Assassination can’t stop VBS
Before leaving on a weeklong trip to Haiti, a Tennessee mission team prepared for possible emergencies — from road-blocking protests to an outbreak of COVID-19.…
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Presidential assassination in Haiti fails to stop VBS
A presidential assassination in Haiti has shut down airports and raised tensions in the already troubled Caribbean nation. But it hasn’t stopped Vacation Bible School.…
Voices only: Hymns and prayers for a troubled Eswatini
Welcome to Voices only. Each week we scour the internet to bring you the best a cappella videos we can find. This week I'm featuring…
Water and life
NEYBA, Dominican Republic — Manuel Aquino Castro has a hard time giving up — on people, on churches, on his country. Or on his motorbike. That’s…
Eileen Emch, longtime missionary to Russia, dies at 68
Eileen Emch, a self-described "Amerikanka" who served as a missionary in Russia for 22 years, died unexpectedly in her sleep, friends from her supporting congregation…
In Canada, a reckoning after remains of 215 Indigenous children are found
At age 6, Brenda Cyr was taken from her family and forced to live at a church-run residential school — part of a 120-year Canadian government…
Pandemic claims ministry leader in Pakistan
Pakistan, home to 216 million souls, hadn’t at press time experienced the wave of infections and deaths besetting its eastern neighbor, India. But cases of…
‘Miracles’ in the pandemic
The love of Jesus compelled Sonia Madiki to teach women to sew. Now the program she launched a decade ago has become a lifeline for…
Around the World, June 2021
Featured image (above): Spiritual therapy at rehab center results in baptisms José David Alcerro prays for 27 new believers at a rehabilitation center in Matiguás, Nicaragua.…
A pandemic of prayer for India
‘We are immersed in fire. It is like watching an apocalyptic movie.” That’s how Dr. Mani Pagidipalli describes his home country of India, which topped…
