Responding to the call of God in troubled times
How do you respond to the call of God when the world seems to be falling apart? When it’s dark, and it feels like there is no hope? It seems comfortable to respond to God’s call when life itself...
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Part 1: Our COVID-19 Response: In every crisis, there is a Kingdom opportunity
COVID-19 continues to take its toll on communities around the globe. Social media, news, and articles are littered with feelings of confusion, fear, anxiety, and even anger. As followers of Jesus, we need to remember that we serve a...
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Creating Disciples on Death Bed
One of our church planting partners passed away a couple of months ago from kidney failure. Lifewater staff in Ethiopia worked closely with him, joining their efforts to mold healthier, unified communities. On his deathbed, he shared the...
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Amazing Multiplication Among Central Africa’s Pygmies
NDINGA Pastor Ndinga wakes early to go check the traps he’s set in the rain forest. Like most Pygmies, he’s learned how to hunt, setting traps along forest trails. He returns home, changes clothes, grabs his Bible, collects one...
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Thirsty Prayer Walker
Rufus was prayer walking through an unfamiliar town and became very thirsty. He stopped at a local shop to get some water, and as he was leaving he turned to the shop owner and said, “Peace be to you...
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The Muezzin Fakes Illness to Read the Bible
If you travel to North Africa, a few sights and sounds become familiar rather quickly. It’s an incredible culture of hospitality and that will woo you with its abundant flow of tea and bread. The desert landscape allows for...
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A Necessary Death
In 2004, David Broodryk planted a church in South Africa. Over the next seven years, the church grew to about 100 members, but David realized the church he planted wasn’t advancing the Kingdom the way he thought it should....
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Modern Day Rahab
Why do we tell stories? Often times it’s because we want to share something with others. What some may not realize is that when we share stories, we are fulfilling a deep longing inside all of us – a...
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From Muslim Scholar to Disciple Maker
God reveals Himself to His creation in many ways, even in the most unexpected avenues. A Fulani man named Sulieman from West Africa experienced God during his doctoral studies at an Islamic university in the Middle East. Sulieman was...
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Doubting Thomas
It was Monday, just after lunch, on the first of five days of a Disciple Making Movement training in a major African city. Thomas surveyed the other seminar participants. He wondered why more people weren’t as upset as he...
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Hope – The Fight Against Addiction & Human Trafficking
Recently, some of our team members were out walking the streets in one of the cities we serve in Southeast Asia, and they came across Tini*. Having just 16 years under her belt, it was obvious she was scared...
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