MERF (Ireland)
ERF
5 Mount Royal Donaghadee
BT21 OQY
IIDOLE EAST REFORldED FELLOWSHIP
Trustees Annual Report
1 st January 2022 - 31 st December 2022
charity number 103181
Trustees
Rev Victor Atallah, Larnaca
Mr Jim Butler, Donaghadee
Rev Raymond Kelly, Garvagh
Rev lan Mcclean, Coleraine
Other Council Members .
Rev Prof. David McKay {chairman}
Rev Norman McAuley
Mr John Mcclean
Rev Stanley Millen
Rev Richard Murray
Mrs. Isobel Gilmore
Constitution
The Fellowship is governed by the Deed of Trust dated November 11 1999.
Trustees are nominated by the Council and appointed by the Trustees. Potential members
are considered against the Council's requirements concerning availability, competence and
specialist skills. Members of Council will have an interest in the welfare and progress of the
Gospel in the areas covered by the charity.
Prior to appointment to Council, members are appraised of the objects and ethos of the
Fellowship and of the duties and responsibilities they will be expected to undertake.
Council continues regularly to review any major risks relating to the charity.
Trustee and Council changes
none

Objects
The object of the Fellowship is to support Christian work in the lands of the Middle East,
North Africa and Asia through funding national church leaders, training, literature,
broadcasting and practical aid.
The Fellowship benefits greatly from the involvement of Council members and volunteers.
Income
The Fellowship continues to be supported by donations from churches, other organisations
and by individuals. We are grateful to God for the continued financial support for the work.
Finance
Details of our finances and auditors report are given in our Statement of Accounts
Promotion
We have been visiting churches, other Christian groups and organisations with powerpoint
presentations of the work of MERF. Our MERF News (monthly by e-mail, bi-monthly by post)
is circulated and continues to provide information. Information is also available on the MERF
website. Throughout Covid Lockdown we also ran regular online information and prayer
meetings including video ca115 With speakers from Lebanon, Indonesia, Cyprus and Jordan.
Statement of Public Benefit
Nl Council has continued to be directly involved in the bible training work at Lokichoggio,
Kenya as we arrange for lecturers to teach pastors, evangelists and other Christian workers.
Radio and internet broadcasts in the Nuer language are also prepared at our compound
there. Also, through our local evangelists, the gospel is being preached to the local Turkana
people and practical aid is also distributed to the needy.
Our Arabic Media Broadcasting, operated by teams in Egypt, Lebanon and Cyprus has
been very effective, especially among young Arabic speaking people. The Farsi websites
have hundreds of thousands of visitors.
In Indonesia we now broadcast in 6 languages in that country.
Our involvement in Pakistan continues to grow. There is a special interest in education
through the 4 Calvin Academies and in the medical clinics which we support.
With the ongoing famine conditions in Ethiopia we have been able to contribute to the relief
effort, as well as our ongoing broadcasts in the local languages. Further relief has been
provided through the local churches in Aleppo and Damascus in Syria We continue to
publish and distribute Christian books which are much appreciated by pastors.
Our children's resource material is proving particularly popular,