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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

Loom International: Introducing African Communities to Continuous Change

February 15, 2021February 9, 2021 /Leave a comment
Loom International is a relatively young, faith-based NGO led by a core group of Christians with expertise in sustainable change.
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Nations Church: Something Great is Coming

February 4, 2021February 3, 2021 /Leave a comment
At the 2021 Fire Conference, Christ for All Nations' (CfaN) President Daniel Kolenda, announced the forthcoming launch of Nations Church
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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InterAct in the North Pacific Crescent

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021 /Leave a comment
InterAct Ministries is based in Boring, Oregon — Nothing about InterAct’s history or ministry, however, is boring.
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...
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Christians Urged to Share Stories of Hope Online

January 27, 2021 /Leave a comment
Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer in the UK launched an online initiative for Christians to offer the hope of Christ during the Covid pandemic
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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