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Adventist Frontier Missions
One of the larger Middle Eastern countries has only 100 Adventists. AFM is running an outreach project in one of that country's major cities, where a team of three missionary families has developed a home-based ministry with 30 people attending. A four- to six-story building will be purchased in the city, with space for literature sales, a worship center, missionary housing and one floor to lease out to generate income.
$13821
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Creation Research and Educational Program
The Earth & Biological Sciences program on the campus of Loma Linda University offers the only accredited doctoral degrees in biology and geology in the world that incorporate a Christian, creation-based curriculum. Funds will support the EBS origins research and educational programs as well as provide for foreign student scholarships, programs which would otherwise be eliminated.
$90000
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Fanantenana Training Center
In Madagascar, buying Spirit of Prophecy books is often prohibitively expensive. For example, one copy of The Great Controversy in the local Malagasy language costs one third of a teacher’s monthly salary. FTC will print and distribute Malagasy-language Conflict of the Ages sets and health literature in an inexpensive format. The sale of these books will also help fund future printings.
$14208
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Generations Center
Generations Center Civic Association conducts community outreach using rented facilities in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic. Among their outreach projects is an English language course, which has resulted in a number of students attending Sabbath meetings. Overall, Generations Center has developed a meaningful connection with some 50 local families. Generations Center will enhance their facilities with new equipment, flooring and room remodeling. They will also purchase evangelistic materials.
$24877
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God’s Helping Hands
GHH provides food and clothing distribution, a bilingual Bible course and basic medical and dental care to people in northern Guatemala. After unveiling a new clinic earlier this year, GHH will construct an evangelistic outreach center that will serve as a contact point for the community, providing health classes, workshops and more.
$2764
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Institute of Archaeology
Modern archaeological research has provided substantial evidence for the validity of the Bible. The Institute of Archaeology on the campus of Southern Adventist University is leading archaeological excavations at historic biblical sites that are specifically targeted at providing further proof of biblical authenticity. Support from this offering will help sustain these excavations.
$75000
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Israel Field of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Today there are barely 1,000 Adventists in Israel. A bold plan has been put forth to plant an Adventist church in every major Israeli city, as well as to establish a Palestinian field. As part of this plan, a community service center will be launched in East Jerusalem to create a contact point for reaching Palestinians. The new center would offer health ministry, an English language school, and food, clothing and literature distribution to needy individuals.
$19349
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Maranatha Volunteers International
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has seen tremendous growth in the region around Livingstone, Zambia. But while there are some 12,000 Adventists in the area, there are no Adventist schools. Using modified One-Day Church kits, two boarding schools will be built that will accommodate 500 students each. In addition, some 35 One-Day Churches and 30 Sabbath school classrooms will be constructed in the Livingstone area in coordination with ASI Livingstone and Riverside Farm Institute.
$250000 & 25000
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Missionary Assistance Plan
MAP provides modest monthly payments to supporting ministry missionaries serving in places such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Guyana, Madagascar and elsewhere. These missionaries are paid a tiny fraction of that they could earn back home in the US or other developed countries. MAP funds allow these missionaries to purchase adequate food, clothing and other basic necessities, and also help provide for periodic furloughs.
$59000
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NAPS
The National Association for the Prevention of Starvation has launched an initiative to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to 100,000 people in the US, Africa and South America between May 2009 and June 2010. As part of this initiative, NAPS will build a missionary outpost in Guyana to serve individuals ministering deep in the interiors of Guyana and Brazil. In Africa NAPS will conduct multiple evangelistic campaigns in Mozambique, Malawi, Angola and Namibia.
$11057
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OCI Educational Assistance Plan
OCI’s Educational Assistance Plan provides college tuition assistance for the children of supporting ministry workers. Funds are supplied as loans—to be repaid over time if the recipient does not continue in supporting ministry work, or forgiven after several years of service at a supporting ministry. EAP funds are also available to supporting ministry workers themselves, should they choose to pursue a higher education.
$11057
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Origins and Creation Research
Art Chadwick, a faculty member in Southwestern Adventist University’s Department of Biology, has done significant research in the field of origins and creation. He will devote the coming year to additional scientific research on this topic and will also conduct a series of presentations at numerous locations, promoting a Christian, creation-based perspective on origins.
$50000
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People of Peru Project
People of Peru’s crisis center for abandoned girls has given the organization a recognized and appreciated presence in the local area. A new a dormitory will be constructed at People of Peru’s headquarters that will house 15-18 girls and include a kitchen and dining area, laundry, daycare and director’s residence. The dormitory will house older girls who are in transition to responsible adulthood.
$8292
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Pierson Institute of Evangelism & World Mission
The Pierson Institute of Evangelism and World Mission at Southern Adventist University operates a death row prison ministry in Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee, and in Scottsboro, Alabama. In cooperation with United Prison Ministries 2,000 Clear Word Bibles will be distributed to inmates in a number of prisons. Funds will help purchase the Bibles and also provide general support for the death row ministry.
$1658
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REACH International
REACH has served more than 100,000 orphans since the organization was founded in 1973. As they expand their ministry, REACH will construct a new orphanage in Tanzania. Monies from this offering will help support the building project. Construction will be done in coordination with Kibidula Farm, also in Tanzania.
$25000
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The One-Day School
Around the world there is an acute shortage of Seventh-day Adventist schools. Some areas have no school whatsoever, while in other regions classes are held in dilapidated or cramped facilities. To help address this problem, schools made of modified One-Day Church kits will be constructed worldwide.
$
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The Quiet Hour
The Adventist Muslim Fellowship Association of Atlanta is one of the Quiet Hour’s outreach ministries to Muslims. It builds bridges between local Adventists and Muslims, and has a focus on community service projects and emphasizing the importance of Jesus Christ and the one Creator God. Funds will be used to progressively scale-up AMFA’s ministry.
$13821
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Train Them Now
Train Them Now is a joint effort between the General Conference and ASI to train and equip Seventh-day Adventist laypeople worldwide for evangelism. Using multiple translations of the New Beginnings DVD set, the training—conducted by lay volunteers—has proven a successful, practical means for establishing sustained and effective local evangelism around the world.
$
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Vietnam Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
After the Vietnam War, the Adventist presence in Vietnam was almost extinguished. Today, while there are 13,000 Vietnamese Adventists, the church has little official presence. A new pastoral training center will be established on a 10-acre property outside Ho Chi Minh City. Funds will help provide classrooms, housing, a cafeteria, furnishings and equipment.
$55283
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Wildwood LIGHT
Wildwood operates LIGHT—Lay Institute of Global Health Training—which offers a short, intensive medical missionary course that can be easily conducted at locations around the world. Funds will help LIGHT achieve their goal of establishing at least one permanent training center in every union of the Seventh-day Adventist Church within the next five years.