Ministry update – Asha HIV, India

HIV, India, News, Poor
I love visiting Mumbai in India! I have been many times. One of the ministries that impresses and humbles me most is the ministry among those infected and affected by HIV. I have reported about this ministry on a previous occasion. I have just received a full report of what was achieved in 2012. This is just an extract. Scan it and absorb the diversity, the love and compassion, and the holistic approach that Nelson, Pamela and their team bring to those who are often rejected by society. Ask God to touch your heart as you read. I will let Nelson tell the story. What do we do? Connect the HIV infected people to their families who normally disown them; often it takes months or years. Of the 47 people…
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Conference – “Influencing society for the common good”

Equipping, General
Jubilee+ helps bring direction to issues of Social Justice, Social Action and Social Enterprise within the Newfrontiers family of churches in the United Kingdom. You may be interested in attending this conference which is being held in partnership with Nexus Emmanuel Church, Oxford. When? Saturday, April 27 2013, 10am to 4:30pm Where? King's Centre, Oxford A Jubilee+/Nexus conference to equip and motivate Christians to engage with issues of social justice. Who? Main speakers include Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP and Martin Charlesworth. Rt Hon. Stephen Timms MP Stephen is the Member of Parliament for East Ham in London. A Cabinet Minister in the previous Government, he is currently Shadow Minister of State for Employment. He is Chairman of the Christian Socialist Movement, and Vice-Chair (Faith) of the Labour Party. Martin Charlesworth…
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Thinking Biblically

Equipping, General
There is something special about attending the Thanksgiving Service of a man who has walked with God all his life and the Service for Arnold Bell last Saturday was no exception. Here was a man who had been brought up in difficult circumstances as a son of a single parent in the poorer part of London and who had proved God faithful throughout his life. Arnold died shortly before Christmas. Earlier in the year he had been treated for cancer and was then given the ‘all clear'. In early December he was admitted to hospital with an apparent chest infection, possibly pneumonia, but extensive cancer was discovered. About two weeks later he died. His lovely wife, Mary, and their son, Jonathan, were with him. Our love goes to them and…
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