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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When Novo staff in Northern Colorado began ministry in an area suspected to be a hot spot of human trafficking, they were hitting resistance and weren’t sure what to do next. The next steps became crystal clear after they joined Novo’s pilot training on gospel movement, 5COM. The result? Breakthrough.
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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: prayerthe churchmovementssupernatural
While many established churches are in decline, this 100-year-old church is fired up to reach their city as a result of strategic prayer.
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A program training sports coaches in Kenya is changing lives—and communities.
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God is bringing hope to victims of human trafficking and raising them up to be his ambassadors in some of the most unlikely places.
Topics: new groundcalling
She was only one flight away from the country she’d been praying for and trying to get to for eight long years when the Taliban took over Afghanistan and the borders closed. But God’s call and purposes are bigger than any international crisis.
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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?
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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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An invitation into a Muslim home for one of their largest religious holidays would unexpectedly become an opportunity to clearly share the good news. And the surprising catalyst? Musical theater.
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Prayer-walks and blessing have ushered in God’s Kingdom and shut down deceptive substitutes in this west L.A. neighborhood. If you need a reason to persevere in prayer, read this team’s story.
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Seeking God’s specific direction and instructions placed one of our staff in the middle of an unfolding story of miraculous answers to prayer in a region where Jesus was virtually unknown.
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In Novo’s early years, there was a huge emphasis on investing in local churches and church planting efforts that “fit” the local people—often resulting in churches outside typical models. These foundations have helped us navigate the intricacies of the final component of gospel movements—forming churches.
