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“I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know” – Job 29:16 William Carey, “The Father of Modern Missions,” was fond of studying maps and the lives of great missionaries such as the Apostle Paul and David Brainerd. In fact, Carey…
“Check. Do you have anything around your house that needs fixing?” our pastor paused to ask after finishing the afternoon Bible study with my son at our house. “We have a group of young people who help with things like painting or repairing fences for people in the community.” I…
“Sister, I want to tell you something—are you free?” The text came from Ayshe, the young mother who lived next door to us our last year in Turkey. “It’s 11:45 at night,” she continued. “And I can’t sleep—I feel very bad, will you wish good wishes for me?” “Of course,…
In recent years, God has been reaching into the lives of men and women in remarkable ways, especially in places where the name of Jesus (Isa Al-Masih) is known but misunderstood. One of the most striking ways He is doing this is through dreams, as seen in the Bible, where…
Understanding Animism and its Reach Animism,1 the belief that spirits inhabit nature, objects, places, ancestors and events, holds sway as the world’s oldest and most widespread religious worldview. I lived among folk Muslims of Western and Northern Africa for 16 years. Folk Islam is syncretistic, either Islam tinged with animism…
“Waiting rarely feels like a gift,” says Diana Vasile. Yet it yields such wonderful fruit, as you will discover in her article (p. 10). Other missionaries echo this sentiment. Waiting allows God’s plans to unfold in His perfect timing. He knows people’s needs and, in presenting the gospel to others,…
“Someone broke into our room,” my roommates and I said to each other when we returned from church. Our window was broken. Just up the road from where we lived was a small orphanage. Some of the 10-12-year-old boys who lived there would often come to our center to hang…
Being back in the USA on furlough is much more enjoyable now than it was during our first furlough three years ago. Our family agrees that knowing what to expect, staying in prayer and being better prepared has made all the difference. This reminds me of Jesus’ soon return. Jesus…
When we first moved into our small-town apartment block three years ago, we were happy for the lovely glimpse of nature from our windows: a beautiful old tree and an open patch of mostly unkempt grassy land with young trees and bushes opposite our home. Hidden amongst the greenery were…