Death by the Spirits
Words of comfort win a sorrowing mother.
Words of comfort win a sorrowing mother.
A young girl’s prayer stirs the missionaries’ hearts.
A pastor’s failed prediction of doom sparks an entire congregation’s journey to truth. When Joseph was born into a poor but devoted Pentecostal family in the village of Kakinga, his parents were unprepared for his serious—even life threatening—birth defect that affected his gastro-intestinal tract. Before seeking medical intervention, Joseph’s father approached their popular Pentecostal leader, Pastor Dickson. Many people claimed …
The potential of opening a school where God’s Word would be the foundation of all teachings brought great joy among the Adventist believers—and this year they saw their hopes fulfilled in the construction of a Seventh-day Adventist school in the southern Ethiopian city of Hadero. The school opened with 40 students, but today more than 400 have enrolled. With such …
Jesus startled the masses on the mountainside as He opened to them the first steps in becoming subjects of His new kingdom. “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3. The people listened spellbound as the Holy Spirit unfolded to them the meaning of Christ’s words. In Christ’s days, the religious leaders believed …
A community health event gathers interest. Gualchan is a blessed community in Ecuador, surrounded with an abundance of water, food sources, pure air, and nature. But this year’s week of prayer and health initiative met a real physical and spiritual need in the community. Our team visited each house in Gualchan to advertise the two events, and we hired a …
God answers the unspoken prayer of a man who desperately needs vision. While my brother and I were twins, we were nothing alike. My brother’s personality was obliging, while I always questioned authority. He excelled in school, while I floundered—for I simply couldn’t read more than a few words at a time. Attempts to improve my perceived learning disability left …
An evangelist airs a radio broadcast from a tree in his yard. Messenger FM radio has extended its broadcast to the internet for online listeners. This was good news to Amos Kamuntu, a lay evangelist from Nakivale (a refugee settlement in Uganda). “God answered my prayers when He enabled Messenger FM radio [to] broadcast online,” Amos says. He lives too …
Dorla’s marriage is completely broken. Then someone invites her family to church, and life changes radically. Our home life was chaos, and I felt helpless to improve it. My husband and I had so many barriers between us that it seemed nothing could reconcile us. Separation seemed imminent. Then someone invited us to attend the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and we …
A village chief becomes a powerful soul winner!