The Evangelical Covenant Church in Ecuador had the vision to plant churches and felt the need to do so. But when they began the process, they could not find the right way to plant churches, Wilfrido Velásquez shares. He is the...
In Tempoal, Mexico, the people are dedicated to fishing and to their traditional religion. But many suffer from alcoholism and it is one of the reason families and marriages are falling apart and young people are falling under...
The Church has failed in something.” Luis Alonso Lazo, National Coordinator of Church Planting for Church of God of Prophecy, said this after learning that El Salvador has one of the highest numbers of Christians in Central...
God speaks to us in different ways. For Junior, it was through his son.
“I knew God wanted me to serve Him by planting a church but I always found a reason to put off His call. One day my oldest son said, ‘Dad, I had a dream...
In the community of Los Ángeles, Honduras, there is a colorful house that sits on the side of a dirt road. Peering inside, you can see that the furniture in the living room has been moved and rows of plastic chairs face the front...
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In Gulou, China, a peaceful summer evening took an abrupt turn when government officials marched into the church demanding to see the pastor. He was told the cross would be removed from the building within just a...
Wilfredo Rodríguez is the coordinator of the central district of the Wesleyan Church in Colombia. He has been pastor of the church Pueblo de Dios for six years in Bogota. Last year, he and other leaders of his church had the...
The large "M18" painted on the wall outside the community lets everyone know which gang has control. But it matters little to church planter Anda which gang controls the territory—she has the certainty that God sent her to Bado...
Are you ever nervous to share the gospel with someone? Manuel remembers the first time he went to share the gospel with the people of his community—he had to pray long and hard to get enough courage.
Now Manuel is the pastor of...
"A lot of people would say that to preach the gospel here is very difficult," says church planter Heidi of Quebrada de Agua in El Salvador. "But," she continues with conviction, "I firmly believe God can do great things."
Heidi...
