Today’s thought “A people producing its fruits” (July 20) Jesus taught saying, “I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits” (Matthew 21:43). The life of Jesus was reaching its climax when he said this in the last of several parables in today’s… Read More Today’s thought “A people producing its fruits” (July 20)
Several Brethren and Sisters have asked how the Shunem Home is coping with the current lockdown restrictions in India highlighted in media reports showing struggling families and food shortages. Here’s a quick update. Most of the children were sent back to their homes before the total lock-down at the end of March leaving just 6… Read More Christadelphian Shunem home July-August 2020 update
It’s amazing how in a few short months, the world has changed yet again! 2020 has started with a barrage of devastating events. It’s Agape in Action, the Christadelphian organisation committed to supporting the spiritual and physical needs of children and families living in extreme poverty, their hope and prayer that this will lead to… Read More Agape in Action 2019 report
Arriving slightly late to morning prayer is a blessing. Even though the iconic red arches and luscious greenery are hidden by the early morning darkness, an instant warm, loving atmosphere greets you. The sound of children singing serenades your walk through the gates. A unique dawn chorus. Morning has broken. As a guitar playing volunteer,… Read More A day in the life of a volunteer
It is a long time ago that I tried to help some people in India to get to know Christ and his God. At first, I was a (non-trinitarian) Baptist but got people baptised in Christadelphianism, before I myself also decided to become a Christadelphian, going out that denomination with thousands of my Baptist brethren… Read More Why not going to Shunem or Hyderabad for helping many in need
Agape in Action’s CORE Fund supports all the administrative costs of the charity. This CORE fund is directly supported by generous business donors and other individuals. This fund covers everything required for efficient and effective operations, including accounting and legal fees, databases, websites, bank fees, PayPal fees, marketing, printing, postage, etc. This allows us to… Read More 100% Donations to the Field
An Agape In Action Education and Training update This wonderful project is a school for the blind and visually impaired. Run by a team of Christadelphians from Bangalore, India, this school provides free education to visually impaired young people so they can find employment in India. Blind Bartemaeus was started in 2004 by Bro. Mike… Read More Blind Bartemeus
An Agape In Action Homes And Shelters Update Elvira Children’s Home, pictured below, is in a very rural area of Andhra Pradesh, India. The children here are mostly from tribal peoples who live in the hills where there are no schools. The 28 children at Elvira sparkle with happiness, thankful for food, shelter, clothing and… Read More Tour d’ Agape For Elvira Children’s Home
An Agape In Action Spiritual Care And Development Update Forest covers over 22,000 km2 of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. In this forest, far away from the nearest towns and cities, there are small villages. Each of these villages has 50 to 70 families. They are isolated and do not have access to… Read More Preaching in the Indian forest
Bartimaeus is one of the smaller Christadelphian Charities located in Bangalore India. In January 2016 the charity managed to purchase their own building, with the aid of a generous legacy. The advantage of this was not having to pay rent, or incur costs of moving to new premises when each lease ran out. From January… Read More Lack of funds for Bartimaeus
White Fields started as a program for defraying the expenses of volunteers who wanted to dedicate a season of their lives to preaching and serving. It expanded to include financial support for a wide range of projects, all centred on showing our Lord’s love by sharing the Gospel and helping the needy around the world.… Read More White Fields & Around the world
Agape in Action has cared for orphans and widows in their distress and encouraged brothers and sisters through their spiritual struggles. In 2017, Agape in action focused on strengthening the administrative core of Agape in Action. Good progress was made on streamlining their operations and developing new systems that are even more efficient and effective.… Read More Agape in Action and Child Sponsorship program in 2017
Two weeks ago we had a bible study in Newburry, Mons and Leefdaal, about The Great Flood and the floods in this world and time system. Today we are going to look at more than just some floods or water rises which took place on this globe. We are going to talk about more than ordinary… Read More The flood, floods and mythic flood stories 1 Flooding and Water-waves
The country where many grew up and currently see is unrecognisable from the times when we were a child. For many it is also nothing like any more of what they hear from their grandparents. Today America is facing a time again which many hundreds of years ago tried to escape. The America, that many… Read More Leaving the Old World to find better pastures
Muslims repeatedly claim Islam is a religion of peace, of rights for women and ‘harmony’. When Muslims say they follow Allah, who is the One and Only God, you can wonder why they give more following to their prophet and their religious teachers. On ‘The Muslim Issue” one of their readers from Indonesia was kind… Read More An Ex-Muslim’s Open Letter
“The Might Niush!” says that recessions, bombardment in the news about people actually being bombarded in other parts of the world, he is feeling totally exhausted and having existential angst, with no reprieve in sight. Add to this troubled cauldron, one natural disaster after another and we have yet another a new term for our… Read More Facing disaster fatigue
