Pastor Peter Makiwa is on a mission. The youngest of 11 children, Peter grew up in rural Zimbabwe where his family had no electricity and had to fetch water from the river. When he moved to the capital city of Harare as a young man,...
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Ignacio Savilla was born into a Costa Rican family that didn’t know Christ. But when his uncle led his father to Christ and invited Ignacio to a Bible study in his home, Ignacion encountered the living God. He was born again! Whatever Ignacio sets his...
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Did you know that our very first class in Panama is about to graduate? This amazing group of leaders has been meeting in an online format due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions, but they were determined not to let the pandemic keep them from getting the...
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You might remember hearing about Pastor Maxim Dzhum (’13) from Ukraine. A team from Bethel Church in Indiana served with him in the poor Roma villages of Berezivka and Poplavka outside Odessa in 2019. Through all the challenges of the pandemic, Maxim has persevered in...
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Our first class in Zimbabwe has graduated! The amazing students in our pilot class persevered through all the challenges of the pandemic, and they radiated pure joy as they celebrated their accomplishment at their graduation ceremony on Sunday. To them, this graduation represents much more...
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We want to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped us raise $50,000 toward a matching gift! With the match, we raised a total of $100,000! Because of your generosity, families in urgent need will receive emergency aid in hard places like India...
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Did you know that even though Spanish is the official language of Guatemala, only 55% of the population speaks Spanish as their heart language? There are actually 22 different languages spoken in Guatemala! Over a half million people are native speakers of the Mayan language,...
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While the pandemic has continued to make life difficult in India, our team is busier than ever finding creative ways to equip leaders and serve hurting communities. Lately, this has involved feeding fishermen—both literally and figuratively. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we have...
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While I was a senior pastor in the upper Midwest I travelled frequently to the non-Western world to see the work our missionaries were doing. I noticed something. There were churches everywhere—Africa, Asia and Latin America—and many of them were much larger than the rather...
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Global Action student Viacheslav has been transformed as a leader. He is from a primarily Muslim Roma tribe that is centered in Crimea. They are traditionally very poor, and many lack education. Viacheslav is no exception. He leads a Roma church in Merefa, Ukraine, and...
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