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Trying to Snuff Out the Candle of Jesus’ Light

January 3, 2019

For all of his 60 years, Karim had been a staunch Muslim in a rural area of Bangladesh where few knew of anyone who was not a Muslim. Leaving Islam was also unheard of. So when a young Bangladeshi from outside the village began visiting homes and telling families about Jesus, Karim was as perplexed as he was scornful.

Traumatized Refugees Taught to Rely on God

November 25, 2021

A Christian ministry in Greece helped a traumatized refugee mother from the Middle East obtain an appointment with a psychologist, but she also wanted to speak woman-to-woman with one of the ministry’s two directors. The refugee had left her four children, ages 4 to 13, behind. “She left her country running, trying to rescue herself,” the director said. “Her kids didn’t blame her.”

The Power of Scripture Shines in Iraq

November 18, 2021

The pope’s historic visit to Iraq in March presented massive security challenges, with all military and civil security forces taking stringent measures. Soldiers at checkpoints were instructed to seize the cargo of any transport vehicle, and before one major papal event they confiscated local missionaries’ carload of 1,000 Bibles. “The strange thing is that we met several people while walking in the streets carrying the same Bibles that we distribute, and when we asked them, they said that they got them from the checkpoint,” a ministry leader said.

Workers Brave COVID-19 Dangers in Latin America

November 11, 2021

“We have had to see people die and go with the Lord, including local missionaries from our ministry, and we’ve comforted many loved ones,” the leader of a ministry based in Colombia said. Christian workers in Colombia and other parts of Latin America have become soldiers in the fight against COVID-19, with some dying in the effort to save others physically and spiritually. “We thank God that up to now He has helped and supported us in everything,” the leader said, “despite difficult circumstances and harsh experiences.”

Christians in Vietnam Count High Cost for Faith

November 4, 2021

Invited to a local missionary’s house for dinner with other Christians in Vietnam, Thuan was surprised when they were somehow warm, fun and friendly without the drinking or opium-smoking common in his village. “He had heard the gospel from the local missionary many times, but he didn’t like hearing it,” the leader of a native ministry said. Thuan could not know that accepting the dinner invitation would set him on a journey to prison.

Despairing Afghan Refugees Find Aid and Hope

October 28, 2021

Taiba and her two young children arrived at the office of a Middle East-based ministry exhausted, hungry and destitute after fleeing a Taliban raid on their home in Afghanistan. They have lived the nightmare that tens of thousands of other Afghan refugees are trying to avoid. Witnessing the execution of her father and the abduction of her husband, she and her children had to leave home, town and country with only the clothes on their backs.

Tortured Refugee Finds Freedom amid Captivity

October 21, 2021

Armed men in a European capital tied up a Druze refugee from Saudi Arabia last year and were torturing him as they recorded videos demanding his family pay 25,000 euros (US$28,900) for his release. When Khaled cried out to God, his Muslim captors told him that if he was going to pray, he should pray like a Muslim to Allah. In the midst of his ordeal, Khaled found himself in an unexpected spiritual battle.

Unforgotten Dream Puts African on New Path

October 14, 2021

After making a purchase at a local market stall in Africa, 15-year-old Abdoul had turned to leave when he realized he’d seen the shop owner in a dream two years before. He’d dreamt about him just after returning home from 10 years under the tutelage of a teacher of Islam. “That day when I saw the man in the boutique, I didn’t know what to say, and I returned to explain to him what I had experienced – that a Prophet had instructed me in a dream to come and see him,” he said.

Woman in Cuba Turns from Sorcery to Salvation

October 7, 2021

All his life, Diego had seen sick people come to his house in Cuba so his mother, a traditional healer in the Santería religion, could fight illnesses with charms, amulets and sorcery. When the young medical student recently became a Christian, his mother saw God’s power in his life. She saw such divine power that she doubted her own traditional healing abilities, but a sick person was at the door asking for her help.

Eternal Fruit Born from Dying Grain in Laos

September 30, 2021

Family members of a woman in Laos who died earlier this year had let her waste away in poverty, refusing to care for her because of her faith. Workers for a local ministry arranged her burial, inviting villagers they had ministered to in various community and gospel outreaches.

Divine Breakthroughs in Pandemic-stricken Kenya

September 23, 2021

A 25-year-old mother of three in Kenya had obtained poison and was waiting for nightfall to administer it to her children and then herself. Abandoned by her husband when he married another woman, a 25-year-old mother of three children in Kenya saw no other way to end her agony and the suffering of her children. The door of her sunbaked home was open when a local missionary knocked on it, but Visola did not look up to see who it was.

The Tearful Struggle to Heal Battered Burma

September 16, 2021

A ministry leader in Burma (Myanmar) said he has lost 134 pastors and other workers, including his younger brother, to the pandemic or to violence from a military coup in February.

Rival Tribes Sow Kingdom Seeds in the Philippines

September 9, 2021

Members of a tribe in the Philippines lived in tense isolation from each other due to decades of conflict that at times flared into war. Then native missionaries arrived suggesting the unthinkable – rival factions working together in community farming. For the tribal villagers, it would be a necessary evil that brought unthinkable good.

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Trying to Snuff Out the Candle of Jesus’ Light

Traumatized Refugees Taught to Rely on God

The Power of Scripture Shines in Iraq

Workers Brave COVID-19 Dangers in Latin America

Christians in Vietnam Count High Cost for Faith

Despairing Afghan Refugees Find Aid and Hope

Tortured Refugee Finds Freedom amid Captivity

Unforgotten Dream Puts African on New Path

Woman in Cuba Turns from Sorcery to Salvation

Eternal Fruit Born from Dying Grain in Laos

Divine Breakthroughs in Pandemic-stricken Kenya

The Tearful Struggle to Heal Battered Burma

Rival Tribes Sow Kingdom Seeds in the Philippines

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