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What is Barnabas Fund?

The 'Barnabas Fund Distinctive'



Barnabas Fund was established in 1993 with the aim of providing practical help to Christians in Muslim environments. Since that time our ministry has grown and we now bring hope and aid to the persecuted Church in over 50 countries.

So, what helps make Barnabas Fund distinctive from other Christian organisations which deal with persecution?

  • We support only Christians (“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” Galatians 6:10)

  • The majority of our aid goes to Christians living in Muslim-majority environments.

  • We help by channelling money from Christians through Christians to Christians:

    • The money is used to fund projects which have been developed by local Christians in their own communities, countries or regions.

    • The money is channelled to existing structures in the countries where funds are sent (e.g. churches and Christian organisations)
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    • We do not set up our own structures or send people (i.e. Western missionaries). Instead we seek to encourage, strengthen and enable the existing local Church and Christian communities - so they can maintain their presence and witness.

    • No request is too small to be considered.

    • We aim to meet both practical, material needs and spiritual needs.


  • We are equal partners with the persecuted Church, whose leaders often help shape our overall direction.

  • We seek to tackle persecution at its root by making known the aspects of the Islamic faith which result in injustice and oppression of non-Muslims.

  • We believe we are called to address the Islamic faith – an ideology which denies human rights and religious liberty to Christian minorities – while continuing to show God’s love to Muslim people.

  • We seek to inform and enable Christians in the West to respond to the growing challenge of Islam to the Church, society and mission in our own countries.

  • We believe in the clear Biblical teaching that all Christians should treat all people of all faiths with love and compassion, even those who seek to persecute them.

  • We believe in the power of prayer to change people’s lives and situations, either through grace to endure or through deliverance from the suffering. We therefore seek to facilitate global intercession for the persecuted Church by providing comprehensive prayer materials.

  • We act as champions for the persecuted Church, to be their voice – making their needs known to Christians and the injustices of their persecution known to governments and international bodies.


“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40)