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Bring hope to persecuted Christian
Women
In areas hostile to the gospel, our sisters have very little hope, especially when their families reject them or their husbands are martyred.
$44
Provide Job Training for
Persecuted Women
Through Open Doors vocational training, many women like Myriam whose husband was martyred are learning a trade, such as sewing, and are able to support their families. "As I am learning a job, I feel that my sadness is disappearing," says Myriam. "Thank you for your support." Your gift will help provide vital job training for a persecuted sister like Myriam.
Provide job training for persecuted women
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$85
Help disciple secret women
believers
A former Muslim, Rana has decided to follow Jesus but it is at great personal cost. She knows it is dangerous to gather with other Christians but is desperate to learn about her new faith. That's why she is so thankful for our secret discipleship program. This powerful program effectively reaches many women, like Rana, who are rarely allowed out of the home by unbelieving husbands. As Rana says, "This program has changed my view and my life completely. Thank you!" Help disciple secret women believers in their new faith.
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For security reasons, the real names of believers and the countries where this gift will go to work can't be revealed.
$10,410
Gift of Hope +
Support an entire secret discipleship program reaching hundreds of persecuted sisters like Rana!
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Give a
Bible
or biblical resources
Since the 1950s when Brother Andrew first smuggled Bibles through the Iron Curtain, giving God's Word to persecuted believers has been at the core of strengthening those suffering for their faith. The Bible gives comfort and reassurance that can't be gained from any other source... enabling our suffering brothers and sisters to be strengthened in their faith.
$8
Provide a study Bible
Life Application Bibles are a vital tool to helping persecuted Christians grow in their faith. They love the comprehensive study notes. Brother Philip says "our whole church decided to fast and pray for these precious study Bibles. God heard our earnest prayers and opened the way for Open Doors to help provide these 'special Bibles.'" Be an answer to the prayer of persecuted Christians and provide a study Bible!
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$32
Help provide a set of biblical
training materials
Brother "Li" leads a secret Bible school for pastors, and explains that pastors who lack training materials are quickly led astray. "As we started to go through the materials, we began to understand how to teach our people what it means to have a right relationship with God, to learn to follow His leading, and to apply the Word to daily life." Help provide a set of biblical training materials to a persecuted pastor.
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$5
Give biblical resources through
digital media
"This is such a precious thing to me," Jin said after receiving digital Bible resources. "From now on, I have easier access to the Word of God for myself." Providing God's Word through digital media is a vital part of distributing Bibles and biblical training materials to the persecuted church. Your gift will help provide a set of Bible teaching DVDs and CDs to a suffering believer!
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$70
Gift of Hope +
Help towards providing a study Bible, Bible training materials and digital resources.
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Let God's love reach the
children
Christian young people around the world are suffering unseen persecution, and their cries for help often go unheard. But we see them... and we hear them. And through the following gifts you can help strengthen these children who are at high risk because of their family's commitment to follow Christ.
$28
Teach a child to read
 Musa Usman is overjoyed to have a
program where her children can learn to read the Bible without fear of persecution. "Having a program like this in our community was a dream that most of us thought would never come to pass." Open Doors teaches children from a Muslim background to read, know and understand God better. Provide the resources needed to teach a child of the persecuted church to learn to read God's Word.
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$53+
Send a child whose father has
been martyred to school for
Rhoda is one of hundreds of children whose fathers have been martyred for their faith. Today, you can help children like Rhoda continue their education. Rhoda says, "Although I have a great challenge of going back to school, I am going to excel in Jesus' name." Send a child like Rhoda to school.
One year $639
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One month $53
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$27
Teach Christ's love to children in
the Middle East
In a region torn by conflict, uprisings and repressive crackdowns by governments, many Christian children are losing hope. Today, you can help train a new generation of believers what it means to show the love of Christ... even to those who persecute them. Help teach a new generation of persecuted Christians what it means to advance God's Kingdom in places where faith costs the most.
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$70
Provide a Christian education to an
unseen child of persecution
Nine-year-old Mala was traumatized after her father and older brother were martyred for their faith, and she had to flee for her life. She currently lives in a community of refugees in a Middle East country (that cannot be disclosed), and is not able to get a proper education. Mala is now part of an Open Doors program that gives children like her a Christian education.
"She's experiencing new life, and her face often breaks into a smile," her teacher says. Let a child know that you see their suffering by providing them with a Christian education.
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$1,278
Gift of Hope +
Send two children whose fathers have been martyred to school for a year.
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Bring hope and healing to a persecuted
Family
In countries hostile to the gospel, families who follow Christ often don't have the fellowship and support networks they need. And it is not unusual for both parents to work long hours teaching and evangelizing over a wide area.
$767
Sustain a persecuted couple in ministry
Ami beams as she opens letters from friends who are praying for her. As a mother, she feels physically worn out by persecution, but she and her husband are learning to balance family and ministry demands. Your gift will give persecuted couples training to help them support their families amid persecution.
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Send powerful support to
secret believers
Put yourself in the shoes of a secret believer. No one around you knows the truth of the gospel, but one thing they do know is they want Christians like you excluded from their community. Many secret believers are bold and courageous--but they do need your strong support to keep advancing the Kingdom in places where faith costs the most.
$58+
Train a secret believer
"Hostile assailants shot at and arrested me just because I preached the gospel," says "Ali." As a pastor, Ali is struggling to lead his church in the midst of persecution. Open Doors is equipping pastors like Ali to continue to advance the gospel. Today, your gift means secret pastors like Ali can receive special training so they can more effectively lead other secret believers. Provide a secret pastor like Ali the training they need to stand strong in the midst of persecution.
Train a secret believer for
One year $695
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One month $58
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$66
Fund a class at a secret school
Pastor Thao has been made a fugitive-just because he will not deny his faith in Jesus. The authorities are like wolves tracking him down. He has to stay constantly on the run with his family. Your gift will make sure that the Open Doors secret transportable Bible school finds him first so that he can receive special training. Help fund a secret training class so that more secret pastors can be spiritually fed.
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Transform many lives through
training
Your gift today can help feed the hunger persecuted Christians have to study God's Word and to know how to stand strong in the midst of persecution... advancing the gospel where faith costs the most.
$116
Help teach a pastor to train
others
"Bible-based teaching opened our eyes to the priority of training," says Ben, whose church received vital help from a husband-and-wife training team. "We soon set up our own Bible school." There, children as young as five are beginning a lifelong education in the Bible and Sunday school teachers are being trained to reach many others. Teach a pastor to train members of his congregation so that more lives can be reached with the gospel.
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$55
Train believers to advance the
gospel in their community
Pastor Ahmed has a vision for his village church, but in two years all his hopes were dying away. "I had a series of challenges in my personal life, my family, my children, and particularly with the church. The government posed a terrible challenge to the Christian community. Before the training, I didn't have sufficient knowledge and theological background but I now believe and hope that God has equipped me to send me to His harvest field. God bless Open Doors." In less than 18 months he was happy to see his leaders grow into a multiplication plan where he now has 70 leaders and an attendance that grew from 400 to 800 in the last year. Equip more believers like Pastor Ahmed with the training that they need to advance the gospel in their community.
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$30
Help persecuted believers reach
their persecutors
"I was thinking they were wicked, always killing us, burning our churches," says one woman who attended an Open Doors training course. "But now I understand they are created and loved by God. He came to die for the world, including them." Persecuted Christians in Islamic countries are learning to love and reach out to the Muslim families around them with the unconditional love of Christ. Help persecuted Christians reach their Muslim neighbours with God's love.
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Sponsor a pastor at the Sudanese
regional training centre
After 22 years of civil war, South Sudan is now a nation-with tremendous opportunities for our regional training centre to advance the gospel! When you sponsor a pastor at our Sudanese Regional Training Centre, you can help to ensure the completion of these vital centres and you'll help bring reconciliation and peace as these pastors minister to those who have lost their property, jobs and family.
"We came here as enemies, but we have learned that we are one in Jesus Christ." –Pastor Michael Manoong
$14+
"I was shot in the stomach and bled profusely," says Francis Ayul Yuar describing his time in the Sudan People's Liberation Army before he came to serve the Lord. "I was thrown among the dead bodies, but saw the hand of God when my colleagues came for me and airlifted me out."
Now at a regional training centre your gifts helped to build last year, Pastor Francis is committed to serving God. He thinks back to the time his parents took him to a Christian primary school as a boy. "I remember the remarks of my father quite clearly, 'I hand him over to you this only remaining child of man that God will protect him and use him in the future.'"
Train and equip a pastor like Francis to bring hope and healing to a generation of suffering Sudanese believers.
Sponsor a pastor at our regional training centre in Sudan.
Full 16-week course
$1,117
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1 week
$70
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1 day
$14
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Open God's Word to more hearts through
literacy
Persecuted believers want to know and share the Word of God, but often lack the basic education they need to read and understand it. Your gifts last year changed the lives of many believers. By learning to read, these brothers and sisters were encouraged and equipped to face the daily challenges of their faith. Last year had such an impact that we need your help to expand Bible-based literacy programs this year!
$71
Teach a believer to read
"Our children are learning here without discrimination," says Rumba, a mother whose children are benefitting from literacy programs at a school built through your support of Open Doors. Christian parents are also celebrating the opening of another school. Your gift will expand Open Doors literacy programs-and help strengthen more persecuted believers in their faith.
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Bring freedom to fellow believers through
advocacy
Amid the chaos in the Middle East, who is standing up as a voice for Christians and those who are coming to faith out of Islam? While many of these brave believers willingly stand up to persecution, they need your support to provide them the assistance they need!
$33
Help provide assistance to a
believer facing trial for their faith
When Mariam went to change the religion on her Egyptian ID card from "Muslim" to "Christian," she found it was impossible. Determined to declare her faith by any means, she obtained one with the help of a Christian priest-only to be arrested at the airport. Mariam now faces three to five years in prison. Your gift will ensure that believers like Mariam receive specialized legal counsel when they stand trial.
"Religious freedom here is a big dream that seems unattainable to all Muslim-background believers." –Mariam, Egyptian PhD student
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