Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, tens of thousands of people have fled to the United States (37,000 slated to be sent to various states initially) and other countries. According to one U.N. estimate, up to half a million refugees will leave Afghanistan by the end of 2021 . Since they are coming to the church’s … Read more
Starting July 19, Muslims will celebrate a major holiday, Eid il Adha, to remember God’s provision of a mighty sacrifice, so Abraham would not have to sacrifice his son (Genesis 22:1-18). Christians see God’s provision of Jesus Christ foreshadowed in this act, so the story and holiday are wonderful bridges to share the perfect sacrifice God provided … Read more
Rich is a media professional who serves with national believers and Muslims to create short films that engage Turkish people, helping audiences see Jesus in refreshing new ways. His latest set of videos, The Messiah in Our Day, sets stories about Jesus’ teaching and miracles in 21st century Turkish cities. Rich identified social, religious, and personal … Read more
The Musahars – known by some as “The Rat Eaters,” live in socially-marginalized communities placed at the bottom rung of India’s hierarchical caste system. They suffer tremendously from their status in society. “Musahar” is derived from two words meaning “rat catchers” and was likely attributed to them because of their tendency to eat rodents in … Read more
Three years ago I met Pastor Naina, a Bhutanese Nepali Pastor who was a refugee relocated to Charlotte NC. He’s from the mountains of Bhutan and Nepal where many tribes and languages are intermixed. Naina speaks 9 languages. The day I met him, I showed him the Jesus Film mobile app and helped him install it on … Read more
SETTING North India (2015) One Christian worker sat with a church planting national partner in 2015. They went over the partner’s church planting and leadership maps. His network of believers have been using MicroSD memory cards in their outreach for approximately one year. [MicroSD cards were introduced by the Christian workers and are loaded with … Read more
YWAM Kona outreach leader Bri brings a story of God’s love breaking out among some of the most remote peoples on earth.
Like most in India who are from low-income families, Amira, a Muslim, had a basic mobile phone but was saving for a nicer one. Poor, widowed, and caring for her two sons, saving wasn’t easy, but she was finally able to get a mobile with a larger, brighter color screen and good speaker. She immediately … Read more
Check out these audio stories told by Darcie Drymon. Asia: Audio Story Cambodians love karaoke, so incorporating Bible stories, biblical themes, general stories, etc. onto the screens that are related to the songs that can be sung could be very helpful and would be received well. Central Asia: Audio Story Moscow, Russia’s main group of … Read more
Clyde recorded two brief audio stories from India. They are available by audio streaming here. The first story has been transcribed: Two years back, we distributed some mobile phones to a lot of regional coordinators, and those phones were Android phones pre-installed with applications which contained all the training materials for the church planters … … Read more