by Aleah Marsden | Jan 18, 2017 | Brazil, Church Plant Updates
We have a treat for you this week! We received an email from our church planters in Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, detailing the baptism of a new believer from their church. The letter below has been translated and edited for clarity and length. Yesterday, January...
by Aleah Marsden | Jan 5, 2017 | Headlines
Last month I read this article in Christianity Today about an issue that Compassion International is having in India. In short, it seems the government is actively trying to force Compassion out of India by limiting their ability to transfer funds into the country....
by Aleah Marsden | Dec 7, 2016 | General
This year, we’re trying something new. Make a donation of only $10 by December 23rd, and you’ll be entered to win one of our fabulous prizes! We know how the holidays can stretch the average person’s budget, making giving difficult to...
by Aleah Marsden | Nov 30, 2016 | General
“This is the most dangerous neighborhood we’ll be visiting. A lot of crime, a lot of drug abuse, a lot of gang activity. He says he wants to take you here first,” founder Barbara Hubbard translates executive director Pastor Magioli’s words for me from Portuguese to...
by Aleah Marsden | Nov 10, 2016 | Headlines
In 2000 the World Bank published a study on global poverty. In the first book revealing their research findings, Voices of the Poor: Can Anyone Hear Us?, they chose not to analyze programs or policies. Instead they utilized their analysis to provide, “a view of the...
by Aleah Marsden | Oct 26, 2016 | Church Plant Updates
It may come as a surprise to some, but it is a sad fact that children make up the overwhelming majority of the population in the slums where we plant churches. Using our comprehensive ministry method, we seek to reach this vulnerable group before they end up in...
by Aleah Marsden | Oct 19, 2016 | General, Guest Posts
And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one....
by Aleah Marsden | Oct 12, 2016 | Church Plant Updates, General
Our church plant in Capão da Canoa is a small church made up of two dozen members actively involved in the life of the church. Their numbers are small, in part due to the transient nature of the urban slums in Brazil, but they are faithfully bearing witness to Christ...
by Aleah Marsden | Oct 4, 2016 | Headlines
“Isan youths’ development stunted as parents go to Bangkok” I came across this article several weeks ago. It discusses the prevalent problem of families being torn apart because of migration, which is due to poverty. This particular article, from the...
by Aleah Marsden | Sep 21, 2016 | General
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners...
