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UNICEF published a report that paints a picture of the ramifications of not having access to clean water versus the benefits we enjoy and take for granted.
News

The Great Divide Between Access or No Access to Clean Water

August 30, 2019November 26, 2019 /Leave a comment

NEW YORK – Clean water. America has it in abundance. And we have all the benefits that come along with immediate access to it. But do we understand what those benefits are and what the impact of living with them is? The issue goes far beyond thirst. UNICEF published the first volume of a new…

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People in Nepal, Bangladesh, and the Indian State of Bihar are begging for relief from raging floodwaters that have displaced tens of thousands.
News

Death Toll Continues to Rise in Nepal, Bangladesh & Northern India Floods

July 18, 2019December 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

KATMANDU – As people in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu are facing a crisis of having no water, the people in Nepal, Bangladesh, and the Indian State of Bihar are begging for relief from raging floodwaters that have displaced ten of thousands. The death toll keeps rising as new reports filter in. The…

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Gospel for Asia has been building a ministry that enables the work in the field to be sustainable and grow throughout Asia.
News

Measuring Ministry on the Mission Field

March 25, 2019December 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

“A sustainable outcome is the ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely.” —Sustainability Outcomes “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” —Peter Drucker, business leader and author WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia (GFA) – The two opening quotes are truths that cannot be ignored whether improving your golf game, building a…

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Safe drinking water is something most of us take for granted. But for millions of people, the only water they have is contaminated.
Blogs & Essays

Dying of Thirst: the Global Clean Water Crisis

March 21, 2019November 26, 2019 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia (GFA) Special Report on the global clean water crisis: Discussing the crucial quest for access to clean drinking water. The widespread lack of clean water is a crisis we can’t ignore. The statistics are mind-numbing. 502,000 people die each year from diarrhea—caused by unsafe drinking water.[1] 2.1 billion…

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What makes The Christ Miracle Church in Kibera, Kenya so unusual? It meets in a place that was originally a public toilet.
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The Most Unusual Church in the World

March 11, 2019November 5, 2019 /Leave a comment

KIBERA, KENYA – With a fluctuating population of nearly a million people, Kibera is the largest slum in Kenya and one of the largest in the world. It is home to one of the most unusual churches in the world. The Unhealthy Conditions in Kibera Most families in Kibera live in rented 12’ x 12’…

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News

Too Much? Too Little? Too Late? South Asia’s Growing Water Crisis

August 8, 2018December 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

INDIA – South Asia and the Indian subcontinent seem to be facing a perennial water crisis that may be getting worse rather than better. The problem is complex. It is not simply that there is too much or too little. While there is flooding in some regions there is a drought in others. Where there…

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World Water Crisis Is Affecting South Asia

April 27, 2018December 9, 2019 /1 Comment

NEW DELHI – As the world moves on to other matters following World Water Day, the World Water Forum, and Cape Town’s postponement of ‘Day Zero’ until 2019, a global water crisis continues, nonetheless. A crisis already exists for many people in South Asia and there are indications that conditions could get worse before they…

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Blogs & Essays

Finding Solutions to Humanity’s Need for Pure, Safe Drinking Water in a Global Clean Water Crisis

April 7, 2018November 26, 2019 /Leave a comment

Global Clean Water Crisis – a Special Report by Gospel for Asia (GFA World) Written By Karen Burton Mains The “Blue Marble” photo of Earth shot from Apollo 17, the last of NASA’s Apollo missions as the rocket ship was hurtling toward the moon, wasn’t the first satellite image of our planet, but it was the…

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[Update] Cape Town Defers Day Zero to 2019 – Why?

March 23, 2018December 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

CAPE TOWN – Officials have deferred what was once considered the impending Day Zero for Cape Town water supplies from July 11th until an undetermined date in 2019. The news has left the public and much of the news media scratching their heads and wondering why. As far as anyone can tell, nothing has changed….

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Blogs & Essays

8th Annual World Water Forum Begins Today in Brazil

March 21, 2018December 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

BRASILIA – The World Water Conference opened this morning (March 19) in the capital city of Brazil. An estimated 40,000 people, including 15 heads of state, are expected to attend to discuss the growing crisis with the world’s water supplies. Thursday, March 22nd, is World Water Day. Brazilian President Michel Temer opened the conference with…

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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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