Immanuel Church,
Chichester - Wider support
We support a number of missionaries in different
parts of the world, all of whom have their roots in Chichester.
We believe that mission, whether overseas or in the UK, is one
of the key responsibilities of the church.
We also believe that
Christians in the west have a responsibility to support development
work and churches in poorer parts of the world. Examples of areas
we have been able to contribute to this have been providing cows
and other livestock to families in Uganda and Rwanda via Send
a Cow and by providing bicycles for clergy in a new diocese in
Kenya. Our photograph shows the first of many bicycles being handed
over to the Bishop and some of his clergy. We have also raised
funds to dig wells in needy areas in the same diocese.
One of our members
has been the driving force in setting up a new training college
in Nigeria - an area where education is such a key to improved
prospects.
Several other members of the church were
able to form a small team which built an extra storey and a roof
on a church centre near Kampala, Uganda. The photograph shows
the project part way through.
Another of our members has recently started
work with CMS in Zambia training midwives.
Our financial response to international
relief work is usually channelled through Tear Fund.
Some of our younger members have spent short
periods with Christian development organisations in Uganda, Malawi,
Egypt, Mexico, India, Northern Ireland and Ghana.