by Aleah Marsden | Jun 11, 2019 | Thailand
One of the great joys of our ministry is getting to support our church planters’ specific gifts and dreams for outreach ministry. In Thailand, and a couple of our church plants in Brazil as well, this has included free music lessons as a form of outreach. Not...
by Kristi Reaves | May 30, 2019 | Church Plant Updates, Church Planting, General, Thailand
There is nothing we love more than seeing church plants thrive and plant churches of their own. A recent example of this is taking place in Thailand at The Promise Church, led by LBM Thailand board member SomChai. SomChai has been discipling a man named Karom, who...
by Kristi Reaves | May 23, 2019 | Brazil, Church Plant Updates, Church Planting, General
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...
by Aleah Marsden | Apr 23, 2019 | Brazil, General, Headlines, Thailand
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...
by Aleah Marsden | Mar 12, 2019 | General
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...
by Aleah Marsden | Mar 5, 2019 | Brazil, General
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...
by Aleah Marsden | Jan 22, 2019 | General
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)....
by Aleah Marsden | Jan 15, 2019 | General
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...
by Aleah Marsden | Jan 8, 2019 | General
Aun is the wife of SomChai, who is a church planter and board member of Living Bread Ministries Thailand. It’s our privilege to be able to share her testimony with you today! If you’d like to give toward the work she and her family are doing among the poor...
by Aleah Marsden | Dec 11, 2018 | Headlines
Recently, The Exchange with Ed Stetzer featured the article Reframing the Issue of Poverty. The author, Gabriella Siefert, does an excellent job of capturing something that most of us miss regarding poverty. Westerners almost exclusively understand poverty in economic...
