what can you buy for £6.90 a week?

April 2004 index

Over a year bite-size donations are making a big difference. The examples shown refer to real individuals. With the help of people just like you, churches across the world are seeing change, but why do churches need it?

£6.90 a week 

could transform a church in Tanzania, training an evangelist 
to reach out to his or her own community
£42.00 a week 

could train a Sudanese lady to help others with issues such as HIV/AIDs, child labour and health – offering help that is beyond the physical

 

A growing Church

In recent years the centre of growth of the Christian Church has moved from the Western countries to the countries of the South. These fast-growing churches desperately need material resources to provide sound biblical and pastoral training for evangelists and pastors. In Tanzania one pastor may look after over 20 congregations. In the past we’ve brought people to Britain for training but now it is often available in their own countries. This is where best (Bursaries Enabling Strategic Training) can help.

Simply the best

  • Like many of the supporting churches and individuals we consider this to be one of the best ways of partnering our sister churches. This is because:

  • Students often do their basic studies in their own country without the major culture shock in moving.

  • Studies focus on the issues which confront the students’ own society. 

  • Studies cost much less than here. Typically in East Africa annual fees for a diploma course cost around £500.

  • Students receive biblical, evangelical teaching through colleges and institutions, many of which have Crosslinks mission partners on the staff or previous links with Crosslinks and BCMS. 

Best brings people together. On the one hand there are the churches, individuals and groups like house-groups, men’s groups, women’s groups in the UK and Ireland. On the other hand there are 
the evangelists and pastors in training in the global South. The opportunity exists for churches, individuals or groups to sponsor or part sponsor a student for a period of months or years.

Crosslinks has committed £80,000 to best this year but has more requests for sponsorship than it can meet. If you have £6.90 to spare a week – or anything more – could we ask you to pray about how it could best be used? We would love you to be part of what God is doing around the world.

To find out more you can click here A best sponsorship pack is available by calling Janet Ricketts on 020 8691 6111 or by emailing her on jricketts@crosslinks.org
 

 

Crosslinks magazine April 2004 index