July 2007

Videos Mission Projects People Group Focus Persecuted Church Stories from the Field Missions Bible Study

Christmas Projects Around the World!

Thinking about Christmas in July?! Absolutely! Begin planning now to serve Christ during winter break from school.

You could tell about the birth of Jesus in Serbia, Niger, Czech Republic, Peru, Azerbiajan, Burkina Faso, China, Ghana, or Rwanda!

Check out the Christmas projects list!

Videos

Road to Hope Students from Kentucky State University help inner-city Peruvians in Lima on the road to hope in Jesus. View streaming: 56k | 175k | 300k Download MPEG1 [download] Quicktime 300 | [download] Podcast [download] *To download MPEG-1 or Quicktime, right mouse click on [Download] and choose "save target as"

GODCO Our favorite rappin' granny interprets Sean Kennedy's mission experience inner-city Lima, Peru. View streaming: 56k | 175k | 300k Download MPEG1 [download] Quicktime 300 | [download] Podcast [download] *To download MPEG-1 or Quicktime, right mouse click on [Download] and choose "save target as"

Mission Projects

Backpackers Gone Mad Madagascar Any 2.5 months until 6/15/08	S. Wales Evangelism United Kingdom 9/5 - 12/15/07	Sowers in a Spiritual Desert Nepal 1/3-13/08
Hands On Angola Angola, Southern Africa 1/15 - 6/15/08	KROS Trekker Serbia 2/1 - 4/30/08	Worship Catalyst Niger Any 10 days in March 2008
True Love Waits Senegal, West Africa Any 10 days btwn 9/1/07 - 2/28/08	Hands On Kenya Kenya, East Africa 1/15 - 6/25/08	2008 Olympic Prep China 10/15-24/07

 

Many more projects online and thetask.org! 

People Group Focus: The Chavacano of the Philippines

The Chavacano are proud of their history and their distinctive language. Most Chavacano are Catholic, an impact of the Spanish and Jesuit influence in the Philippines, but there are a small but growing number of born-again believers among this group. The Chavacano love music and one great need is for Christian songs to be written and produced in the Chavacano dialect. Read more about the Chavacano . . .

Learn about more people groups in the Pacific Rim!

Persecuted Church: Iraq

Iraq’s Kurdish regional high court has reduced jail time for a teenager who fatally stabbed her uncle as he beat her for converting to Christianity and “shaming” the family by working in public. Read more . . .

More stories about the persecuted Church worldwide at compassdirect.org.

 Stories from the Field

Ecuador: New hope for Quichua teens	Greece: Salvations result from IWCers in Athens	Poland: Tattoos provide witnessing opportunities
Brazil: IWCers reach out in Salvador	Russia: The door is closing	India: Yadav believers spread the gospel
North Africa and Middle East: Jameel takes a stand for Jesus	Guinea-Bissau: Moving toward Jesus	Global:The challenge of sharing the Bible with people who can't read

More stories from the field by region on imb.org 

Bible Study: Jesus' Spin on Harvest Fields

Summer is more than half over now and maybe you're getting discouraged about how much (or little) of an impact you seem to have had for Jesus so far this summer. "Don't grow weary of doing good for the Lord!" Paul told the Thessalonians. He also said to the Corinthians, "Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord because you know your labor in the Lord is not in vain." You are probably smack-dab in the middle of a harvest field - as Jesus defined "harvest" - so don't be discouraged! Read more about how Jesus views your harvest field . . .