You know that God's love is the answer to hate. Will you put the Bible in the hands of a Jesus-seeking refugee today?
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Local congregations are helping new arrivals in all kinds of social and practical ways. Your support for °®Éñ´«Ã½ backs up the amazing work of our partner Welcome Churches. As they befriend refugees and equip churches to love people from different cultures, you can provide the Bibles they share.
People are arriving in huge numbers – not just in the country, but in church. They’re looking for peace and hope, and they’re finding Jesus.
These new believers need the Bible. Whatever they’ve been through, and whatever they’re going through now as they try to settle here, they need to process it through the truth of Jesus. Will you give the Bible to a refugee today?
For £20 you can give an Iranian Christian here in England and Wales an easy-to-read Bible in modern Farsi. Darius, holding a copy at his church in the South West of England, said: ‘In Iran, if they see you holding a Bible like this, they kill you.’
You have an opportunity today to share God’s word with someone who has never had the Bible before.
Alan shares Darius’ story
I can’t tell you Darius’ real name. I met him at his church here in England, but he told me he grew up in Iran in a strict Muslim family. The brutality of the Iranian regime gave him doubts. ‘I felt empty’, he said.
Darius’ friend invited him to a secret house church. ‘I just went to watch,’ he said, ‘But when they said, “God is love” – that was amazing. I prayed and became a Christian.’
In Iran, it’s against the law for Muslims to convert, so having accepted Jesus Darius came to England. He went to church and someone like you generously gave him a Bible. He couldn’t get one in Iran and couldn’t afford one here, but through one person’s kindness his faith is deepening.
‘It’s so wonderful to read and pray in my own language.’
Will you reach out to someone else in Darius’ position and share the Bible today?
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How did God welcome the foreigner?
One of the most common themes in the Bible is God’s almighty heart and concern for the outcast and the poor. Even if you are abused, thrown aside and left with nothing, there’s still one who sees you. ‘He will never leave nor forsake you’ (Deuteronomy 31.8, NIV).
Can you welcome asylum seekers into church while still supporting hard-line immigration policies?
In Leviticus, we find a command given to the Israelites: ‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not ill-treat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.' Is it unrealistic to apply that principle to Britain in 2024?
It costs just £8 to put the Bible in the hands of a child in West Africa. °®Éñ´«Ã½ teams in places like Togo and Nigeria are visiting villages to share God’s word.
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