{"id":8547,"date":"2017-10-20T19:55:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T19:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=8547"},"modified":"2018-10-17T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T19:59:10","slug":"grant-to-eyn-supports-church-rebuilding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2017\/grant-to-eyn-supports-church-rebuilding\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant to EYN supports church rebuilding effort in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Church of the Brethren Newsline
\nOctober\u00a020,\u00a02017<\/b><\/p>\n

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One of the destroyed churches in Nigeria. Photo by Roxane Hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Church of the Brethren has provided a second large grant to Ekklesiyar Yan\u2019uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) to support the church rebuilding efforts of EYN members. Out of this grant of $109,000, 20 EYN churches will receive grants of $5,000 each.<\/p>\n

EYN leaders have made the decisions about which churches will receive rebuilding grants. \u201cAfter careful consideration and prayers, the below churches were selected, taking into account safety of the returnees and general peace of the areas,\u201d reported Daniel Mbaya, EYN general secretary. \u201cWe give thanks to God that most of the areas are now relatively peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The following Local Church Councils (LCC) are receiving grants, listed here in the District Church Councils (DCC) to which they belong:
\nDCC Askira: LCC Gwandang
\nDCC Balgi: LCC Tsiha A
\nDCC Chibok: LCC Mifa
\nDCC Dilli: LCC Dille No. 3
\nDCC Gombi: LCC Guyaku
\nDCC Hildi: LCC Kwarhi, LCC Wurokae
\nDCC Kwajaffa: LCC Debiro
\nDCC Lassa: LCC Giwa Fumwa, LCC Samuwa
\nDCC Mbalala: LCC Thlilaimakalama
\nDCC Mbororo: LCC Dri-Ghumchi
\nDCC Michika: LCC Jiddel
\nDCC Mubi: LCC Police Barracks
\nDCC Mussa: LCC Mussa No. 1
\nDCC Ribawa: LCC Wummu
\nDCC Uba: LCC Kilamada
\nDCC Watu: LCC Kwadzale
\nDCC Yawa: LCC Wachirakabi
\nDCC Yobe: LCC Malari By-Pass<\/p>\n

This grant follows a first installment sent to EYN in March (see the Newsline report at\u00a0www.brethren.org\/news\/2017\/grants-for-church-rebuilding-nigeria.html<\/a>\u00a0).<\/p>\n

News of the grants \u201chave ignited our spirits,\u201d said Mbaya. \u201cAs a church, we remain grateful to brother Jay Wittmeyer and all sisters and brothers of the Church of the Brethren for this kind of support towards the rebuilding of our churches destroyed by the Boko Haram Islamic fundamentalists, the most deadly terrorist group in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Church of the Brethren has two primary mechanisms for fundraising for Nigeria: the Nigeria Crisis Fund, which is directed toward humanitarian relief; and the Church Rebuilding Fund, which assists EYN to rebuild its churches. Find links to give to both funds at\u00a0www.brethren.org\/nigeriacrisis<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

— Kendra Harbeck, manager of the Global Mission and Service office, contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to\u00a0www.brethren.org\/Newsline<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to the Church of the Brethren Newsline free e-mail news service and receive church news every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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