International ministries
TearFund
Thousands of people needlessly suffer and die every day because of poverty. But that’s not God’s plan for the world. And God is calling all of us to reach out to people in greatest need. Tearfund is a Christian charity which partners with churches in more than 50 of the world’s poorest countries. They tackle poverty and injustice through sustainable development, by responding to disasters and challenging injustice. They believe an end to extreme poverty is possible.
We have focused on one of Tearfund’s Harvest themes, ‘Freedom to Grow’. Climate change disproportionately affects the poor. For example, subsistence farmers in Nepal are being driven off their land by crop failures due to drought. Tearfund is helping establish irrigation systems, and agricultural diversification in Nepal, and many other countries, to help these struggling communities.
For more information on Tearfund, see: https://www.tearfund.org/
John and Rachel are CMS Mission Partners working on translation and discipleship in the Middle East since the 1980s, currently serving with an oppressed minority in an unstable, war-afflicted area. Rachel was a member of Holy Trinity before going overseas. John is in an international team and focuses on Old Testament translation. They have two grown-up children. We pray regularly for them, and they do visit us when they are back in UK every couple of years or so.
Novi Most was set up in the wake of the Bosnian civil war in the 1990s. Even now, tension remains between the Bosnian, Serb and Croat groups, and the country is beset by corruption and high youth unemployment. Novi Most means ‘New Bridge’ and they bring young people together from all ethnic groups for activities such as music, art, sports, and camps, along with worship and discipleship. One leader says, ‘I believe this is the power and hope of the gospel, that we can leave the past behind us and be united in Christ.’ For more information, go to : https://www.novimost.org
Andrew is a graduate from Warwick University, and his ministry is focused on that campus. He returned to Coventry in 1987 after Bible College training, and ministry in India and on the ships of Operation Mobilisation (OM). Since then, he has been reaching out with the Good News to students from East Asia, through hospitality and Bible studies, and many have come to faith in Jesus. He also aims to prepare and support them for life and ministry as Christians when they return home.