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December 2016 Annual Report

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<strong>2016</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />

Strengthening Pastors<br />

Working with the Leaders of the Flocks<br />

At the front lines of persecution, pastors face extraordinary<br />

pressure. They are targeted by radicals and terrorists<br />

with everything from legal threats to the threat of losing<br />

their lives and families. Often, there is no community of<br />

Christians to support them as they go to the front lines of<br />

persecution, so their financial support is often very weak.<br />

ICC provides pastors with the finances, tools, and support<br />

they need to build the Church in the most dangerous places<br />

in the world. We also stand with them when they are<br />

attacked by paying for their medical expenses so that they<br />

can return to ministry. This year, ICC gave a motorbike to<br />

an Indonesian pastor frustrated by his inability to access<br />

underground believers in remote areas. In disbelief, the<br />

pastor exclaimed, “Now we can evangelize the unreached<br />

people group and disciple the underground believers in<br />

more places where there is no public transportation. Our<br />

leaders can go to these villages without having to stay<br />

which would put their life in jeopardy. Praise the Lord!”<br />

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