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Equipping health workers for missions

Healthcare workers around the world may have a desire to share their faith, but not know how to do so effectively. The organizations below have trainings and coaching which can help.

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Mental health and the Great Commission

For Dr. Prince C. Oteng-Boateng, running a mental health practice and doing missions are seamless; whether he is preaching at the pulpit or sitting across from a client, it’s all ministry.

“I was first introduced to missio...

Nursing was my entry ticket

Nuura* needed to get this woman to the hospital fast. Her baby had defecated inside the womb, was not breathing properly, and was coming out legs first. She called an ambulance, but violent attacks and a curfew in nearby Garissa prev...

The heartbeat of global missions

We treated a young lady of 18 years who came to ELWA Hospital with a condition requiring surgery. Her physical form was dire and her emotional state was equally fragile. Our team tended to her medical needs and shared the message of ...

Called: Dr. Sam Fabiano – A scalpel and a Bible

The patient lay on the operating table. I stood over him in my green scrubs, hands to my chest. I had done this procedure countless times, but I knew as much as everyone else in that room—like life itself, surgeries are unpredictab...

Healing for a sick world

When we served among the Mumuye tribe in the mountains of Northern Nigeria, we tried several methods to gain their trust and attention, but nothing worked…until we introduced medicine. Once we started administering medical treatments, people beg...

People Group – the Kango

The Kango people, numbering less than 50,000, dwell on the banks and islands of the Uele River in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They are primarily fishermen. According to lore, their ancestor, Kango was a talented ...

Centre for the study of UPGs opens in Ghana

Lausanne Movement reports that between 1910 and 2010, the number of missionaries rose from 62,000 to 400,000. Despite the increase in the number of missionaries, churches, and mission agencies, many unreached people groups remain in ...

Witnesses for Christ in healthcare

Healthcare workers meet hurting people every day in healthcare settings. We hear about diseases, pain, the loss of dear ones, war, and poverty. People look to us for answers far beyond the chief complaints they present. This should b...

O pastor e o chave

Há alguns anos atrás, uma igreja convidou-me para falar sobre missões por duas noites. Estava entusiasmado com esta oportunidade, porém eu tinha sentimentos mistos. Quantas pessoas iriam comparecer numa conferência sobre missões numa quartaf...