by ABWE Canada | Mar 28, 2024 | Reflections
How can you teach the resurrection to kids this Easter season? After all, the meaning of Easter is an important part of passing along the Christian faith. Kids often learn best with engaging activities. Use these six ideas as a starting point to explain Jesus’...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 27, 2024 | News & Events
Just before Jesus ascended into heaven, he makes clear the calling of his disciples, “…and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8b). As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are called to obey,...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 22, 2024 | Field Updates
In the West African nation of Togo, a 23-year-old man named Ganiou faced a sudden test of faith one evening when his mother became unable to breathe. Witnessing her suffering, his entire village urged him to perform voodoo rituals for her healing. Ganiou, a Christian,...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 22, 2024 | Field Updates
One church plant in Nicaragua is so dedicated to prayer that even its name reflects a longing for God’s presence. The verse referenced in its name, Iglesia Bautista Jeremias 33:3—Jeremiah 33:3 Baptist Church—reminds the growing congregation of God’s command...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 22, 2024 | Reflections
The New Testament makes clear that we should have an attitude of loving support towards missionaries: “send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God . . . support people like these” (3 John 6, 8). We know that we are to show sincere care for sent-out...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 22, 2024 | Field Updates
The early morning rain cut through dusty air, splashing against the parched, red earth. As channels of water flowed off National Route N1, the shallow streambed below filled waist-deep—one of countless answered prayers witnessed by the 14 new believers scheduled to be...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 22, 2024 | News & Events
From the beginning of their missionary career, Jim and Jan Ruff committed to following the Lord’s leading. Over the last 49 years, they have faithfully followed that sovereign guidance through each stage of a surprising journey. Starting as ABWE...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 22, 2024 | Field Updates
Malaika arrived as the most troubled student at Sifa Collective. With relationships battered by years of trauma and broken trust, her family members had registered her for the program. “We hate her,” they declared to the staff. “See what you can do with...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 22, 2024 | Field Updates
Ilyas had the heart of an evangelist—despite the challenges posed by living in a refugee camp in the Middle East. Having fled from the Taliban in 2021 following their resurgence to power in Afghanistan, Ilyas was well aware of the dangers associated with...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 14, 2024 | Field Updates
“I have more in common with my Muslim neighbors than I have in common with most of my unbelieving American neighbors.” That was what one American Christian remarked during one of our recent ABWE training seminars teaching Christians in the U.S. to build...
by ABWE Canada | Mar 14, 2024 | Reflections
For Muslims, the Qur’an is a book providing guidance—but for Christians, the Bible has more than guidance: good news. The pluralistic spirit of our contemporary Western culture often inclines us to quickly highlight the fact that the Qur’an vs the Bible seem to...
by ABWE Canada | Feb 22, 2024 | Reflections
“Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my...