Where We Serve
Adonai Partners, Inc. is a network of
professionals working together without boundaries to serve people in Africa by
responding with compassion and in a holistic manner to meet their spiritual,
emotional, physical and educational needs. As a non-profit mission and
development organization, we are dedicated to helping the less fortunate,
especially vulnerable Children in Africa. Established with the conviction that
it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness, we have been taking teams
to Africa for over 10 years. Many of those we have helped are able to get back
on their feet and start their lives with joy.
Here are some of the places where we serve:
Uganda
Uganda
Country Profile on BBC
For twenty
years, the rebel group LRA in northern Uganda abducted children and used them
as a weapon of war against their own families and the government. Uganda’s
population is estimated to be 28.5 million but there are over 2.3 million
Children who are orphans. According to government reports, orphans make up 13%
of all children under 18 years old and 7% of the total country population.
Although the rate of new HIV/AIDS infections has fallen significantly and the
war is over, the conditions of children has hardly improved. Children are the
most affected victims in most social unrest. Yet, not much intervention is
directed at addressing the needs of these children. The combination of HIV/AIDS
and the civil war has had a devastating impact on the Children of Gulu in
northern Uganda.
In Adonai
Partners, we see ministry to children as strategic to taking God’s love to a
hurting world. Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them, for
the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.” [Luke 18: 16
NLT]. In the past three summers, teams from Adonai Partners have ministered to
vulnerable children in Gulu. We conduct medical outreaches and feed hundreds of
vulnerable children in the settlements occupied by people displaced by the 20
years war. Although the memories from our mission trip will fade, the faces of
the Children we served remain etched deep in our hearts. The trauma of the war
is still very evident in the lives of the children we served. It was clear to
us that a more sustained and ongoing intervention is needed to bring wholeness
to them.
Therefore,
Adonai Partners is committed to establishing a center to provide an effective
response that will heal these wounds and nurture the children to reach their
full potential. The goal of the center is holistic: meeting the emotional,
spiritual, health and educational needs of Children in Gulu. We seek to honor
our Lord Jesus by demonstrating His compassion to the “Least of these”. The
Center will be a place where the Acholi kids will have an opportunity to be
kids again!
Pray for
wisdom as we undertake this project - the Adonai Children Center, Gulu. We
invite you to invest in the health, education and spiritual nurture of these
children so loved by God. Your support for this project will give hope to
Uganda’s future leaders.
Are you willing to support Adonai
Children Center, Gulu? Please Contact us.
“Give me a child until
he is seven, and I will give you the man.”
-
Francis Xavier
Sudan
Sudan
Country Profile on BBC
With an area
of 2.5 million sq. km., Sudan is the largest country in Africa and almost the
size of continental U.S. east of the Mississippi River. It is surrounded by
nine African countries, a fact that underlines its strategic significance in
Africa. Sudan’s population of 39.4 million is the most diverse of any country
in Africa. There are two distinct major cultures - Arab and Sub-Saharan African
- with hundreds of ethnic and tribal language groups. This makes effective
collaboration among them almost impossible. This is one reason the
country has been mostly embroiled in conflict since independence in 1956. Sudan
is also strategic to taking God’s love to the Arab world.
For more than
20 years, Sudan went through a painful war. Over 2 million people were killed
by the war that ended in 2005 when the peace agreement was signed. The effects
of that conflict and the ongoing crisis in Darfur, displacement and insecurity
continue. About 4 million people from south and west Sudan are displaced. This
has been described as the world's largest population of internally displaced
people (IDPs). Try to imagine what life is like in the IDPs where
Children were born and have lived all their life!
The historic
peace agreement of 2005 established a new Government of National Unity and the
interim Government of Southern Sudan. The agreement called for wealth and power
sharing, and security arrangements between the two parties. The agreement also
stipulates that by the end of the six-year interim period, there will be a referendum
to decide whether Southern Sudan should remain a part of the country or not.
This gives a window of opportunity to strengthen the Body of Christ in the
north and look for opportunities to show the love of Jesus to the poor and
suffering while the door remains open.
Against this
background, Adonai Partners continues to make a difference in northern Sudan to
make a difference. In one of the meetings we had, attended by about 300
pastors and Christian leaders, we saw a confirmation that God is indeed at work
in Sudan despite the bleak conditions in the country. As we encouraged
the Body of Christ and challenged them to take the love of Christ to the Arabs,
the Holy Spirit came down and convicted many. There was a great move of God,
many were crying and broke down before the Lord. God continues to move in Sudan
and has opened the doors for us to work with national believers in building His
Kingdom, please join us in equipping the Sudanese Church for the harvest
despite the insurmountable challenges they face.
Are you
willing to support Adonai Partners work in Sudan? Please Contact us.
Togo
Togo
Country Profile on BBC
Togo is a
small West African country wedged between Ghana on its west and the Republic of
Bénin to the east. Though the country has witnessed a rapid growth in
Christianity in recent years, it still has one of the highest percentages of
unevangelized traditionalists in Africa. According to the latest edition of Operation
World, a global research and prayer tool published by Patrick Johnstone,
half of the 6.8 million people in Togo are reported to be Christians. Despite
such a large percentage of believers, there are still many ethnic peoples and
Muslims who are waiting to hear of the love of Jesus for the first time. Togo
has over 78 ethnic groups in two major language families, Kwa and Gur. Eight of
the country’s people groups are listed by the Joshua Project as Least
Reached, i.e. people with little or no Christian presence, and the least
opportunity to hear the gospel in a way they can easily understand and accept.
Adonai
Partners believe the time has come to mobilize the Church in Togo to reach out
in love to the remaining Unreached People in the country. With this conviction,
we work with key leaders in the capital Lomé to pray and consider how they can
engage the remaining Unreached People groups in Togo. We see the urgent
challenges facing the Church in Togo. Leaders for the young churches are few,
and training facilities are very limited. In the north they are non-existent.
There are few Christian workers focused on evangelism among those who have not
already heard. There is a large population of traditionalists opposed to the
gospel. The lack of vision for pioneering efforts in evangelizing Unreached
Peoples as well as disunity among church denominations is also a major barrier.
There are evidently spiritual strongholds and traditions that hinder church
planting efforts. These challenges call for urgent prayers.
Our
Short-Term missions provide us an opportunity to encourage, train and equip
local pastors and missionaries serving especially in northern Togo. We also
hold medical outreaches to help rural Tamberma people in Nantagou. There is a
clear demonstration of God’s power as people turn from their idols and yield to
the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We praise God
for those He called to be part of the team and the friends and family members
who support us. You make it possible for us to make a difference in Togo!
If you would
like to the support our work in Togo, please Contact us.
Bénin
Benin
Country Profile on BBC
Almost half
of the Republic of Bénin’s 8.8 million people are under 15 years old. Latest
population figures show that Evangelicals are barely 2.2% of the population;
Muslims are 24.4% while 17.3% identify themselves as voodoo worshippers. The
major people groups in Bénin are the Fon (39.2%), Adja (15.2%), Yoruba (12.3%),
Bariba (9.2%). Other prominent groups are Peulh, Ottamari, Yoa-Lokpa and Dendi.
Going back to its root as the Kingdom of Dahomey, Bénin has been a major centre
for voodoo worship. Today voodoo is trapping thousands of people into poverty
and causing some families to give up their children into slavery or child
labor. People see voodoo worship as an important connection to their land,
culture and ancestors though they can hardly afford the expensive ceremonies.
A major
challenge facing Bénin, as other French speaking countries in Africa, is the
lack of missionaries committed to taking God’s love to the remaining Unreached
People Groups. Unreached People Groups are tribes or other cultural
people with the least opportunity to hear the gospel in a way they can easily
understand without cultural barriers. A few agencies are already seeking to
address this need and Adonai Partners are excited at the opportunity to partner
with some of them. We consider it a priority to support the training of workers
urgently needed. In partnership with Agape Missions and CAPRO, we organize
conferences to encourage, equip and envision local pastors, especially those
serving in rural and northern Bénin. We also provide ongoing support for the training
of nationals.
Given the
country’s voodoo background, Adonai Partners is committed to equipping local
pastors to break its stronghold. Our conferences offer an opportunity to
challenge Church leaders to take a strong stand against voodoo practices that have
been undermining the effectiveness of the gospel in Bénin.
Are you willing to support
the training of nationals in Bénin? Please Contact us.
