Journal

Church Building Need

Church Building Need

Our comprehensive approach to church planting among the global poor works best when our church plants have a building to gather in rather than homes. Most of the people we minister with live in housing that is constructed from scrap materials and is very small. Often...

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Urgent Need Update

Urgent Need Update

As you may have seen in a recent email newsletter from our founder, Patrick Hubbard, we have begun this year facing a crisis of funding of a magnitude that could severely impact our work among the poor. In case you missed it, here is a brief recap from Patrick’s...

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Confronting the “Religious”

Confronting the “Religious”

Luke 4:18-30 reveals the first recorded message of Jesus in Luke’s gospel. Word was spreading throughout the region about Jesus and His teaching. No doubt His family and neighbors were excited about His visit to Nazareth and many showed up in the synagogue to hear Him...

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Increasing Poverty Rates in Brazil

Increasing Poverty Rates in Brazil

According to recent data there are over 23 million people currently living below the poverty line in Brazil, which demonstrates a 33% increase in the number of those in poverty over the last four years. The unemployment rate hovered around 12.5% in 2018. With an...

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Importance of Church Membership

Importance of Church Membership

When we come to know Christ as Lord and Savior we become a child of God. As such we are members of the body of Christ, part of the temple of the Holy Spirit, and Christ’s bride (Rom 12:4-5, 1 Cor 12:12-13, 27, Eph 3:6, 4:4-6, 11-16, Col 1:18, 1 Peter 2:4-5, Rev 21:9)....

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Urgent Need Update

Urgent Need: A Letter from LBM Founder

Dear Living Bread followers, partners, and prayer warriors, Heading into 2019 I could use your prayers and, if the Lord leads, your help. I want to be sensitive how I share this, but I also want to be transparent. Living Bread Ministries is starting the year having...

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