Please Pray for SGA-Sponsored Christmas Ministries!

While Western nations celebrate Christmas on December 25, our brothers and sisters across Russia and her neighboring countries celebrate Christmas on January 7. For Russian-speaking churches, the Christmas season is the most important time of the year for evangelism, especially with children.

Through the SGA-sponsored Immanuel’s Child outreach, participating churches from across North America join together with Russian congregations to help make Christmas a wonderful, life-changing time for lost and needy children who desperately need Jesus.

In addition to hearing the Gospel clearly presented, each child your church has sponsored will receive a wrapped gift, a children’s illustrated Bible, special treats and a Bethlehem Star ornament with a personal greeting from someone in your church. Each year, thousands of children, their families, and caregivers are reached through Immanuel’s Child, with follow-up ministry ongoing throughout the year!

Please pray for this year’s outreaches, asking the Lord to draw many young children to saving faith. For next year, please click here to request an Immanuel’s Child kit for your church, and help make next year’s Christmas an unforgettable one — both for your congregation, and for a lost, needy Russian child.

Orphans Reborn and Christmas

In addition to Immanuel’s Child outreaches, the SGA-sponsored Orphans Reborn ministry also has a vitally important Christmas component. And with more than 700,000 lonely, forgotten children living in state-run orphanages across Russia alone, the need is enormous. They urgently need to hear the Gospel story — the true meaning of Christmas!

The faithful Orphans Reborn teams consider Christmas a special opportunity. SGA partners make it possible to provide these precious, hurting children with Russian-language Christian children’s literature and other gifts, which can include warm clothing or toiletries, along with a clear presentation of the Gospel. This year, our ultimate goal is to shine a light of hope into the lives of as many as 10,000 orphans across Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia and Kazakhstan.

Pray for the SGA orphan teams  as they hold these evangelistic outreaches, and for the children who will be hearing the Gospel — many for the very first time. Also remember to intercede for Orphans Reborn throughout the year. Click here for more information or to make a donation.

Thank you for praying for SGA’s Christmas outreaches across the lands of Russia!