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MissionsBox: Good News of What Nonprofits Around the World Are Doing

News, essays and press releases on MissionsBox.org provide our readers with insights and prayer points into how nonprofits, faith-based organizations, government entities and other relevant people are responding to the world around them that’s often filled with negative news.

Recent News

8 Ways to Pray for Our Nation’s Leaders

January 15, 2021January 14, 2021 /Leave a comment
How should we pray for our nation’s leaders? Here are a few suggestions around which believers should be able to unite.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States is about to undergo changes in leadership at multiple levels. We will soon have a new President and Vice President, a new Congress, and new Cabinet members, advisors, and department heads. Each of these people will face challenges, the...
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Emergency Field Hospital Takes Shape in Los Angeles County

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 /Leave a comment
Samaritan’s Purse is preparing to open an Emergency Field Hospital in Lancaster, California, to care for people suffering from COVID-19.
CALIFORNIA — Samaritan’s Purse is preparing to open an Emergency Field Hospital in Lancaster, California, to care for people suffering from COVID-19. A Disaster Assistance Response Team is already on the ground, with more personnel en route. On January 11, 2021 their DC-8 cargo jet...
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How Should We Prepare for the Inauguration?

January 14, 2021 /Leave a comment
God hears us when we pray - so, let us begin right now to intercede for our leaders on Inauguration Day and all the days thereafter.
WASHINGTON, DC – Preparations for the President-elect to take the Presidential Oath of Office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building at noon on January 20 are underway. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of...
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SAT-7 Launches First Programmes from Tunisia

January 14, 2021January 12, 2021 /Leave a comment
SAT-7 launched their first ever broadcasts from Tunisia, starting with a television show highlighting the Christian meaning behind Christmas
TUNISIA — SAT-7 have launched their first ever broadcasts from the North African country of Tunisia, starting with a television show highlighting the Christian meaning behind Christmas. More shows are planned for this year including a discussion programme called Standard Talk. George Makeen, SAT-7 Arabic...
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North Korea: Balloons with Bibles Banned

January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 /Leave a comment
This new South Korea law will have a direct impact on Voice of the Martyrs Korea's ministry of using balloons to get Bibles into North Korea.
NORTH KOREA — Earlier this month the South Korean goverment passed a law that makes it illegal to send anything considered anti-North Korean into the so called "Hermit Kingdom". This new law will have a direct impact on The Voice of the Martyrs Korea's ministry...
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New Hope for the Children in the Kibera Slum

January 13, 2021January 11, 2021 /Leave a comment
The New Hope Initiative is a faith-based, non-profit organization desiring to bring change to slum communities of the world in extreme poverty
KINGWOOD, TX – The New Hope Initiative (NHI) is a faith-based, non-profit organization that has a compelling desire to bring real positive change to some of the poorest communities in the world, according to their website. Photo by Colin Crowley, Wikimedia...
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Lord, Bless the BLESS Foundation

January 12, 2021January 11, 2021 /Leave a comment
The BLESS Foundation is dedicated to raising funds to support faith based organizations that work to reach the unreached with the Gospel
LAKEWAY, TX – The BLESS Foundation is a Christian FBO dedicated to raising funds to support the projects of other faith-based organizations that are working among people who have not been reached with the good news of Jesus Christ. Photo by...
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Open Doors’ 2021 World Watch List to Reveal How COVID and Technology Accelerate Spread of Anti-Religious Bigotry; Digital Press Conference, Jan 13

January 12, 2021 /Leave a comment
The confluence of COVID and technology in 2020 had ominous consequences for the spread of Christian Persecution worldwide.
SANTA ANA, CA — This week, persecution watchdog Open Doors USA will announce the 2021 World Watch List, its anticipated annual ranking of the top 50 countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian – and provide a surprising update on significant shifts...
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Secret Field Worker Supports North Korean Christians

January 12, 2021January 7, 2021 /Leave a comment
Peter (not his real name) – is among the extremely courageous Open Doors workers who work with North Korean Christians
CHINA — Since 2002, North Korea has been the place where Christians face the most extreme persecution. In response Open Doors secret fieldworkers are supporting Christians who've managed to flee to China, through underground networks. Across the river from North Korea, in China, they run...
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First Devotional Available for Chaplains Out on Disaster Relief

January 11, 2021January 7, 2021 /Leave a comment
How much more important is it for disaster relief chaplains to meet the spiritual needs of those volunteering on his or her crew?
ENUMCLAW, WA — If resources are available for disaster relief teams to meet the needs of those facing the crises, how much more important is it for disaster relief chaplains to meet the spiritual needs of those volunteering on his or her crew? With the...
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6 Ways to Remember Persecuted Christians in 2021

January 11, 2021January 7, 2021 /Leave a comment
As Christians are increasingly persecuted worldwide, many of us are looking for ways to connect with those who suffer for their faith.
FALLS CHURCH, VA — As Christians face rising persecution worldwide, many of us are looking for ways to connect with those who suffer for their faith. Christian Freedom International – which helps persecuted Christians – has a few ideas. In hostile regions of the world,...
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Life.Church Celebrates First 25 Years of Ministry: Oklahoma Church Grows from Two-car Garage to Global Reach

January 8, 2021January 7, 2021 /Leave a comment
Life.Church celebrates its first 25 years of ministry which began in 1996, the local church launched in a two-car garage in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA — This week, Life.Church celebrates its first 25 years of ministry and the story that began in 1996. The local church launched in a two-car garage in Oklahoma and has since grown to 36 locations in 11 states, in addition to a global reach...
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Hellenic Ministries – Getting the Gospel to Greece

January 8, 2021January 6, 2021 /Leave a comment
Hellenic Ministries incorporates nearly a dozen different initiatives to share the gospel with the people of Greece.
ATHENS — Hellenic Ministries incorporates nearly a dozen different initiatives to share the gospel with the people of Greece. Many of us don’t give Greece a second thought when it comes to global evangelism. But would you believe that less than 1% of the people...
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Tent Schools International

January 7, 2021January 6, 2021 /Leave a comment
Tent Schools International demonstrates the love of Jesus Christ for displaced children by providing safe, compassionate learning environments
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Tent Schools International (TSI) demonstrates the love of Jesus Christ for displaced children “by making education accessible, exchanging chaos and loss for peace and opportunity.” ...
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Amid Lockdown Restrictions, UK Drive-in Carol Service Stops the Traffic

January 7, 2021January 6, 2021 /Leave a comment
Amid increasing lockdown restrictions many churches across the England are using creative venues like these to celebrate the birth of Christ.
ENGLAND — When a church in the North of England decided hosted a drive in carol service at their local supermarket car park they had so many people arrive they had to turn some drivers away; in the midst of increasing lockdown restrictions many churches...
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seeJesus – A Global Discipling Mission

January 6, 2021January 5, 2021 /Leave a comment
The mission of seeJesus is to help people rekindle love for Jesus, desire to imitate Him, & real, working communion with the Father
TELFORD, PA – Paul E. Miller founded the seeJesus movement in 1999, soon after he had received his Master of Divinity degree. Two decades later, this global discipleship mission is active in more than 30 countries. The mission of seeJesus is to help churches and...
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Sharing Jesus at the Global Gates

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 /Leave a comment
Global Gates is focusing on what the world is becoming - Nowhere is there a greater concentration of unreached peoples than in cities.
NEW YORK CITY – Global Gates shares with us a great desire to reach the unreached people of this world who have waited for the hope of salvation in Jesus Christ. While obstacles of all sorts many times stand in our way, the Lord has...
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Serving Fleeing Families in Armenia

January 5, 2021January 4, 2021 /Leave a comment
Samaritan’s Purse is in Armenia serving alongside Christian charity Mission Eurasia to provide tons of warm clothing and blankets
ARMENIA — Samaritan’s Purse is in Armenia working alongside Christian charity Mission Eurasia and their church partners on the ground to provide tons of warm clothing and blankets to help families who are fleeing war and need to prepare for the oncoming winter. [video width="1352"...
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Serving Hurting Families in Azerbaijan

January 4, 2021December 29, 2020 /Leave a comment
Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in Azerbaijan serving people who have lost homes and loved ones due to ongoing conflict in the war-torn country
AZERBAIJAN — Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in Azerbaijan serving people who have lost homes and loved ones due to ongoing conflict in the war-torn country. Edward Graham brings this update from the ground in the city of Ganja. [video width="1352" height="720" poster="https://missionsbox.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/serving-hurting-families-azerbaijan.png" mp4="https://missionsbox.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Serving-Hurting-Families-in-Azerbaijan.mp4"...
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Violent Attacks and Abductions Continue in Northern Nigeria

January 4, 2021December 29, 2020 /Leave a comment
Armed men attacked the Karji suburb in Nigeria & abducted daughters of a pastor & two others, one of whom had been displaced by violence.
NIGERIA — According to reports from Christian Solidarity Worldwide armed men attacked the Karji suburb of Kaduna City in Northern Nigeria last month and abducted five daughters of a local church pastor and two other individuals, one of whom had been displaced by violence. The...
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Quotes

Roderick Davis Quote

January 18, 2019 /Leave a comment
“Love is the root of missions; sacrifice is the fruit of missions.” —Roderick Davis, missionary to Kenya

Essays

We all know what happens with New Years resolutions -they seldom result in the permanent behavior modifications we originally hoped.

Resolved to Make No New Year’s Resolutions

December 31, 2020 /Leave a comment
Here we are facing the final days of 2020. Many look forward to disposing of the past year’s calendar and replacing it with one they hope will bring better things. We tend to develop a...
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When you celebrate Jesus’ birth this Christmas, please remember why he came, & share the good news just like shepherd did when Jesus was born

I Am No Ordinary Shepherd

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 /Leave a comment
My name is David. I am a shepherd in the service of the temple. The other shepherds and I watch over the sheep during the night on the fields outside of Jerusalem, not too far...
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Vladimir Miskevich shares about a grieving Russian mother who has kept an Immanuel's Child "Star of Bethlehem" ornament for 15 years

Small Star, Bright Light in Russia

December 22, 2020 /Leave a comment
Vladimir Miskevich, a Russian pastor who now serves as Chief Administrator of the Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, shares a moving story about a grieving Russian mother who has kept an Immanuel's Child "Star of...
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I find it quite odd that two words so closely related have come to paint entirely different pictures in our minds - "Advent" & "Adventure."

The Great Advent-ure

December 14, 2020 /Leave a comment
I find it quite odd that two words so closely related, one the root of the other, have come to paint entirely different pictures in our minds. Those words are "Advent" and "Adventure." Speak the...
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Samuel Rodriguez shares on the pain & suffering amid the Coronavirus pandemic, and the assurance of God's care for us in the midst of it all.

Samuel Rodriguez Says You Can Thrive Through Your Pain | Charisma

December 11, 2020December 8, 2020 /Leave a comment
SACRAMENTO, CA — Samuel Rodriguez, lead pastor of New Season Christian Worship Center in Sacramento, California, and president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference shares on our experience with pain and suffering amid the...
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Thanksgiving is not just a holiday - It is the heart attitude with which we enter Heaven, It is what we do before we face troubles and trials

Thanksgiving Can Be Tough in Times Like These

November 22, 2020 /Leave a comment
GFA World, founded by KP Yohannan, reports on the massive challenge of reducing extreme poverty worldwide - through providing education.

Fighting Extreme Poverty with Ideas & Education that Imparts Values

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 /Leave a comment
GFA World, founded by KP Yohannan, reports on the horrific realities girls face, child marriage, trafficking, & the redemption that God brings

Rewriting the Tragedies of Girlhood

October 16, 2020 /Leave a comment
Shaya Ben-Yehuda, managing director of international relations at Yad Vashem, shares regarding the incredible true story of Corrie Ten Boom.

The Incredible Story of Corrie ten Boom | Washington Examiner

October 10, 2020October 9, 2020 /Leave a comment
The United Nations General Assembly declared the second day of October as the International Day of Non-Violence, observed since 2007

International Day of Non-Violence: October 2nd Conundrum or Oxymoron?

October 1, 2020September 24, 2020 /Leave a comment
Nurses who worked in the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in New York saw God’s faithfulness during a global crisis in COVID 19

Two Nurses Describe Fighting COVID-19 in New York City

August 21, 2020 /Leave a comment
GFA World, founded by KP Yohannan, issued this Special Report on winning the ancient conflict against the mosquito and vector-borne diseases.

Are We Winning the Ancient Battle Between Man and Mosquito?

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 /Leave a comment
Former US Army Special Forces David Eubank seeks to inspire people to love others at all costs, following the lessons learned at Mosul, Iraq

Loving at All Costs Throughout the Fierce Battle for Mosul

August 19, 2020 /Leave a comment
While each step of the supply chain is important, there is none more pressing than delivering through the "Last Mile of Need."

How Churches Are Filling the Gaps in the “Last Mile of Need”

August 19, 2020August 18, 2020 /Leave a comment
When the COVID 19 outbreak began, for most it was an unknown disease, in off China. For me, it didn’t affect my day-to-day, so I dismissed it

Gospel for Asia Canada Ponders Community Life During COVID-19 Isolation

August 18, 2020August 17, 2020 /Leave a comment
God has placed me in a stressful training these past months by allowing silence, not giving answers and asking me not to run, but to rest

In the Silence

August 12, 2020August 13, 2020 /Leave a comment
There are effective means of replacing anxiety with peace and of providing for the pressing needs of the people who have fallen prey to the pandemic.

Pandemic Anxiety – What Can We Do?

August 3, 2020 /Leave a comment
Gospel for Asia (GFA World and affiliates like Gospel for Asia Canada) founded by Dr. K.P. Yohannan: Gospel for Asia's ministry shown through YouTube videos.

Experience Glimpses of Gospel for Asia’s Ministry on YouTube

July 31, 2020July 30, 2020 /Leave a comment
Faith-based organizations, such as churches and nonprofit ministries, must evolve the way they communicate to engage the "COVID generation"

Faith-based Groups ‘Must Evolve Messaging’ to Engage ‘COVID Generation’

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 /Leave a comment
Seems we have arrived at a time where social media makes it the time to revise the quote: Our character is what we do when we think no one else is looking

Walking in the Spirit in the World of Social Media

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 /Leave a comment
GFA issued a Special Report update on the ongoing global water crisis, highlighting tap water safety problems in the USA, and clean water challenges in Asia

Don’t Drink the Water!

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 /Leave a comment
David Jeremiah shares his reflection on David, the fathers of the Bible, and longing for the Father this Father's day season.

Advice for Fellow Fathers: Seek the Father — David Jeremiah Voices | Christian Post

June 25, 2020 /Leave a comment
Reinhard Bonnke has gifted the church with a number of beautiful worship songs framed around Spirit-filled poetry that he penned over the years.

The Heart of Soul-Winner Gifts Glorious Worship Songs to the Church

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 /Leave a comment
Gospel for Asia founder, KP Yohannan, interviewed by Kerby Anderson, talks about the COVID pandemic in South Asia and its effects in India in particular.

KP Yohannan Talks COVID-19 with Kerby Anderson

June 20, 2020June 19, 2020 /Leave a comment
Born in Homs & an evangelical Syrian, Tony Alkhoury is 1 of 450 Syrians in the US on an active student visa. In Arabic, his family name means “the priest.”

How an Evangelical Syrian Spoke at Harvard’s Commencement | Christianity Today

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 /Leave a comment
Samuel Rodriguez, president of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, celebrates President Trump announcement that churches are essential

Spiritual Health of Our Nation is Essential: Rev. Samuel Rodriguez

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 /Leave a comment
Noel Yeatts, President of World Help, is an active advocate for social justice and humanitarian needs around the world, discusses, in light of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, women like Som who are trapped in the chains of poverty and the sex industry.

Poverty Robs Girls of Dignity — Noel Yeatts | Newsmax

June 19, 2020 /Leave a comment
Discussing Asia's marginalized, their misery, & the Gospel for Asia-supported workers' commitment to share the love of Jesus through GFA Compassion Services

Compassion Is More Than Just a Word

June 19, 2020 /Leave a comment
Gospel for Asia (GFA) founded by KP Yohannan, issued a Special Report on the ugly truths of world hunger: Scandal of Starvation

In a World of Plenty Why Is There a Scandal of Starvation?

June 2, 2020June 15, 2020 /Leave a comment
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