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The Greatest is Love

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Our world is in desperate need of faith; we long for hope; but the greatest need for every person and every culture is love. We are asking you to pray and consider your response to the love of Jesus. Might you be willing to go and share the love of Christ with the unreached?

Filled

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2024 is almost over. We can’t change our past, but what we can be — begins today.

Christmas Socks

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Isn’t it amazing how simple things that would not be appreciated by some are highly valued by those who do not receive them on a regular basis?

Editorial: December 2024

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May God bless you and yours as you reflect on His great gift and prepare to share it with others in 2025.

The Importance of Intercultural Studies for Mission

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By recognizing and respecting the communal nature of the culture, the missionary’s message is more likely to be received positively and understood within the appropriate cultural framework.

The Hurry Escapade

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Everything went fine until I unwisely detached the leash so the eager tellers could hold her.

Editorial: November 2024

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Thank you, missionary partners, for the love that you pour out on our missionaries and the unreached and for joining us in being about our Father’s business, ultimately returning to Him the gift of love that He lavished upon us.

Victorious Pilgrims

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Jesus is preparing a city for His victorious pilgrims. He is calling others to join Him in seeking to save those who are longing for heaven.

Fulfilling the Great Commission: AFM takes the gospel around the globe

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Thank you for participating in God’s message of mercy for our dying world!

Faithful Servants

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AFM Planned Giving has a variety of options that allow you to carefully invest God’s resources in missions to the unreached.

Be Inspired!

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We pray that you, too, would be inspired to be a missionary and share Christ’s love wherever He may take you.

Editorial: October 2024

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Even now, the Holy Spirit is leading many into service as student missionaries or short-term missionaries.

If Not You, Then Who?

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You love Him because He first loved you. May your choices reflect your appreciation for the sacrifice of Jesus. If not you, then who? If not now, then when?

What Can I Do?

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We need your help finding those who God is calling into service.

Support Worth Funding: A Missionary’s Perspective

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I have returned stateside and am now part of the office support team, providing lift for our missionaries on the front lines.

Editorial: September 2024

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As we await the harvest, let us live lives worthy of our calling so that those who see us will glorify our Father in heaven.

No Time to Lose!

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We have no time to lose.

Snakes

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Ask God to show you how you can help. He may want you to become a missionary or ask you to financially support missionaries already in the field or those who are going out.

Salim’s Dream

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Are you feeling a divine calling to assist individuals in this vital outreach to Muslims? I encourage you to visit the Dream Project page at afmonline.org to support us. Please pray for God’s protection and guidance as we share His truth with those whom He is reaching through dreams.

Editorial: August 2024

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We are responsible for planting the seed, telling people about Jesus, but we are not responsible for their choice of reaction nor for sending the sunshine and the rain to help the plant grow.

Run the Race – Win the Gold

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As you hear the voice of Jesus urging you to run the frontier mission race, please connect with us. We want to help you win gold!

The Dream of Light and Guidance

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In sharing this story, I hope to inspire others to reflect on their spiritual journeys and to seek the profound messages that may come, sometimes, even in our dreams.

The Race

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In your quest to generate income in your retirement and allocate funds to further the gospel, maybe it’s time to consider moving the finish line by setting up an IRA-funded Charitable Gift Annuity.

Set Free in Christ Institute: Ministering to Members and the Unreached

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The Set Free in Christ Institute emphasizes the importance of human wholeness in finding freedom, healing and hope in Jesus Christ.

A Ministry for Our Time

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We minister in the name of Jesus Christ, who has never lost a battle with Satan, and we drive back the prince of darkness in the name of the Light of the World.

Editorial: July 2024

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Let us also honor those who responded to the call and said, “Here am I. Send me.”

Utter Darkness

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I always felt a great sense of relief when the lights came back on. I didn’t want to try to get out of there in the dark.

Editorial: June 2024

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We prayed for those young ladies, faithfully serving God according to their beliefs, and asked that He help them follow Him into all truth.

Editorial: Children’s Edition 2024

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Who knows where God may take you someday! Maybe Jesus will send you to the frontiers of mission service!

It Is Their Right

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“There is no line of work in which it is possible for the youth to receive greater benefit. All who engage in ministry are God’s helping hand.”

A Tapestry of Prayer

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The picture is not complete without you!

Prayer — The Oxygen of Mission

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Please unite with AFM missionaries in prayer for the unreached so that they may one day experience the joy of salvation and walk humbly with God.

Editorial: May 2024

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As God moves on your heart to support AFM missionaries, can you trace the action God took in answer to your petitions?

Give Your Best

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Scripture invites us to give God “unblemished offerings,” our “first fruits,” and our best. God gave the best He had when He sent His Son to an obscure, sin-filled planet. His example should challenge us when we look at the billions of people sitting in spiritual darkness and sin in far-off lands.

Where is Your Accent From?

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I invite you to behold the Lamb.

Persons of Peace

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Please pray for our missionaries to cast a wide relational net and for wisdom to discern the true motives of the people they encounter.

Editorial: April 2024

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Experience the joy in heaven over a newly saved soul because you took part in Jesus’ parables.

He is Alive

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Believe, trust, and follow Him to the ends of the earth.

The Unplanned Missionary

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Please prayerfully consider how God would have you be a willing missionary to the unreached.

Editorial: March 2024

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Your life is a witness that God is alive . . . in you. Now, go. Testify.

He Hasn’t Forgotten Us

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If you want to help other unreached people realize that God has not forgotten them, please connect with us so we can send you to meet these precious children. Email us at service@afmonline.org or call 800-937-4236.

Sermon Without Words

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Preach the silent sermon of action. Commit to giving sacrificially to help us reach the unreached.

Our Child Wants to Do What?

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We rejoice that our daughter answered Jesus’ call to serve as a missionary, especially with an organization such as AFM that takes tremendous care of its people.

Editorial: February 2024

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You, as a student, can respond to God’s call by taking the gospel to an unreached people group.

Everybody. Somebody. Nobody. Anybody. You!

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We want to encourage you to go and embody Jesus Christ, telling everybody that Somebody — Jesus Christ — will love, forgive, heal and save anybody who chooses to follow Him.

Castles, Pandas and Roses

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The greatest annual timeframe for gift-giving has just drawn to a close. It’s a time dedicated to remembering God’s precious gift by sharing gifts with each other.

Editorial: January 2024

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Unlike those TV ads that say, “Offer good while supplies last,” God has an endless supply of love — enough for every human who has ever lived (John 3:16-17).

Universal Donor

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We will be praying for you as you consider what gift you will give the Savior. Please contact us at service@afmonline.org, and we will help you.

The Bridge of Redemption

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Please pray that God will use us to share Him and His truth with the people He is reaching through dreams.

Grade-School Missionary

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God, grant us all such focused passion and determination to fulfill Jesus’ call to “Go into all the world” with the resources He has already given us.

The Patience of the Saints

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Whether in good or hard times, with our eyes on the eternal prize, we commit to redoubling our efforts to bring the gospel to every unreached people group, for then the end will come, all human suffering will come to an end, and the need for hupomone is no more.

Editorial: December 2023

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Imagine bringing hope and wholeness to a single life or a people group in 2024. Imagine becoming a missionary. Imagine reaching the unreached. Pray. Give. Go!

I Am Thankful

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This time, when I look at all the lit apartments, rather than feeling sorry for myself, I see people in need, people desperate for someone to come and share the gospel, someone who will lead them to Jesus. That someone is me. That someone is you.

Discovery Bible Study In 4 Easy Steps

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Try the Discovery Bible Study method. It can be an excellent tool for witnessing to others or personal or family devotions.

The Gift of Thanks

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Perhaps you are experiencing a dark valley right now. Instead of pushing away those thoughts and feelings, express them to your heavenly Father. As you do, focus on Him: His character, actions and love. Gift Him your thanks.

Editorial: November 2023

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God’s blessings to you and all whom you love.

There is Hope

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As Christians, you and I have real hope. Hope for a future without pain, suffering and death. Hope that Jesus will make all things right. You and I can share this hope in Christ with those who do not yet know.

Missionary Retreats

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True disciples do not ask, “Is what I am doing well received or popular?” Rather, they ask, “Am I being true to the One who sent me? Am I His faithful witness?

Your Role in the Body

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Whatever your role in the body of Christ, labor with all your might.

Editorial: October 2023

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Pray. God knows what you are facing. He knows what the best solution is. Trust Him.

Open Letter From the AFM Board

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As we partner with each other, let us boldly move forward together in the courage and grace and love of our soon-coming Savio

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Who will follow the Savior? Who will go? Will you?

Miraculous Healing

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Is God moving you to help people from Muslim backgrounds? If so, go to the Dream Project at afmonline.org. Please keep us in your prayers that God will use us to share Him and His truth with the people He is reaching through dreams.

They Answered the Call

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We thank God for every one of these young people who answered God’s call to “Go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). We also thank you, their support team, for keeping them in your prayers as they embark on this new journey.

Faith in Action

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Every aspect of AFM ministry depends on faithfulness—from missionaries to new believers among the unreached to donors who support the work, education of children, and AFM’s ministry. Faithfulness truly is a virtue. May the Lord bless all who possess it.

Editorial: September 2023

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The further you deepen your relationship with Christ, the greater you will know the Answer. Then when you hear, “I don’t know what to do,” you may reply, “But I know the One who does. May we pray together for the answer?”

Fundraising Blessings

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As you consider adopting a missionary, or if you are already giving to one, I encourage you to pray earnestly for them, send them letters of encouragement, and be prepared for God to change your life.

The Most Unreached People In the World

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Will you go and share the gospel with one of the top unreached people groups?

The History of Restoration in a Nutshell

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Please pray for Marian as she is starting to actively share what she is learning in anticipation of bringing joy and hope into the lives of people around her.

A Certain Age

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The time has come for you and me to choose courage over fear, faith over doubt, and boldness over timidity. And we were born for this time.

Missing In Action

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Will you be Found in Action? If you are called upon to give your life, will you be found right where you are supposed to be—in the palm of Jesus?

I Will Be With You!

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The question is not whether you feel qualified. The question is, are you willing to let God qualify you for the position He has in mind for you? Fear not! He is able to make you capable. He will be with you.

Heavenly meeting

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I hope and pray to meet all of you on that beautiful shore and that we will all continue to do everything we can to make it possible for many more to join us there.

Editorial: June 2023

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All of these articles tied with heartstrings, these are a few of my favorite things.

The Need is the Call

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God is calling for men who are willing to leave their farms, their business, if need be their families, to become missionaries for Him.

Lights to the World

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Thank you for answering the call to be, and to support, modern-day missionaries who have answered the greatest call known to humanity — to represent the Light of the World, the Prince of Peace, in the spiritually dark and violent places of our world!

Banana Victory

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AFM missionaries on projects across the 10/40 window are praying for opportunities such as this Overcomer’s Conference. Opportunities to share how victory in Jesus is possible. Opportunities for local people to choose and experience overcoming with the help of Jesus, even amid heavy temptations.

Editorial: May 2023

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May we meet when Christ begins His new and glorious act.

It is Now the Eleventh Hour

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Multitudes of languages, tongues, and peoples in the harvest fields await laborers. The Lord needs more workers among the Yadav Hindus in India, the Tonga Animists of Mozambique, the Muslims of the Maghreb, and many other people groups. Will you join us in answering His call to go and work in the vineyard?

How Did Jesus Do It?

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Is God stirring you to help our Muslim brothers and sisters?

700 Miles of Discipleship

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God hasn’t changed. And as we reach out to Him for guidance in how best to support His work, and whether or not that includes becoming missionaries or pledging to support them, He often allows us, as He did Paul, to make those decisions based on principle, then steps in to make minor corrections as we journey forward from there.

Your Next Career Change

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As we empower you to become an effective worker in the gospel vineyard, you can have confidence, knowing you will go to the field prepared to successfully execute your task. Will you answer the call?

The Miracle Text

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God is calling His people to go and share the everlasting gospel with the unreached people of the world.

The Effect of Compounding

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Whether in planned giving or front-line mission service, the greatest compounding effect can only be achieved by starting now.

Editorial: February 2023

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So, how about it? One year? Two years? As Jared Ratcliff shares, “Jesus has invested infinitely more time and love into us than we can do for another”

Contrails

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Now is the only time we have. Tomorrow may be too late. There is a great need for missionaries willing to take the gospel to all people and for those who will sacrificially support them.

Not Ashamed of the Gospel

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“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek” (Romans 1:16, NRSV).

Have It All

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Your desire to serve does not have to end with that one year you spent overseas in college. It does not have to remain that dream job you wanted when you were six. You can travel across the world and share the Good News of Jesus Christ with people, seeing the love of God transform their lives for the better. Want to know how you can have it all?

Expectations

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May the God of “all things good” be with you throughout this new year!

Editorial: January 2023

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May we each commit to hiding the word of God in our hearts in 2023.

He is the Gift

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Please prayerfully consider going to share the light of this Gift with the unreached who sit in darkness.

Looking Back, Looking Forward, and Looking Up!

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As the battles of 2022 fade behind us, and we anticipate the spiritual struggles of 2023—when in the name of Jesus Christ we grapple with spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms—we choose to look neither backward nor forward, but upward in faith and with prayer.

The Missionary Body: A Parable

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The Head’s message was clear and direct. Would the many members listen, take up their individual duties and unite as one body? Would Missionary Paul finally be able to fulfill the Great Commission? Only time would tell.

Editorial: December 2022

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Let us love one another, extending His grace and providing each other with hope and courage to change—the story of the manger.

Faith Points

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As we enter the holiday season, I am thankful that God has given us points along the way to look back to when we need reminding that we are not alone, that our situation is far from hopeless and that He is still faithful.

Sawm: The Fourth Pillar of Islam

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Muslims believe that true dreams will come during the month of Ramadan.

Editorial: November 2022

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May your hearts be filled with His love, peace and joy. There would be no AFM team without you.

End Pain; Bring Joy!

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We want to invite you to experience this joy—eternal joy—in knowing that you have introduced others to the Savior.

The Greatest Need

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You can be the answer to His greatest need and the needs of the unreached.

Zakat: The Third Pillar of Islam

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There are Five Pillars at the core of every Muslim’s duty to worship God. They fortify the Islamic faith and guide every Muslim into a life of servitude. These include shahada (the profession of faith), salah (prayer), zakat (almsgiving), sawm (fasting) and hajj (pilgrimage).