HIV/AIDS Network

With an estimated 40 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS, there is a lot to be concerned about. More than 3 million people died from AIDS-related causes in 2005. And it's spreading - fast. An average of 11 people a minute are infected with HIV. When it comes to this global health pandemic, how will you respond? How will your church respond? How will CBF respond?
Worship resources

What can you do to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic?

• Pray for those living with HIV/AIDS, those families who have lost a loved one to AIDS, children who have been orphaned by AIDS, CBF related ministers and Global Missions field personnel working with the HIV/AIDS community, and the persons in you church and community that have been affected by HIV/AIDS.
• Start an AIDS ministry at your church. Click here to find out how.
• Learn more about the pandemic. Click here for a list of resouces about AIDS and the church's response.
• Contact CBF's HIV/AIDS network for more information.  New York-based Ronnie Adams is at ronniecbf@aol.com, and Southern Africa-based Fran and Lonnie Turner can be reached through lonniet@mweb.co.za.

CBF Global Missions field personnel are responding

The Housers care for AIDS caregivers in South Africa. Click here to read the story of Hannah, a foster mother to children including those with HIV/AIDS. Also read about a memory box project and a personal reflection from Ana Marie.

Ronnie Adams is in pastoral ministry among several AIDS organizations in New York City.  Click here to read his reflection about Leslie, a person living with AIDS that he encountered in his ministry.

The Turners minister in some of the poorest areas in southern Africa where AIDS may kill in the long run but starvation is an even greater issue. Click here to read how their ministry intersects with the HIV/AIDS pandemic.