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A special delivery

This happened in a country with many refugees from war-torn Middle Eastern countries.  One afternoon, I (Carlos) was walking and praying through my adopted city of 4 million people. The Lord prompted me to go to an area where a group of migrant workers live in tents... Read more

Breaking the red lights

Sanjay and his wife prayed one more time before entering the infamous village. Everyone knew a man would only enter the Indian village of Acha Nagar for one reason, and an honorable man would not. But to a church planter like Sanjay, the village’s reputation... Read more

When the Bible circled the moon

In December 1968, the world was in great need of a message of hope and peace. It had been a tumultuous year. War. Assassinations. Riots. That Christmas Eve, the world witnessed history. The Apollo 8 spacecraft with its three-man crew became the first manned spacecraft... Read more

Friendship and a new Book

Growing up in predominantly Muslim Bangladesh, Fedu’s life was permeated by Islam. His father was an imam, and his grandfather told him stories of pilgrimages to Mecca. Fedu studied at an Islamic school, and, like his father and three brothers, became a Muslim scholar... Read more

Captives now belong to Jesus

Omar* and Jayda* decided that it was time to leave their city in Iran. For two years they had discussed how to get to Europe. The situation in their city got worse every week. Poverty, violence and constant instability made the future bleak. After borrowing from their... Read more

I would never be a Christian

Pastor Vachna grew up in Neak Loeung, a market town on the Mekong River, about 40 miles southeast of Phnom Penh. In 2001 a small team of OMF missionaries began working there, starting the music classes that drew Vachna to the church. After studying at the Royal... Read more