The Fretheims - Family & Ministry Summary

Peter & Miriam Fretheim have four children; Hannah currently age 9, Elizabeth 7, Hunter 5 and Sarah 3.

Peter & Miriam work with the Muslim people of Nigeria; street children, the blind, lepers, handicapped, diseased and poor. These people have great physical and emotional needs, but they especially need Jesus. They also work with needy children and currently have hundreds in the ministry full-time and several hundred others part-time.

They are currently working with a ministry started by SIM or Serving In Mission (Formerly The Sudan Interior Mission), called “City Ministries.” SIM is a 100-year-old evangelical mission and currently has more than 1,500 missionaries worldwide.

The Fretheims currently live in the city of Jos, in central Nigeria. Jos is the perfect place for them to have their base of operation since there is a mission hospital and school near by. Although for years the Muslims were in control of the government and were talking about turning Nigeria into an Islamic state, God is mightily working in this country to destroy spiritual fortresses and strongholds (2 Cor 10:4). As God goes with them and before them, they are currently trying to expand into the Muslim North (80-90% Islamic), which is part of the 10/40 Window.

What is City Ministries? – City Ministries is an urban ministry that is made up of several specific urban ministries. These ministries included “Gidan Bege” (House of Hope) which focuses on meeting human need in order to effectively evangelize the lost, “King’s Kids” which focuses on needy children and “City Sports” which uses sports to reach youth. City Ministries currently ministers in several Nigerian cities and has more than 300 full-time, part-time and volunteer workers that are sharing the love of Jesus with thousands in need. The vision of the ministry is to expand to every major city in Nigeria and eventually into other African countries.

Gidan Bege (“House of Hope” in the Hausa language) is the urban outreach arm of City Ministries. Gidan Bege seeks to meet physical and emotional needs through the use of medicine, prosthetics, literacy training, vocational training, providing scholarships, food, clothing, shelter and love in order to build bridges for the gospel. Gidan Bege reaches out to several groups including orphans, street children, the blind, handicapped, lepers, poor, diseased and the spiritually lost (Including many Muslims).

King’s Kids trains the needy children Gidan Bege finds. King’s Kids currently runs CARE (Children At Risk Educational) Centers for orphans & street kids and helps oversee schools for needy Nigerian missionary children. We currently have hundreds of children in the ministry full-time and several hundred others on a weekly basis.

City Sports uses sports to reach youth. City sports has HQ teams that compete, share the gospel and bring discipleship while also training local churches to develop teams to do the same.
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February 17, 2005

Hello to all our faithful prayer partners,

God is continuing to amaze us with His faithfulness to this ministry.
Through your prayers great things are happening - you are a huge part of what is going on!!!

Last week we saw two big miracles. A governor's wife from a state where we have a new children's center came to Jos to see the ministry. She was impressed and gave us a big financial donation. Another woman from Jos came to our leadership and told them God had told her through a vision to use her property for orphans. She gave us the deeds to a hotel and a school for free. She only asked that we take the five orphans she had been caring for there. We are in the process of setting it all up legally.

PRAISE the Lord with us for His miracles. The more space and funding we have the more orphans we can help. God does care deeply for orphans and this is one way He has proved it.

PRAY for our advisory board and leaders as they are looking for a new manager (our current one went to the US to study) to run the ministry.

PRAY also for the funds for the daily needs like food, clothes, medicine and school books for all the children and destitutes we help each week. We live by faith every day praying for the provision of our growing budget.

The Fretheims are busy but doing well. We have all adjusted well to our return to Nigeria. Thanks for your prayers.

We need you and appreciate you so much,

In Him - Peter and Miriam Fretheim