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People Group Focus: Amarakaeri of Peru
The Amarakaeri people of Peru live a simplistic life void of modern distractions such as televisions, restaurants or automobiles. Nearly 1,000 Amarakaeri live hidden in the Peruvian Amazon Jungle. Their seclusion has allowed them to maintain their unique culture, identity and language.  Until recently, the Amarakaeri’s isolation also has kept them from hearing the gospel. Read more …
More people groups in Peru
Prayer Points for the Amarakaeri
1. Ask God for more people to pray regularly for the Xtreme Team ministry. Would you be an Xtreme Pray-er?
2. Ask God to glorify Himself in this ancient culture with His true message of love and salvation.
3 Ask God to send more laborers to the harvest field among the Amakaeri and other Xtreme peoples. Will you serve with us?
Map and flag used by permission from Theodora.com
Mission Projects
International World Changers 2006
Kenya, Brazil, Mexico, Romania, and other countries
More details!
More international mission projects online at www.thetask.org/students/projects
Stories from the Field
More stories from the field at TCOnline.
Video Downloads and Events
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Gordon's Story: Salvation in Botswana
 Hear the story of Jesus' blood overcoming racial prejudice in Botswana.
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Downloads of all E-TASK video clips coming soon on thetask.org.
Whose Shoes are You Trying to Fill? 
Are you jonesing for sports, money, or fame? Choose the shoes you want to fill …
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Downloads of all E-TASK video clips coming soon on thetask.org.
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How do IMB Missionaries Get Paid?
 1. You give your tithe and offerings to your church . . .
2. Then your church gives to the Cooperative Program along with all 42,000 other Southern Baptist Churches. . .
3. Then a percentage of that money goes to your international missionaries.
Keep missionaries on the field - give to the Cooperative Program!
More info about CP and the IMB.
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Persecuted Church: Nigeria
Three students expelled for sharing the gospel last November say their rights as Christians were violated by authorities of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) in northern Nigeria.
The university’s disciplinary committee, comprised of ten Muslims and one Christian, accused the students of blasphemy against the prophet of Islam, Mohammed, and created a situation in which the students were expelled and a death sentence passed on them by the Muslims in the university. Read more . . .
Missionary Bio Byte: Pablo Besson of Argentina
Swiss Pastor Pablo Besson was the pioneering Baptist missionary in Argentina. Besson’s work in Argentina focused on religious liberty and the separation of church and state because he had live through negative repercussions of the Swiss state establishing the union of church and state in Switzerland. As a result, Besson became a fierce advocate for civil and religious rights of the people. Read more ...
Bible Study: God's Renown
By Suzanne Mosely
Around the world, people bow to idols made of stone, wood, and dirt. Fear of their gods is uppermost in their minds, but the good name and renown of the One True God is nowhere on their radar screens. Is the renown of God uppermost in our minds, however, as we live out our comfortable American lives? Read more about making God primary in your life.
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