The UN claims that 12 million girls a year are married off before they turn 18. A 2018 report before the pandemic noted that Africa had one of the highest rates of teen pregnancies in the world before the virus arrived. In Uganda, Covid’s impact has spiked this reality on the impoverished. Victory Care Center in Kabale municipality has documented 2,618 young teens pregnant due … [Read more...] about Covid spikes child marriages and teen pregnancies in Uganda
Mission
Engaging in the mission of the church, to share the good news of Jesus to our neighbours and to the world. Encouraging those who are being persecuted for their faith, and coming alongside those ministering in the name of Jesus.
Missionary Kid publisher, Henry Luce
As the founder of TIME, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines, Henry Luce has been described as ‘arguably the most important publisher of the last hundred years,’ and ‘the most influential private citizen in the America of his day.’ Luce’s parents sacrificially devoted their lives as missionaries in China. It took them eighteen years to win their first … [Read more...] about Missionary Kid publisher, Henry Luce
Hudson Taylor: To China with sacrificial love
Who would have imagined that today’s China probably has more Christians (100 million+) than Communist party members (90 million)? With our senior bishop Dr. Silas Ng reaching many new Chinese believers, we are fascinated by how the gospel initially impacted China. Born in 1832, Hudson Taylor had a burning heart of love for the people of China. His Methodist … [Read more...] about Hudson Taylor: To China with sacrificial love
Turkish missionaries experience joy of baptizing many new believers
In the land in which Paul the Apostle was born and ministered Turkish missionaries partnered with Intercede International are planting churches, baptizing many new believers, and ministering to refugees from war-torn Syria. Intercede first started working with Turkish Christian Fellowship in 2011, after Intercede’s International Field Representative Rev. Eliud Herrera had … [Read more...] about Turkish missionaries experience joy of baptizing many new believers
Dr. E. Stanley Jones: Missionary to Communists
In December 1938, Time Magazine called Dr. Eli Stanley Jones the world’s greatest missionary. As the most widely read spiritual author in his lifetime, he published twenty-eight books, two of which sold over one million copies. Jones, as the ‘Billy Graham’ of India for fifty years, was famous for meeting in Round Table dialogues with Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, and … [Read more...] about Dr. E. Stanley Jones: Missionary to Communists