It takes a lot of work to plant a new congregation in an area without any Seventh-day Adventists. An integral part of the groundwork is to discover the people’s needs—and the only way to do that is to meet people in their homes, on the street and in the marketplace, befriending them as Jesus did. Jesus “mingled freely…” Acts of …
In every country we have visited, nearly everyone yearns for the same precious gift: a Bible. In Africa, we handed out hundreds of Bibles after a baptism. As each new believer received their own Bible, their faces lighted up with holy joy! They acted as if we had placed a treasure chest in their hands, full of gold and precious …
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4. The word translated “mourn” denotes an intense sorrow: not just the grief we feel over a tragedy, but the deep heart sorrow our sins and imperfections should cause us. (See Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 9.) The only way for us as humans to experience such deep …
When presented with truth, Howard faces a difficult choice.
“‘All things are for your sakes,’ he said, ‘that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.’ Not for self-aggrandizement did the apostles preach the gospel. It was the hope of saving souls that led them to devote their lives to this work. And it was this hope that kept them from ceasing …
Messenger FM radio rouses a community into action. “Pastor, come and pray for these people.” Judith Nahabwe, a family friend and staff member at the Bushenyi Adventist Hospital stopped me one day. My wife and I followed Judith to a hospital room and a heart-breaking scene: a couple crying tears over three tiny babies in desperate need of nourishment. My …
Look at what has been completed this year through your gifts to Mission Projects International! Churches erected, wells drilled, Bible studies given, people baptized. We hope the pictures help you connect with the work on a personal level, because here’s the reality: These things would not have happened without you. It is the blessings that you share that keep this …
A desperate family struggles to keep their newest babies alive.
God sends Bible workers to intervene on behalf of a demon-possessed girl.
A woman decides to investigate her husband’s sudden change of mind.
