China Partnership Update July 2024

In December 2023, Christians in China held the Eleventh Annual National Chinese Christian Conference, where they elected the new slate of executive leaders to the national China Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic Movement of Protestant Churches in China (CCC&TSPM). The Outreach Foundation’s Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Mark Mueller, sent a congratulatory letter on behalf of the Board of Trustees and staff of The Outreach Foundation, where he reiterated our commitment to working closely with the church in China for years to come.

Asia, Partnership, Projects, MissionariesThe Outreach FoundationJuly 12, 2024China Partnership, Mainland China

Tumaini/Huruma Children's Ministry Update June 2024

On my recent trip to Tumaini-Huruma Children’s Ministry in Nyeri, Kenya, I was able to visit with Tumaini-Huruma board members, worship with and visit the staff and children, while also discussing changes that have taken place at their homes since the last visit in July of 2023. Eighty-six children are in the Tumaini-Huruma Children’s Ministry with 59 of these children being reintegrated into the homes of their parents or guardians. Two social workers are making regular visits to the homes of these children, supplying them with needed food and personal items. These social workers, Ms. Falisa and Ms. Njoki, live at the Huruma home and are key to the reintegration program helping make functional homes for these kids to go back to.

John McCall (PCUSA) Update May 2024

I am always amazed in Taiwan to hear the stories of new Christians. Only four to five percent of the population in Taiwan is Christian, so becoming a Christian here is no easy thing.

Most Taiwanese consider themselves Buddhists or Taoists, also worshipping traditional folk gods. These gods are people who did something heroic and then were deified. Traveling throughout Taiwan, you will see many temples full of different images of these folk gods. The most famous god here is Matsu, who was a young girl in southern China. One day, her father and brother were fishing in the sea when they encountered a strong typhoon. Matsu, knowing of their trouble in her dream, held onto them to save them. But her mother called her name and she unintentionally let go of her father, only having saved her brother. She became the goddess of fisherfolk and is now revered throughout Taiwan. She is often called the Holy Mother of Heaven.

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