ABWE Canada Blog
Summer Update from the Wards
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...
Pastor, Where Do Your Missions Dollars Go?
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...
Manipur Massacre Against Kuki Christians
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...
War and Revival
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...
Struck Down, but Not Destroyed
“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...
Forbidden Soup
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...
Losing a Leg to Gain His Soul
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...
Fruitful Ministry Despite Uncertainty in Ukraine
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...
Essentials for a TRULY Evangelistic Church
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...
Demystify Mental Health for Missionaries
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...
Blossoming Ministry in Iquique, Chile
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...
From Translator to Life-Changer
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...