January 12, 2012
Doors have opened in Dakar, Senegal, for Alliance international workers to teach business courses in local universities, giving them opportunity to build bridges into the community that will bear the weight of truth. Also, health care needs of Senegalese people are addressed through a church-run dispensary, which allows Alliance workers to demonstrate the love of [...]
In Moscow, Russia, a help center for Central Asian migrant workers began operations, aiding workers with registration of their temporary residence in the city and helping them in job hunting. This kind of help, enabled through GCF dollars, is offered to people trying to navigate the complexities of life in a foreign society that views them [...]
The C&MA Church of the Philippines (CAMACOP) plans to plant 1,500 new churches by 2015. Currently they have 2,800 churches nationwide, roughly 600 more than the US C&MA, and are aggressively pursuing 1,500 more! This movement has all been made possible through the faithful GCF-giving of Alliance people over the years.
Mi Esparanza (My Hope) church in Asunción, Paraguay, saw significant growth as it continued to used a variety of creative activities to reach out into the community because GCF-supported Alliance international workers, Forest and Sarah Schell and Bob and Joy Brougher are committed to reaching the lost in this country.
Alliance workers in Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, have organized children’s educational centers in poor districts around the outskirts of the city. These centers are meeting felt needs of families in those areas where schools are overburdened and provide a business opportunity for believing educators who otherwise would have trouble finding work. This GCF initiative provides the location [...]
It almost goes without saying that many countries today are closed to the overt sharing of the gospel. Marketplace ministries (mm) deploys and supports lay professionals to enter countries that are closed to traditional mission workers. Through professional endeavors, mm servants, some of whom raise their own support, are able to build relationships as they [...]
Through the ministry of Dalat International School in Malaysia, the children of Alliance international workers (MKs) are involved in many projects that impact their community. Service projects by MKs, whose education is paid for by the GCF, include cleaning at St. Joseph School’s Blind Center, walking with the blind, food distribution projects, and painting a [...]
Since the GCF fully funds language study for our workers, a young couple in Macedonia is able to move to join a local pastor that has a passion to reach Albanians. This couple is able to make an immediate and significant contribution because of the investment in language acquisition on the front end.
Partnering with a national evangelical church, Alliance international workers have established a church plant and community center—the first joint project, largely funded by the GCF, to take root in largely unevangelized Kosovo. The Ringjallja (Resurrection) Community Center, strategically situated across the street from the local teaching college, serves as a conduit by which Alliance workers [...]
Because Alliance people faithfully support the GCF, international workers in Japan were able to relocate from Tokyo to the heart of the area affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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