From Outreach Foundation ... "It is illegal to be a Christian in Iran. A Letter From Mark Mueller"

It is illegal to be a Christian in Iran. A Letter From Mark Mueller

God is doing incredible work in the world. This should not surprise us, but sometimes it does

The Outreach Foundation is working more closely with Pars Theological Center in London. Pars trains future pastors and church leaders in the spread of the Gospel in Iran and where Iranians gather. What is unique about Pars? Many of their students return to Iran to continue the flourishing work of Christ amid potentially harsh treatment by the government.

It is illegal to be a Christian in Iran. Imprisonment is possible. Disappearance and death are as well. Yet, God is calling people out of the country to be equipped as Christian leaders to return and form underground house churches.

The result is the church in Iran is one of the fastest growing churches in the world.

You can be a part of this incredible work by supporting Pars throug The Outreach Ministry.

Please consider a Kingdom gift.

Rev. Dr. Mark Mueller
Executive Director
The Outreach Foundation\

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Engaging followers of Christ for His work in the world, the Outreach Foundation is committed to helping the church live out its missional calling, building the capacity of the global church, especially where the church is vulnerable or growing rapidly, and transforming lives through mission involvement.

The Outreach Foundation
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Franklin, TN 37064,
United States
(615) 778-8881
info@theoutreachfoundation.org

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Amira Barham

Today in the Mission Yearbook: June 6, 2023

AMIRA BARHAM, INTERNATIONAL PEACEMAKER - Amira Barham, a Palestinian Christian social worker, will serve as one of the PC(USA)’s 2023 International Peacemakers. She hopes to enlighten American Christians on the plight of Palestinians living under occupation ...

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Partners Blog: “Going up.”

Steve and Oddny Gumaer started Partners Relief and Development in response to the needs of refugees and displaced people from Burma, and now in the Middle East, as well. Their mission is to demonstrate, through holistic action, God’s love to children and communities made vulnerable by war in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other conflict zones.

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Going up.

Access to the basic rights of health, work and education? Check! ...

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Partners Relief and Development is a registered charity in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. "We’re a small, grassroots nonprofit passionate about making a big impact in communities affected by conflict and oppression, demonstrating God’s love to children and giving them the opportunity to live free, full lives." For more information aboput Partners, visit their website at partners.ngo/

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Rola Al Ashkar

Today in the Mission Yearbook: September 25, 2022

GIFTS OF NEW IMMIGRANTS - Rola Al Ashkar is a Presbyterian Christian from Lebanon. She grew up in a non-religious family, in a culture drenched in religion. Her parents took her and her brothers to church and Sunday school on occasions. When she had her confirmation class, she received her first Bible, and even as a teenager, she read the Bible with critical eyes, questioning parts of it and searching for answers. Her curiosity led her to regularly attend Sunday services, youth meetings and church summer camps, and through those experiences her faith grew, and she found a community in the Presbyterian Synod of Syria and Lebanon. ...

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Partners Blog: “We’re still here”

Steve and Oddny Gumaer started Partners Relief and Development in response to the needs of refugees and displaced people from Burma, and now in the Middle East, as well. Their mission is to demonstrate, through holistic action, God’s love to children and communities made vulnerable by war in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other conflict zones.

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“We’re still here”

Through countless battles,
unrest,
a coup,
a pandemic,
and displacement,
we’ve always delivered what you bought.

This movement of love is nearly 30 years old and it will last as long as there are children affected by conflict and oppression ...

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Partners Relief and Development is a registered charity in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. "We’re a small, grassroots nonprofit passionate about making a big impact in communities affected by conflict and oppression, demonstrating God’s love to children and giving them the opportunity to live free, full lives." For more information aboput Partners, visit their website at partners.ngo/

Partners Blog: “We Sent 320 Get Well Cards”

Steve and Oddny Gumaer started Partners Relief and Development in response to the needs of refugees and displaced people from Burma, and now in the Middle East, as well. Their mission is to demonstrate, through holistic action, God’s love to children and communities made vulnerable by war in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other conflict zones.

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“We Sent 320 Get Well Cards”

Your partnership is furthering community-led healthcare for communities that often have little to no access to critical health services.
#toloveistoact ...

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Partners Relief and Development is a registered charity in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. "We’re a small, grassroots nonprofit passionate about making a big impact in communities affected by conflict and oppression, demonstrating God’s love to children and giving them the opportunity to live free, full lives." For more information aboput Partners, visit their website at partners.ngo/

Partners Blog: “'The generation nobody wants to belong to”

Steve and Oddny Gumaer started Partners Relief and Development in response to the needs of refugees and displaced people from Burma, and now in the Middle East, as well. Their mission is to demonstrate, through holistic action, God’s love to children and communities made vulnerable by war in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other conflict zones.

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“'The generation nobody wants to belong to”

Stories are powerful. One person’s story turns a nebulous conflict into a face with a name. It reminds us of our shared humanity and allows us to stand in solidarity with people we have never met.

Our team was recently on the ground in Karen State, Myanmar, responding to recent displacement from the ongoing attacks by the Myanmar Military. The attacks have resulted in the displacement of at least 2,799 people in the past few weeks ...

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Partners Relief and Development is a registered charity in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. "We’re a small, grassroots nonprofit passionate about making a big impact in communities affected by conflict and oppression, demonstrating God’s love to children and giving them the opportunity to live free, full lives." For more information aboput Partners, visit their website at partners.ngo/

Partners Blog: “' I like your hat”

Steve and Oddny Gumaer started Partners Relief and Development in response to the needs of refugees and displaced people from Burma, and now in the Middle East, as well. Their mission is to demonstrate, through holistic action, God’s love to children and communities made vulnerable by war in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other conflict zones.

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“ I like your hat”

A week after fighting broke out between the Iraqi militia and local militants in Sinjar, Iraq, our local staff member brought food to 42 Yazidi families who were displaced by the conflict and had left their homes with nothing. We stand with the Yazidi children and their families who have borne the consequences and pain of conflict for far too long. May love in action be our counter-movement of hope.
#toloveistoact ...

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Partners Relief and Development is a registered charity in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. "We’re a small, grassroots nonprofit passionate about making a big impact in communities affected by conflict and oppression, demonstrating God’s love to children and giving them the opportunity to live free, full lives." For more information aboput Partners, visit their website at partners.ngo/

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Pastor Fursan Zumot

Today in the Mission Yearbook: July 31, 2022

PASTOR FURSAN ZUMOT, INTERNATIONAL PEACEMAKER - Pastor Fursan Zumot did not want to see Tawfeek leave his church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem.

Tawfeek told him he had applied for immigration to Canada, where he understood education was free. Sending his kids to school in Jerusalem was a heavy financial burden.

“As a pastor in Jerusalem, where Christian presence is in danger, I was not happy to hear this,” Zumot said. “While waiting for the Canadian embassy to reply to his application, the church tried its best to provide a scholarship for his kids. Even though it was stressful for the church, we were able to provide his kids with a scholarship. After that, Tawfeek’s application of immigration was accepted, but he chose to stay in Jerusalem.

“This is how the church can protect the Christian presence in Jerusalem.”

Presbyterians and others will have a chance to hear and speak with Zumot ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Today in the Mission Yearbook: July 15, 2022

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ATTORNEY JONATHAN KUTTAB - With a foot in each of two worlds, international human rights attorney Jonathan Kuttabattorney has a unique perspective ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Provided Photo

Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 29, 2022

MISSION WORKER SUNDAY - Called to serve at the invitation of our global partners, Presbyterian mission co-workers are important bridge people, helping us understand issues of ministry around the world. Through their quarterly letters, mission co-workers describe how partners are engaged in the Matthew 25 vision in their own contexts. Here are a few highlights they have shared recently with their supporters ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Provided Photo

Today in the Mission Yearbook: May 15, 2022

PALESTINIAN NAKBA REMEMBRANCE DAY - Like thousands of other Palestinians, my parents experienced dispossession and became refugees because of the Nakba (disaster) that befell the Palestinian people and society on May 15, 1948. Becoming refugees and seeing the disintegration of all that you used to love is a very difficult transition. Spiritual guidance and comfort are a resource that I witnessed both my father and mother use to recoup and go on. But it was not an easy process. I often accompanied my father to the nearby Holy Sepulchre where the saga of Crucifixion and Resurrection happened. Our home of refugee was just minutes away from the church and it became essential for my parents to reinvigorate themselves by visiting the church frequently to recover from the trauma of dispossession and refuge. The model that my parents offered was one of faith, despite all odds ...

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Equal Exchange Blog ... "Palestinian Olive Oil and Dates"

Equal Exchange's mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.

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A Miracle of the Middle East: Equal Exchange Palestinian Olive Oil from PARC

Your purchase of this organic, cold-pressed, extra virgin olive oil helps small-scale Palestinian farmers who are challenged with a range of issues such as long-term drought due to climate change and limited markets for selling products. West Bank Palestinians have had increasingly fewer economic opportunities due to the Israeli occupation and the effects of the pandemic ....

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Join Us!

We invite you to join our growing community of citizen-consumers who are getting even more deeply involved in Equal Exchange.

We need consumer participation in our organization to build a deeply democratic trade system made up of farmers and their democratic organizations, workers and their democratic organization, and citizen-consumers who now have a democratic space in Equal Exchange as well as their own network. Join us in changing trade, together!

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Local Equal Exchange partners include Grace Presbyterian Chuch, Midland, TX.

Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Today in the Mission Yearbook: April 24, 2022

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE REMEMBRANCE DAY - The men were taken first, and then the women and children were brutalized. Witnesses saw the Euphrates run with blood, and women plunged into the river to escape the terrors of the desert march ...

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From @FWMission ... Friday Story: “You Helped Make This Happen in February”

Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs for the impoverished disabled in developing nations. Headquartered in Irvine, California, FWM works around the world in partnership with a vast network of humanitarian, faith-based and government organizations, sending wheelchairs to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, providing not only the gift of mobility, but of dignity, independence, and hope.

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Friday Story: “You Helped Make This Happen in February”

Wheelchair Arrivals; Television Interview; Students Lifting Lives; Wheelchair Distributions in Iraq; Coaching in the Dominican Republic; Pray for Ukraine; Welcome to the Board; New Partner Training, and more ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Photo courtesy of JMP

Today in the Mission Yearbook: March 22, 2022

JINISHIAN MEMORIAL PROGRAM - In 2020, the price of bread doubled in Syria and the price of imported goods such as rice and sugar increased by 400%. The Jinishian Memorial Program provided coupons to 871 families to make food more affordable ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Photo by Yoram Ron

Today in the Mission Yearbook: February 15, 2022

SINDYANNA OF GALILEE - Working for a just peace in Israel-Palestine can’t be left only to the governments, or even the diplomats. Sindyanna of Galilee, a Presbyterian Mission Agency global partner and grassroots group of Arab and Jewish women, is working together to share its vision of peaceful co-existence in the region ...

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From @FWMission ... Friday Story: “You Helped Make This Happen in December”

Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs for the impoverished disabled in developing nations. Headquartered in Irvine, California, FWM works around the world in partnership with a vast network of humanitarian, faith-based and government organizations, sending wheelchairs to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, providing not only the gift of mobility, but of dignity, independence, and hope.

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Friday Story: “You Helped Make This Happen in December”

Wheelchair Arrivals; Women’s Council for Mobility Holiday Breakfast; Puttin’ on the Glitz; Special Moment in Mexico; Story of a Life Transformed; Wheelchairs Received in Iraq; and more ...

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Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer.

Photo by Syliie Le Clezio

Today in the Mission Yearbook: September 2, 2021

SHADES OF OPPRESSION - I was born in Nazareth, but spent five years of my childhood in Haifa, Israel’s third largest city, where my father was the Anglican priest.

In some ways, living on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea was idyllic. I remember with joy road trips to Nazareth and fishing excursions with my grandfather. But I also remember having to speak my mother tongue, Arabic, in hushed tones on the street, lest we attract unwanted attention from our Jewish Israeli neighbors and always sensing that somehow, we might be seen as different ...

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From Outreach Foundation ... "Meet Outreach's new mission partners"

Meet Outreach's new mission partners

We are excited that God continues to put before The Outreach Foundation expanding opportunities to engage with ministries which make Christ known. Read more below about five exciting new partnerships that Outreach is supporting.

Haigazian University

This small, Christian liberal arts college in the heart of Beirut was founded by the Armenian Evangelical Church 63 years ago. It serves a diverse ethnic and religious community but with a Christian perspective.

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Presbyterian Education Board

PEB runs 25 primary and secondary schools with over 5,700 students. Often located in rural villages, they focus on offering quality education to the poor who are usually Christian.

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Hamlin Nursing Home

Hamlin is an elder-care facility that is committed to honoring God and serving individuals and the community by providing compassionate, and professional care which emphasizes the sacredness of all phases of life.

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Europe Initiative

From a safe house in Holland which shelters those fleeing religious persecution in lands hostile to Christianity to fellowship gatherings in Germany which disciple new believers who have come to faith after leaving places where religious freedom was impossible to church planting movements in Lithuania, God is at work!

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Together For the Family

Together for the Family, located in Zahle, Lebanon, is serving Syrian refugees. While sharing the message of the Good News, TFF ministers to refugee families with a Baby Ministry for newborns, provides food parcels and medicines, and more.

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Engaging followers of Christ for His work in the world, the Outreach Foundation is committed to helping the church live out its missional calling, building the capacity of the global church, especially where the church is vulnerable or growing rapidly, and transforming lives through mission involvement.

The Outreach Foundation
381 Riverside Drive, Suite 110
Franklin, TN 37064,
United States
(615) 778-8881
info@theoutreachfoundation.org