Church Buildings
MINISTRY: Church Buildings/Reopening Closed Churches
LOCATION: Throughout Asia
TYPE OF MINISTRY: Construction
MISSIONARIES INVOLVED: Various
Churches are powerful evangelistic tools. A nice, well-maintained church, even if it is simple, can be a witness to the community that God cares for His people. Churches can serve as places for believers to reach out to the community.
If new believers in Asia have no church in their area, they sometimes give up and scatter. Building churches for new congregations can help establish the work our Bible Workers have poured their lives and souls into.
Churches are needed throughout Asia, from India to the Philippines and beyond. Some need to be built from the ground up, while other churches, once abandoned, need to be renovated to be a witness in their communities again.
In some areas, the need for churches is so strong, and the pace of the church building so fast, that we have a hard time tracking them, so we rely on local church leaders to build churches where they are most needed.
In other areas, church leaders share specific needs for churches in strategic locations (like the south-Philippines church in the photo). We often share needs like these in our newsletters, publications, and JFA now shows.
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REOPENING CHURCHES
The doors of many churches have been locked for nearly 15 years due to a lack of funding for workers or persecution from Hindus.
Dozens, if not hundreds, of churches around India are in the same situation: locked and decaying. Some are in an even worse condition.
God has given us a burden to repair these churches and hire Bible Workers to serve in them so they can stay open long-term and be lights to their community again!
Repairs cost $1,600 on average.
Rebuilding costs $5,000 on average (for a church this size)
How can we, as followers of Jesus, let His dedicated house of worship remain idle?
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