Planting new churches in dark areas is both a blessing and a challenge. For an established church, the blessing of church-planting is that all the long-standing members now have work to do in strengthening and grounding new church members in the faith. For the new congregation, the challenge is raising the funds to build a church to worship in on …
Aching hunger is the sad reality of millions of children and adults around the world. A famished person’s only meaningful thought is, “How and what I am going to eat?” Hunger pangs drive people to desperation, and they will do anything to receive nourishment. Their bodies seem to scream out, “Give me food or I will die!” Jesus said, “Blessed …
A family receives the joy and hope of Christ from a Bible worker’s studies. Joel grew up in a non-Christian home where the attitude toward Christianity was extremely negative. His family loved and practiced their traditional African religion, and followed the ways of the ancestors. Because of these influences, Joel was obstructed from observing Christianity during his younger years. The …
Adventist radio reaches an Anglican catechist. Charles Bamutonda was born into a family that professed the Anglican faith. He adopted this religion with sincerity of heart. In fact, his love for God and commitment to serve humanity motivated him to become an Anglican catechist! In his 30 years of service as an Anglican church leader, Charles often interacted with Seventh-day …
Deeply rooted in Africa’s cultural heritage are its traditional animist beliefs. Animism is the belief that non-human entities, such as animals, plants, and even inanimate objects, possess a spiritual essence or soul. Many animist traditions involve the veneration of ancestors, who are believed to exist in a spiritual realm where they have the ability to influence the lives of their …
Darío had little interest in spiritual things, but then God used heartbreak to turn things around. It had been ten years since Darío and Judi were married at her church in Caicedonia, Colombia. Judi was a Seventh-day Adventist and made the 40-minute trip to church every week, but Dario had no interest in spiritual things. Judi had a burden to …
Marco wants help, but he is surprised by where it comes from! My life had become a terrible mess, and I had only myself to blame. My job paid well, but I used only a small portion of my earnings to care for my family. The rest I spent on alcohol, partying and night life. Too late, I realized that …
An earnest believer is torn between two churches—and a single question. Sarah’s small daughter was sick—very sick. She read in Scripture where Jesus answered a mother’s plea to heal her child and decided to make the same request. “Lord, please heal her,” she prayed as she knelt beside her bed for the first time. When her daughter quickly recovered, Sarah …
“When churches are revived, it is because some individual seeks earnestly for the blessing of God. He hungers and thirsts after God, and asks in faith, and receives accordingly. He goes to work in earnest, feeling his great dependence upon the Lord, and souls are aroused to seek for a like blessing…. Personal, individual effort and interest for your friends …
God uses social media to transform a young woman’s outlook. My name is Ashley Ramirez. I attended a Seventh-day Adventist church as a child, mostly because my sisters and grandmother were members there. Honestly, I wasn’t interested in the things of God, but I surrounded myself with distractions to try and fill the emptiness in my heart. And all the …
