Critical Needs

As we begin 2009 IGL faces critical needs in the following areas. Please prayerfully consider how you might help.

• 400 children to be sponsored immediately--$25/month.
  Click here to sponsor a child.
   
• 100 barefoot pastors to be sponsored immediately--$100/month for 24 months.
  Click here to sponsor a pastor.
   
• 10 Villages needing adoption as soon as possible--$1,250/month for 60 months.
  Click here to adopt a village.
   
• $150,000 for CGCs--enough to pay for materials needed to reach 300,000 children at Children's Gospel Clubs in 2009. More than 500,000 children were reached in 2008, but current funding will not allow us to reach the same number in 2009.
  Click here to help with Children's Gospel Clubs.
   
• $525,000 for CGCs--enough  to pay for materials needed to reach our goal of 700,000 children in Children's Gospel Clubs in 2010 [materials must be prepared for printing by the end of 2009]
  Click here to help with Children's Gospel Clubs.
   
• $250,000 for urgent needs--to cover urgent ministry needs for unsponsored children, unsponsored pastors, discipleship and evagelistic materials, leadership training and other programs in India and Sri Lanka.
  Click here to help with urgent needs.

IGL Ambassadors: You Can Do Much More! 

IGL encourages small talk, lunch dates and endless conversation.

When IGL ambassadors tell the stories of India, others are engaged and inspired to join our mission of touching lives and transforming communities. Conversations with people you know can lead to great change in the country of India. Many want to see the direct impact of their giving, others are eager to participate in a movement. Increasingly, people are donating because of being asked to do so by their friends or family versus a non-profit organization itself.

Speak up for the millions who have not yet heard.

Click here to find out

• simple ways IGL ambassadors advance the ministry and 
• how to take the next step to become an IGL advocate.

If you have questions about becoming an IGL Ambassador, please contact Sharon at sharon@iglworld.org.

:: The Hindu government (BJP) is now ruling in the state of Karnataka and has made a new law against Christian conversion. Government officials are visiting churches and forcing Christians to re-convert to Hinduism. Those who refuse face enprisonment or violence. Pray for IGL pastors who are being sought out by officials.

:: An IGL pastor was attacked by fanatics on his way home from a meeting with Christians. He was severly beaten and is now hospitalized. Pray for his recovery and continued trust in the Lord's will.

:: In the state of Orissa, due to the murder of a Hindu leader, Christians are being persecuted and, if they survive, forced from their homes into refugee camps. Pray for Christians living in fear and for those using violence as revenge.

:: The tenth annual Women With A Mission conference was attended by 1120 delegates in Salem, India. At the Sri Lanka conference, nearly 400 delegates attended.

:: A new school building with a nursery and primary school were opened at one of IGL's mission bases.