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 Global Partners missionary* to South Eastern Europe | Jul 25, 2019 | Transforming Lives
We know that it is impossible for us to reach entire cities and countries on our own, but what if we invest in those who can? This past June, we held a training session called “Teaching Beyond” for English teachers in our area. We originally expected to train 10-20...
by a Global Partners missionary* living among the Fotizo people in the Turkic-Arabic Area | Jan 24, 2019 | Transforming Lives
It had been quite a while since I had met with “The Chef.”* I wasn’t sure what to expect. This is a young man who accepted Christ early in 2017. As it turns out, God had The Chef on quite a journey. In the previous months, he had been sent to Africa as a cultural...
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...
by a Global Partners missionary* living among the Fotizo people in the Turkic-Arabic Area | Aug 22, 2018 | Transforming Lives
We had been talking for about 30 minutes before I noticed it. My friend was wearing a beaded bracelet that, at first thought, I assumed her son had made. I asked her if the bracelet was new, and I reached out to touch it. Giving it a closer look, I realized that it...
