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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