God is on the move, and we are seeing him at work around the world. Be inspired by these stories of redemption.
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Where Jesus becomes King, things are done differently. And where the predominant culture is influenced by worldly ways, the Jesus way can be striking—even shocking—to those who witness it. That’s what took place on a Ugandan soccer field.
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Can gospel movements take off in a secular, post-Christian climate? We don’t hear a lot of stories of the good news rapidly multiplying in the West. But could it?? Novo staff member Jeremy would answer that with a resounding “Yes!” Because he’s seen it happen—more than once.
Topics: local leadersnew grounddiscovery bible studystaff stories
After Jessica was trained in disciple-making, her neighborhood Discovery Bible Study (DBS) led 13 women to Jesus. One of those new believers opened the doors to sharing Jesus with parents and students in a rough part of Lima, Peru. In just a few months, over 1,000 people were in DBSs across multiple schools. The rate at which people are coming to Jesus is unbelievable!
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The refugees all joined hands in the middle of the storm and cried out to Jesus—to a Jesus they did not know. And within minutes, the waves disappeared…
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One at a time, the kids prayed for each other to be healed. No one had taught them to do this. But there were so many stories of Jesus healing people that they’d started asking, “Can we do it? Can we ask Jesus to heal?” And prayer for one another has been the result. This is a unique expression of church for kids and by kids. This is “Pizzachurch.”
Topics: new grounddiscovery bible studythe poorleadershipstaff stories
In Afghanistan, Abdul fled for his life, moving his family to a new hiding spot every day. He didn’t know what to do. But a thousand miles away, a group of believers were designing an elaborate rescue plan to save hundreds of desperate Afghans trying to get out. This is their story.
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After encountering Jesus in a vision, Faisal had to make the hard choice to walk away from his Muslim family. His struggle over that decision propelled him to explore what following Jesus really meant for a Muslim—and now he’s in the center of a gospel movement among Muslims in East Africa.
Topics: leadershipengaging culturethe poordiscovery bible study
I live in a very under-resourced area in Nairobi, Kenya. The average income for a household here is about $150 a month. So when Covid hit, all the restrictions on movement and gathering had a big economic impact on my neighbors. Because there’s so little financial margin, when people lost jobs, had fewer work hours, or had less business in their small shops, it had a dramatic effect.
We wanted to help so we asked the question: What would it look like to really be the hands and feet of Jesus in our communities?
Topics: staff storiesdiscovery bible studyministry impactengaging culture
Priya (not her real name) came to our city from India at 19 to study biology. She’d grown up in a Sikh family, but her parents were basically atheists. Priya had concluded that God was just a prop that people had made up to blame things on or ask for things from.
When Priya first arrived in the US, she found her way to a party that “Ministry K” (name changed), our international student outreach, was hosting. That’s where her story with us began. But first, let me give you a little background…
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Naija wanted nothing to do with church, and didn’t want her grandson Mobo involved either—until the dramatic difference Discovery Bible Study made in Mobo’s life changed her heart.
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Although 250 churches were abandoned or destroyed and people had fled for their lives into the rainforest, the believers were thriving—because they were learning what it meant to be true disciples of Jesus.
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After 15 years of church planting Dan faced the fact that he didn’t know how to make disciples who were multiplying. His willingness to try a new approach turned everything around.
