Imprisoned Iranian pastor got help from unlikely source to spread Gospel
By Mark Ellis — Mojtaba Hosseini (photo: Open Doors) Mojtaba Hosseini, 30, was the leader of a fast growing house church movement in Iran until the authorities raided his church, arrested him, and...
View ArticleIndia: 10 years after riots, innocent Christians still suffer, wait for justice
By Will Gerhard — A widow in Kandhamal, India, folds her hands in prayer. In 2008 a mob of Hindu nationalists murdered her husband before her eyes for their Christian faith. After 10 years, she along...
View ArticleMuslim woman searched for God’s love
By Mark Ellis — Aisha*, 27, grew up in a Muslim family. Her father was devoted to Islam and her mother was obedient to her father, feeling she had no other choice. “She had seen her father mistreat...
View ArticleGod heals man’s brain tumor after infusion of prayer
By Mark Ellis — Paul Wood Paul Wood realized there was something terribly wrong when he had massive headaches and couldn’t walk down a hall without losing his balance and clutching the walls to balance...
View ArticleWarning from government to parents: If you see your child forgiving,...
By Mark Ellis – Believers in Algeria In Algeria, about 95 percent of the population follows Islam and less than two percent are Christians. The government bans conversion from Islam to Christianity,...
View ArticleAfter Rolland Baker prayed for him, he spent 8 hours in heaven
By Mark Ellis – Taylor Martin At Rolland and Heidi Baker’s Harvest School of Missions in Pemba, Mozambique, students flock from all over the world to spend two months soaking in God’s presence, helping...
View ArticleSlain missionary John Chau quarantined himself, took immunizations to avoid...
By Mark Ellis – John Chau John Chau, the missionary that gave his life to reach a remote tribe with the love of Christ, took every precaution to avoid any health dangers to them, including a...
View ArticleGod: finder of lost things
By Mark Ellis – The Lost Drachma by James Overall In the parables of the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son, the Scripture reveals God’s heart to find “lost” sinners and the great rejoicing...
View ArticleGod told YWAM founder He would give him a farm, hay wagon bought in faith
By Mark Ellis — Loren Cunningham with hay wagon, Lausanne, March, 1974 Faith comes by hearing, hearing from the Word of the Lord. (Romans 10:17) Loren Cunningham, the founder of YWAM, recently...
View ArticleStories of faith from a faith-filled panel
Finishing the Task panel discussion Editor’s note: The following panel discussion was held December 5th, 2018 at the Finishing the Task conference. The panel included Loren Cunningham, founder of...
View ArticleJesus helped addict kick meth, drive away gnarly hairy demons
At Church on the Lake at Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley, with his mother and niece By Michael Ashcraft — After his father succumbed to cancer, David Silva Jr. was “eaten up with guilt” because...
View ArticleDying M.S. patient on hospice healed by Jesus
By Mark Ellis – Barbara Snyder One of the remarkable stories recounted in Lee Strobel’s book “The Case for Miracles” involves a hopelessly ill woman named Barbara Snyder, who had suffered for many...
View ArticleNepal: Deaf, mute teenager miraculously healed by Jesus
By Mark Ellis – Tilak In this mountainous Himalayan country that includes the famous Lord Shiva Temple, where Hindus from all over the world flock on pilgrimage, only one-percent of the population...
View ArticleChina: Deaf man finds miraculous healing from Jesus
By Mark Ellis – A Chinese man (credit: IMB) In October 2018, Brother James was conducting outreach among an unreached Tibetan people group in China, a group with less than 10 known believers. “We were...
View ArticleDistance runner asked God to prove He was real, lost feeling in his legs
By Chris Doyle — “Adoh” (right) and Bronson Baker of the Baptist Campus Ministry at the University of Oklahoma (Baptist Press) Andrew Doherty is his formal name, but those who know him best call him...
View ArticleChina: 65-year-old woman jumps, does splits after knees miraculously healed
By Mark Ellis – Man playing erhu On a beautiful spring day in a mid-sized city in China, Brother John* and his band of believers decided to climb to the top of a small mountain to pray. “About half way...
View ArticleMosque painter, Quran teacher left Islam, follows Jesus
By Mark Ellis — He taught the Quran to children and painted many of the mosques in his area to earn a livelihood. But a “chance” encounter with street evangelists triggered a season of change. “I had...
View ArticleNepal: Jesus gave illiterate woman gift of reading, freedom from nightmares
By Mark Ellis — Amita endured beatings when her husband was alive. After his death in 2017, torturous nightmares about the beatings continued to plague her. “They felt so real that they paralyzed her...
View ArticleShe overcame father’s curse: ‘You’re going to be a whore like your mother’
By Mark Ellis — Sharon Craig’s story—especially her early life—is not pleasant to recall. “I lost my childhood at age four,” Craig says. At that time she was sexually abused by a family member. Years...
View ArticleWhy do I fall for the same temptations?
By Mark Ellis – Drew Dyck It is only the third month of the year, but if my guess is correct, most of you have already failed the test of your New Year’s resolutions. Whether it was to exercise...
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