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Two Combined Into One
TWO International Ministries offerings are being combined into ONE.
Our International Outreach Offering, previously received in the spring, has been an important fundraiser for the Department. We use Outreach funds to initiate new fields, provide funds for church buildings, missionary vehicles, leadership training, and many other important projects. The International Relief Offering, previously received in the fall, assists our Open Bible fields with feeding kitchens, orphanages, and has helped those who are less fortunate, such as ministry at an amputee camp in Sierra Leone.
The Board of International Ministries has decided to combine these two very important offerings into ONE offering, which will be called the “International Harvest Offering.” The date for our first International Harvest Offering will be November 7, 2010. This year we will be using part of the International Harvest Offering to assist our feeding kitchens, orphanages, and to help victims of natural disasters. Another portion will go to help build a new elementary school in Cambodia. We are partnering with our Asian Open Bible Church of Des Moines in this new project. We will send you specific information soon regarding other ministry outreaches that will be included in the offering.
Each of our ministers and churches will receive promotional material at a later date. If you have already budgeted funds for the International Outreach Offering or the International Relief Offering, please continue to give those funds especially if you are sending funds on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. All these funds will be applied to the International Harvest Offering. Thank you for your continued generosity!
More information is coming soon!
Your Co-Servant in the Great Commission,
Vince McCarty
To partner with us, contribute
online
or send your offerings to:
Open Bible Churches
International Ministries
2020 Bell Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50315-1096
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