Mt28 Inc

RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. FOR A MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION, SEE PART III, LINE 1.

GOSPEL IN TURKEY. SPREADING THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL IN TURKEY INCLUDES GENERAL SUPPORT FOR BUILDING RENT AND UTILITIES. THE PRIMARY CHURCH WITH WHOM MT28 INC INTERACTS NOW OWNS ITS OWN BUILDING, BUT IT RENTS BUILDINGS IN FOUR CITIES/VILLAGES IN THE REGION FOR CHURCH PLANTS. MT28 INC HELPS PROVIDE THE SALARIES FOR THE GROWING STAFF OF YOUNG PASTORS SERVICING THESE CHURCH PLANTS, PLUS FUEL AND VEHICLE INSURANCE TO ENABLE PASTORS TO VISIT AND GUIDE THESE YOUNG CHURCHES AS WELL AS HOUSE CHURCHES IN THE OUTLYING VILLAGES. MT28 INC HELPS PROVIDE BIBLES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN MATERIALS INCLUDING PRINTED MATERIALS AND VIDEO DVDS. FIFTY TO SIXTY VISITORS COME BY THE CHURCH DAILY TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THESE MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY, MT28 INC HELPS SUPPORT THROUGH EQUIPMENT AND DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS OF RECORDING AND ONLINE STREAMING OF SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES, INCLUDING THE SERMONS. FUNDS FROM MT28 INC ALSO PURCHASE NEWSPAPER ADS AND SUPPORT MINISTRY TO PRISONERS AND STAFF AT PRISONS WITHIN THE REGION.

REFUGEE RELIEF. MT28 INC PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF REFUGEE RELIEF IN SEVERAL AREAS OF TURKEY. RECIPIENTS STILL INCLUDE DISPLACED FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS FROM IRAQ AND SYRIA AS A RESULT OF THE ISIS AGGRESSION. ADDITIONALLY, 2021 CONTINUED TO SEE AN INFLUX OF AFGHANS FLEEING THE TALIBAN. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS REFUGEES FROM IRAN, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AZERBAIJAN, & SYRIA. THEY ARE ASYLUM SEEKERS REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS FOR RELOCATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT WHILE THEY WAIT, THEY HAVE VERY FEW RESOURCES AND MINIMAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES. MT28 INC PROVIDES FUNDS FOR FOOD CARDS, MEDICINES, BABY SUPPLIES, MATTRESSES, BLANKETS, AND HEATING STOVES AND COAL TO HELP THEM SURVIVE THE COLD WINTER MONTHS IN MOST OF TURKEY. ADDITIONALLY, MT28 INC PROVIDES FUNDS FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL MATERIALS, UNIFORMS, SHOES, AND WINTER COATS FOR CHILDREN OF REFUGEES. THROUGH THIS EFFORT, AND WITH THE GOSPEL MATERIALS PROVIDED, MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED GENUINE CARING, AND HAVE ACCEPTED THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. MANY OF THE WAR VICTIMS WERE SO TRAMATIZED BY THE BRUTALITY OF RADICAL MUSLIMS THAT THEY WERE FEARFUL OF EVERYONE BUT THE FEW LOCAL CHRISTIANS WHO WERE ABLE TO MINISTER TO THEM.

COLLEGE MINISTRY. COLLEGE MINISTRY INCLUDES BIBLE STUDIES, MENTORING, AND COUNSELING (INCLUDING PREMARITAL COUNSELING USING PREPARE/ENRICH RESOURCES). FRIDAY ON FIRE (FOF) IS A WEEKLY, IN-HOME, DISCUSSION-BASED BIBLE STUDY THAT BEGINS WITH A HOME-COOKED MEAL AND ENDS WITH DESSERT, FUN, AND FURTHER DISCUSSIONS. THE STUDENTS COMPLETED THE STUDY OF 2 TIMOTHY AND BEGAN THE STUDY OF GALATIANS. MT28 INC ALSO RESUMED IN-PERSON MENTORING WITH UT STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES AND WITH ONE SEMINARY STUDENT. ALTHOUGH COLLEGE MINISTRY IS THE SMALLEST PROGRAM SERVICE AREA IN TERMS OF DOLLARS SPENT, IT MATCHES THE OTHER TWO AREAS IN TERMS OF TIME INVESTED AND LIFE-CHANGING IMPACTS.