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Published: Friday 12 March 2010

Easter Appeal 2010

Project(s): 00-665

Bringing Hope to Christian Children

Easter is a season of hope. At this time Christians remember with thanksgiving the suffering of Christ for our sins and celebrate with joy His glorious resurrection from the dead. As God’s children we rejoice that although we suffer with Christ now, we will also be glorified with Him (Romans 8:17). And we seek to share that hope with our own earthly children.

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”(Romans 15:13, NIV)

Children suffering for Christ

Children are the Church’s next generation. They have an honoured place within the Christian family, and churches throughout the world try to welcome, nurture and teach them, so that they grow up to become lifelong disciples of Christ. Yet many Christian children today are growing up in the shadow of pressure and persecution.

Children stand in particular danger of physical assault, as easy targets who often cannot protect themselves or run away. They may be unable to get an education because their parents are too poor to afford it, or have to attend a school run by non-Christians where their faith is belittled and they suffer discrimination. They can be threatened or ill-treated as a way of targeting and harrying their parents. And they may be persuaded or bullied into renouncing their faith, or even abducted and forcibly converted to another religion.

These children have to grow up more quickly than they should and learn to deal with pain and distress from an early age. They know what it is to suffer for Christ.

Hope for the children

But Barnabas is bringing hope for the future to many of these children through a range of projects that address their diverse needs:

  • In India, Sudan and Bethlehem, and other places, we enable Christian children to attend Christian schools, by sponsoring school places, funding buildings and equipment, or assisting their families with basic needs
  • In Burma we support orphanages that care for children whose Christian parents have been killed by the Burmese army in raids on their jungle villages
  • In several countries we support refuges for Christian girls and women who are at risk of being forced into marriage or made to convert to Islam
  • In the Arab world, Central Asia and Eastern Europe we help Christian children to stand firm in their faith, despite being despised by the majority, through funding Christian magazines to encourage and teach them

Our dedicated Children’s Fund can be used to support any of these projects and many others that assist children and young people specifically.

Giving hope at Easter

We invite you to join us this Easter time in offering hope to Christian children who are harassed and persecuted for their faith in the risen Lord Jesus Christ. Please would you prayerfully consider giving an extra gift to our Children’s Fund, to enable us to direct help to the children who need it most? Most importantly, though, please remember the Church’s next generation in your prayers, asking that despite their sufferings they may rejoice in the hope of God’s glory. (Romans 5:2)

With our Lord’s blessings this Easter,

Dr Patrick Sookhdeo

International Director, Barnabas Aid

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Children at a Christian school supported by Barnabas
in Sudan eat breakfast. For some this can be their only good meal of the day

Barnabas helps this Christian school in Bethlehem
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The Good News being read on the steppes of Central Asia,
in a children’s magazine funded by Barnabas

Christian orphans in Burma at an orphanage supported by
Barnabas Aid
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These two Christian girls are supported by Barnabas
at their school in Pakistan


Donate Today

Please help bring hope to Christian children this Easter.

If you would like to make a gift for the relief of Christian children, please send your donation to project reference 00-665 (Children’s Fund). Please click to donate online using our secure server for 00-665 (Children’s Fund).

If you prefer to telephone, dial: 0800 587 4006 from within the UK or +44 1672 565031 from outside the UK. Please quote project reference 00-665 (Children’s Fund).

If you prefer to send a cheque by post: Click this link for the address of our regional office. Please quote project reference 00-665 (Children’s Fund).

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  • The protest in Cairo (see yesterday’s prayer point) was sparked by the destruction of St George’s Church in Aswan province on 30 September 2011. Muslims, angry about renovation work that was being carried out on the dilapidated building, had previously threatened to demolish the church. A mob descended on St George’s after Friday prayers and demolished the dome, walls and columns before torching the building. Other property owned by Christians was also burnt. This incident was the latest in a long line of violent attacks on Christians in Egypt, which have intensified since the revolution. Pray that the Lord will encourage the congregation that has lost their building and provide them with alternative premises in which to meet and worship Him. Subscribe to the prayer points rss feed 20 hours ago

  • At least 25 people were killed and hundreds injured when Christian protestors were brutally assaulted in Egypt on Sunday 9 October. Video footage showed military vehicles charging at Christians who were demonstrating in Cairo against the torching of a church and other injustices. They were also shot at, beaten and dragged through the streets by soldiers, Islamist attackers and plain-clothed thugs. Although Muslims were among the aggressors, some were also reportedly present to defend the Christians from the security forces. Adding insult to injury, generals from the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces blamed Christian protestors for the violence, and denied that troops had fired at protestors and rolled over them in military vehicles. Pray for all those who were bereaved and injured in this attack, and ask that Egyptian Christians will be treated justly as equal citizens. Subscribe to the prayer points rss feed Sun, Feb 2012 00:00

  • Twenty-two children of Arab Christian workers who minister in a Middle Eastern country are receiving a Christian education thanks to support from Barnabas. State schools in this country are often in extremely poor physical condition, classrooms are overcrowded, and under-qualified staff teach by rote. Islam is heavily promoted, and the memorisation of extensive passages from the Qu’ran is compulsory. Discrimination against non-Muslim children is often open and aggressive. One of the Christian mothers said, “My son is so thankful. He was so frustrated with the national curriculum, but now he feels motivated to learn and enjoys school.” Give praise that these Christian children can receive a Christian education and pray that they may grow up into mature believers. Subscribe to the prayer points rss feed Sat, Feb 2012 00:00

  • In August 2011 a South Korean pastor died in a suspected poison needle attack after smuggling runaways from North Korea to safety. Christians in North Korea are thought to number at least 400,000, but they are cruelly persecuted: they live in constant danger of imprisonment and torture in the regime’s notoriously brutal labour camps, and even of execution. Those who try to help them escape across the border do so at the risk of their lives. Pray for deliverance for our brothers and sisters in their distress, and that the Lord will protect those Christians in neighbouring countries who reach out to help them. Subscribe to the prayer points rss feed Fri, Feb 2012 00:00

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