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Bethlehem Community Church from its beginning has made a strong Missions Program one of its priorities. This is in obedience to God’s Great Commission as expressed by Jesus: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19a). We partner with and prayerfully and financially support families doing missions work around the globe, as well as a few organizations that support indigenous Christian workers. These include World Relief – serving the most vulnerable afflicted by war, poverty, and disease, through the local churches (God’s agent of transformation); Sisters in Service – extending God’s love to women and children in the least-reached places of the world; Harvest India - ministering to orphans, teaching lay local pastors, and growing the persecuted church in the region of Bangalore; Love146 – abolishing child sex slavery and exploitation with prevention projects, providing aftercare therapy in safehomes, and vocational training for a future. God has also brought over 2,000 international students from all over the world to study here in Albany each year. We reach out in friendship and the message of Christ with Horizons. (see M. Kriss) In addition we periodically send a short-term group out from the body. (BCC Short Term Missions documents can be found here.) As we highlight our current “Missions Family,” comprised of ordinary people performing extraordinary service for the Lord, due to the sensitivity of some of their work, their names have been changed for this publication.   After thirty-some years of loving the Afghan people in the name of Christ, Libby is now widowed. Her husband Tom, along with the rest of the medical team, was recently murdered while serving in Afghanistan. She is waiting on the Lord for her next assignment. (Interserve USA) Sarah Sarah is now the local director of Horizons International serving international students in the Capital District. They offer students from around the world the opportunity for cultural exchange including christian activities. They facilitate friendships between students and American families. Reaching the world in our own backyard. (www.horizons-int.org)
    
  )   Mark, a Physician Assistant, is starting up the first and only medical clinic in the Rukwa Valley of Tanzania, Africa (Mercy Medical). They seek to bring physical and spiritual health to the people who currently practice witchcraft and are gripped by the evil powers of darkness. Mark, Jodi, and their four children are part of a team involved in community development, evangelism, indigenous church planting, and leadership Bible training. “...there before me was a great multitude that no one could count from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb” (Revelation 7:9). PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE PARTNERS, THEIR WORK, AND THE PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS THEY SERVE God has called us to share our resources with needy believers in other areas of the world and to support the work of spreading the gospel among those who are the least-reached on the earth. OUR CURRENT BUDGET NEEDS EACH MONTH TOTALS: $7,000
Join with us in praying that we would grow in the knowledge of His infinite love and grace and that He would give us generous hearts like His. Please give as the Lord leads: Cash in envelopes and label for Missions Checks to BCC, memo: World Missions Want to be emailed prayer letters? Get Involved? Have questions? Contact Missions Chair: Joy Meyer; elder Charles Kriss. Committee: Lucy Ambrocio, Donna Frueh, Marilyn Kriss, Melanie Potter, Robbie VanDenburgh. Treasurer, John Kissling. |
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