(Evangelical Focus) — El Salvador, a small country in Central America, has seen how faith in Jesus brings reconciliation between enemies. In the San Francisco Gotera penitentiary, members of the “maras” gangs MS-13, 18-Surenos and 18-Revolucionarios not only coexist but come together to worship Christ. A team of journalists of Spanish-speaking newspaper El País has […]
Mexico (Mission News News) — Approximately 129 million people fill Mexico’s borders, and many of them are oral learners. This means they gain better understanding when new information is spoken rather than written down. When oral learners hear Scripture in their heart language, lives change. Joshua Harrison with Audio Scripture Ministries says the Church is […]
A pastor and missionary who has lived among the Korowai tribe in Papua, Indonesia for 12 years has responded to claims from a Russian photographer who looked for tribal members as he hiked through the rainforest during a 15-day visit that Christian missionaries are wiping out the Korowai and their way of life. “The media […]
Jordan (Mission Network News) — Four new believers in Jordan just took an unprecedented step of faith: they were baptized. “It was just a beautiful, beautiful ceremony,” shares Samuel of Redemptive Stories. “They each got up and told their stories about how they had come to faith in Christ. We worshipped together and then had […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A missions organization in Missouri is providing a defense in light of criticisms against American missionary John Chau, who was killed last month while seeking to reach an isolated tribal group on North Sentinel Island. Pam Arlund of All Nations told Christian Today that the organization was aware that Chau was […]
(The Insider) — The 26-year-old American who police say was killed by a remote Indian tribe last week, said he believed God helped him dodge authorities and reach the isolated island he referred to as “Satan’s last stronghold.” John Allen Chau, a tourist and Christian missionary from Washington state, wrote in a final diary entry […]
CHENGDU (China Aid) — Police in China’s southern Sichuan arrested more than 20 Christians from Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu last Sunday as they evangelized on the streets and detained them until evening. On Oct. 20, the church organized a street evangelism team and proselytized on the street, as well as held a worship […]
India (Mission Network News) — Malati gaped at the balance in her bank account and was shocked to find that the 2,500 rupees she went to deposit just three days ago were not there. In fact, it was like they never even made it into her bank account. Three days earlier, Malati had gone to […]
(Evangelical Focus) — U.S. and Canadian Christian worker David Byle could leave Turkey after 15 years in the country. The evangelist was detained in the Ankara central train station on October 13 after an ID check. He was taken to the Anti-Terror department for interrogation, and released the following day, according to Middle East Concern. […]
India (Mission Network News) – India is home to more unreached people groups than any other nation, and the numbers of unengaged people will continue escalating according to World Mission’s Greg Kelley. “Within the next 20 years, not only will it be the most populated Hindu country in the world, but it will simultaneously be […]