Archive for December 2020

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. 

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.

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.”