by ABWE Canada | Sep 7, 2023 | Field Updates
Greetings from Togo! WOW! These past few months have been so crazy busy that I don’t even know where to begin! I guess there’s no better place to start than to give God the glory for what HE has done. We truly serve an amazing God who not only gave up His life for us...
by ABWE Canada | Aug 31, 2023 | Field Updates
Pastor, are you sure you know where your missions support goes? If you took a close look, would you like what you find? I suspect there’s a good chance you wouldn’t. So let’s make it interesting. Take out a sheet of paper. Here are a few questions—and no peeking at...
by ABWE Canada | Aug 23, 2023 | Field Updates
The persecution of Christians in India is not a new phenomenon. Violence against Christians has escalated over recent years under the Modi Government. The most recent one is the ongoing months-long orchestrated and synchronized persecution of Kuki Christians in...
by ABWE Canada | Aug 9, 2023 | Field Updates
“In one minute, it was all gone.” Two Turkish brothers, gray-haired, mustachioed, and sorrowful, led their visitors toward the crumbling rubble of a house hurled upside down. They pointed to a crushed stairway, filled in with chunks of cement, fragments of...
by ABWE Canada | Aug 9, 2023 | Field Updates
War in Ukraine was not the first crisis in Oksana’s life. Her plans had already been interrupted once before—eight years ago, when she unexpectedly discovered she was pregnant. As she contemplated her options, she heard about the Choose Life Center in her home...
by ABWE Canada | Aug 9, 2023 | Field Updates
Ilyas stared in surprise as one of his dinner companions reached over the table and plunged his fingers into his bowl. “Why did you just stick your hand in my soup?” he exclaimed. The Afghan couple seated across from him had requested to meet at a local...
by ABWE Canada | Aug 9, 2023 | Field Updates
A shot exploded through the night sky. Honoré fell to the ground, a searing pain radiating from his leg. Honoré, a Togolese farmer, was walking to his village after a day’s work in his field as darkness fell. Mistaking his movements for the rustles of an...
by ABWE Canada | Jul 13, 2023 | Field Updates
On Sunday, our family met with Sasha, pastor and father of five, over pizza in a city 3 hours west of Kyiv. “We baptized 27 people this week. 80% of our members were brought to our city because of the war. We are ready to launch another church plant...
by ABWE Canada | Jun 19, 2023 | News & Events
Both words, evangelical and evangelistic, are rooted in the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion), which means “good news” or “gospel.” Perhaps this is a bit simplistic, but it is essentially correct: An evangelical church is a church...
by ABWE Canada | Jun 13, 2023 | Reflections
It’s no secret we’re in an alarming mental health crisis. A 2020 study published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found one in five American adults experiences mental illness each year. In 2021, national leaders in the...
by ABWE Canada | May 31, 2023 | Field Updates
It always amazes me how God takes the broken and hardest parts of our lives and turns them to good for His glory. I shouldn’t be surprised…He promises it in His Word…and yet, somehow, I am very forgetful and need constant reminders of His goodness and graciousness...
by ABWE Canada | May 24, 2023 | Field Updates
I was a part of a new church plant in Ecuador. Laura Fouser, an ABWE missionary in South America, introduced me and another lady in our church to The Story of Hope. She trained us in how to teach it to others, giving us tips and visuals to make it more effective. It...
