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Pray for our Armed forces
This week, while you are enjoying time with your family or friends, spare a thought for those who are fighting on our behalf in foreign lands.
Whatever your politics or stance on the wars our country is involved in, you can't fail but be touched as they selflessly lay down their lives in the struggle against oppression. Among this band of courageous men and women are Christians who want to reach out to their fellow comrades with the love of Chirst.
The Armed Forces' Christian Union (AFCU)
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The Armed Forces' Christian Union (AFCU) is an interdenominational, tri-service fellowship of Christians who wish to grow in their faith and share it with those with whom they serve. |
It seeks to encourage and build up Christians in the Armed Forces in their faith and to support evangelism and does this by producing literature, providing prayer support for serving members, organising activities and teaching holidays and weekends, and by personal visits. It is funded only by its members and has a small paid staff based in offices at Aldershot.
The AFCU Mission is to:
- Encourage those who are already Christians in the Armed Forces to live out and develop their faith, to act as ‘salt and light’, and through them to encourage others to come to a committed faith in the Lord Jesus Christ;
- Work for unity amongst Christians in the Armed Forces;
- Support the Armed Forces in their drive to be a force for good, providing a Godly influence upon military culture;
- Expose the role of Christians in the Armed Forces to the wider Christian community.
If you would like to know more and perhaps support them, then visit their web site at www.afcu.org.uk |
Michael Coveney, 12/11/2009 |
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