https://freedomshope.org/ Bringing Hope to the World en-US Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2025-in-review/ https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2025-in-review/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT ALL praise to God, our Father, God the Son, and God, the Holy Spirit for faithfully enabling each of us to share the true love of God in this devastated and broken world where we live. As in the times when Jesus walked this earth in human form, people have received miraculous healings, both physical and spiritual. Many were healed of “incurable” diseases and many others were freed from demonic oppression or possession. The Holy Spirit used these precious indigenous ministers, which we have the… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/extremely-urgent-need-in-pakistan/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/extremely-urgent-need-in-pakistan/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT Email from Pastor A: 9/1/25 Hello Bro Mike, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ . Situation Overview I am so sad to share with you , Since 26 June 2025 , relentless monsoon rains , intensified by climate change have triggered widespread super flooding , landslides and glacial lake outburst across almost all over Pakistan . According to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reports to date at least 819 people have died more than 1,100 have been injured and over one million people have… https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2024-in-review/ https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2024-in-review/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT To God be the glory for another miraculous year, where we, along with each of you who have faithfully supported this ministry, have witnessed our Father in Heaven, with God, the Son and the Holy Spirit performing His incredible work in the hearts of broken, desperate people throughout the world. MANY lives have been dramatically impacted with the life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ. When these people experience God’s healing power and His love directly through the sharing of food and other… https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2023-in-review/ https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2023-in-review/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT What an incredible and fast paced year we have experienced and all of you who have prayed for and supported this ministry have been an integral part!!! We have had the opportunity to impact MANY people with the life changing Gospel of Jesus Christ. Those people are now reaching out to friends, family, and neighbors, even neighboring villages with this transforming Word through the power of the Holy Spirit. This year we have had the privilege of helping with the Lord’s work in several places in… https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2022-in-review/ https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2022-in-review/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT We praise our Father in heaven for His abundant blessings this past year. He has made a way many times, when there seemed to be no more options, to get much needed donations to the indigenous ministers in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Uganda, Kenya, DRC, and the Philippines, and others. Clearly, Satan has been fighting to keep funds from reaching these courageous brothers and sisters in the Lord throughout the entire year, but our God has been faithful and made a way each month to get the help… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/extremely-poor-christian-families-need-our-immediate-help-in-pakistan-2/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/extremely-poor-christian-families-need-our-immediate-help-in-pakistan-2/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT This is an on-going need. When it rains they cannot work. If they don't work they cannot feed their families. Email from Pastor A: Hello Bro Mike, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ . I am so so sad to share with you that , Yesterday evening our team visited Brick Kiln Colony Home Church for our regular prayer service and Truly what our team saw and heard during door to door visit is that they are not able to get any work for the last two weeks Because of monsoon rains and Bricks Kiln will… https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2021-in-review/ https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2021-in-review/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT Incredible year to serve our Lord What an incredible year it has been to serve our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, with our wonderful, committed brothers and sisters around the world! Although, the ministers we have the honor of working with have met monumental challenges throughout the year with an abundance of mandates, sickness, etc., most have risen to the occasion. Unfortunately, India has recently banned our foreign help to our ministers there the past few months. However, we have still… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/the-people-in-pakistan-are-unable-to-feed-their-families-due-to-lock-downs/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/the-people-in-pakistan-are-unable-to-feed-their-families-due-to-lock-downs/ Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT We recently received the following from Pastor A. (name omitted for his protection) in Pakistan: Hello Bro Mike, Greeting in the name of Jesus Christ. We are safe and sound by the love and grace of Jesus Christ and we believe that you and your family are also blessed, because here in Pakistan our whole pastors’ team and all house churches members are praying for all of you each and every single day. As you know over here in Pakistan and our neighbor country India are going through a very… https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2020-in-review/ https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2020-in-review/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT A year of great challenges and blessings This year we have been blessed to see God’s amazing work in Bangladesh, Uganda, Nepal, Pakistan, India, DRC, Kenya, Philippines, Rwanda, Ghana, Indonesia, and the USA. The first 8 countries in this list, we were blessed to help indigenous ministers financially, so the work there could continue. Thank you for making this possible by joining with us in this great effort to do what we can to make a positive difference for Christ. The others, we have… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/update-on-angelia-given-kidney-transplant-needed/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/update-on-angelia-given-kidney-transplant-needed/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT We, (Angelia's grandparents and her immediate family) all thank each and everyone of you for all your prayers for Angelia and your VERY generous gifts and cards that helped bring Angelia home from her long stay in the Children's Hospital in St. Louis, MO where she almost died 3 times. On May 30, 2019, Angelia was finally released from the Children's Hospital. Before leaving the hospital, a PD Dialysis port was surgically placed in her abdomen and she was started on nightly dialysis, all night,… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/help-is-urgently-needed-for-the-poor-and-starving-people-around-the-world/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/help-is-urgently-needed-for-the-poor-and-starving-people-around-the-world/ Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT During this most difficult time around the world, due to the covid-19 lock downs, people in various countries are starving and are looking for the smallest glimpse of hope. Millions of people are not able to work, and hence, not able to feed their families. Some are ordered by the government to stay in their home until further notice. Those in Kenya and surrounding nations have recently been devastated by a horrible locust swarm that wiped out most of their crops; which was then followed by a… https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2019-in-review/ https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2019-in-review/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT God be praised for All He has done in 2019 We are filled with gratefulness to God and to each one of you for your extremely generous gifts and abundant prayers for our ministry and for us personally. We know “The effectual, fervent prayers of a righteous man avail much.” (James 5:16) We pray God will bless you abundantly as you have blessed God and us. We know our Father is pleased whenever we give from our hearts to help someone else, since He said in Mt. 25:40 ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/a-one-time-donation-can-meet-the-ongoing-needs-for-a-multifaceted-ministry-and-entire-communities/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/a-one-time-donation-can-meet-the-ongoing-needs-for-a-multifaceted-ministry-and-entire-communities/ Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT Please Read the following from Emmanuel Akintola, at Wipe Our Tears Sierra Leone: COMMUNITIES ACTIVITIES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT .MAPAKI, MAPAKI CHIEFDOM BOMBALI DISTRICT SIERRA LEONE WEST AFRICA Our organization is registered with “Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children Affairs”, and registered with “Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security” since the year 2014, in order solve the problem of: food insecurity, food shortage, and to fight Hunger, Poverty and starvation. We also… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/help-send-angelia-home/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/help-send-angelia-home/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT Angelia, has suffered with Nephrotic Syndrome ( a congenital kidney disorder) most of her life (8 years). She has had her ups and downs for the past five years, until recently when it become critical. Once they finally release her from the hospital, she will be on home dialysis. This will be an enormous challenge for the entire family, as well as a huge financial burden. See below how you can help. The following is mostly from Rachel, her mother, and is what has transpired the last several… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/help-is-urgently-needed-for-the-mustard-seed-christian-school-in-the-philippines/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/help-is-urgently-needed-for-the-mustard-seed-christian-school-in-the-philippines/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT We recently received the following email from Sister Anita; director of the Mustard Seed Christian School: "My prayer request again is a new classroom for the incoming grade 7 students. The government gave us a slot of 62 grade 7 this year. This is an urgent need friends and partners! Please pray and I am knocking at your heart’s door to help us in any amount you can for this project that we pray it will be constructed this summer break, April and May. June 3 is the opening of classes for the… https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2018-in-review/ https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2018-in-review/ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT We want to express our many thanks and gratitude to all of you for your most generous gifts and abundant prayers for our ministry and for us personally. 2018 was a very blessed and trying year. We experienced many challenges. However, God is still in control as He always is, and will continue to be. On September 10 th I (Michael Furman) was rushed to the hospital emergency room with acute kidney failure and a distended bladder,(due to an obstruction,) which they had to drain nearly 4 litters… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/20-widows-in-kenya-need-our-help/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/20-widows-in-kenya-need-our-help/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT Pastor Joe Arori, of Fundamental Baptist Church of Kenya, has recently establish a much needed aspect of his ministry which ministers to the widows in the area by providing sewing machines and training. Please read the following from Pastor Joe: BRIEFE DESCRIPTION FOR WIDOWS’ SEWING MACHINE MINISTRY: This widows program is called ” FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST WIDOWS & ORPHANS CARE CENTRE ” The Fundamental Baptist Widows and Orphans Care Centre is an organization which is being registered in the… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/new-life-pentecostal-outreach-ministries-in-liberia-needs-our-help-in-the-completion-of-their-church-and-school-building/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/new-life-pentecostal-outreach-ministries-in-liberia-needs-our-help-in-the-completion-of-their-church-and-school-building/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT We have known Pastor Joseph Fallah since 2012. His church building project has been ongoing for many years now, and the funds coming in locally for the project has been meager at best. Our ministry has helped some in the past, but was unable to continue as we would like. New Life Pentecostal Outreach Ministries has been making an enormous impacted for Christ in the greater Monrovia area since February, 2002 (please read more by going to “Projects” “Liberia”, or clicking here ). We at Freedom’s… https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2017-in-review/ https://freedomshope.org/newsletter/2017-in-review/ Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT This past year we have had the joy of impacting 100’s of lives, in the Name of Jesus. While meeting physical and spiritual needs on a regular basis in India, Philippines, Kenya, Uganda, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, we have been seeing a harvest of new believers. The Remote Teacher’s Project has supported 6 teachers in 6 remote villages, with an average of 12 new believers baptized a month. The children are getting an academic education with the Truth of God’s Word at the center of this… https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/with-one-donation-we-can-make-a-difference-for-a-lifetime/ https://freedomshope.org/urgent-needs/with-one-donation-we-can-make-a-difference-for-a-lifetime/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Pastor Joe Arori is trying to raise funds in order to purchase a posho mill. This mill, used for the milling of maize, will bring a substantial income to their ministry; thereby allowing them to continue ministering to the poor and taking care of the orphans. They have the facility, including electricity for the mill operation–all is in place except the mill itself. Currently, a total of 850 people have to travel up to ten kilometers by foot in order to reach the closest mill. Due to the great…