August 2010 - INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN FINANCE by Ian Burness
INTRODUCTIONMoney is a commodity we all have to handle, whether in daily employment or in Christian service. It brings temptations and risks from which no one i ...
August 2010 - THE CAMBODIAN CHURCH by Glenn Miles
Glenn and his wife Siobhan served in refugee camps on the Thai/Cambodian border in the 1980s, in Cambodia in a slum ministry in the early 1990s and later in Cam ...
August 2010 - HOPE FOR THE SICK AND DYING by Dennis and Sheila Eaton (Malawi)
Dennis and Sheila work in a remote rural community in Malawi. They are involved in home-based care, children’s work, Bible teaching, discipleship, evangelism an ...
August 2010 - THAILAND - LAND OF SMILES?
Thailand - Land of Smiles? Not at the moment. In fact, the country is becoming divided and polarised, and feelings run high at the mention of the words ‘politic ...
August 2010 - THE UZÈS BOOKSHOP by John Hanley (France)
John and Ruth were individually commended in 1960 to work among Muslims. They married in Eritrea, in 1963. Christian bookshops have been a part of their work, a ...
July 2010 - THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH (Hab. 2:4) by Coen Scholtz (Republic of South Africa)
Coen and his wife Suria are a South African couple. They have been involved in rural church-planting and now focus on training and supporting Africans to serve ...
July 2010 - CULTURAL ADAPTATION IN THE ARAB WORLD
Temperatures in the shade were well in excess of 40°C and we couldn’t eat or drink in public as it was Ramadan, a month of fasting during daylight hours. We had ...
July 2010 - AN UPDATE FROM HAITI by Sharyn Branson (Canada)
Sharyn and Paul Branson were commended to the Dominican Republic by Saanichton Bible Fellowship in British Columbia in 2008. They have two adopted children, Noa ...
July 2010 - CELEBRATION AT KUITO, ANGOLA by Frank Horton
Frank and Anne-Marie (USA) worked in France with IFES, then in Switzerland with Emmaus Bible and Missionary Training Institute, from 1952 until retirement in 19 ...
June 2010 - ZAMBIA - MY FIRST YEAR by Julie-Rachel Elwood
Commended from Newtownabbey in 2009, Julie-Rachel is a nurse/midwife at Chitokoloki Hospital.
The importance of a clear callIn 2002 I made my first trip to Zam ...
June 2010 - CALLED TO MOZAMBIQUE by John Symons
John and Gwyneth served the Lord in Zambia from 2001-2009. Part of their work involved supporting Zambian mission workers in Mozambique, and this article tells ...
June 2010 - THE HILL TRIBES OF NORTHERN THAILAND by Dr Geoffrey Atkinson
IntroductionThe hill tribes are mostly remnants of peoples who, in antiquity, were driven off their lands and scattered by more numerous or more aggressive peop ...
May 2010 - COMPASSION AND CARE IN MISSION by Timothy Beer
INTRODUCTIONAfrica is a continent of great need, where poverty strikes all age groups. Most people are aware of Africa’s struggles with the HIV epidemic and mal ...
May 2010 - LUBUMBASHI DEAF SCHOOL by Senga Lake
Senga and her husband Keith served as mission workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1979-94.
History and backgroundThe Ephphatha School in Lubumbash ...
May 2010 - COMPASSION IN ACTION
Briand has an itinerant ministry, Bible teaching and counselling in the French-speaking world.
“He has appointed Me to bring good news...to release the oppress ...
May 2010 - CENTRE DE LA SANTÉ, BENIN by Caroline Rawson (UK)
Caroline (Exmouth) went to Kalene Hospital, Zambia, as a short-term worker in 2006 and visited Benin in 2009.
It was my privilege to be able to visit the Centr ...
April 2010 - VISIT TO CUBA by Andrew Glasscock (Spain)
Andrew is the son of Tim and Elena Glasscock, workers in Spain.
Establishing LinksIn February 2009, Amable Morales (an elder from the Vallecas assembly in Madr ...
April 2010 - MAMBILIMA MISSION MINISTRIES by Robert Muir (Zambia)
Robert and his wife Margaret are both from Fife, in Scotland. Robert took early retirement in 1994 and went to Luanza (Dem. Rep. of Congo), where Margaret was w ...
April 2010 - DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING IN AFRICA by David Lukama (Zambia)
David and his wife Nanna (Faroe Islands) serve the Lord in Zambia. They have three young sons: Josiah, Micah and Ezra.
GLO Zambia provides a one-year disciples ...
April 2010 - CHURCH PLANTING IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND by David Wilson (USA)
David and his wife Beth are from the USA and have served the Lord in the Republic of Ireland since 1997.
Church plantingWhat is ‘church planting’? We know this ...
April 2010 - DISCIPLESHIP AND TRANSFORMATION by Jo Grove (Zambia)
Jo and her husband Stephen work at Chingola in mission maintenance and support, youth work and discipleship, and teaching at Amano Christian School.
About thre ...
March 2010 - 'WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD' by Peter Ferry
The world of the Bible was conscious of the spirit world. From Genesis to Revelation Satan is at work, always the enemy of the people of God. We see him in Eden ...
March 2010 - DISABLED CHILDREN IN ZAMBIA by Becky Wright
Becky is an occupational therapist and her husband John is a carpenter/builder. They have visited mission stations in Zambia over the last few years giving prac ...
March 2010 - MALAWI SHORT-TERM by David Conn
David was commended from Scrabo Hall, Newtownards, Northern Ireland, in August 2009 to serve in Malawi for a year.
I first went to Malawi with a friend for a t ...
March 2010 - GREECE by John Spyralatos
John and his wife Salome, from the USA, have served in Greece since 1986.
When we think of Greece we are forced to travel through many time frames, one of the ...
March 2010 - EQUIPPING CHRISTIAN LEADERS by John Lewis
John is a Director/Trustee of OPAL Trust, and is responsible for developing literature sales around the world, working closely with authors and publishers.
Goo ...
February 2010 - REFUGEES IN EASTERN CONGO by Peter Andrews
BackgroundHistory has not been kind to Congo! From 1885, the country was under the ‘ownership’ of King Leopold II of Belgium, who looted the land for 30 years. ...
February 2010 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA by Ian Burness
New Guinea is the second largest island in the world, the eastern half of which is called Papua New Guinea (PNG). During the colonial era, the western half of t ...
February 2010 - THE TRAINING AND NURTURING OF INDIGENOUS WORKERS by Walter Alexander (Brazil)
The importance of training and nurturing indigenous workers must not be underestimated. Often I have been delighted to see a Brazilian fellow-worker at my side. ...
February 2010 - ETHIOPIA - LAND OF SURPRISES by Howard Peebles
Mention of the country of Ethiopia brings to mind images of barren wastelands, deprivation, poverty, famine and, of course, Bob Geldof. It was with thoughts lik ...
February 2010 - CHRISTIAN BOOKS IN ARABIC by Malcolm Coombes
“Tut-tut,” a friend said to me, “surely, the Scriptures are all you need to stock in your literature depot.” Then another friend joined in the conversation rema ...
January 2010 - REACHING THE MARGINALISED IN THAILAND by Rupert Abbott
Rupert and Janet originally worked in Pakistan, but relocated to Thailand in 2004. As well as his church leadership responsibility in Chiang Mai, Rupert has a m ...
January 2010 - SOMETHING FROM NOTHING IN 19 YEARS by Peter and Riitta Hedley
These past 19 years of evangelistic endeavour in Albania have been rich in blessing. Permit us to flesh out this encouraging period with general observations ab ...
January 2010 - AIDS IN BOTSWANA by Dr Clark Logan
The medical perspectiveWhen Hazel and I joined Jim and Irene Legge in Botswana in 1982, the medical condition we now call AIDS was unknown. Every week the four ...
January 2010 - URBAN CHURCH PLANTING IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA by Dr Brian Killins
Colombia is a ‘normal’ emerging country of about 44 million people. The infamous drug-trafficking is being reduced with US help. Colombian coffee is superior to ...
January 2010 - MYANMAR HARVEST AFTER THE CYCLONE by John Gamble
John is a Trustee at Interlink, Scotland.
On 4th May 2008 Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar. In Yangon it caused much damage and in the Irrawaddy Delta region ther ...
December 2009 - HOPE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION by John Speirs
John is the European Coordinator for GLO Europe, based in Motherwell, Scotland.
Give them credit!(1 Tim. 4:12,13)Over the years I have often been saddened to h ...
December 2009 - CHRISTMAS - WHERE IT ALL BEGAN...by George and Ros Khalil (Israel)
George and Ros are based in Nazareth, where George is involved with Arabic Emmaus work.
How do you imagine the first Christmas? Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus ...
December 2009 - OPPORTUNITIES AT CHRISTMAS IN JAPAN by Ken Cowell
Japan has a well-known reputation for adopting things from Western culture, and Christmas is no exception. It usually adapts what it adopts, so Christmas has a ...
December 2009 - MAMBILIMA 2008 - HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL by Robert Muir (Zambia)
Robert and his wife Margaret, both from Fife, in Scotland, served in Mambilima, Zambia, before returning to the UK in 2005. Robert is now a Trustee of Interlink ...
December 2009 - GOSPEL BROADCASTING IN PORTUGUESE by Nigel and Eunice Foundling (Southampton)
Although Alf and Clella Poland have now gone Home to be with the Lord, the work they began is very much alive and well! www.contosepontos.pt is the website Alf ...
November 2009 - WORKING WITH STREET CHILDREN IN CHINGOLA by Deborah Cole (Zambia)
Deborah comes from Limavady, Northern Ireland, and is a primary school teacher. Now a teacher at Amano Christian School, she and her husband Philip are also inv ...
November 2009 - SHAPING THE LIVES OF MISSIONARY CHILDREN by Angie Dodds
Angie served at Hebron School, India, with her husband Paul from 1996 until September this year. She shares the lessons from her long experience of working wi ...
November 2009 - THE CHURCHES AMONG THE CHATEAUX by Geoff Cawston (France)
Surprisingly, the Pays de la Loire region of France, which stretches from the Atlantic Coast along the Loire Valley and up to Normandy, is as big as Albania i ...
November 2009 - THE NEXT GENERATION - FROM MK TO MISSIONARY
Stephen Grove, Heather McMeekin, Kirsten Lake and Peter Mead share how God has shaped their lives and led into Christian ministry.
Zambia and backFrom the ag ...
October 2009 - THE NEXT GENERATION IN ACTION - Summer Teams by Allison Hill (GLO)
Short-term mission teams have been at the heart of the ministry of Gospel Literature Outreach (GLO) for over 30 years. This year there have been 19 teams runnin ...
September 2009 - OPEN DOORS IN MADAGASCAR by Colin Crow
Colin has served in France since 1969. As well as preaching and teaching in French churches, he is involved with the assemblies' national service committee and, ...
September 2009 - BRINGING THE GOSPEL TO WORKERS IN MACAU by Pang Loo Yit
Pang Loo Yit, from Kuantan, Pahang, West Malaysia, was converted through the ministry of Eric and Cheng Kim Kirton, and is now serving in Macau.
I grew up with ...