
Church
C
A Gift of
Love
for the
Persecuted
Church
EE
A Gift of
Love
for the
Persecuted
Church
D
A Gift of
Love
for the
Persecuted
Church
F
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 Fund
offce with the details and pay by credit card over the phone.
If you would like to have
the card sent directly to
the recipient, or if you
would prefer to receive
bIank cards and II them
out yourself, please
contact your national
ofce (address detaiIs on
back cover).
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We
have reached here
with the help of
God. We shall live well with
Gods help in our land. A
Christian woman gave thanks
for the Barnabas-funded
Exodus project that has so
far enabled nearly 5,000
Christians to relocate from
Muslim-majority Sudan to
mainly Christian South Sudan.
Having endured hostility,
injustice and violence for years
from the Muslim majority and
Islamist government in Sudan,
they are now free to begin a
new life.
Christians in many countries
see their property looted or
their churches and homes
torched; they suffer physical
assault and injury; or they
may be arrested, imprisoned
or even executed. Barnabas
supports victims and their
families with practical help of
various kinds. In the past year
we have provided emergency
relief for Christians displaced
by anti-Christian hostility
in Pakistan, a safe house
for persecuted believers
in Kyrgyzstan and trauma
counselling for children who
were victims of violence in
India.
Reference number: 00-345 (Victims of Violence Fund)
Freedom and relief
for the oppressed
Victims of Violence
buys a blanket for a Christian family in a
displaced peoples camp in Burma
pays to transport one Christian by bus
from Sudan to South Sudan
Loading a bus to take Christians to South Sudan

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Reference number: 00-113 (Convert Fund)
W
hen 71 Christian
converts from Islam in
eastern Uganda were thrown
out of their family homes,
a local ministry supported
by Barnabas provided them
with emergency food and
medical care and housed
them temporarily in Christian
homes. The ministry also
provided intensive discipling
and vocational training for 136
recent converts.
Christian converts, especially
those who leave Islam, often
face intense pressure from
their families and communities
to abandon their new faith.
They may lose their families,
homes and incomes, or suffer
threats and violence that force
lrer lo lee aoroad. lr sore
countries the authorities may
even throw them into prison.
Our Convert Fund provides
converts with various kinds of
practical and spiritual support.
Recent grants have enabled
15 families in a Central Asian
country to purchase farmland
to generate an income for
themselves, and helped
widows whose husbands
were murdered by militant
Muslims in Kenya to start small
businesses.
Convert Care
Meeting the cost
of turning to Christ
bought a sack of rice to feed a persecuted
Christian convert from Islam in Uganda
paid for a new Christian from a Buddhist
background in Sri Lanka to attend a three-
day conference to learn more about the
Christian faith
This Christian convert from Islam in Uganda was
abandoned by her Muslim family after she turned
to Christ

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I
magine that you are in a
leadership position within
a persecuted congregation.
Then imagine that you have
no access to the training and
support you need to help
your loc| slard lrr urder
pressure. Tr|s d|llcu|l s|lual|or
is faced by many impoverished
church leaders in India.
But when one Indian church
was attacked in 2012, its
leaders were able to stand
strong in their faith despite the
trauma they had experienced.
They had just received
Barnabas-funded Biblical
lra|r|rg or 'slard|rg lrr |r lre
midst of persecution. Their
new understanding meant that
the congregation was blessed
greatly by their steadfast
leadership.
When church leaders are
properly supported, persecuted
congregations can go from
strength to strength despite
the pressure they face. For
example, a group of pastors
in Kyrgyzstan are now able
to teach their congregations
about what the Bible says
on the place of suffering in
the Christian life, thanks
to the new understanding
they gained at a Barnabas-
funded conference. Barnabas
supports leadership training
at various levels for church
leaders and Christian workers
to equip them to support the
suffering Christians they serve.
Equipping Christian leaders
to strengthen the Church
Leadership Training
Reference number: 00-430 (Leadership Training Fund)
paid for two days training for a Christian
leader in Kyrgyzstan on their human rights
under the Kyrgyz law and constitution
enabled a Muslim-background church
leader working in a hostile context in
Tajikistan to attend a training session
funded accommodation for one Christian
leader in Africa during a fve-day
conference on evangelism to Muslims
These evangelists in Tanzania received training

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We
thank God that
He used Brother
Samir to teach us to attend
to God in our everyday life.
Two Christian women from
a vulnerable congregation
in a Central Asian country
spoke of how they have
grown spiritually thanks to
an evangelist supported by
Barnabas Fund.
Samir is one of twelve brave
pastors and evangelists
whom Barnabas supports in
the country, where Christians
are under great pressure.
Full-time ministry would be
impossible for some of them
without our support. Dilfusa,
another evangelist, was
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after she was sacked from her
job because of her ministry
involvement. Because of help
from Barnabas Fund she is
now able to focus full-time on
discipling 70 believers.
Pastors, evangelists and
church-planters working in
contexts of persecution risk
much to share the Gospel or
shepherd their congregations.
They may suffer hardship,
harassment or even violence.
Every year Barnabas Fund
contributes to the living
costs of hundreds of full-time
Christian workers serving
in such contexts in their
homelands or among their own
people group.
Caring for persecuted
Christian workers
Pastors and Evangelists
Reference numbers: 00-477 (Pastors Support Fund),
00-478 (Evangelists Support Fund)
can help support a missionary family in
Kyrgyzstan for one week
can help support a pastor in Pakistan for
one month
One of Dilfusas fellowship groups

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Reference number: 00-635 (Water Projects Fund)
C
hristians in Egypt are a
despised minority, and
many live in desperate poverty
without ready access to even
basic resources such as
water. In a Christian town in
Upper Egypt, Barnabas Fund
helped to improve some of
the inhabitants pitiable living
conditions by paying for water
connections to their homes.
Now 70 families have clean,
running water, and they no
longer have to carry heavy
loads several times a day from
the nearest source.
The lives of Christian converts
from Islam in South and
Central Asia are sometimes
put at risk when their Muslim
neighbours prevent them
from drawing water from the
communal sources. Having
wells dug on their own
properties allows them to
continue living there. Barnabas
is also helping to provide
wells on church land for the
beleaguered Christians of
Aleppo in Syria, whose water
supplies have been severely
disrupted by recent heavy
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Wells that give life
Water
paid for a water connection to the home
of an impoverished Christian family in
Egypt
A hundred gifts of 24 provides a new
well for a Christian neighbourhood in
Aleppo, Syria
Barnabas partners are digging wells on church
grounds in Aleppo

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Reference number: 00-671 (Medical Fund)
A
ministry in Lahore,
Pakistan, supported by
Barnabas Fund is empowering
impoverished Christian women
through health awareness
seminars. Many of the women
do not know even the basics
of hygiene and sickness
prevention, but through the
presentations they can learn
about common illnesses
and how to avoid them. This
knowledge helps them to
care better for their families.
The ministry also organises
doctors visits to provide the
women with free consultations
and prescriptions.
Many Christians who struggle
to survive because of poverty,
oppression or violence cannot
afford to see a doctor, buy
medicine or have surgery
when required, or even to
get simple health advice.
Barnabas helps to provide
affordable medical care for
them, both by paying medical
expenses and by sponsoring
clinics and hospitals that offer
their services free or at low
cost.
Our recent medical projects
include a church-based
healthcare programme and
mobile clinic in South Sudan
and surgery for Christians in
Syria, where medical care has
been badly disrupted by the
civil war.
Medical Care
Prevention and cure
for needy believers
pays one months salary for a staf
member at a mobile clinic in South Sudan
buys a daily supply of antibiotics for a
sick Christian in Syria
Barnabas supports health awareness seminars
for Christian women in Pakistan

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D
ue to this church being
built in our area, many
families are coming to know
Jesus and worship Him. After
the civil war in Sri Lanka ended
in 2009, many Christians
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church buildings in ruins and
with no resources to rebuild
them. Barnabas has provided
funds for 17 new buildings,
and 20 more are planned.
In countries where Christians
are poor or face repressive
restrictions, they may be
prevented from buying,
building, repairing or extending
their buildings. Those they
have may be closed or
destroyed, and they may be
forbidden by law from meeting
elsewhere. The lack of a
building makes worship and
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a congregation of respect and
dignity.
Other recent Barnabas
projects include completing a
church for Christian refugees
from Burma in Thailand,
purchasing a church building
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churches in Burundi.
Church Buildings
Enabling ministry
and securing dignity
Reference number: 00-637 (Church Building Fund)
will build a new church in Sri Lanka
bought an iron sheet for roofng a church
building in Burundi
A new church building in Sri Lanka constructed
with help from Barnabas

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In
Muslim-majority
Kyrgyzstan there is only
one Kyrgyz-language Christian
childrens magazine and
it is made available through
support from Barnabas Fund.
Filled with pictures, poems,
puzzles and stories, the
magazine proves very popular,
with copies being passed
around and distributed in the
streets. With our help it is also
translated and circulated in
Kazakhstan and Bulgaria.
Many persecuted Christians
are also deprived of Christian
resources that would help
them grow in their faith. The
production and distribution
of suitable materials is often
restricted or forbidden. Our
literature and resources funds
support the provision of Bibles
and other Christian literature,
DVDs and television and radio
programmes.
These resources provide huge
encouragement and strength
to our suffering brothers
and sisters. A young Kachin
Christian in Burma (Myanmar)
who received a Bible funded
by Barnabas said, I am getting
peace from God through
reading the Bible and by living
a life devoted to God.
Reference numbers: 00-360 (Christian Literature Fund);
00-362 (Bibles and Scriptures Fund);
00-479 (Resources Fund)
Christian Resources
Helping the persecuted
to grow in faith
paid for fve copies of a Christian
songbook in the Kazakh language
transported four Kachin-Lhaovo Bibles
to Christians displaced by anti-Christian
violence in northern Burma
Receiving a Bible brings great joy to Christians in
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ABOUT BARNABAS FUND
"As we have opportunity, let us do good to all
people, especially to those who belong to the
family 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 money from Christians through Christians to Christians. 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 out
on 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 underpins Barnabas Fund's
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
Barnabas stepped into Syria while all other Christian
organisations stepped out. Barnabas' work in Syria is
very effective and effcient, very fruitful and productive,
specifc and signifcant, and unique in its unity and
humility.
Dr Jany Haddad
Senior Baptist church leader , Syria
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 benefted 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
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Barnabas provides leadership to the church
globally as we seek to heed the instruction of
Christ: "Remember those in prison as if you
were together with them in prison, and those
who are mistreated as if you yourselves were
suffering" (Hebrews 13:3).
The Very Rev. Robert Benn
Moderator, Presbyterian Church of Australia
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
The ministry of Barnabas Fund to the persecuted
Church is a Biblical imperative. Barnabas visibly
demonstrate the very heart of the Gospel, boldly
venturing into places where Christians suffer greatly;
speaking, working and making real the love and
compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is a vital
ministry which I wholeheartedly support.
Pastor Emmanuel Mbakwe
National Leader, Apostolic Church UK
Barnabas Fund's fnancial and prayer support has a
marvellous impact on the lives of families through the
feeding programme. The fnancial assistance provided
to Christian workers has brought enthusiasm; the
churches are growing numerically and in maturity.
Children's education has also improved, and there is
more outreach to the non-churched communities.
Yunis Lal Din
Brethren leader, Pakistan
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UK
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