Teaching, inspiring, and encouraging followers of Christ
to serve God more effectively as Spirit-led leaders
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Year in Review
Help Us Equip Christian Leaders
in War-Zones and Thai Refugee Camps
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Church leaders in the Tham Hin Refugee Camp, Thailand | |
By God's grace, it's been another wonderful year of teaching and ministry in SE Asia and the Congo. Inside the refugee camps in the Myanmar-Thai borderlands, many new doors opened for me to speak to Bible school students, teach faculty members, and minister to refugees who are struggling to cope with their new life behind barbed wire and fences. | |
Tim and Saw Newton preaching to Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Bible School and College (KKBBSC) students in Mae La Refuge camp | |
Meanwhile, in Myanmar, we've been amazed by how many people are reading our biblical reflections, translated into Burmese and boosted on Facebook. Each of the eight posts reached 250,000- 400,000 people, resulting in an average of 14,000 responses (likes/loves), with thousands of people also clicking on links to our website resource library. For those not familiar with Facebook, this means that these articles are being widely read and appreciated by an incredible number of people, the vast majority of whom we have never met. | Tim conducted a two day faculty workshop for KKBBSC faculty members. | In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I had the opportunity to travel to Goma, North Kivu (Eastern Congo), to teach, preach, and minister to hundreds of pastors, chaplains, and other Christians for one week in April. It was an amazing time of equipping and inspiration for these weary and poorly educated leaders. In addition, I have been teaching The Spirit-Led Leadership material to chaplains online once a month all year long. The challenges of serving in a war torn part of the country, where millions are displaced and whose lives are continually in danger, are immense. Yet, all their trials have created an openness and eagerness for biblically-based, theologically sound, practical teaching. God is truly working through all that we are doing there. | |
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The family of FHLGM's DRC National Director, the Rev. Dr. Bolingo (center),
with future FHLGM partner, Dr. Doumi from Chad (far right)
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Please give thanks to God with us for all that God has been doing through our ministries to oppressed people of Myanmar, Burmese refugees in Thailand, and our brothers and sisters suffering immensely in Eastern Congo. By God's grace, we are teaching, inspiring, and encouraging thousands of people around the world in life-transforming ways. Most of the students and leaders we are serving are living in war zones and refugee camps, often under unimaginable circumstances, and God is using us to give them hope.
Looking forward, we are praying that God will continue to use our FHLGM teams to be conduit of God's love to all those we serve in Southeast Asia and Eastern Congo. We depend on God to be able to serve these people effectively and fruitfully. And, alongside all our teaching and coaching, we are asking God to use us to encourage these struggling, traumatized, and hurting people to bring them greater healing and peace, along with renewed strength to face their hardships.
Thank you for concern for these vulnerable, mistreated, and disadvantaged children of God, and for praying with us for them and for our ministries to them. As this year draws to a close, please also consider making a yearend contribution to help us meet our budget for the year and to keep our ministries going and growing. Thank you.
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Gratefully, in Christ's service, | |
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President, Faith, Hope, and Love Global Ministries
Visiting Professor at Teaching Minister
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Testimonials from 2024
"Thank you, Dr Tim. As your book explores 'What can we expect from God now,' your life and ministry demonstrate about 'what can we do for Myanmar now.' Your humble heart is and will be highly respected and never be forgotten.
- Nang Kim Mang, (faculty member at Chin Christian Institute of Theology, Falam, Myanmar)
"Dear Dr. Tim, Heartfelt congratulations and many thanks for your always-inspiring writing! I deeply appreciate your love and care for those who are suffering, especially the people of Myanmar. Again, thank you for encouraging us through your writings. May the Lord continue to embrace you with His unfailing love, favor, and wisdom. Blessings to you!"
- Kyar Leh (former alumni/ae assistant director, MIT)
I will share u what I have leaned and touch my heart through this evening short message. But my English is not very good Please understand me. Thank God for letting me know u…. Thank you so much sir i can experience now that God forgives me and I enjoy with him again.
-Daniel Light (KHTS student)
"Thank you so much for your prayer, support, and love for the people in Myanmar. May God bless you and your ministry always Dr. Tim"
-Aung Lin Than (former MIT student, PhD candidate in the USA)
"A big thank you to Dr. Timothy C. Geoffrion for spending time with our youth group and sharing your incredible journey with Jesus! Your passion for Christ and the work you’re doing around the world, from teaching in Myanmar to serving refugees in Thailand, is a huge testament to the incredible works we can do through Jesus."
--Peter Hrang Lian Thang (Associate Pastor, Mie (Chin) Baptist Church, Lewistown, Texas)
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Ways You Can Help the People We Serve | |
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Listen to Tim's most recent Podcast appearance!
On November 11th, Tim joined Bill Campbell on his podcast Beyond Words to discuss how he helps people keep hope in war-torn sections of the world and brings insights to help those and us reclaim and share hope with others in difficult times.
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Or find anywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts! | | |
Current Prayer Requests
In Myanmar/Thailand:
- Deliverance for the Burmese people from their oppressors and God’s working through this crisis to accomplish his good purposes for the people and the country and the church as a whole.
- Provision and protection for Myanmar Institute of Theology (MIT) faculty, staff, and students, along with all the citizens in Myanmar, amid high inflation, decreased security, and depletion of commodities and medicine nationwide.
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A wide distribution of the English and Karen versions of What Can We Expect from God Now? (Second edition) in Myanmar and Thailand, and for guidance for Saw Newton as he translates the book into Burmese.
- Inspiration for Tim and blessing on his writing ministry through Facebook that God will use his biblical reflections to teach, inspire, and encourage tens of thousands of Burmese people in the coming year as in this past year.
- Inspiration for Tim as he prepares deliver the charge to graduates at KHTS and another to KKBBSC graduates at two commencement services in March.
- A successful launch of a new mental health clinic in Mae Sot in collaboration with the Center for Victims of Torture.
- Open doors and adequate preparation for 10 MIT MDiv and MTh students, who will travel to Chiang Mai for an intensive biblical course with Tim at the end of May.
In the DRC:
- A real, lasting pathway to peace after 30 years of fighting, displacement, destruction, and terror for Congolese people in Eastern Congo, where some six million people have already died due to the war and 7.2 million people live as IDPs, 2.8 million of which are in North Kivu (of which Goma is the capital).
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Guidance for Tim as he prepares new teaching material in French to conduct webinars on Saying Yes to God for chaplains in 2025.
- Open doors for additional webinars for pastors and theological students living in Eastern Congo in 2025.
- Wisdom and leading for Tim as he must decide soon if he will return to teach and minister in person in Goma in April 2025 or wait until the situation is calmer.
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