By Brad Phillips I hate statistics with a passion. This is especially the case in measuring suffering. Take Sudan for instance. A multi-generational war killing more than 3 million, displacing millions more, etc. Millions illiterate. Millions without access to clean water. Millions needing anti-malarial drugs. Millions, millions, millions, etc., etc. War is not about statistics. [...]
By Brad Phillips My Thanksgiving holiday was celebrated rather quickly here in Nairobi with my family because within a few days I was headed back up into Sudan. Destination: The war-torn Nuba mountain region. This area has been under siege since the SAF forces and NCP militants began carrying out Bashir’s instruction to “clean up [...]
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”– Matthew 4:4 In February 2005, less than one month after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed ending Sudan’s North-South war, another war was raging in Sudan’s Darfur region. During the hottest part of the dry season, [...]
By Brad Phillips In 1997, I started Persecution Project. Through all these years I have had the honor to participate with you in a range of programs and projects to demonstrate “Active Compassion” for the persecuted in Sudan. It has been a journey filled with great joy and pain to come alongside believers who have [...]
By Brad Phillips Dear LORD, You alone are LORD. There is none other besides You. The nations of the world are a drop in the bucket to You. Nevertheless, You are mindful of the nations. You raise some up, and You tear others down — for Your Own glory and divine purpose. Oh God, we [...]
By Bradford L. Phillips Most religions are ‘man-centered’ where the emphasis is placed on man’s abilities and requirements to perform certain rights or duties in order to be acceptable to his deity (or deities). But Christianity is God-centered, meaning that man’s standing before his Creator is determined solely by God’s choice to love and show compassion [...]
By Matt Chancey When did you have your first memory? I vaguely remember my nursery at home when I was probably two or three years old. Some people can remember even earlier. But a young man I recently met in South Sudan has no memory of his childhood. I met Santino on a recent trip [...]
Poverty is Africa’s biggest industry. Every year, $ billions flood into Africa in the form of government and privately funded charity. Hundreds of thousands of short-term missionaries, doctors, educators, and aid workers fly in to do what they can for some of the poorest people in the world. The Bible says much about the poor, [...]
By Ed Lyons In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, who was always doing good and helping the poor. – Acts 9:36 On a recent trip to Africa, I spent time with PPF Director, Matt Chancey and his family, who live in Nairobi. They have a very large tree in their front yard that [...]
By Matt Chancey Recently, I traveled near the Southern Darfur border to inspect a new clinic PPF supports. A shipment of medicine supplied by Voice of the Martyrs was scheduled to arrive any time, and our team notified clinics in the area of the impending shipment. While our team visited the clinic, a Toyota Land [...]
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