Bishop Daniel Timotheos (Yohannan) Archives

Missionary Movement Expands Across Africa

WILLS POINT, TX — After more than four decades of ministering across Asia a missionary movement is expanding its work across Africa. GFA World is in the process of building a brand new hospital in Rwanda as well as launching children’s education and aid projects and missionary training in Liberia. After 45 years of groundbreaking… Continue reading Missionary Movement Expands Across Africa

Ahead of World Water Day on March 22, GFA World Notes Millions Resort to Filthy Ponds for Drinking Water

’JESUS WELLS’ SAVE LIVES AMID WORLD WATER CRISIS: On World Water Day, March 22, around 2.2 billion people worldwide lack safe drinking water. GFA World supplies some 39 million people with clean water in the world’s poorest and thirstiest regions.

WILLS POINT, TX — Millions across Africa and Asia brace for the annual drought season that could result in catastrophic loss of life in coming months as millions turn to filthy, disease-ridden ponds as a last resort to find drinking water. A heartfelt call to arms comes from the global mission agency GFA World (www.gfa.org)… Continue reading Ahead of World Water Day on March 22, GFA World Notes Millions Resort to Filthy Ponds for Drinking Water

GFA World Extends Missionary Movement to Liberia, West Africa

NEW WAVE OF HOPE ACROSS AFRICA: Texas-based GFA World (www.gfa.org) has launched a new mission base in Liberia, in addition to the construction of a large-scale multi-specialty hospital and training complex in Kigali, Rwanda — a “springboard” for ministry across Africa.

WILLS POINT, TX — After 45 years of groundbreaking ministry in Asia that includes sending out thousands of national missionaries, a U.S.-based mission organization is expanding in Africa. Texas-based GFA World (www.gfa.org) — formerly known as Gospel for Asia — is moving into a new frontier, with the launch of a new missions base in Liberia… Continue reading GFA World Extends Missionary Movement to Liberia, West Africa

Christmas ‘Chicken Challenge’ Helps Families Fly Poverty Coop

'IM-PECK-ABLE' TIMING: Just in time for the holidays, Texas-based mission agency GFA World has hatched the "chicken challenge," part of its annual Christmas Critter Campaign to rescue families across Africa and Asia from poverty and hunger.

WILLS POINT, TX — A U.S. faith-based organization has hatched an “eggs-traordinary” challenge to help fight global poverty and hunger. GFA World’s “chicken challenge” is part of its annual Christmas Critter Campaign that aims to “rescue families from poverty and show them Christ’s love.” “This is not a one-time hand-out,” said Bishop Daniel, the organization’s… Continue reading Christmas ‘Chicken Challenge’ Helps Families Fly Poverty Coop

GFA World and Other Ministry Leaders Celebrate the Life of The Late K.P. Yohannan at Memorial Service

Francis Chan prays at the conclusion of his remarks, celebrating the life of his friend K.P. Yohannan. (Photo Credit: GFA World)

WILLS POINT, TX — At Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas on October 18, GFA World (www.gfa.org) led a special “Celebration of Life” service for its founder and leader, K.P. Yohannan, who passed tragically in May of this year. The service had over 250 attendees, including prominent Christian leaders and pastors such as Jack Graham, Francis… Continue reading GFA World and Other Ministry Leaders Celebrate the Life of The Late K.P. Yohannan at Memorial Service

GFA World Responds as Nepal Reels from Deadly Hurricane Helene-Scale Floods

RELIEF FOR NEPAL FLOOD VICTIMS: Torrential monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides in Nepal that have claimed nearly 200 lives with dozens still missing. GFA World (www.gfa.org) is providing relief aid through local partners in the South Asia nation, home to Mount Everest.

WILLS POINT, TX — U.S. mission organization GFA World (www.gfa.org) is responding to deadly floods in the South Asian nation of Nepal — a disaster on the scale of Hurricane Helene in the U.S. As the Southeastern U.S. reels from the devastation and death toll caused by Helene, the landlocked nation of Nepal — famous… Continue reading GFA World Responds as Nepal Reels from Deadly Hurricane Helene-Scale Floods

GFA World President Calls for Prayer Amid Nepal and US Flooding Disasters

LONDON — This is Bishop Daniel (President of GFA World) and I’m here in London and we just got off the train to our next stop as we visit different friends of the ministry and have different meetings. But I just wanted to ask you especially to pray for the situation that is in Nepal.… Continue reading GFA World President Calls for Prayer Amid Nepal and US Flooding Disasters

‘No Mercy:’ GFA World Lifts Veil on Suffering of ‘Invisible’ Widows

RESCUING 'INVISIBLE' SUFFERING WIDOWS: Organizations like Texas-based GFA World (www.gfa.org) are helping widows in "forgotten corners" of Africa and Asia where they're struggling to survive in societies that show them little or no mercy.

WILLS POINT, TX — A global mission organization is lifting the veil on the incredible suffering of millions of “invisible” widows around the world — many even cast off by their own families. In many places, widows face extreme hardships, abuse, exploitation and sexual violence. Even their own families show them “little or no mercy,”… Continue reading ‘No Mercy:’ GFA World Lifts Veil on Suffering of ‘Invisible’ Widows