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 God who empathizes with us in our lowest moments, and who in fact experienced the same through the Incarnation of Christ. In the midst of this crisis, we are not hopeless. We are not without direction. We are not in despair. We push forward with joy in the knowledge that Christ offers a better way through these troubling times than the world does.
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 Gospel ...
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 of ...
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 and ...
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 a ...
God is on the move!
One of our partner churches recorded this powerful testimony of what God is doing, in one of the most difficult parts of the world! We trust you will enjoy hearing from our East African Coordinator as he tells the story ...
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. He ...
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 longing ...
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 a ...
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 was. ...