Missions Box: Good News from Nonprofits Worldwide

Loom International: Introducing African Communities to Continuous Change

February 15, 2021February 9, 2021 /Leave a comment

PORTLAND, OR – Loom International is a relatively young, faith-based NGO led by a core group of Christians with expertise in sustainable change. Loom’s operational model, similar in many ways to that of some highly successful for-profit institutions, projects both short and long-term outcomes based...

Pointing the Way to the Great Physician: Medical Missions Outreach

February 12, 2021February 9, 2021 /Leave a comment

Hundreds are finding more than physical healing through Medical Missions Outreach -they find healing for their souls in the Great Physician.

BALTIMORE, MD – Medical Missions Outreach is a ministry established by a local church to send medical teams to serve in collaboration with other local churches around the world. Teams of medical professionals...

The Key of Hope in South Africa

February 10, 2021February 9, 2021 /Leave a comment

Key of Hope is a ministry located where it is most needed to influence the next generations for Christ in the nation of South Africa.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – Dan and Rachel Smither sold their home, their cars, and their furniture to help raise funds to begin the Key of Hope ministry in Durban, South Africa, in 2007. One year later, they had boots – and 16 suitcases – on...

National Conference Emerges ‘Unshakable’ to Save Christian Youth in Lockdown

February 10, 2021February 9, 2021 /Leave a comment

Free conference events as coronavirus lockdown winds down & as youth, young people struggle to maintain & grow their faith during shaky times

NASHVILLE — Leader of a national Christian youth conference announced today that God called him to bring events to five U.S. cities for free starting this spring as the coronavirus pandemic winds down and young people struggle to maintain and grow their faith during shaky...

Nations Church: Something Great is Coming

February 4, 2021February 3, 2021 /Leave a comment

ORLANDO — At the 2021 Fire Conference, Christ for All Nations' (CfaN) President Daniel Kolenda, announced the forthcoming launch of Nations Church! With plans to open in August 2021, Nations Church will be a thriving, life-giving, evangelistically orientated, local church with a focus on serving...

Samaritan’s Purse Continues Fight Against COVID-19 in L.A. County

February 3, 2021February 2, 2021 /Leave a comment

Samaritan’s Purse continues in bringing medical surge capacity to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in Southern California

LANCASTER, CA — Samaritan’s Purse continues to work hand-in-hand with Antelope Valley Hospital in LA County —bringing medical surge capacity to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in Southern California. Their 54-bed unit is not only helping patients, but also bringing urgently needed relief to...

Shepherd’s Men Announces Brasfield & Gorrie’s Five-Year Fundraising Campaign Results

February 3, 2021February 2, 2021 /Leave a comment

In 2016, Brasfield & Gorrie made a 5-year commitment for Shepherd's Men to support the SHARE Military Initiative at the Shepherd Center.

ATLANTA — In 2016, Brasfield & Gorrie made a five-year commitment to fundraise among its employees and subcontractors---for Shepherd's Men to support the SHARE Military Initiative at the Shepherd Center. During this five-year campaign, employees and subcontractors visited the Shepherd Center to see the work...

GFA World Spreads Holiday Cheer Through Food Bank Donations

February 2, 2021February 3, 2021 /Leave a comment

GFA World joins with their community to provide for citizens in need during the COVID pandemic through food bank donations.

STONEY CREEK, ON — GFA World (Gospel for Asia Canada) joins with their community to provide for citizens in need during the COVID pandemic through food bank donations. Imagine if you didn’t have enough money to put food on the table for your family. This...

How ITEC Is Changing Short-Term Missions

February 2, 2021 /Leave a comment

It's amazing how ITEC short term missions trains mature, indigenous Christ-followers with new ways to introduce the Gospel to unbelievers

DUNNELLON, FL – January 8, 2021, marked the 65th anniversary of what, at the time, appeared to be one of the worst missionary tragedies in modern history. Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Peter Flemming, Roger Youderian, and Jim Elliot sacrificed their lives attempting to share the...

Help and Healing in North Carolina

February 1, 2021January 28, 2021 /Leave a comment

Samaritan's Purse medical team is treating Covid patients in North Carolina they are praising God as recovered patients leave their facility

LENOIR, NC — As a Samaritan's Purse medical team is treating Covid-19 patients in western North Carolina at their Emergency Field Hospital in Lenoir they are praising God as they see recovered patients leave their facility. Regina Randolph,...

157 Organizations Honored as ‘2020’s Certified Best Christian Workplaces’

January 29, 2021January 28, 2021 /Leave a comment

Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) honored 157 faith based organizations as Certified Best Christian Workplaces for 2020.

MERCER ISLAND, WA — Today, the Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI) honored 157 faith-based organizations as Certified Best Christian Workplaces for 2020. Says BCWI CEO and Co-founder Al Lopus, "Today, we honor extraordinary organizations whose leaders took a wise, courageous, and necessary step. Faced with...

Congressman Mike Garcia Visits Field Hospital in California

January 29, 2021January 28, 2021 /Leave a comment

U.S. Representative Congressman Mike Garcia has received a tour of the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in Los Angeles County.

LANCASTER, CA — U.S. Representative Mike Garcia has received a tour of the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in Los Angeles County. The mobile unit opened in the parking lot of Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster January 16 and their medical team is treating Covid-19...

Celebrating 40 Years of Service: A Vital Link From One Generation to the Next

January 28, 2021January 27, 2021 /Leave a comment

As Bonnke transitioned out of full-time ministry, Daniel Kolenda, Peter Vandenberg served as link of service from one generation to the next.

ORLANDO — Christ for All Nations (CfaN) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Vice President, Peter Vandenberg, joining the team. Born and raised in Zimbabwe and trained in both engineering and ministry, Peter joined CfaN in 1981 after a chance encounter with the founder, Reinhard...

InterAct in the North Pacific Crescent

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021 /Leave a comment

BORING, OR – InterAct Ministries is based in Boring, Oregon. Nothing about InterAct’s history or ministry, however, is boring. An Unusual Beginning It didn’t take long for John Gillespie and his wife, Nadine, after they arrived in Alaska in 1941, to realize that missionaries there...

Christians Urged to Share Stories of Hope Online

January 27, 2021 /Leave a comment

ENGLAND – January is a notoriously difficult month for many, and the pandemic has only highlighted the struggles individuals and communities are facing. In response the team behind Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer in the UK has launched an online initiative to offer the hope...

24 Christian Leaders Affirm Gospel for Asia’s Integrity & Credibility

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 /Leave a comment

Gospel for Asia and K.P.’s passion for Jesus, love for the unreached, humility, and integrity have set a godly standard for others to follow.

WILLS POINT, TX – K.P. Yohannan and Gospel for Asia (GFA World), the organization he founded in 1979, have served the Lord faithfully in 18 countries in and around South Asia. Self-sacrifice has always been a hallmark of Gospel for Asia, beginning with the founder’s...

Emergency Field Hospital Opens in Southern California

January 25, 2021January 22, 2021 /Leave a comment

Samaritan's Purse has opened an emergency field hospital outside Antelope Valley Hospital California to assist with Covid patients.

LANCASTER, CA — While a patient is dying approximately every six minutes in LA County right now Samaritan's Purse has opened an emergency field hospital in the parking lost of Antelope Valley Hospital to assist them as they become increasingly overwhelmed with Covid patients. Samaritan's...

Peruvian Churches Donate Blood for Cancer Patients

January 22, 2021 /Leave a comment

In Peru, Christian youth recruited volunteers to donate blood, to help save lives and improve the health of sick children amid COVID.

PERU — In Peru, an initiative led by Christian youth, recruited volunteers to donate blood, to help save lives and improve the health of sick children amid COVID. Boys and girls undergoing chemotherapy, and being treated for leukemia, heart surgeries, burns and other medical emergencies...

Field Hospital Will Care for COVID-19 Patients in Western North Carolina

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 /Leave a comment

Samaritan's Purse to receive first patients at their Emergency Field Hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina, in response to rising COVID 19 cases

NORTH CAROLINA — Samaritan's Purse is expected to receive their first patients later this week at their Emergency Field Hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina, in response to rising COVID-19 cases in the region. The 30-bed emergency unit will help support regional medical centers as they...

Serving Special Needs Families Through Family Retreat at Home

January 22, 2021January 20, 2021 /Leave a comment

Coronavirus couldn’t stop Joni & Friends from encouraging special needs families, and provisions were made for Family Retreat at Home.

NEW ENGLAND — Dan and Sandra Rivera were super excited when they heard about Family Retreat taking place in New England. Their sons DeMetrius (19), Nathan (11) and Isaac (6) matched their parents’ excitement. Both DeMetrius and Nathan have global developmental delays, making their day-to-day...