Part 2 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa As I listened to Shodankeh Johnson sharing passionately about his vision to plant “churches that plant churches that plant churches” all over Sierra Leone and […]
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‘Accidental missionary’ honoured for courageous and impactful Christianity
Part 1 of a 3-part series based on an inspiring interview with Shodankeh Johnson, a pastor, church planter and reformer from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Recently I had the privilege of interviewing Shodankeh Johnson, this year’s recipient of the William Wilberfoce Award presented annually in the United States by the […]
Tribe waited 2 000 years for their own Bible
Originally published in God Reports After years of learning the language, developing an alphabet, teaching literacy, missionary Brooks Buser and team gave the YembiYembi tribe in Papua New Guinea copies of the Bible five years ago. “It has been a long time, almost 2 000 years, that we the YembiYembi […]
Nelson Mandela Bay pastor discovers key to making disciples who make disciples
Since the day he came to Christ at a tent crusade in Mooiplaas village near East London as a primary school pupil Loyiso Matu has never stopped enthusiastically telling people about what Jesus has done for him. From that day his life followed a Jesus course, serving at tent crusades, […]
Manchester pub becomes church on Sunday mornings
Originally published in Premier Christian News People in Manchester can now attend church at a pub. The Mosely Arms in Bolton has become the venue for an informal alternative to traditional weekly worship. “We just want local people who are often completely off church to encounter Jesus and the church to […]
From humble beginnings Zimbabwean couple have planted hundreds of churches, raised thousands of orphans
As a child born out of wedlock in rural Zimbabwe Lucia never knew her father, was abandoned by her mother at an early age, was despised by her family, kept outside in a box like an animal, treated as a servant, beaten and sexually abused. At the age of 13, […]
‘Fresh Africa’ pioneering new ways of doing church
“Church is not the mission field but the mission force.” This is according to Fresh Africa, an organisation that is encouraging churches to embrace a new way of “doing church”, which entails going out and serving communities in order to win souls to Christ, as opposed to inviting people […]
More than 100 underground churches planted in North Korea last year
By Mark Ellis –Originally published in God Reports More than 100 underground house churches were planted in North Korea by North Koreans, with some trained in China, according to a report by Cornerstone Ministries International. “I was surprised to see what God did in 2018,” says Peter Kim, with Cornerstone. […]
Former Muslim plants first church town has seen in 700 years
Originally published in CBN News A man is helping take the gospel to the four corners of the earth by planting the first church a town in Kosovo has seen in 700 years. It’s a story with an unlikely beginning. Urim Bogaj grew up in a Muslim family that hated […]
How a single vision led to 7 000 churches springing up around the globe
Originally published in Charisma News In 1980, at age 59, Dois Rosser Jr sat at his kitchen table, staring at two columns he had drawn on a piece of paper. One was labelled “Kingdom Business”, the other, “Secular Business.” For years, Rosser had wanted to involve himself in ministry, but […]