Friday, August 24, 2012

Bicycles for Pastors

I'll never forget receiving my first bicycle when I was eight years old. It was all blue and shiny, and looked like it would fly like the wind. It wasn't long before I made the rounds of the neighborhood making sure all my friends got to see my new bicycle.

Give a native pastor in India a bicycle, and know with certainty that thousands of miles away your gift will be used every day to reach a lost soul with the gospel of Jesus Christ. It will be used to travel great distances to teach new believers precious truths from the Bible, or minister to Christians suffering physical pain or political persecution. In many cases, when dozens of miles must be covered, bicycles help to increase those blessings as more people are reached.

A bicycle can mean many things to different people. In the rural areas of India where owning a car is an impossible dream and public transport is infrequent, expensive or nonexistent, pastors can spend an entire day on foot to reach just one person in need. Carrying Bibles, Christian literature, food and water for the journey weighs them down, tires them out, and further limits their outreach for the Lord.

Having a bicycle changes that. Not only do pastors reach their destinations more quickly, but bicycles can be taken almost anywhere. They can maneuver along narrow dirt paths, be carried over rope bridges or through rushing streams. With a bicycle time is saved and many more people can be reached who have not yet heard the gospel. And most helpful to a gospel worker is being able to carry valuable ministry tools that enable him to share Christ more effectively.  

These pastors are grateful for the bicycles which—through your generosity—AIM provided to enable them to more easily travel to conduct church services and other programs.

Yes, a bicycle means a great deal to a native pastor, one of the greatest aids to his work that he will ever receive. Your gift of $125 for a bicycle will result in more souls saved and more believers growing to maturity in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.

To donate a bicycle securely online just click HERE now. Or you can send a check to:
               AIM
               PO Box 1597
               Stillwater, OK 74075

Be sure to write "Bicycle for Pastors" on the memo line. 


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Pray for the nation of 1.2 billion people in India to experience a movement of the Holy Spirit. Ask for the strongholds of Hinduism, Islam, alcoholism and sexual sin to be broken in Jesus’ name. 



                                                                                                    

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