by Grace Ensz, missionary to Brazil | Jul 25, 2019 | Advancing Church, Transforming Lives
Would they come? . . . Would learning how to inductively study the Bible draw anybody? . . . These questions lingered in my mind as preparations went forward for the first women’s conference held in Manaus, Brazil. When uncertainties almost led to cancelling the...
by a missionary* serving in East Asia | Jun 27, 2019 | Advancing Church
While our East Asia medical team was arriving for a short-term trip to another Asian country, four Christians, including one foreigner, had just been arrested for violating the new anti-evangelism law in that country. After preparing our medical team to pray for the...
by Pastor Zdenko Jovisic, Split, Croatia, Europe | May 30, 2019 | Advancing Church, Generous Giving
The Wesleyan Church’s history in the country of Croatia is not a long one. It started with Global Partners missionaries Kent and Cheri Pickslay who came to Croatia in 1993. I believe that this article was only possible to write because of the Picksleys’ obedience to...
by Matt Aukerman, missionary to Albania | Jan 24, 2019 | Advancing Church
The adjacent villages of Xhafzotaj and Rrashbull have always been just a short bus ride from Durres; they just haven’t always been on our radar. But when a man from Xhafzotaj visited our weekly worship time, we made a new friend from that small town. Then a family,...
by John Croft, Director of the JESUS Film Partnership | Oct 5, 2018 | Advancing Church, Transforming Lives
Over the past two years, an increasing number of our international fields with JESUS film teams have become self-supporting ministries. They are no longer supported financially by the JESUS Film Partnership. This is an encouraging trend from a missional perspective....
by The Bangladesh Wesleyan Church National Leader* | Oct 4, 2018 | Advancing Church, Transforming Lives
In 2012 The Wesleyan Church was officially established in Bangladesh with the goal to spread the good news of salvation among nonbelievers. The national church initially started with 11 churches and has currently grown to 50 churches with about 95% of its church...
