| Mercy Ministries - helping the poor |
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The number one passion of Chris Franz is to reach the lost. The word of God says in Proverbs 22:9 "A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor." James 1:27 says; "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." Ev Chris Franz believes, that showing the love of Christ in deeds of mercy is close to the heart of God. "Touch their needs and you will touch their hearts." We believe that it must underline our evangelistic outreach. We do not allow our mercy ministry to be a "gimmick" or tool to manipulate people to comply with the Gospel. It must come out of a Godly heart of mercy for people. With your help, we have been able to: - minister new life and hope to prisoners in one of the toughest jails in Africa; New life and hope to prisoners in one of the toughest jails in Africa;
blankets and food to refugees in Goma, Congo;
start a business for widows in Kihancha, Kenya
clothe and feed refugees in Nakuru, Kenya
We also got a chance to minister to the displaced children, some who had lost their whole families. There were children scattered everywhere, but we managed to gather about 1000 of them in one place. It was a great joy to minister to them with dramas, competitions and the word of God. For a moment we were able to get their minds off the hurt and focus on HIM, Jesus, who can change all things. provide HIV/AIDS education wherever we minister in Africa In some parts of East Africa, every third person is infected with HIV/AIDS! One young man close to Lake Victoria pleaded with me saying: “Evangelist, please pray for us! Every week I am attending a funeral because my extended family is just dying away!” BUT… we do not just inform the public about AIDS. When these people are faced with the reality of death in the movie, we have the perfect platform to preach the Good News! There is hope in Jesus Christ! We are activly doing this almost everywhere we go in Africa. Do you want to help?
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Chris Franz had the privilege of preaching in the prison, where many have been executed by execution squads. You could see hundreds of bullet holes at head level along the walls. There in one of the darkest places the light of God shined brightly! 189 inmates came to Christ! Immediately after the service, the newly saved were baptized by a local pastor.
Our team was very impressed by our visit to the refugee camp outside Goma. Many families "living" there were hit by the lava stream and lost all they had. "My eyes filled with tears when I saw the great need. They are just surviving in the slums. We, as CITA brought blankets, clothes and soap to help these precious people. It was difficult to give these things to the people because there was a jostling and restless crowd." said Cornel de Groot from Rotterdam, Holland
The Lord enabled us to help these widows of Kihancha to, together, start a business. Because of your generous help, we were able to give them a starting capital. They now have a brokering business to help feed their families. Widows are often the forgotten and mistreated of Africa. Please pray for these mothers.
Our team in Kenya visited some of the displaced victems, who had lost all because of the post election violence in 2008 at the Nakuru showgrounds. This place hosted more that 5000 people and the number was swelling daily. Our team of 14 people took with us the donations made by Cita Ministries and distributed these among these desperate people. Many had seen their family members slaughtered before their very eyes.
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