GOD'S FAITHFULNESS: A YEAR-END REFLECTION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF RFI

As I reflect on 2025, one phrase continues to rise to the surface: hope in action. At Restoring Faith, Inc. (RFI), this is more than a slogan, it is the lived reality of the people we serve and the calling that Christ has entrusted to us.

This past year, RFI’s mission was lived as an expression of the Church in action, faith embodied through service to persecuted believers and displaced refugees in real time. In addition to our ongoing work in Jordan, our response extended to persecuted Christians across Greece, Lebanon, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Congo, Nigeria, Syria, and the Philippines. Many had lost their homes, livelihoods, and communities, and had suffered the loss of family members. Yet amid trauma and uncertainty, we witnessed something enduring: faith that did not collapse under pressure.

Through collective faith expressed in action, we saw that God honored that and came through in seasons where there was no way. He made provision in closed places and supplied what could only come from His hand. Emergency aid, safe shelter, practical resources, and discipleship needs were met both physically and spiritually. Food became nourishment, shelter became safety, and prayer became indispensable. In these moments, hope stopped being an abstract idea and became something tangible, felt, shared, and received. The teamwork orchestrated by God to knit all the intricate and delicate pieces together in this was something only He could do. Glory to God!

To see persecuted families worship together despite loss, to watch parents rest in the knowledge that their children are growing in their faith in Christ and witnessing His faithfulness, is a living testimony of hope at work, even amid fear and despair.

We are also realistic that the work is not finished. Displacement continues. Persecution persists. Families are still waiting for immigration, for stability, for healing, for the chance to rebuild. As long as there are those forced from their homes because of their faith, our mission remains urgent.

Throughout this year, persecution intensified across regions like Syria, the Congo and Nigeria. In Syria, Christians and Alawites are highly persecuted and even killed. In parts of the Congo, communities faced brutal attacks, instability, and ongoing displacement. In Nigeria, believers continued to live under constant threat, facing kidnappings, church attacks, and loss of life simply for following Christ. In 2025, RFI was able to send funds to our contacts in Syria, the Congo and Nigeria to support displaced refugees fleeing persecution.  

This is why we invite you to continue standing with the persecuted and displaced. Your prayers, generosity, and advocacy are not secondary to the work, they are the work. Together, we become a living testimony that God has not forgotten those who suffer, and neither have we.

As we look ahead to the coming year, we do so with faith, prayer, and expectancy. We believe God will continue to open doors, provide resources, and strengthen every hand that serves. We expect not only continued challenges, but continued miracles, because where faith is active, hope always follows. 

Thank you for being part of this mission. May we move forward together, trusting God to restore what has been broken and to carry hope into every place of need in the year ahead.

- Christian Liang, President and Director of Local Services, April 2025