8- TODAY

Today, Crossroads is blessed to support pastors and Christian medical workers who are going into the Arkanabad slum, praying for people and offering physical care. Please pray for our Pakistani brothers and sisters who are serving, not only in Arkanabad, but also in surrounding communities where people live in bonded slavery. Pray also for the new…

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7- THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN THE SLUM

As we prayed, the name Siloam came to mind. We looked up “Siloam, Pakistan, street kids, Arkanabad” and found a Pakistani ministry working among the destitute. They were underfunded and in need of resources to expand their work into the Arkanabad slum. But they were willing to go, full of love for those who had…

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6- FEAR AND VULNERABILITY

As we evaluated efforts among this Least-reached people group in its places of refuge, Pakistan continued to stand out. While continuing to serve the Rohingya locally and regionally, Crossroads began to pray that God would show us how to be a blessing in Pakistan: to men, women, and children who had fled violence, and were…

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5- STREET CHILDREN

As we began to learn more about Pakistan, our love and concern grew. In Pakistan, 1.5 million kids are street children. This is more than the entire population of Dallas, Texas. These kids live in near-constant risk of exploitation, human trafficking, and abuse. Many who are not on the streets are in slavery conditions: Hundreds…

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4- PAKISTAN

Pakistan, however, remained virtually untouched. Facing extreme poverty in the slums of Karachi, an estimated 200,000 Rohingya are in some senses marooned, without the humanitarian aid available in other parts of the world. Because of severe anti-Gospel laws, the ability of the Pakistani church to engage was also under constraint: they were caring for their…

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3- MALAYSIA AND BANGLADESH

providing for physical needs, and sharing the hope of Jesus Christ. Crossroads had the opportunity to support the training and mobilization of many Gospel-workers to these locations, while also providing 500 audio Bibles in the Rohingya language on micro-chips for Bangladeshi evangelists to hand out. 

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2- REFUGE

Many Rohingya have tried to rebuild their lives in surrounding nations, including Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan. However, without legal protections, many continue to experience danger and violence within theircountry of refuge.

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1- FLEEING

Following a large-scale genocide in their home country of Myanmar, the Rohingya were defined by the UN as “The most persecuted minority on earth.”

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