Called: Grief, scorpions and healing
I was struggling. Like frying popcorn in an open pot, my unexpressed emotions flew everywhere. I seethed silently in resentment and stewed in my depressive thoughts.
My relationship with fellow missionaries teetered on irreparable d...
Read MoreCalled: Ralambo Tiffanie – no longer lonely
I faced a lot of suspicion when I first arrived as a missionary on the Island. Unknown to me, some Malagasy single women who arrived before me were involved in prostitution. It was tough to settle as a single Malagasy girl on an Island tha...
Read MoreFridays or Sundays: missions in the Persian Gulf
What does personality have to do with evangelism? I’ve always been a man of the people, easily adaptable and sociable. This has become one of my greatest assets in reaching people in a far land, with a language and a culture I barely und...
Read MoreCalled: Nasiru Saidu – the cost of a voice
I lay on the floor, knees to my chest and my hands shielding my face, as my brother whipped me with a tree branch. I did not retaliate. Instead, I said, I’m ready; you can kill me. I heard a voice, and I’m not going back.Read More
Called: Jesse Ishaku Amah-Kabong – age 15 is not too young
I was nine years old when I first went on a cross-cultural mission trip abroad. My family and I packed our bags and headed out of Nigeria for Mali. We were going as missionaries in a predominantly Muslim region, and I didn’t think we’d...
Read MoreCalled: Denilson Agustinho – move faster than the wind
What does passion for the gospel look like?
Imagine a fiery group of teenagers on a mission trip to an unreached people group in Cuanza Sul province in the south of Angola. They stay for a month, preaching, breaking bondages and reconciling...
Read MoreCalled: Robert and Carol Bett
Robert
The first time my pastor asked me to preach a sermon, I was so insecure that I asked him to write the sermon for me. I had been a Christian since I was a teenager; I read my Bible and believed the Holy Spirit guided me, but...
Read MoreCalled: compelled to preach in North Africa
Working in North Africa can be dangerous, and David* knows this well. Local police follow him around; they are suspicious of Christians. Some of his neighbours verbally abuse him and have even sent death threats.
“In the beginning it was ...
Read MoreCalled: Paul Akinola
On the wall of Willesden Green Baptist Church in London hangs the portrait of Charles Spurgeon, one of England’s most famous preachers. It’s not just antique décor, this church was founded by two of Spurgeon’s students and dedicated...
Read MoreCalled: Dr. Francis Kashimawo
When you set out to go to a mission field, what do you expect to find? Definitely not a backslidden ex-missionary! And yet, at the end of our seven-hour treacherous trek up a mountain to Donkin in northern Nigeria, that...
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