Church Leaders Area

Our Building One Body church partnership programme is designed to allow local churches in the UK to connect with one particular international project supporting persecuted believers. This is a helpful way to build a deeper mutual relationship.

We provide you with regular project updates and prayer information from our partners on the ground, and we can arrange a video call or visit from a frontline project worker. In turn we ask you to raise awareness of the project throughout your church, commit to praying for the project and to make a regular financial contribution which will directly support the work.

Our Building One Body brochure introduces a range of projects you can choose to support. As you enter into this deeper level of fellowship we are sure that the faith and discipleship of your own church community will also be enriched.

For more information, click here to request the Building One Body brochure, and here to download a sample project sheet. To find out more, and to discuss the range of projects you could support please email us here or call 01689 823491.

We know that short videos are an excellent way to communicate with local congregations when they are gathered for Sunday worship.

 

We regularly produce a range of one to five-minute films which present the situation facing Christians in various countries and introduce Release International’s partners and projects in those areas.

 

We also develop longer eight to twelve-minute films which can be used in other settings such as home groups or prayer meetings. Full-length recordings of our public events are also regularly made available.

 

You can watch and download these resources on our Vimeo channel. 

 

All for Jesus is a small-group Bible study series written by Release International’s Kenneth Harrod. Each of the five studies focuses on a passage of scripture and poses questions that explore what Christian discipleship looks like in a world that is hostile to Jesus. Helpful notes for group leaders are provided at the back of the booklet. You can order copies for your home groups here.

 

Our free quarterly Voice magazine is a key resource, sharing up-to-date information about our work across the world. It also includes our daily prayer diary. We would be very happy to send you multiple copies of each issue to share with your church. To subscribe please click here.

 

We employ a team of dedicated Engagement Managers, supported by trained volunteer speakers, who would be delighted to visit your church to share more about the plight of persecuted Christians and the work of Release International.

We are committed to bringing a biblical perspective to the subject of persecution and exploring how this applies both in the lives of the persecuted Christians we support and in our own UK context. Our speakers cover all areas of the UK and are available to preach at Sunday services, share at mid-week meetings or present at special events (in person or online) – whatever is most suitable for your church.

There is no charge for a presentation but we appreciate contributions to our costs.

TO REQUEST A SPEAKER

Please contact your nearest Engagement Manager:

LONDON & SOUTH: Jonny – 07861 656269 [email protected]

MIDLANDS & NORTH: Allister – 07916 396 178 [email protected]

N IRELAND & IRELAND: Stephen – 07933 313 169 [email protected]

SCOTLAND: James – 07434 894 016 [email protected]

WALES & WEST: Paul – 07861 651 139 [email protected]

Alternatively you can call our office on 01689 823491, or email us at: [email protected]

 

Every November the International Day of Prayer for the persecuted church (IDOP) is marked by churches from all denominations across the world. It is a special opportunity to draw unified attention to the suffering of our brothers and sisters and to stand with them in prayer.

We encourage all local churches in the UK to take part in some way. You could devote all or part of a Sunday service in November to the theme, or you could organise a special time of prayer. We provide a range of resources to help you participate including, sermon outlines, PowerPoint presentations, prayer points, testimonies and suggested songs. These are available on our IDOP page.

Each year we invite one or more of our international partners to the UK to share the first-person voice of persecution. We partner with local churches to organise these events and we would be delighted to consider your church as a possible venue. Please get in touch with your regional Engagement Manager for more information. (See the EM contact details in Section Three above.)

We know that many churches choose to direct their annual Christmas, Harvest or Lent giving to ministry work that is close to their hearts.

We have a range of projects supporting persecuted Christians in various contexts which you may want to consider this year. We can supply digital and hard-copy materials to help you profile the project you choose.

Explore our interactive globe to find out more about various countries around the world where persecution of Christians occurs and the projects we are engaged in to help our persecuted family.