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Published by ReFrame Ministries, 2021-08-25 19:39:36

2021 Annual Report

At the right time, God will make it happen.

Annual Report

At the right time,
I’ll make it happen.

— Isa. 60:22, MSG

Letter from the Director Kurt (left) with ReFrame’s
Indonesian ministry leader,
Rev. Arliyanus Larosa

I am God. At the
right time I’ll make

it happen.

— Isa. 60:22, MSG

“Did you read my mind in my time of need?”

T his question came from a devotional This past year many people heard the gospel
reader who received a simple invitation message at just the right time. In hospital beds,
to share a prayer request with our in prison cells, and in times of isolation, people
English ministry Prayer Team. have access to God’s Word and programs that
help them understand its meaning in today’s
The truth is, God’s Word contains power. It’s context.
relevant and it’s there for us whenever we
need it. At ReFrame Ministries, we partner with As you read through this annual report, I hope
people like you around the world who believe you’ll see how God’s Word has led the way for
that everyone should be able to experience people in 10 different languages. I also invite
the hope, joy, and peace of Scripture no matter you to check out the English programs for your
where they live. own spiritual growth at ReFrameMinistries.org/
English.
That’s why, with your help, we share God’s
Word in nearly every country through 10 major Kurt Selles, Director
languages This empowers people to recognize
God’s presence in their lives even in the most
difficult of times.

Spanish Janeth spent the beginning of 2021
grieving the loss of her mother-in-
As a professional athlete in Russia, Natasha law. While grieving, Janeth has also
was physically attractive and wealthy. But been reading our Spanish Cada Dia
COVID-19 made her earthly wealth begin to devotionals.
feel trivial. She began to spend more time “We knew each other for 28 years,” she
online, and so did our Russian ministry team. explained. “It’s painful, but I know that in
“Natasha was suffering from anxiety Christ’s victory, she is in a better place.”
when she contacted us,” said Rev. Sergei Thank you for providing devotionals
Sosedkin, our Russian ministry leader. like these and other biblical resources
“Our follow-up staff shared with her that to people in Mexico like Janeth and
although the uncertainty of COVID-19 throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
fuels anxiety, we can be certain about our
standing with God.” Russian

Japanese Our web messages and radio sermons
encouraged healthcare workers like
Momoru to see how God has called
him to serve in a hospital during the
worst pandemic of our lifetime.
“I often asked myself ‘why am I even
doing this’,” Momoru admitted.
“But the Word teaches me how to
spend each day.”

Indonesian With your help, our partners in Indonesia
produce 19 different video programs for
Manoj stopped listening to our Hindi Indonesian speakers. Eny especially enjoys
radio programs awhile back. This year, our Indonesian ministry’s new five-minute
he tuned back in and was happy to devotional videos.
learn that he could also chat with our “Thank you so much for your words and
producers on India’s most popular prayers,” shared Eny, “I now start my
phone application. mornings each day with your videos.
“As I listened again, I felt all my God bless all of you.”
burdens and guilt lift out of my heart.
The Lord’s peace and joy began Hindi
overflowing in my life.”
As French programs in West Africa gain popularity,
French so too has the need for follow-up and discipleship.
Your gifts allowed our ministry partners in Burkina
Faso to hire additional regional staff who could
respond to people like Ablasse.
Ablasse is a leader in his mosque, but both he
and his wife have been listening to our radio
programs in secret. Touched by the hopeful
messages, they asked for visits from our follow-
up staff earlier this year and we continue to pray
for them as they learn more about Christ.

Portuguese

A couple in Brazil experienced a difficult Easter weekend but
an experience with our Portuguese outreach offered them
hope at just the right time.

“We were both stricken with a new strain of COVID-19 and
had to stay in the hospital,” Delmo shared a few days after
Easter. “It’s just me and my wife, Márcia, so I have lived the
last few days in a real valley of tears.”

Delmo has been listening to audio programs and watching
videos produced by ReFrame’s Portuguese ministry team for
many years, so he was happy to find a new video on Good Friday.

Oxygen mask still in place, he listened to the message from
Rev. Hernandes Dias Lopes, ReFrame’s Portuguese ministry
leader from his hospital bed.

“Jesus Sees You” “Maybe you’re in the hospital with your heart
heavy because of your future, your tomorrow,”
M“ y wife, Márcia, and I were both Lopes said. “Jesus looks at you, he sees you,
stricken with a new strain of and he knows you. He knows your name and he
COVID-19 and had to stay in the knows your past.”
hospital,” Delmo shared.
These words from Lopes lifted Delmo’s spirits.
Rev. Lopes’ Good Friday message was based
on Luke 7:11-17 when Jesus raises a widow’s “At that moment I had the strength to want to
son from the dead. In the message, Lopes continue to live and continue fighting the good
acknowledges the pain that COVID-19 has fight,” Delmo said.
caused the world, and specifically Brazil, where
more than 350,000 deaths have been recorded. Thank you for sending messages to Delmo at
just the right time.
Rev. Lopes also specifically addressed those in
the hospital right now—people like Delmo and
Márcia.

English Our Groundwork listeners dug into
God’s Word with a new co-host,
Shushu was reading our Chinese Rev. Darrell Delaney.
ministry’s newest published collection You also helped us reach people who were
of testimonies. She saw the book as suffering at home through programs like
a way to encourage her non-Christian Family Fire. Maureen was struggling after
friends who were struggling with the getting out of a toxic relationship. Family
pressures of their studies. Fire staff offered her Bible verses and
“Getting into university can be one of counseled her at just the right time. “Thank
our goals in life, but it should never you for sending the verses,” Maureen
be the ultimate goal,” Shushu shared, wrote. “Thank you for caring. I hope and
“because it cannot give you God’s true want to be free from this anxiety and fear.”
and ultimate joy, peace and hope.”
Chinese
Arabic
Our Arabic ministry in Egypt is
still in the growing process, but
thanks to you, many people have
already been able to access online
devotionals and new, biblical
videos over the past year. Pray for
the ministry to continue to grow
throughout Egypt and the Middle
East. Pray for people like Samir,
Mervat, and Rima who are reading
our devotionals faithfully.

Financial Information GIVE MORE BY GIVING SMARTER

W hen this fiscal year began on Donating non-cash assets can be a great tax-wise
July 1, 2020, the whole world alternative to donating cash. You may be able to increase
was facing great uncertainty your potential impact — and experience significant tax
due to COVID-19. Most churches were savings — by giving stock, real estate or other non-cash
not able to meet in person and many assets to ReFrame Ministries.
people had lost their jobs or experienced Benefits of Giving Non-Cash Assets
reductions in income. As a ministry we • Tax-wise. Receive a fair market value deduction
prepared by reducing expenses where
we could without reducing our ministry for your gift and avoid tax liability on the sale of
programming because all around the world appreciated assets.
more people than ever were accessing our • Eliminate hassles. Give assets you no longer need or
biblical media resources. want to manage (such as rental properties or vacation
homes) for the benefit of ReFrame Ministries.
In the midst of all this uncertainty, ReFrame • Capacity to give. Give from your excess resources
experienced God’s enduring faithfulness. without restricting cash flow.
Through generous and faithful donors like • Estate planning. Eliminate potential taxes or
you, God provided the financial resources complications for your heirs by giving complex or
to fully fund all ministry activities. Despite burdensome assets.
the challenges posed by the pandemic, By considering all the resources God has entrusted to
we actually saw an increase in giving from you, you can multiply the impact of your generosity
individual partners like you. And we were AND eliminate unwanted costs and stress.
especially encouraged to see the strongest You have complimentary access to trusted planning
growth in many years of the number of new support through our partnership with Barnabas
donors joining the work that God is doing Foundation (United States) and Christian Stewardship
through ReFrame Ministries. Services (Canada). For more information visit:

BarnabasFoundation.com | CSServices.ca

FISCAL YEAR 2021 REVENUE AND EXPENSES *

Revenue

Ministry Shares $2,708,765 36%

General Gifts $3,598,218 48%

Gifts from Wills/Trusts $1,194,328 15.9%

TOTAL REVENUE $7,501,311

Expenses

Ministry Programs

(10 major language ministries) $5,073,000 69.7%

Education $75,000 1.0%

Management $887,000 12.2%

Fundraising $1,246,000 17.1%

TOTAL EXPENSES $7,281,000

*Audited financials will be available by Fall 2021. Please contact us if you would like a copy.

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