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Release International

Overseas or cross-cultural mission

Release Internationals objectives are:

• To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Faith and Ethos Statement;
• The relief of poverty and other hardship, need or distress, for those who are suffering persecution or marginalisation for their Christian beliefs, and their families, by providing support and assistance;
• To further the charitable work of the Charity by the advancement of such other charitable purposes as the trustees shall from time to time decide, provided such purposes are consistent with the Statement of Faith and Ethos Statement.

Our Calling states:
Through the ministry of Pastor Richard Wurmbrand and Hebrews 13:3 we have been called by God to love and serve persecuted Christians.
The following five Strategic Purposes (SP) form our Mission statement, which shows how we love and serve persecuted Christians, by:

• Raising their VOICE.
• Giving them the ‘TOOLS’ they need to live for Jesus Christ.
• Calling Christians into FELLOWSHIP with them.
• Learning lessons of Christian DISCIPLESHIP with them.
• Maintaining Christian STEWARDSHIP to honour them.

Consistent with being a Christian Ministry, the ‘three Ps’ of our Taxonomy of persecution define how we give ‘TOOLS’ to Christians being persecuted in four clear ways (often experienced concurrently):
Around the world we prayerfully, pastorally and practically help:

• Families of Christian martyrs
• Prisoners of faith and their families
• Christians suffering oppression and violence
• Christians forced to flee.

We are currently active in around 30 countries where, prayerfully, pastorally and practically, we seek to love and serve persecuted Christians.