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Your
Love in Action... As we share with you at the beginning of each year what your partnership with EOM enabled us to accomplish in furthering the kingdom of God, it is awesome to know and remind ourselves the importance of Christian unity and commitment to fulfill the last commandment of Christ to proclaim the gospel to every nation. Because of your committed partnership with EOM that is expressed through your prayer and financial gifts, Christ’s commandment (Matt. 28:19 & 20) has been accomplished to the best of our ability. To mention a few,  Access to minister to Ethiopians
in the United Arab Emirates remained open and a second evangelistic
trip was made to this Muslim country. We begin our 2nd year of 7 day a
week radio programs being broadcast throughout east and southern
Africa, Europe and western Asia. Letters have streamed in from 24
countries telling of the fruit of this ministry. Our daily audience is
in the millions! EOM’s
website is now reaching a large audience beyond our mailing list who
"visit" us from all over the world, listening to our audio teaching
through their computer, and reading our written articles that we
regularly post. Please visit us at www.ethiopianoutreach.com Our Addis office is now
officially registered with the government and is providing a huge base
for direct ministry within Ethiopia’s borders. In 2003, we moved to our
new office location that will enable us to function in more effective
ways to produce resources for teaching, training and evangelizing. The
office building was purchased fully paid for by the committed partners
of this ministry. The purchase of this building has been, once again, a
testimony of God’s faithfulness in His constant provision.With God leading our path and you, our partners by our side like Aaron and Hur (Exodus 17:10-13), we will continue to extend God’s grace to Ethiopians around the world. Thank you for your expressed love for Jesus that is so evident in the fruit of labor in 2003. |
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Evangelical
Christians SANTA
ANA, CA (Jan. 5, 2004) – Eritrean police arrested and jailed another
Protestant
evangelical pastor, taking him and seven of his church members to
prison,
according to a report from Compass Direct. Pastor Iyob of the In separate arrests the same day, seven
of his church members, four men and three women, were taken into
custody,
according to Compass Direct. Friends of the jailed Christians have not
yet been
able to confirm the alleged charges against the pastor and his church
members. “But the police are treating them like
criminals,” local sources told Compass Direct. “They are in prison only
because
of their faith.” A second new arrest of 10 young women
from various Pentecostal churches has also been confirmed. The women
are
incarcerated at Sawa, a military training camp in the mountains near
the
Sudanese border, where they were presumed to be doing their compulsory
military
service. Six of the 62 young people locked into
metal containers at Sawa this past summer for having Bibles are
believed to
still be jailed in underground isolation cells at this same camp. Fourteen women soldiers, along with 63
men, are still being held at Assab, where authorities have used
torture,
isolation and cruel threats to try to force them to retract their
evangelical
beliefs. According to lists compiled by local
Protestants, currently at least 334 evangelical believers are
imprisoned for
their religious beliefs in nine known locations across While some were arrested by police
during meetings for worship in either unrecognized church buildings or
private
homes, others were accused of possessing Bibles or refusing to return
to
membership in the dominant Eritrean Orthodox Church. The Eritrean government has targeted
the country’s 12 independent Pentecostal and charismatic churches since
May
2002, when all were ordered to close their churches and stop meeting
for
worship, even in private homes. Only the Orthodox, Catholic,
Evangelical
Lutheran and Muslim faiths are recognized as “official” religions. “It is apparent that the Eritrean
government stepped up its persecution of evangelical Christians in
2003,” says Open Doors with Brother Andrew has started a prayer and writing campaign to support our brothers and sisters in Eritrea--visit http://opendoorsusa.org/Uploads/Eritrea%20Letter.docClick for more information on how and where to send letters of protest. Listed below are a few prayer requests.
Source: http://opendoorsusa.org/ |
| Specific Ministry Needs Column... To the friends and partners who responded with
their gifts to
various
needs listed in the past, thank you for your prayerful support
and
encouragement that has been shown through your gifts that supplied the
needed equipment and tools to promote God’s work in a more effective
way.
Those of you who want to take part in meeting the needs listed below,
you
can send your special donation designated to the project of your
choice.
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Special
Thanks
We extend our appreciation to
Living Word Community Church of York, PA for its partnership with EOM
since the beginning of the ministry. We are grateful for your 2003 Christmas gift that enables us to print Bible study resources. In addition to their regular support through the missions program of the church, Living Word’s Christmas Project provides the money to print over 150,000 copies of the bimonthly Bible studies that are distributed among Ethiopians living in over forty countries. Members of Living Word Community Church truly experience giving Christmas gifts in a very meaningful way. Through their Christmas gifts, hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians will be introduced to the love of Christ through the Bible studies produced. Believers will be encouraged and uplifted as they face various hardships in their spiritual walks. Thank you Pastor Steve and the leadership of the church for your heart for missions and your dedication to make Jesus known among all nations. Thank you members of Living Word for your passion for Christ that is shown through your growing desire to live out the Christian life and through your generous giving for the cause of God’s kingdom. May the Lord bless you abundantly as you continue to be a blessing to many. |
PRAISE AND PRAYERThe effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
James 5:16
 For
continued prayer and financial support we receive from friends and
partners. Pray for God’s blessings upon these committed servants
whom the Lord knows by name. For the
thousands of Ethiopians who are impacted by the teachings of God’s word
over the daily radio broadcast. For the
individuals who crossed the line of faith and committed their life to
Jesus as a result of the various evangelistic material produced and
distributed. For the growing
desire of Ethiopian churches and fellowships to study the word of
God in depth using study materials produced here at EOM. Ethiopian
churches and fellowships continue to use Bible study resources we made
available for small groups or individual studies. More praise for
new friends and partners that the Lord added to this ministry in the
past year. It is always a blessing to have friends who hold our hands
lifted up as Aaron and Hur supported the hands of Moses so that Israel
can prevail in the war against Amalek. (Ex. 17:8-16) With God on our
side and with the help of you, our friends, we will continue
proclaiming the gospel that frees millions from the bondage of sin.
Continue
praying for the gospel to be preached among Ethiopians who have never
heard about Jesus Christ. Our radio broadcast has been a very effective
tool in this regard. Pray that many in the remote part of
Ethiopia get access to short-wave radios. For Christians
who are being persecuted in Eritrea (former province of Ethiopia in the
north). See the report from Open Doors in the left column. Attacks on
Evangelical Christians is also reported throughout Ethiopia. The attack
comes from radical Orthodox Christians and Moslems. For believers
who are displaced and scattered from the country of Djibouti due to new
government policies, that they may get help to resettle and for their
faith to be solid in this testing time. For the
Ethiopian churches in Ethiopia and around the world to preach the pure
word of God fighting the false teachings that are on the rise.
Pray for wise and bold teachers with true calling to arise upholding
the TRUTH OF THE SCRIPTURE.Thank you for praying. |
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| Dear brother Melese, The Lord is taking care of me through you. The lessons I should have learned in the past ten years, I am learning now in a short time from your teachings. Some of the lessons I have learned include: Man and God, Worship and Christian, Biblical view of True Worship, Christianity in our day and age the Christian and his mind. Nowadays, when the practices in the majority of Ethiopian churches are unbiblical and unspiritual, I thank the Lord for the clear instructions and corrections I receive through your teachings. The other blessing I have is that I haven’t kept to myself what I learned from you in the past year. I go around and share with other Christians. "... I have become your branch office here in the town I live in. Many brothers have started coming to my work place to borrow tapes. My security guard booth has turned into a shop and there are some brothers who are on a waiting list to receive tapes. On one occasion while riding the city bus I started commenting to some Christians about your messages. I was very happy to see that of the five Christians that were there, three had already heard your messages. If one person gets your tapes, he calls his friends and shares with five or six of them. It is my wish to duplicate as many tapes as possible and distribute them freely to as many people as I can. It is especially needed here in the country I live in where the evangelical churches have been closed. God bless you brother Melese. ... Please keep me in your prayers since I am young both in age and in my Christian life...." G. M. from East Africa Greetings! I am a recent regular listener of your teachings on the radio. I also read the bimonthly Bible studies you produce. I have learned a lot from brother Melese's teachings. My life has been changed dramatically. I am a soldier in Eritrea. My first encounter with your teachings was at a training camp in the desert. I later went to the capital city to find more of the teaching materials. I was able to copy six tapes and listen to them. Praise the Lord for the many things that have changed in my life. I now live a life that honors God. I have started praying earnestly for your ministry. I think it would benefit many people here if your lessons were to be translated in Tigrigna. I want you to know I am more than willing to do that. Please put me on your mailing list so I can receive your teachings regularly. May all the glory be God's. I hope to hear from you soon. Mussie, Eritrea |
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