Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni
Gunned down for his faith - June 3, 2007 - Age 35
"The Eucharist gives back to us the life that the terrorists seek to take away" - Fr. Ragheed
Video from Father Ragheed's Funeral with a Hymn Written and Sung by Father Ragheed in the Background - here .
I support Open Doors, a ministry started by Brother Andrew, who’s on the same caliber as a modern day saint Paul.
The First Fifty Years
http://sb.od.org/index.php?supp_page=od_history&supp_lang=en
One of Andrew’s first trips to Eastern Europe
The ministry of Open Doors began in 1955 through the call of God to one man, Brother Andrew, a native of Holland, to “Awake and strengthen that which remains and is at the point of death.”
Fifty years on, the call to awaken continues to find its echo throughout the world. Bible delivery and leadership training have been core to the whole ministry. The fruits are abounding -
Open Doors - The First Fifty Years
Believers under communistic regimes have found their faith in God reaffirmed; minority believers in Muslim lands rediscover their status in Christ; brutalised Christians in Latin America conflict zones are comforted through an ongoing presence ministry.
Brother Andrew’s first book, ‘God’s Smuggler,’ is an all-time great in book publishing terms.
Available in twenty-seven different languages, ‘God’s Smuggler’ has not just been a book but an agent for change. It has helped redefine the boundaries of modern missionary endeavour and has aroused millions to the awareness of the Suffering Body of Christ in areas of limited access.
The ministry continues through an active band of full-time workers and volunteers accepting that there are no closed doors to the Gospel and the Word of God is not in chains.
Ministry Highlights
1955 Brother Andrew, founder of Open Doors, makes his first trip behind the Iron Curtain to take Bibles to persecuted Christians.
1955-65 Open Doors expands its network throughout Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
1965 The first Open Doors team travels to China.
Project Pearl - delivering a million bibles to China
1965-78 Open Doors expands to bring Bibles and encouragement to Christians in the difficult areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
1978 Contact with churches in the Middle East begins.
1980’s As persecution grows worldwide, Open Doors intensifies its prayer and Bible distribution campaigns, and begins holding pastoral training seminars.
1990’s With the fall of the Iron Curtain, Open Doors accelerates its work to take advantage of the new opportunities. The battle intensifies in China, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
Now As the spiritual battle intensifies and persecution increases in these last days, Open Doors will continue to go where faith costs the most, to equip and encourage Christians who are suffering for their faith world-wide.
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