April 19, 2012
It’s hard to avoid giving in to fear. The secret police are always watching and have been known to infiltrate many groups. With the pastor’s endorsement of our intentions, regardless of possible consequences, we believed it was a sign of God’s work in the church leader’s life and in his congregation.
“How can God love me if I’m a prostitute? I’ve always been told that God hates prostitutes.” I told her about Rahab and other women whom God blessed and used in special ways despite their reputation as “bad women.” I related the story of Jesus’ gentle, caring response to the woman caught in adultery. Jo was quite shocked to hear these truths.
March 13, 2012
“… What a difference your faithful giving has made for two villages in the third-poorest country in the world!” wrote the Hanscomes from Mali, recently. “All of this was made possible because of gifts to the Great Commission Fund!” The Hanscomes were referring to a medical outreach that included partnering with the Alliance church in Mali and a medical team from an Alliance church in Omaha. The team experienced remarkable spiritual breakthroughs in these Malian communities, previously shrouded in spiritual darkness. Before the outreach, there had been just one believer between the two villages. Now there are more than 25!
February 16, 2012
The following is adapted from a newsletter from an Alliance international worker in Bosnia Herzegovina. Recently, I visited Ana*, a young woman in Tuzla whom I have been mentoring for several years. I had lived and worked in Tuzla from 2005 until 2008, teaching in the English school operated by the local church. I was [...]
When Peter began his role in 2002, “about 10 students made up our small youth ministry,” he says. “As a growing number of students joined the group, I sensed God’s nudging to establish a proactive outreach to area youth—one that would be conducive to student culture, not a ‘churchy’ building, which might be a deterrent to joining the group.
Alliance missionaries brought the good news to the Dogon, a tribal people in Mali bound by ancestor and spirit worship, in 1931. Today, there are an estimated 15,000 Dogon believers, celebrating the culmination of decades of work—the translation of the Bible into their heart language.
January 27, 2012
“Thank you for praying for safety—146 of us traveled in 15 vehicles more than 4,350 miles,” said Evan and Jewel Evans this week, reporting on last weekend’s Dakar Academy outreach in Senegal. Read more about how your prayers were answered.
January 16, 2012
“When I say that we need your prayers, I’m serious,” says Dakar Academy teacher, Jim Adams, referring to the school’s upcoming outreach, January 20–22. “We will be taking about 100 students and staff . . . we will drive on roads that are little more than trails and minister in difficult areas.”
January 3, 2012
Learn how you can pray for a group of prisoners in Mongolia who have just learned how they can have healthy hearts—physically and spiritually.
December 29, 2011
When Mr. Tsai was in the last stages of lung cancer, Alliance worker visited him in the hospital and shared Jesus with him. They asked the Alliance family to pray for him as he considered putting his trust in God, along with the ramifications of that decision.
The Alliance believes wholeheartedly in the power and necessity of prayer. We cannot “Live the Call Together” unless prayer is central to all we do—as a denomination, as churches, and as individuals.
You can help build Christ’s Church around the world by donating online to the Great Commission Fund. This fund finances our missionaries, allowing them to focus on ministry rather than raising their own support.
Is God calling you to full-time service? Do you want to experience missions firsthand by participating in a short-term missions trip? We want to help you connect your passion with God’s purpose.
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