May 15, 2012
Envision a Culture In this exclusive from alife, we sat down with Jason Ostrander, director for Alliance Youth and Envision Culture, to talk about young adults, their experience, and the future of this new idea in global missions. Living missionally, Project Experience, and God’s will, were some of the many topics we discussed. al: What [...]
May 4, 2012
“‘What is a Christian, and how do I become one?’ were almost the first words out of her mouth,” report Alliance workers in Taiwan. “A woman who had attended our English class stopped by our house one evening to ask us this question. We are making progress in an area where less than 1 percent of the people follow Jesus.”
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.
April 10, 2012
An overflow crowd of more than 100 people attended the dedication of the New Life Center in Ishinomaki, Japan, March 29, 2012. “There was an overwhelming sense of thankfulness for God’s provision of this house, once flooded through the second floor by the tsunami,” said David and Evangeline Kindervater
April 4, 2012
A year ago, Jane and Harry Landaw answered God’s call to plant a church in Ishinomaki, located in one of the hardest-hit areas of the March 2011 tsunami disaster and known as Japan’s “spiritually dark” region. Last month, just as the Landaws and their ministry partners were preparing for the opening of the New Life Center, Jane was diagnosed with cancer. Yet even in Jane’s suffering, the Lord has been at work to bring new life to the people of Japan.
February 24, 2012
“Gasps of unbelief turned to thunderous applause when Aslan came back to life and defeated the White Witch,” says Barry Jordan, describing the reaction of Indonesian youth watching “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.” Moments later, several of the students received Jesus as Savior. This would not be possible without gifts to the GCF!
February 17, 2012
Non-believers are filling up River of Love church in Mongolia, taking a Financial Freedom course based on Biblical principles. After class, a group of four men (all new believers) are studying theological education by extension. None of this would be possible without gifts to the GCF!
By the Alliance Field Director, Mali, West Africa Alliance missionaries brought the good news to the Dogon, a tribal people in Mali bound by ancestor and spirit worship, in 1931. Thanks to the ongoing, faithful giving of Alliance people to the Great Commission Fund, today, there are an estimated 15,000 Dogon believers. Many of these [...]
February 16, 2012
By Andrew and Esther Schaeffer, the Alliance field leadership couple in Burkina Faso During the past couple weeks, 8,000 Tuareg (an Arabic term meaning “abandoned by God”) have fled to Burkina due to unrest in northern Mali. We have been given an unusual opportunity to share the love of Christ with this people who have historically been staunch [...]
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