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Global

• Frontier Mission - General Project Support (863001) - You can support the frontier mission program of the PCUSA through this fund. This is "undesignated" within the frontier mission category and goes to support under-funded projects as well as new opportunities that develop after the funding cycle has begun. By giving "undesignated" to frontier mission you strengthen out our ability to respond to new requests both internationally and among immigrant groups in the United States.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Frontier Mission Personnel Support - (040082) - Funds received will go for support of PC(USA) mission personnel whose work is considered to be frontier mission work. There are many needs for such personnel, and the Frontier Mission Program is helping to raise support for them.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Cutting Edge International Evangelism Programs (040081) - Exciting work is being done in reaching out to un-reached people groups in innovative, creative ways. Most of this is work that cannot be publicized openly for security reasons, as it would endanger the lives of new believers or of mission workers. But the PC(USA) is giving our members and congregations the opportunity to contribute to these efforts by contributing through this ECO account.
  
           
  
  
  
  
  
• Networks for Evangelism (040044) - Worldwide Ministries is seeking to develop networks of congregations in support of the mission of the PC(USA) in the world. Gifts to this ECO will help that effort, especially for networks that focus on unreached people groups. Funds will help start networks, which will then continue on their own.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Bible Translation for Unreached People Groups (863014) - Join a new effort to provide translations of the Bible for people who do not have a viable church presence in their culture. Your gifts can bring God's word to people who have never had it in their own language at an annual cost of $4,000 - $6,000.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• New International Projects (040046) - Windows of opportunity open regularly during the year to reach out in the name of Christ among international unreached people. In recent years money has gone to the Philippines, Nigeria, South Asia, West Africa and Latin America.
  
           

Southern & East Africa (click for more information)

Ethiopia

• Afar (040060) - TThe 1.1 million Afar people of northeast Ethiopia are 99.2% Muslim. PC(USA)'s partner church in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), has been asked by Afar government officials to assist in the provision of a number of services: veterinary, literacy, water, along with grinding mills, tree nurseries and hostels. The PC(USA) has partnered with the EECMY to undertake these opportunities in a careful and sensitive way as part of a holistic ministry. Already some Afar have responded to the Gospel.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Arssi Oromos (040086) - Our partner church in Ethiopia is reaching out to 8 million Arssi Oromo people who are folk Muslims. They are sending teams of teacher/evangelists to villages that want schools, to help with education and to plant churches. Funds will help build schools in villages.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Awash-Gibe Area Evangelism (040069) - The new vision of the The Mekane Yesus Church is to send 40 full-time evangelists into the Awash-Gibe area of Ethiopia, an area in central Ethiopia previously skipped over by missionaries. Over 7 different people groups live within this region. The Mekane Yesus leaders from neighboring areas are coordinating their strategy and their resources. Their goal is to start new, indigenous churches, using a variety of holistic strategies appropriate for each people group. Your contribution helps to train and send 40 Ethiopian cross-cultural missionaries of The Mekane Yesus Church.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Eastern Oromos (040087) - Evangelists in the Western Wollega Bethel Synod need training on how to reach out to Muslim-background peoples with the gospel. Funding would pay for transportaton and accommodations for a trainer to meet with local evangelists in several places to help them gain the skills they need.
  
           
       
  
  
  
• Outreach Illubabour Bethel Synod (040019) - A Dawro woman named Astar heard a rumor 7 years ago about a person named Jesus. Through this woman, the Lord began a spontaneous people movement that has overcome some of the oppressive local structures imprisoning community members. Christians are growing in number and in maturity. Your gift funds Bible translation, literacy work, and further evangelism efforts among the Conta / Dawro and Kaffa-Menja peoples.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Outreach in Southwest Bethel Synod (040074) - The South West Bethel Synod of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekene Yesus continues its evangelism effort to reach out to these three unreached people groups,the Manja,Sheko and Meenit.  Most of them practice the traditional religion and live in the forests around the southwestern part of Ethiopia. There are only a few communities of believers. Funds are needed to support the evangelists, their traveling expenses and leadership training for new church leaders.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Shekicho (040041) - The Shekicho people of Ethiopia had only about 500 believers in 1991. Now, due to the faithful work of our PC(USA) partner church, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, there are 20,000. Your gifts will provide funds for the Shekicho Bible translation along with other avenues of outreach.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Surma, Deze (040017) - The Surma tribe, thanks to the Ethiopian mission team led by John and Gwen Haspels, now has an initial Christian community. Developments in water provision, agriculture, primary health work, literacy and Bible translation are being planned. Funds support all of these ministries.
  
           

Central & West Africa(click for more information)

Ghana

• Northern Outreach Program (040016) - The Presbyterian Church of Ghana started the Northern Outreach Programme in 1989 as an outreach to the many non-evangelized people from northern Ghana who had migrated to the South. Today, over 3,000 of these former Northerners worship in 34 full-fledged congregations and 11 preaching points. Most are new converts from traditional religions and come from a number of different ethnic groups. Worship and teaching is done in the language of the particular group. In addition to evangelism and church planting, other programs are in place to meet physical and social needs such as job training and health education.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Murle Old Testament (040022) - The New Testament has been completed but the entire Old Testament remains to be translated. An office and computers have already been provided, but funding is needed for the ongoing salaries and training of indigenous translators. Another translator will complete his training in June 2001 and will join the ongoing work. Many of the Murle have fled from Southern Sudan to refugee camps in Kenya, and one of these refugee camps is the current location of the translation effort.
  
           
  
  
  
  D.O.N.E. / Churches in West Africa (040073)
  Discipling Our Nations Effectively Inc. (DONE) is working to plant several hub churches in centrally located towns or villages of West Africa in the countries such as Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Ivory Coast. Its purpose is to equip its members with discipleship, pastoral and evangelism training in order that they can reach out to the surrounding unevangelized communities, mainly Muslims, with the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ. Funds are needed to support sixty couples in this training process. Our brothers and sisters are inviting each PCUSA congregation to adopt a people group of this Western part of Africa.
  
           
  

South & Southeast Asia (click for more information)

Bangladesh

• Bengalis (040052) - Funding through this ECO supports ministries that focus on the tribal and minority Hindus in Bangladesh. One example is the Sylhet Presbyterian Synod (SPS) in NE Bangladesh which has 4 presbyteries and 7000 members. The SPS is the product of Welsh Presbyterian mission work.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Church of North India-Bihar State (040067) - Join an effort of the Church of North India to reach out to non-Christians in the North Bihar area, one of the areas in the world with the lowest percentage of Christians. India's second largest state, Bihar, has 100 million people with less than 2% being Christian. Indian leaders such as S.D. Ponraj have a vision to see Bihar become God's vineyard.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Cambodians (040064) - During the previous 5-years of ministry of Pastor Rung Tiabthong, many new churches have started in Cambodia and have united to form the Cambodian Uniting Church. Pastor Rung is sent by the PC(USA) and The Church of Christ in Thailand (CCT) to the people of Cambodia. Because Pastor Rung grew up on the Thai-Cambodia border and speaks the Khmer language, he is able to provide preaching, home visitation, leadership training, pastoral care, and sacraments for the many believers in home churches scattered throughout the country. Your gift supports pastoral and evangelistic ministry throughout Cambodia.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Dalits - Untouchables (040026) - Witnessing Ministries of Christ spreads the good news among the 135 million Dalit (or "Untouchable") people of India. The church promotes six ministry branches of Evangelism, Pastoral Care, Education, Health, Economic Development and Reconciliation.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Minangkabau (040043) - The tremendous social and political upheaval in Indonesia and East Timor have put tremendous pressures on Christians seeking to be faithful in this radical Muslim context. For many years a dedicated Presbyterian couple has been at work taking the love of Christ through word and deed to the Minangkabau people. They continue to be faithful in a ministry context where it takes years of work and prayer to see a church planted. Gifts support their ministry.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Lao, Hmong, & Khmu (040033) - In working with the Lao Evangelical Church (LEC) to raise up an indigenous church in Laos, PC(USA) provides funds for school construction and leadership training and is exploring new ways of partnering with the LEC in reaching the people of Laos with good news of Jesus Christ.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Newari & Others (040027) - The church in Nepal has grown dramatically, from 50 known believers in 1960 to over 300,000 today. Yet there are still many unreached peoples. Two groupings of churches that we have been working with are the National Churches Fellowship of Nepal (NCFN) and the Evangelical Christian Fellowship in Nepal (ECFN). Together, they are seeking to reach 14 unreached people groups.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Tribals (040035) - The Manipur Synod of the Presbyterian Church of India continues to reach out to the Meitei peoples of NE India. The challenge is great, as two thirds of the two million people of Manipur are Meitei. Recently through the Meitei Bible was published. Gifts to this ECO will assist the Manipur Synod in this challenging outreach.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Pakistanis (040034) - Over the years, 19 denominations and agencies from 6 countries have joined together to form a team known as "the Friends of Angus" to address the needs of a Muslim tribal people in Pakistan. (Due to security precautions, the name of this group cannot be identified.) This Strategic Evangelism Partnership has as its goal to "see a people group movement to the Lord Jesus flourish among the 'Angus' people in which the Holy Spirit would establish a culturally contextualized witnessing body of believers."
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Wa (040031) - The PC(USA) is involved in ministry to the Wa people in Burma and Thailand. Funds support evangelists in their work, distribution of Bibles & hymnals, a hostel for school children, leadership development, and prostheses for amputees who are victims of land mines.
  
           

Egypt (040077) - Many exciting opportunities for evangelism and church planting are developing in Egypt. Funds are needed to help support these efforts.

         

South America (click for more information)

Brazil

• Brazil Frontier Mission Development (040066) - The PC(USA), with Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship, is working with the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil to nurture their vision to reach unreached people groups, beginning in the Amazon Region. Gifts will help with planning and other start-up expenses for this visionary undertaking.
  
           

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Mexico

• Mexico Frontier Mission Development (040059) - Assist the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico as it creates a missionary trust that could help complete the evangelization of unreached people groups in Mexico and begin the process of sending missionaries to other parts of Latin America and the world.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Zoque (040039) - In 1999, two congregations had been established among the Zoque people in the state of Chiapas in Mexico, through the work of PC(USA) congregations and Mexican missionaries sent by the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico. The training of Mexican missionaries is essential for reaching the 10-15 remaining villages of Zoque people in such a way that enables the Zoque people to preserve their culture and worship Christ. Your gift will empower church planting efforts among the Zoque by providing discipleship training, Bible school training, and special Seminary training for Mexican lay pastors and lay women teachers.
  
           
  
  
  
  Lacandon People (040070) - There are only 700 Lacandon People who live in five villages in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. The National Presbyterian Church of Mexico supports Dario Lopez as missionary to this group of people. Dario is from the Tzelal people group. The PCUSA is participating in the training and sending of Dario.
  
           

Europe (click for more information)

• Bosnians (040051) - One of the very few blessings which came out of the highly destructive wars in Bosnia earlier in this decade was the emergence of new Christian witnesses across this devastated and now divided country. At the height of fighting in 1992-1995, the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek, Croatia started a humanitarian aid program called Agape. Some of the Agape students are now full-time missionaries living in Bosnia and starting new churches in response to the Bosnians request to know more about the love of Christ which saved some of them from destruction. A new Bible school has even opened in Mostar, Bosnia, where ETS graduates are teaching.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Iranians (040038) - Iranians may be today's most responsive segment of the Muslim world. Much of this openness occurs as Iranians have been uprooted from their home country. From a base in Berlin, Rev. Sadegh Sephri ministers to Iranians who have immigrated to Europe.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Roma (040061) - Join in out effort to minister to the Roma of Europe. Funds will go to support the program expenses of Burkhard Paetzold as he works with our European partners to develop ministry that proclaims the Good News to the Roma in a holistic manner.
  
           
  
  
  

• Kazaks (040029) - Funds for outreach among Kazaks helps support university student ministry in Almaty. Relationships with students are developed through language study, drama ministry and Bible study. Discipleship training takes place among a core group of believers.
  
           
  
  
  
• Christian Outreach in Almaty, Kazakhstan (864031) - PC(USA) missionaries have helped plant a new church in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Funds are needed for several years to help get the church established, after which it will continue on its own. Funds will also assist the Christian Cultural Center in its ministry through music.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Kyrgyz (040030) - Our work is associated with a well-established and highly-regarded non-governmental organization (NGO) involved in training health care professionals, English Language instruction, and community development. Strong emphasis is placed on developing personal relationships with the peoples of the land. This gives opportunity to live out one's faith and share, as appropriate, in daily situations at work and in the neighborhood.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Siberian Unreached People Initiative in Russia (040068) - It is estimated that there are 156 separate ethnic groups in Russia and that 120 of them are without a viable church. Russian Baptists are committed to planting churches among these unreached peoples. In fact, Baptists in Siberia are already involved in an outreach among those who closest to present established congregations. There is an opportunity for the PC(USA) to work in partnership with the Baptist Church to reach out to the Unreached Peoples of Siberia.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Tajiks (040057) - Since 1991 the Tajiks have suffered terribly from civil war. Over 70,000 have died, leaving 600,000 as homeless refugees. The country is near chaos and as always the children suffer the most. The PC(USA) is working with an NGO to help rebuild this nation in the name of Christ.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Turkmen (040058) - We continue to try to reach out to Turkmen people in holistic ways with the good news of Jesus. The Turkmen government makes this difficult but we persevere.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Sylhetti Bengalis (040037) - About 300,000 Bengalis live in the United Kingdom; 60-80,000 reside in London. Of these, 60,000 live in the part of town called Tower Hamlets. Dale and Ann Davis, PC(USA) missionaries among the Bengalis, would like to see Bengalis come to faith in Christ and establish a Bengali fellowship.
  
           
  
  
  
  

• Uzbeks (040028) - We are working in Uzbekistan through highly regarded NGOs to provide holistic ministry. This includes providing fresh water, small business enterprise development, prison ministry, drug rehabilitation, and other types of ministry. Through relationships, our personnel live out their faith and share it as appropriate.
  
           

USA

• Arabic Media Ministry, California (040005) - Through their radio program 'Invitation to Freedom,' the Arabic Communication Center is reaching Muslims both in the USA and throughout the Middle East. In addition, ACC provides a large variety of books, audio and videotapes, and tracts in Arabic and English through the Internet.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Cantonese / Vietnamese Outreach, San Gabriel, CA (040049) - John Duong, a Chinese pastor originally from Saigon, Vietnam, leads the evangelistic outreach among the predominantly blue-collar Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants living in the San Gabriel Valley of California. Their Chinese languages services draw more that 50 adults and children weekly.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Fresno Refugee Ministries (FIRM), Fresno, CA (040003) - Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM) mobilizes over 25 churches to minister to Southeast Asian and other refugees in Fresno. FIRM co-coordinator, Rev. Sharon Stanley, notes that FIRM and the churches are substantially touching lives for Christ.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Hindu / Punjabi, New York City (040047) - Redeemer Presbyterian Church hosts the Sandhu Sundar Singh Fellowship, an outreach program to the Hindi/Punjabi population in the New York City area. Each Sunday the Fellowship meets at 5:00 PM and opens its doors to a growing group of believers and inquirers.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Iranians, USA (040006) - Fellowships of Iranian immigrants are springing up in California, Colorado, Washington, Georgia and elsewhere to reach out to Muslim background immigrants with the love of Christ. The Los Angeles area alone has half a million Iranians. Gifts support the PC(USA) outreach and coordination with other churches and organizations.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Japanese, Chicago (040004) - The Church of Christ, Presbyterian is a Japanese-American congregation in Chicago comprised mostly of second and third generation Japanese immigrants. Recently, they have sensed God's call to share the Gospel with the many Japanese who are living in Chicago, mostly on business assignment from their corporations in Japan. They estimate that at any one moment in time, a minimum of 8,000 Japanese families live in Chicago for an average of three to five years.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Lao, MN (040065) - Funding helps to place Lao pastoral leadership in a Lao/Anglo congregation. In April of 1989 four Lao families approached Oliver Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. asking for a place to study and worship. From the earliest discussions it was agreed that the two congregations would be one. Because of the language barrier the two groups worship separately but meet together for special celebrations and share session leadership. The Lao group now has from 50 to 70 in attendance for Sunday worship in the church sanctuary. Bounphen John Chipmany leads an ongoing lay training process related to family life and evangelism as well as a month long membership class for those ready to take the next step of faith.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Lao, USA (040010) - Reach out to Laotian immigrants into the United States by supporting the only ordained Lao Pastor in the PC(USA), the Rev. Bounchan Keomanikhot. Keomanikhot is developing nine Lao fellowships in nine states, leads a Lao Lay Training Academy and is the national advisor for Lao ministries for the PC(USA).
  
           
  
  
  
  
• New Projects, USA (040015) - Exciting new frontier mission opportunities continue to emerge throughout the year. Support new ministries among refugees and immigrants here in the United States through this fund.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Pakistani (URDU), NY (040009) - Support a growing and vibrant ministry called the Indo-Pak Fellowship of Ridgewood, New York, which is cultivating followers of Christ among Urdu-speaking peoples of Pakistan and India now residing in the New York area. Some 115 members reach out under the care of Rev. Aslam Daniel.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Somali Outreach Twin Cities (040080)
  The Presbytery of the Twin Cities has validated SOMSERVE, a ministry to the over 50,000 Somalis in the Twin Cities area. Rev. Yakub Mohamed, the only PC(USA) Somali pastor, leads the program. Its purpose is "to share God's love with the Somali people through personal and family services, development of their human and natural resouces, proclamation of and witness to the whole will of God, in order to foster justice, peace and prosperity within the community and for its members." A growing fellowship of believers has been formed. Gifts will support this ministry.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Vietnamese (040032) - Presbyterian work among Vietnamese in the USA continues to grow. Rev. Cuong Nguyen is visiting these ministries for encouragement and training and to facilitate the growth of new fellowships. He is also helping with leadership development for the fellowships.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Vietnamese, Fresno, CA (040013) - Rev. Ruth Tran Widenham is optimistic and thankful to the Lord for new effectiveness in this ministry among Vietnamese refugees in Fresno, CA. The Evangelism Explosion (EE) program is very effective in the Vietnamese culture. Besides developing leadership, the ministry offers social assistance for the larger refugee community - transportation for appointments, interpretation for parents with teachers, tutoring of students, and citizenship classes. Ruth's apartment has become a center for ministry.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Vietnamese, Seattle, WA (040002) - The Vietnam Good News Presbyterian Fellowship of Seattle, continues to reach out to the Southeast Asian community in Seattle with Bible studies, leadership development and English classes. Gifts will help establish their fellowship as a church in Seattle.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Vietnamese, Stockton, CA (040001) - The Vietnamese Evangelistic Outreach (VEO Stockton / Modesto) is a joint ministry of the Sierra Mission Partnership and the Stockton Presbytery. Most of the 13,000 Vietnamese in Stockton/Modesto are from a Buddhist and ancestor worship background. Rev. Daniel Nguyen, pastor of VEO, states that the goals of the ministry are to evangelize the Vietnamese people in the Central Valley of California, to provide them an opportunity to accept Jesus Christ as the personal Savior and Lord of their life, and to disciple them to become active members of the church. The Vietnamese congregation is a body of believers that desires eventually to become a self-supporting, indigenous church under the care, guidance, and affiliation of the PC(USA).
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Yupik, Alaska (040007) - In partnership with Chukotka Native Christian Ministries, the Presbytery of Yukon reaches out to native Yupiks of the Russion Far East. A particular focus is on teaching evangelism and training Yupik leadership so that churches can multiply in Siberia.
  
           
  
  
  
  
• Eastside Japanese Language Ministry (040085) - Seattle Presbytery is seeking to establish a Japanese Fellowship in the Eastside of the greater Seattle area. There are about 20,000 Japanese-speaking people in the area, less than one percent of them in churches. The Presbytery's desire is to start a group that can reproduce itself in other parts of town.