| In the Bridge Community Church, we
think global. Whilst being actively involved in local missions, we
firmly believe that each of us is called to play our part in world
missions. We actively support missionaries through prayer and
giving. Our main focus of support is for
Actionoverseas, the missionary arm of the Apostolic Church
Great Britain and Ireland. We support their work in Zimbabwe and
Sri Lanka.
Zimbabwe
 Zimbabwe is a beautiful country in the southern part of Africa
and home to the Victoria Falls. Formerly known as Rhodesia, today
there are 30 million people living in a country with huge economic
difficulties, rising unemployment and widespread poverty.
The Apostolic Church have been working in Zimbabwe for over 50
years and today we have 23 churches in the country. In July 2006,
Pastor Marcus Thomas travelled to
Zimbabwe to meet some of the people in the churches there.
For uptodate information on
Zimbabwe, check out the BBC website.
Sri Lanka
 Actionoverseas have been working in Sri Lanka since 1974 and
today there are 97 growing Apostolic assemblies on the island.
The Apostolic Church in Sri Lanka was greatly affected by the
2004 Tsunami. Six people lost their lives, 120 families lost their
homes and two churches were completely destroyed. Shocked by the
plight of their sister churches, the Bridge Community Church and Portadown Apostolic Church sent
out over £4,000 to Sri Lanka.
In September 2006, two of the leaders of the Sri Lankan Apostolic
Church, Pastor Titus Thasan (President) and Pastor Basil Fernando
(Superintendent) visited the Bridge Community Church and were able
to give people a greater insight into the work in Sri Lanka.
For uptodate information on
Sri Lanka, check out the BBC website. |
