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The Mothers of Something New
Bibles in the Barricades
The Light In Ethiopia
ASIA
Forty Years a Survivor: A Story of Suffering and Freedom
By Hetta Hansen Joe Kong was qualified on all accounts to be killed by the Khmer Rouge. As an educated, high-ranking government official, he and his young family were targeted by the invading communist party. It was 1970 and the Cambodian genocide had just begun. Joe...
Into the Darkness
By Annelise JolleyWelcome to Pattaya On a humid Friday night, we are walking into the heart of Pattaya’s red light district. The air pulses with sound and heat. Bass thumps from deep within each bar and neon signs announce cheap beer, massages, and friendly girls....
Prophetic Lament: An Interview with Dr. Soong-Chan Rah
By Brianna LantzCry aloud to the Lord! O wall of daughter Zion! Let tears stream down like a torrent day and night! Give yourself no rest, your eyes no respite! Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the...
Inside the Nepali Church
Despite persecution, local pastors bear witness to the Nepali church’s exponential growth.
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
In Papua, Indonesia indigenous empowerment has lead to gospel flourishing.
Will the World’s Largest Church Survive Amid Growing Hostility and Oppression?
Christians in China are preparing to count the cost amid increasing persecution that threatens church
AFRICA
Light Luggage or Heavy Burdens?
Amidst the apparent decline of Christianity in the West can we learn from the early church and imagine a new path forward?
The Mothers of Something New
On the island of Nosy Be, Madagascar, a group of mothers invite renewal into the community through art.
The Ministry of Two Hands
By Joelle MumleyIn the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, about a year after the horror and violence had ended, Pastor Charles Buregeya Mugisha stepped onto the soil of his country for the first time. For Rwandans like Charles, the end of the genocide was the...
The Persecution Gospel
Imprisoned in Sudan, Petr Jasek was tortured by ISIS for his faith
In Kayamandi as it is in Heaven
Meet the Nomavuka family: locals ringing in a new era of reformation for the township of Kayamandi and surrounding communities.
The Sky is not the Limit
Milly and Robert’s faith was irresponsible. It was what I came to Uganda to find.
EUROPE
Rags and Righteousness: Basil the Holy Fool
Basil the Holy Fool lived in the peculiar, upside-down Kingdom in which the first become last, and the last become first.
Historical Reformer: Saint Gregory Palamas
Gregory Palamas was an aristocrat who rejected wealth, an intellectual who valued experience, a monk who found a path forward into the heart of Christianity.
Bibles in the Barricades
Throughout revolution and conflict—with violence raging at its doorstep—Bespalov’s church keeps its doors open, practicing mercy and hospitality.
Growing the Global Family
“People are so drawn to freedom, especially in a country that throughout history has been overtaken and conquered and oppressed.”
Flight from an Iranian Prison
In many ways, Shamal’s life might be divided in two from this point forward. It was not the beginning of his escape from Iran that marked the separation, but the point at which he met Christ.
One Hundred Thousand Flames
GREECEI came to Greece to see refugees. Instead I met the people who will disciple Europe. By Annelise JolleyPhotos by Easton KawawakiApr 15, 2019Click below to listen to the audio version of this story. This is not a story about refugees. This is a story about what...
MIDDLE EAST
Afghanistan: Weighing Risk and Reward
Neal and Anna Hampton served in the Middle East and have over twenty-seven years of ministry experience traveling in over seventy countries. Their humanitarian work took them to war-torn Afghanistan where they raised their three children living out their calling in a hostile culture.
The Hopeful Business of Peacemaking
“One really beautiful thing that we see happening with the businesses that we help start is that the business owners are very quick to be generous to their neighbors. “
Waging Peace
Founder of the Global Immersion Project, a peacemaking training organization discusses his journey of faith and a biblical concept of peacemaking
Peace in the Holy Land
Palestinian Peacemaker Sami Awad believes that loving the enemy can turn the Holy Land into holy ground.
Renewed Earth, Ancient Trees
“The best thing that North American Christians can do to better engage in creation care is to listen to our brothers and sisters in the Global South.”
Volatile and Vulnerable: Inside Rojava’s Conflict
In Rojava, Syria, the Free Burma Rangers remind people that God has not forgotten them.
NORTH AMERICA
Seven Words
The uncommon life and legacy of Kahlil Gibran challenges us to honor and use language as a bridge to connect with the “other”
Witnesses, Not Saviors: An Interview with Dr. Gaynor Yancey
By Nations MediaAt the intersection of social work and ministry, where mission meets spiritual formation, you’ll find Dr. Gaynor Yancey. An expert in social welfare policy and congregational and community development, Dr. Yancey has been galvanizing church and student...
Reformer Profile: Jimmy Dorrell
By Brianna LantzFor decades they’ve met under this bridge, even on cold days like today. It’s an unusually frigid Sunday morning in Waco, TX. Over a hundred folks start lining up early for a hot meal and warm conversation beneath the roar of Interstate 35 traffic....
On Behalf: Knowing the Voice of Advocacy
Nations Media is built around four core values: Advocacy, Beauty, Life-Risk, and Reformation. These values shape the skeleton of every story we tell, animating each with form and forward movement. In this series, four essays will consider each pillar through a...
The Deep Roots of Reformation
By Brianna LantzNations Media is built around four core values: Advocacy, Beauty, Life-Risk, and Reformation. These values shape the skeleton of every story we tell, animating each with form and forward movement. In this series, four essays will consider each pillar...
SOLIDARITY AND SHALOM
Shane Claiborne is a speaker, activist, and author. He’s known for working with Mother Teresa in Calcutta and founding The Simple Way intentional community in Philadelphia.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Going Upstream
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Warren McCaig’s vision for holistic recovery thrives by creating healing community
From Nicaragua with Love
“I had every reason to be a very broken person. But I discovered a real God who healed my broken heart so I can help bring healing to other broken hearts.”
Dispatch: Nicaragua
When I think of Mike, Mauricio, and the Herrings, I think of the Kingdom of Heaven. I think of the story Jesus told of the man who discovered treasure in a field and sold all he had to obtain it.
Journey into the Amazon
For decades, followers of Christ have left the Amazonas capital city of Manaus to live out the good news of the Gospel in the Amazon River Basin’s most untouched places.
Gunshot Echoes (Part 2)
Following Peter’s attack and only halfway through their missionary commitment to ENLACE, the DeSotos decided that leaving would do more harm than good.
Gunshot Echoes (Part 1)
Peter and Dara DeSoto had an ordinary life. Many people would’ve considered it far better than ordinary: Peter, a charismatic and passionate young man
THE CARIBBEAN
Revival in Cuba’s Living Rooms
300 miles south of Miami on the island of Cuba, revival has quietly transformed a country where many believed God had been pushed out.
“Do the Stuff” | After Hurricane Maria, a Puerto Rican Pastor Moves Home
Describing life in community with their Puerto Rican neighbors, he reaches for words and settles on this: “There’s nothing like it.”
A New Era, A New Hope
In volume one, James Galt introduced you to Pastor Manuel, a humble Cuban man who leads a number of house churches in Havana, Cuba.
OCEANIA
“An Adventure in Faith”: Papua New Guinea Photo Essay
In rural Papua New Guinea, life-saving floatplanes have transformed a place with one of the world’s highest infant mortality rates.
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