Australia Open Doors - Gifts of Hope Catalogue 2011

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thank you!

theof Open Doors...ministry

...your link to the persecuted church

For more than 60 years, Open Doors,an evangelical Christian ministry,has ministered to the persecutedchurch in some of the most dangerousregions in the world.

In cooperation with local Christians on the frontlines of the spiritual battle, Open Doors providesBibles, theological books, hymnals, training andother resources for believers who are persecutedfor their faith. Our commitment is to go in personto our fellow believers to encourage them

whenever possible. And our work is rooted andgrounded in prayer.

Open Doors was founded in 1955 by a youngDutchman named Brother Andrew to encourageChristians who were suering behind thecommunist Iron Curtain.

Driving a smallVolkswagenBeetle, BrotherAndrewsmuggledshipments ofBibles and otherliterature acrossclosed borders,earning him thenickname of

Gods Smuggler.

Today, Open Doors helps strengthen the faith ofpersecuted Christians in 60 countries across Africa,East Asia, Latin America and the Muslim world.

The ministry in Australia is led by Pastor Nigel

Rooke.

BrotherAndrew

Open Doors AustraliaPO Box 6237,Frenchs Forest NSW 2086

www.opendoors.org.auhopefor persecuted Christians

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Dear Nigel,YES! I want to bring hope where faith costs the most.

Please see reverse side to complete your reply form.

I am giving my gift(s) on behalf of a friend/ loved one. Please send me _______ Gift Cards.

Eachgit rom thiscataloguerepresentsa contributiontoaspecifc project.Shouldanyprojectbecome ullyunded, wewill applyyourgit wheretheneed isgreatest.

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How to usethis catalogue

Dear Friend of the Persecuted Church,

Youre holding a very powerful tool in your handsthe 2010-2011 Gifts of Hope Catalogue from

Open Doors.Each gift in this years catalogue has been ca refully chosen to help you both strengthen and givehope to persecuted Christians around the world to give them the support they so desperatelyneed as they seek to advance the gospel in places where faith costs the most!

From providing a Muslim convert their rst Bible to sending a child to school whoseparents have been martyred for their faith, your gift ca n make a very real dierence!

As you read the pages of this catalogue I would ask you to do the following fourthings:

1 . Pray. Ask God how He wants you to bring hope to a suering Christian.2. Review each gift. Each gift illustrates a current and pressing need

within the persecuted church*. And because of Open Doors extensiveministry network and experience, you can be assured that each gift willimpact the life of a suering Christian.

3. Give generously. Once you have selected your gift(s),please complete and return the attached reply form, visit us atwww.opendoors.org.au, or call us on (02) 9451 2999.

4. Keep praying! Pray that God will use your gift to bring eachbeliever the hope they need, and that their emboldened faith willadvance the gospel.

So I pray youll use this catalogue to give the gift of hope to apersecuted believer who needs it. And as you do, pray with methat God would provide our fellow believers the spiritual courageh d d d h h b ld d i

Nigel + Kim Rooke Give a Gift of Hope Plus! andmake your gift to a persecutedChristian go even further!

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Bibles

I am happy because before I had no

Bible. But now I have one to read and

Sending Bibles to persecuted believershas been a core ministry of Open Doorssince 1955. Why? Because Bibles are theone thing suering believers of all agesurgently plead for to give them hope

and strengthin the midst of persecution.You can help strengthen the spiritual life

of a persecuted Christian by providing

them the power of Gods Word.Give a you

Liu was fascinated by what sha magazine. She was delighthat it was actually a Bible

she read it, the more sheGod. As Liu says, Ive read th

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$5Give a children's Bible

Bibles

Provide a study Bible

$9Li is a rural house church leader in China and was gravely

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hopeplus!

Living in Vietnam's communistand atheist culture, Chi is told that

God doesn't exist and her family

suers under severe repression.But after receiving an Open Doors

children's Bible, Chi was giventhe truth she needs to protect

her from the many attacks on heryoung, vulnerable life!

Your gift of a childrens Bible forkids like Chi will help ground

a new generation of youngbelievers in Gods truth.


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Provide room,board andeducation

When 10-year-old Diegoarrived at the Open Doors

Children's Centre in Colombia,he was traumatised from

having witnessed his father's

Children

Sunday School mat+ teacher training

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hopeplus!

Children are the most vulnerablemembers of the persecuted church.

They are in constant danger of beingabducted or abused, and their faith istender and needs proper groundingin Gods Word.

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Secret Believers

Farmers like Joshua have hands of the Muslim majority

They have even been denied fefarms. Open Doors recently pr

with the fertiliser he needeis able to support himself

We are able to use the fertiliand it has been a source of

The harvest was bountiful andto pay our childre

Your gift will help proassistance to help sustain se

Provide 1 bag of

supportsecretA secret believer is a persecuted Christian whose life is under constantthreat for following Jesus. Most often a secret believer is from a Muslimbackground and has been disowned, attacked or threatened by family,

friends or even the local government. Secret believers have uniqueneeds that can be met through the help of Open Doors.

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Training

makesecret believertraining

possiblePersecuted believers hunger to know the Word of God and arewilling to risk their lives to learn it. Thats why Open Doors hasan extensive underground Bible training system in places wherefaith costs the most!

In India, believers like Ranjapersecution in the world. The

and many are being kilRanjana recently attended a

the Storm seminar conducteseminar Ranjana shared, In

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Provide a pastor a1 week training course

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trainingSam knows just how bthe Civil War launched

We remember when ththe church grew rapidlyfaith of these new belie

With the rapid growth

persecution at the hantraining in Sudan is immto hold this important

It is vital we construct aSudan to help make thnext generation of Chr

Your gift can help comtraining centres, equibut growing church i

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literacy

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gift ofWhen Shamoun converted from Islam to Christianity, he knew he would facesevere persecution. So it was critical that he become grounded in his newfaith quickly. But he had never learned to read or write. So he jumped at thechance when Open Doors oered him the opportunity to join their literacyprogram! Today, Shamoun is not only able to read his Bible and grow in hisfaith, but to share his faith with his Muslim friends. God is using this literacyprogram to shine His light into the dark ness,Shamoun says.

You can shine that light even further by helping other persecutedChristians learn to read!

Teach a believer to read$160

Literacy

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165

Call (02) 9451 2999 Visit www.opendoors.org.au

God is using this literacy

program to shine His lightinto the darkness.Shamoun

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Australia Open Doors - Gifts of Hope Catalogue 2011