National Missionary Ministry Archives

09Sep

It’s Raining Cats & Dogs!

Remember the saying, “It’s raining cats and dogs”? That happens often during Nepal's rainy season, which begins every year in June and runs for 4 months. The rice and other crops that sustain the Nepali people depend on the rainy season.

05Jun

Dunkin’ Disciples

The gospel is simple. Repent, believe in the Lord Jesus, and be baptized! I’m reminded of this in the recent updates from a few of the national missionaries you are sponsoring. They don’t need a heated jacuzzi to baptize those who decide to follow Jesus—they just use what they have. No matter what type of water they are immersed in, the same result follows!

16Apr

Miracle Baby

So often I feel like I’m reading the book of Acts when I receive the monthly newsletters from our missionaries in India. Miracles seem to be a very common occurrence for them. It’s like miracles and salvation go hand in hand.

Picture of woman in Kenya being baptized in muddy water

03Jan

Muddy Hole Cleanses Soul

Would you be willing to be baptized in a mud hole? Cleophas, our national missionary in Kenya, found two believers who cared more about cleanness of their souls than the cleanness of their clothes!

Picture of mobile missionary on motorcycle

29Oct

Ministry on Wheels

I’m pretty sure the “Return to Jesus” sign on the motorcycle above is meant to be a witness—and not an indication of where the rider will soon be headed with that massive load! Such sights are quite familiar in Kenya, as well as in just about every developing country in the world these days. Small, inexpensive motorcycles haul everything you can imagine in such places, empowering small businesses—and the spread of the gospel.

Picture of missionary sharing gospel tract and new testament

02Aug

The Name to Be Feared

“Tamang.” Mere mention of that name brought fear to many, including the man’s own mother, whom he would often beat violently.

15Mar

When God Used Buddha

He stood there, frozen and strangely insistent. But he was, after all, just a statue—a massive, imposing figure of Buddha, clad in gold—pointing a long golden finger out over a city far below. "I know that statue, and the city I’m being told to go to," thought Khamh Lian Thang the next day as he relived his vivid dream from the night before. He knew he needed to obey this calling on his life, despite the many people, including his family and friends, whom he knew would be begging him not to go.

01Mar