Beatrice is an unassuming, gentle seventy-seven-year-old businesswoman who loves God and people. She loves to meet new people and can frequently be heard talking about her love relationship with Jesus. She meets people everywhere she goes, whether at her professional association luncheons, the gym, or those staying at her Airbnb. Beatrice has been sharing about … Read more
Emily
What do you picture when you think of a Discovery Group? We talk a lot about new Discovery Groups being formed, where a family, friends, and some neighbors study the Bible together and discover who God is. These groups often become little churches. They meet, discover, and obey what they learn together. They congregate wherever … Read more
Discovery Bible Study One year ago, Issy was a drunkard and hated by everybody in his village because of his bad behavior. One night Issy followed an old friend to a Discovery Bible Study (DBS) group because he was not able to get his traditional beer. His eyes were opened, and he was convicted of … Read more
Miraculous Healing A little girl was miraculously healed by the Lord. After a Discovery Bible Study (DBS) meeting in the village, we were informed that one of the members’ children was ill. This little girl had been sick for four months with typhoid fever and had a perforated bowel. She even had her stool on … Read more
Audio Scripture Sets Early this year we had a 2-day session with some of our church planters in North Cameroon on orality principles through storytelling. The exercise was to end with the distribution of SD Cards containing audio Bibles. We initially assumed that focusing on the smartest of our church planters would make the work … Read more
David Broodryk planted a church in South Africa in 2004. Over the next seven years, the church grew to about 100 members, but David realized that the church he planted wasn’t advancing the kingdom the way that he thought it should. He began to transition away from traditional ministry to a Disciple Making Movement (DMM) … Read more
I was praying one day at a public campsite in the forest. It was near a place where elephants sometimes come and feed. Suddenly, the spiritual atmosphere around me seemed to change. A kind of shadow was there, and a presence—I can’t describe it any better than that. In one sense, I was afraid, but … Read more
For three months, Arun had been trying to enter an unengaged village. After visiting three or four times, he realized that an evil spirit was continually disturbing them. There was a young lady who had a spirit for three years. This was creating a disturbance in her home and also within the village. The parents … Read more
My name is Charles. I am a follower of Jesus. I had the privilege of playing soccer professionally in Morocco, Tunisia, and Ukraine in 2016 and 2017. My city isn’t just the capital of the state I live in, but historically it’s been a major center of commerce and Islam that has attracted Quranic scholars … Read more
Language Barriers in India Before 2021, we used the Hindi language among a certain people group in the mountains of northern India. While Hindi is the official language of India, in reality, it is just one of 121 languages and 270 mother tongues and is not spoken universally throughout the country. This people group would … Read more