Originally published in CBN News In 2010, Erik Hansen decided to give up a lucrative medical career in America to pursue a dream of serving the less fortunate. He packed up his bags and moved his wife and four children 8 000 miles from his home in south Texas to […]
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Hostile tribe’s chief died, was raised long enough to testify about Jesus
Originally published in God Reports The interior of Malaita in the Solomon Island chain had a long history of opposition to missionaries and other outsiders — sometimes violent resistance by the Kwaio tribal group. In 1927, 13 government officials from the UK were massacred by the Kwaio as they attempted […]
Urgently wanted: modern day ‘reformissionaries’
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] There is a sense on the university campuses of South Africa, that it is just a matter of time before the next protest arises, and that student activism is now an ongoing feature of the university landscape. Having […]
Philippine villagers respond to Gospel after viewing ‘Passion of the Christ’
Originally published in Christian Today Things will never be the same again in a far-flung village in southern Philippines after missionaries from the Christian Aid Mission brought the light of Christianity to tribal people who have known only spiritual darkness. A local ministry from the Mission spent eight months with […]
Muslims saved through dreams and visions: a local perspective
Testimonies of Muslim people who have met Jesus Christ through dreams and visions are not uncommon. But for most of us in South Africa such miracles are something that apparently happen in mysterious, faraway places. It therefore piqued my interest when Heinrich Alberts, who leads a church in my home […]