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Livelihood project for pastors - vermiculture (worm breeding)

Ptr Jonatan checking out 1 month old bed of worms

Ptr Bernard providing worm food

After 2 months, the worms have produced organic manure

After 2 mths worms have produced first grade organic manure. This manure can be sold profitably and easily. Please pray that this experimental project will result in livelihood projects for many

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Breeding worms for missions

Pastor Leo, the Filipino pastor who got ‘lost’ in Singapore and who impressed me with his enthusiasm for Christian missions, invited me to visit his ministries in Laguna, Philippines.

As I was scheduled to visit some of our other workers in another part of the Philippines, I could easily fit in a trip to visit him

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God sends an entrepreunal pastor!

I’ve spent the past 25 years on the mission field working mostly with poor pastors. I’ve discovered that city pastors are usually better informed and better connected, so they are usually able to be self-sufficient.

I’ve also discovered that most mission efforts are concentrated in the cities. This is natural because our contacts in these countries

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Helping poor pastors to help themselves

Many pastors in poorer countries struggle to make ends meet. The typical pastor of a rural church in a Third-World country pastors a church of about 20 to 30 adults.

Since many of the able-bodied men and women leave the countryside to look for work in the city, the typical rural congregation consists of grandparents and

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