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was registered with the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales in March 1992. Its funds are used "for the advancement of the Christian religion and the relief of poverty and sickness among persons resident in Chile and for such other similar charitable purposes as may from time to time be agreed by the Trustees".
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The Copihue, Chile's national flower
A financial miracle in the Garden of the Sun
The miracle hasn’t actually happened yet, but this is the beginning of the story. Keep in touch over the coming months and you’ll find out what the Lord is going to do!
Ask and it will be given you
Jardín del Sol, or ‘Garden of the Sun’, is a newly built residential district in Osorno, which is a medium-sized town in Chile’s mid south. In 2009, in response to three years of prayer and petitioning, the Municipality granted the rapidly growing Filadelfia Church, free of charge, a plot of land for a church building to serve the new community! It was granted on condition that the church could raise the money to complete a suitable building and have it in use by 31 December 2014. Chile for Christ’s promise to provide a grant of £15,000 (which we have since given) was part of the reassurance that the church was able to provide: the rest depended on faith!
Fencing in the site, November 2009
"A place of encounter with God. Filadelfia Chapel is being built here in Jardín del Sol."
The new house of God
The new building is urgently needed. It will not only provide accommodation for 250 worshippers and a general purpose hall for the church and its numerous community service activities, but on the first floor there will be a small flat to provide accommodation for the teaching pastor, Esmenar Pérez, and his family. This will mean that Esmenar no longer has to rent a house out of a total family income of only £380 (US$600) a month, although for now Chile for Christ is helping him out.
Foundation ceremony, November 2009
Front elevation of new church building
Wanted: many prayers and one miracle
In February 2010 one of the biggest earthquakes in history devasted large areas of Chile. The resulting shortage of building materials has nearly doubled their cost. So the problem that the Fildadelfia Church now faces is that they still have to find around £96,000 (US$150,000) to complete the construction. Their members are far from wealthy, even by Chilean standards: the average Sunday offering from the Osorno congregations is only £25 (US$40). So it will take a miracle of God’s grace to raise all the money they need before the end of 2014. In fact only the professional fees have been paid to date: no building work has started because they have no money to pay for it. And if the church is not completed on time the land will be taken back by the Municipality.
Baptism service for 50 new believers, February 2010
You can be part of something amazing!
Jesus Christ told us not to lay up treasure on Earth but to invest it in the Kingdom of God. Will you invest in a donation, small or large, towards the cost of their new building? An excellent way to decide whether or not an action is worth taking is to consider what would happen if everyone did it. With about twenty visitors a day to this site, if every visitor gives only £10 (US$15), and the Chilean Christians somehow manage to raise half as much themselves, the project can be fully paid for within a year.
Click here and you can make your donation immediately by credit card or Paypal. We will send the total amount you give to the Jardín del Sol church building fund, making up the small transaction charge on your donation out of our existing funds. Please ask the Lord if he wants you to support this important and urgent project, and with how much. And one last thing. Remember to smile when you click “Pay now”. The Lord loves a cheerful giver!
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