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More than a letter: How a stay-at-home mom found purpose in prison ministry

April 4, 2025

USA (MNN) — In the stage of young motherhood, it’s not easy to find ways to get involved with ministry. That was the experience of Arijaan Norwood, a mom in the western United States with three young kids, ages six and under. “When you’re in the early years with young children as a stay-at-home mom, […]

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March 28, 2025

Nourishing life in a world that feeds conflict

International (MNN) — Life grows where Gospel seeds germinate

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March 25, 2025

Mercy in the midst of Syria’s devastation: “They entered all the houses except ours”

Syria (MNN) — Since early March, more than 1,600 Syrians have lost their lives according to a UK-based Syrian war monitor. 

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March 24, 2025

Pray for the Women of the Sewing Ministry in Eldoret

The Sewing Ministry in Kipkaren, Eldoret is more than a skills program—it’s a chance for women to rebuild their lives. Many have faced hardship, rejection, and loss, but through this ministry, they are stepping into hope and opportunity. Here, they are not just learning to sew; they are finding purpose, healing, and a new beginning.…

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March 19, 2025

Relief and Development: A Holistic Approach to Transforming Communities

Since our ministry began in 1991, we have made it our mission to build deep-level relationships of trust with missionaries who are serving communities in their own cultural contexts. Our goal in doing so is to partner together in walking alongside entire communities for the long term, transforming them to look more like the Kingdom…

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March 18, 2025

From Extremist to Evangelist

From a persecutor’s redemption to the training of pastors, Christ is building his church in South Asia.

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March 6, 2025

Restoring the Breath of Life

Oxygen — essential for life, and especially vital to have available if you need hospitalization. In the Hospital of Hope (HoH) in northern Togo, the capacity of the hospital’s oxygen concentration system was inadequate to keep up with the increasing patient population. Doctors had to choose who would receive life-giving oxygen — a choice no […]

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March 5, 2025

If God Wants A Man to Hear The Gospel

I recently made a short trip back to Poet City with my oldest son and Rocky*, a local believer and pastoral intern here in Caravan City. My oldest son was participating in a 2-day discipleship gathering there for expat teenagers. As for Rocky, he jumps at any chance he gets to visit Poet City. This […]

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March 3, 2025

Building Christian Community in a Muslim Majority Country

How do you cultivate a mature Christian community in a Muslim-majority country? In this week’s episode of The Missions Podcast, Alex and Scott sit down with William (name changed for security), who is an ABWE missionary in South Asia. They discuss challenges that national believers and missionaries face in that context including church worship, child-rearing, […]

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March 1, 2025

Building Trust, Opening Hearts

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February 27, 2025

“Who Will Tell My People?”

On a mission trip to Papua New Guinea, a tribal man—bone through his nose, spear in hand—asked, “Will you come tell my people God’s book?” His desperate plea sparked a realization: countless souls remain untouched by the gospel. Who will answer the call?