Exclusive stories from the mission field
Praises that the leader of a native ministry and two other workers traveled to a village and, visiting one home after another, saw enough people put their faith in Christ to plant a church there. The leader recently dedicated three tribal children of the new Christians to the Lord.
People who have received gospel tracts and Bibles from local missionaries are coming to faith in Christ. In one area, five fathers were freed from worldly corruption and entered into God’s kingdom, while a worker in another visited a home where four family members trusted in the Lord for eternal life.
Leaders of a local ministry are constantly training new people for evangelism as they see a large window opening for gospel acceptance. Teams are visiting homes and hospitals with the Lord’s healing power and the message of forgiveness in Christ.
In spite of the pandemic, people heard the gospel by visiting with Christian neighbors as they attended online worship services. Workers at another ministry met with every member of their congregations in their homes during lockdowns, encouraging them and praying for them.
An impoverished married couple with five children battled unclean spirits, illness and hostilities within their family. After receiving gospel literature from local missionaries, the wife phoned a worker and attended worship the following Sunday.
Distributing food packages and Bibles, local missionaries are seeing many opportunities to share the Word of God with impoverished villagers. Workers visiting areas where there were no churches saw the Word of God change hearts.
A woman who had an alcoholic husband and a son with an ear infection was bitten by a venomous snake. When local missionaries shared the gospel with her family and prayed for them, the Lord healed all three of them.
Praises that churches on the verge of collapse due to the pandemic have been revived, and home visits have resulted in many people coming to the Lord. In one area terrorized by the sound of screams and of invisible stones hitting homes, local missionaries organized Christians to pray against unclean spirits.
Knowledge of the Lord is transforming lives throughout the region. A young man who was working to help support his parents and siblings had an accident that left him unable to stand, creating hardship as his mother was paralyzed and his father struggled to support them as a day-laborer.
An impoverished Christian had been looking for an audio Bible for 10 years before he met a local missionary who provided him one. The illiterate Christian has found it invaluable for strengthening his faith and sharing Christ with others.
