The Lord helped us this year to substantially increase our financial investment into South Asia . Our total income in 2005 was $356,398. Of this amount, the most significant donors by far were churches. Of those churches, our home church, Bethany World Prayer Center , was the largest single contributor but the combined contributions of small to medium sized churches exceeded Bethany 's contribution. This helps to give a clear picture of the considerable power that is generated through the combined efforts of partnership.

Contribution Totals

$191,897 Churches

$120,131 Bethany

$ 25,323 Individuals

$ 19,047 Businesses

$356,398 Total

This is about double what the Lord allowed us to distribute in 2004. Beverly and I have been believing that the Lord would increase our capacity to serve the poorest of the poor. South Asia is one of the most needy areas of the world and I believe our financial assistance to them is pleasing to the Lord. We gave a considerable amount of our income to the Tsunami relief effort and equally significant amounts to church planting.