Asia Projects
Mission Schools Pakistan
Vision. Pastor Elisha may rightly be called a visionary. He saw the importance of not just giving children the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic, but of teaching young children the Word of the Lord.
In 2001, Pastor Elisha started his first Mission school in one of the Christian colonies in Pakistan. The Christian minority there is one of the poorest population groups in the country, and most children have no access to education at all.
Many parents want to take this opportunity to have their children educated at the Mission school — not primarily so their children come to living faith in Christ, since most are nominal Christians already, but for their development and a future chance of employment.
The education is of high quality by Pakistani standards, delivered by born-again teachers who are recognised for excellent work by other schools in the area. Through good education and Bible-based teaching, many children are developing a personal relationship with the Lord.
Other schools were started in the past but had to close due to lack of funds. Pastor Elisha’s team has since grown to 16 staff teaching 365 children across two schools.
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6, NIV)
This Bible verse was God’s call to Pastor Elisha to start his Mission schools, and remains his theme and passion.
Mission Church. We praise God that in early June 2015, eight people were baptised in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Despite the great difficulties Christians face living in Pakistan, people are still coming to faith and following the Lord’s command to be baptised. Pastor Elisha has since lived in Hungary, and the mission church has been left in the hands of a reliable, trained pastor. Please pray for the persecuted church in Pakistan.
Asian Care
Since 2001, the Asian Care department of EEO Intl. has been helping Pastor Elisha by finding sponsors for his projects, and by sending teams to Pakistan for encouragement, evangelism and support. With this help, Pastor Elisha has been able to open more schools and employ several Christian teachers — women who finished High School and, by Pakistani standards, are qualified to become primary school teachers. Some families have opened their homes so the rooms could be used as classrooms, with someone supervising the whole project and its finances.
Pakistan is a Muslim country, with Christians making up approximately 3% of the population. Christians born into Christian homes are allowed to practise their religion, but face several restrictions — for example, it is strictly forbidden to win Muslims for Christ. The schools are in an area mainly populated by nominal Christians; our goal is to give these children the opportunity to learn about Christ and start a personal relationship with him, while also learning basic literacy, arithmetic and English.
Your support is needed. It is a great challenge to provide the children with daily Christian education, books, school-bags with stationery, and school uniforms. Many children are still on a waiting list. Help us bring the children back into school — the cost per child is only £10 per month.