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The Hidden Cost of Medical Missions: How Healthcare Missionary Support Helps Families Stay Where They’re Called
Healthcare missionary support isn’t only about helping someone get to the mission field. It’s about helping them remain there. For Eric and Mollie, that has meant serving in rural Chad since 2011—living among local communities where access to healthcare is limited, clean water is scarce, and many people have never heard the name of Jesus. Eric worked in community health, teaching hygiene and […]
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…
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 […]
March 5, 2025
Global Training – Nigeria
Shepherds Global Classroom recently conducted its second Global Training event of 2025. This event was hosted in Nigeria by Dr. Nnamdi Oziri, equipping 38 ministry leaders across two locations—24 in Imo State and 14 in Rivers State. SGC’s Director of Global Training, Dr. Randall McElwain, led this trip and was accompanied by Global Trainer Johnathan …
March 3, 2025
Expanding Healthcare in Burundi: Training Local Doctors to Transform Lives
Burundi faces a severe shortage of doctors, with most specialists concentrated in the cities and many healthcare professionals leaving the country due to economic hardship. Dr. Boaz Niyinyumva, a MedSend-supported physician, is working to change this by training national doctors and helping to launch a Family Medicine residency program. His mission is not only to […]
March 1, 2025
God’s Faithfulness in Zambia
March 1, 2025
Building Trust, Opening Hearts
February 27, 2025
The History of Evangelical Missions in Muslim Countries
Explore the complex journey of evangelical missions in Muslim-majority countries—from early interfaith encounters and medieval dialogues to modern Protestant movements and contemporary challenges. Delve into how historical events, colonial legacies, and evolving strategies have shaped a narrative of persistence, adaptation, and intercultural exchange, offering a balanced view of gradual progress amid resistance.
February 24, 2025
Transforming Global Healthcare: Dr. Perry Jansen’s Journey of Faith and Leadership
February 20, 2025
Training series equips hundreds of Guinea evangelists
Guinea (MNN) — Believers partner with World Missionary Press to make Jesus known in Guinea.
February 13, 2025
Crime and Christian resources on the streets of South Africa
South Africa (MNN) — Even first responders know they themselves could be attacked when answering an emergency call.