{"id":363,"date":"2010-01-22T19:12:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T19:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvmen.org.uk\/blog\/?p=363"},"modified":"2016-01-06T13:28:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T13:28:53","slug":"a-personal-message-from-carl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/news\/a-personal-message-from-carl\/","title":{"rendered":"A Personal Message from Carl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have never asked you to help in this way before but I do face\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the very real prospect of Christian Vision for Men ceasing to exist<\/span>. \u00a0We urgently need \u00a320,000 by the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>CVM is involved in some of the biggest evangelistic initiatives in it&#8217;s history and yet at the same time we are facing insolvency. \u00a0We urgently need funds to continue reaching men with the Gospel.<\/p>\n<p>Like many Christian Ministries in the UK our income has been severely hit by the recession. \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In response we are reducing all of our expenses and overheads to the absolute minimum, whilst not reducing our front line activity of reaching men with the Gospel.<\/span> In fact we receive weekly stories about men giving their lives to Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please give some money to CVM now.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvmen.org.uk\/make-a-donation-to-cvm.html\"><strong>Click here to donate.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With huge thanks and much appreciation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-367\" title=\"Carl\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/carl.jpg?resize=96%2C68\" alt=\"Carl\" width=\"96\" height=\"68\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/news\/a-personal-message-from-carl\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have never asked you to help in this way before but I do face\u00a0the very real prospect of Christian Vision for Men ceasing to exist. \u00a0We urgently need \u00a320,000 by the end of this month. 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