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A Fellowship of Active Compassion

By Matt Chancey I recently received a notification that my colleague at Persecution Project, Ed Lyons, who works as our Director of Ministry Advancement, just celebrated the start of his 16th year with the organization. Ed’s dedication to our persecuted brothers and sisters has always been an encouragement to me. But as much as I…
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Safe Water Update

In 2020, our Emergency Borehole Repair Team repaired 95 broken well pumps in the war-torn Nuba mountains of Sudan, and they have already repaired an additional 20 boreholes this year. Each working pump typically serves 1,000 people, as well as their livestock. 80% of disease in places like the Nuba comes from dirty water. Consequently,…
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Discipleship and Evangelism: Souls Being Nourished for Eternal Life

Persecution Project has been privileged to serve the persecuted church in Sudan for close to 25 years. Much of our outreach comes in the form of physical relief, such as safe water, relief and shelter projects, and medical ministry. But our Discipleship and Evangelism program does what physical relief cannot accomplish— direct, comfort, and encourage…
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Annual Report for 2020

Introduction In 1995 while serving as a legislative aide for Rep. David Funderburk, I received anunexpected visit from a 7 ft 7 inch tall man in a tailored purple suit. As a child I hadgone to see Manute Bol play for the Washington Bullets at the Capitol Center, but there‹•‘™ƒ›‘†‡•…‹„‡Š‘™‹’‡••‹‡ƒϔ‹‰‡Š‡™ƒ•‹‡ƒŽŽ‹ˆ‡ǤManute briefed me on the situation…
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Trauma Healing

A war may officially “end” at the signing of a peace treaty or armistice. But, for the victims of war, the battle may never end. Trauma is a real challenge in places like the war-torn Nuba mountains of Sudan—an area where literally every resident has experienced physical or emotional trauma. Many were traumatized by battle….
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Bringing in Reinforcements

Our regular readers will have seen photos of the completed Maternity Ward at Dr. Ahmed Zakariah’s Gegaiba Referral Hospital (GRH). We are very grateful for the thousands of contributors who have sacrificed to see this construction project through. One of the major shortages at GRH is support staff for Dr. Ahmed. Most of the nurses…
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A New Dawn

The included photos highlight just a few of the people and communities impacted by your active compassion throughout 2020. Your partnership resulted in our finishing the year very strong and ready to launch into 2021. We’re very optimistic about 2021, and not because the introduction of Covid vaccines and better therapeutics means we could hopefully…
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Speedy Delivery

“Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be my rock of refuge, A fortress of defense to save me.” (Psalm 31:2 NKJV) God-willing, by the time you read these lines, Persecution Project will have completed, or nearly completed, our fourth-quarter Christmas airlift to deliver 80 metric tons of additional aid to the persecuted…
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Certainties in the Midst of Uncertain Times

By Ed Lyons Health officials have long believed that an uncertain future heightens anxiety. Fear and worry are at an all-time high due to the COVID-19 crisis combined with social unrest in our country. If uncertainty increases stress, then the opposite must also be true. And there are plenty of certainties in this world beyond…
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God’s Faithfulness in the Midst of Enormous Challenges