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There is a people group who, 
many Christians ignore, there is

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a people group, who the Lord in 
his heart, has a special place 

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for there is a people group, who
all the way through the 

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scriptures. 
The Lord says, I want you to 

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protect this group of people, 
which group of people am I 

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talking about well before I 
reveal the answer to you first, 

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let me tell you about this 
famous American pasta. 

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This Pastor said my favorite 
people in the world. 

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The people I look up to my 
heroes, they're not theologians 

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there. 
Not celebrities. 

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It's this ordinary couple in 
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Why is this couple so special? 
Well, they are very Ordinary 

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People for, man. 
He's a mechanic and the woman. 

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She's a hairdresser. 
But together, they made a 

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decision as 60 years old, to do 
something quite incredible. 

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They have just adopted their 
11th, child out of the foster 

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care system, and that really 
blows me away. 

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Because if you think about it, 
most people in their 60s are 

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thinking about slowing down most
people in their 60s. 

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Thinking about winding down and 
retiring, but this 60 year old 

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couple has decided to have a 
leaven foster children running 

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around their house. 
But when you hear the reason why

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this couple made this decision, 
I believe it will blow you away.

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They said, how come if it says 
in the Bible pure and undefiled 

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religion before God and the 
father is this to visit orphans 

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and widows in their trouble and 
to keep oneself unspotted, from 

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the world. 
How How come if the Bible says 

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the best thing you can do as a 
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his to look after orphans. 
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There are 800,000 orphans in the
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supposedly. 
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there are meant to be millions 
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Christians, why does that not a 
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And when I heard that it 
convicted me greatly, it made me

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think, made me look at my own 
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So what is the people group, who
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Wants us to defend. 
Well, it's the vulnerable, the 

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poor, the Widow, the orphan is 
supposed to be a voice for the 

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voiceless to cry out to every 
mother who has a child in their 

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wound. 
That has been knitted together 

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by God and cry out to them and 
say mother's, please, don't do 

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it to cry out. 
For every Widow who's been 

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downtrodden, who has no husband 
to protect her to cry out for 

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every child that does not have a
father or mother to wrap their 

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arms around them. 
No, it's to love those who are 

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unloved to protect. 
Those who need protecting and to

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care for those who have never 
been cared for that is our 

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responsibility as Christians. 
Listen to me, I praise God, for 

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every unbeliever who puts 
clothes on the back of those who

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are cold. 
I praise God, for every 

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unbeliever who feeds the poor, 
who cares for the hungry, who 

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looks after the needs of those 
who need justice? 

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But I've got to say this, it is 
not the job of the non-Christian

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to care for the poor. 
No God has entrusted that to his

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people and woe to us. 
Shame on us when the unbeliever 

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does the Lord's work better than
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The Bible says, they have grown 
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They are Sleek. 
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the wicked, they do not plead 
the, cause the cause of the 

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fatherless yet they prosper and 
the rights of the needy, they do

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not defend Almighty friends. 
When did our hearts grow so 

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cold. 
After we've eaten three meals 

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every single day for years and 
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How did we forget about the 
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After we have a warm roof over 
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Why is it we? 
So often forget about those who 

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have no shelter, while we spend 
hours and hours entertaining 

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ourselves on social media or on 
Netflix, on our smartphones, why

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is it? 
We forgotten about those who 

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have absolutely nothing. 
Right now, as we speak, there is

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a widow in Moldova who is lonely
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protect her. 
Right now, as we speak, there is

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an orphan in Burkina Faso, who 
has no mother, no father to tuck

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them into bed, each night. 
And to say, it's okay, you doing

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a great job song. 
Right now, as we speak, there is

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a group, a massive group of 
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Nigeria who are being destroyed.
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There is no media coverage over 
this terrible Injustice, that is

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happening to the people of God 
right now, and it is your job, 

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and it is my job. 
A job to cry out enough is 

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enough. 
These are God's people who God 

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made and we need to love them 
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we need to defend the cause of 
the week. 

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I want to tell you something, I 
can't say this about many verses

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but this verse that I'm about to
read to you haunts me. 

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When I think about the reality 
of it, Proverbs 21 verse 13 

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says, whoever shuts his ears to 
The Cry of the poor will also 

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cry himself and not Hard, why 
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God to hear our prayers to open 
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His is too, when we call out to 
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Shutting our eyes ignoring the 
needs of those around us who are

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crying out for help. 
Why should we expect the Lord to

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have compassion on us when we 
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need? 
And we did not show compassion 

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to those who cried out to was in
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But hey now there's Then I 
forgot to emphasize in its this 

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Jesus said, it is better to give
than to receive and the man or 

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the woman who lends to the poor 
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A number of years ago, I was 
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friends in a small village in 
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When after we'd finished Street 
Preacher me noticed that one of 

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the shops had a massive big sale
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It had literally hundreds of 
discounted shoes so my friend 

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who is not rich man by any 
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walked into the shoe shop and 
said, if I gave you 500 pounds 

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500 English pounds, how many 
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And the man said I could give 
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My friend said really, I'll take
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You see what I want to do is I 
want to send over a massive, big

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truckload of shoes and clothes. 
So my friends over in Armenia, 

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because as a Ministry over 
there, Christians are doing this

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ministry work, and they give 
clothes to the poor and shoes to

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those who cannot afford to buy 
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Choose anyway, a couple of days 
later, I'm again in the car with

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my friend. 
My friend looks at me and says, 

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remember, last week, when I 
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said, yes, I do. 
He said, well, you're never 

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going to believe this, but just 
today a man approached me. 

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And he gave me a check of how 
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And then he said, Joe 
Christians, don't realize just 

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what they're missing out on when
you have a big vision of God, 

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big things happen. 
But when you only have a small 

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vision, God only small things 
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A my dear precious believe it's 
true, isn't it? 

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God is no man's data. 
And if we step out in faith, 

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very rarely to scald Knievel's 
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I have no right to tell you what
to do with your money that's 

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between you and the Lord, 
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those will one day stand before 
the Lord God, and he will say, I

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gave you x amount of money and 
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but suppose a small watching now
and you feel Like this message 

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was for you and you feel like 
you do have a desire to give to 

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the poor but you're saying Joe. 
I don't really know where I 

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should give my money. 
Well, if I may, could I share 

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with you for Christian 
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really believe in and no one has
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It's actually something I feel I
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ago. 
Number one Armenia Ministries. 

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Now this isn't to be confused 
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Armenia is a small little 
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and actually 26% of the 
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There are living in total 
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They really do know what it is 
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My friend who I was telling you 
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ministry he worked with to send 
the clothes across in those 

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containers. 
I actually know the couple who 

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run this ministry. 
I've met them a couple of times 

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and they really are a humble 
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They help the poor they give to 
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They help the disabled. 
They run Bible clubs. 

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They've got a team over there. 
Who is basically Really working 

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around the clock to make sure 
they're doing the Lord's work 

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and sending out the gospel and 
helping the poor people in the 

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name of Jesus. 
So if you would like to give to 

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their Ministry or if you'd like 
to send clothes across or if you

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just like to receive their 
newsletter and pray for them, 

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please fill out the contact page
and I'm sure someone will get 

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back to you very shortly. 
Number two, the Metropolitan 

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mission in India. 
The Metropolitan mission is an 

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orphanage which homes nearly 100
children, they run a school, the

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educate the children. 
And they teach the children, all

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about Jesus Christ. 
But not only do they do work 

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with children. 
They also employ, if you like 

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evangelist and send them out to 
reach the lost. 

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Again, this is just a small 
little work, which don't even 

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have a website, they're actually
looked after and overseen by the

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Association of evangelist. 
And again, they don't have a 

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donate button, so if you'd like 
to give to this ministry, please

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fill out a contact form. 
And you'll be told how you can 

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help support this work, which is
so vital and which is Helping 

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many children in India. 
Number three, the Slavic gospel 

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Association SGA is a missionary 
society which supports 

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missionaries churches and 
provides Aid and shelter and 

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food for the poor and the needy 
they operate in many countries, 

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including Romania, Kazakhstan, 
Ukraine, Russia, and Serbia. 

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And if you'd like to find out 
more about how you can support 

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them and how you can even help 
in this very current, Ukraine 

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crisis, please also visit 
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And lastly number for open 
doors, at guess, out of the four

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Ministries, I've named, perhaps,
you've heard of open doors more 

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than the other ones, it was 
founded by the Evangelist called

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brother Andrew also known as the
god Smuggler because he used to 

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smuggle Bibles beneath the Iron 
Curtain today open doors 

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supports more than 60 countries 
countries, where it is 

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incredibly dangerous to be a 
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We're talking about places like 
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Afghanistan, which has recently 
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place to be a Christian in 2022.
If you'd like to know more about

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how you can support the work of 
open doors, and how you can give

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to those Christians who really 
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So that to be bold about their 
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When there's so much persecution
on their shoulders, please do 

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visit their website. 
I'll leave a link in the 

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description box and also follow 
the link that you can see on the

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screen. 
Right now guys, there is a heap 

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of other Ministries and 
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I could have named them. 
And I do apologize if I've not 

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named one which is particularly 
dear to your heart. 

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I just wanted to give you a 
taster and perhaps expose you to

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some Ministries, you've never 
heard of before. 

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But I did wonder now, I think 
people are probably thinking the

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word Progressive Christian. 
As I've started to talk about 

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charity, if you'd like to know 
my views on Progressive 

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Christianity, please click here,
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I see it as an utter privilege 
to share the gospel and to share

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the words of the Bible. 
With you every week. 

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God bless you, all. 
And thank you for watching.