Missionary evangelist Alexander Wurm and his 22-year-old daughter, Serena, died in a plane crash Monday, while taking humanitarian aid to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa. The small aircraft, a Beech B100, crashed into a waterway in a residential area of Coral Springs, Florida, just after it took off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. Alex was the founderContinue reading “Missionaries Taking Aid to Jamaica Die in Plane Crash”
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Family Unity for Ministers
Ministry can take its toll on kids, especially if parents are so involved in their work they don’t take vacations or spend daily and weekly quality time as a family. In counseling missionary families whose children have walked away from the Lord or made other devastating decisions, I have found that, most often, the childrenContinue reading “Family Unity for Ministers”
Amazing Answer to Prayer: Pilot Ryan’s Case Dropped
Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique has been racked with violence over the past nearly eight years due to infighting between Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) and government forces. In fact, even though nearly 50% of Mozambique’s population is Christian, it is ranked among the most dangerous countries in the world for those who seek to followContinue reading “Amazing Answer to Prayer: Pilot Ryan’s Case Dropped”
Family Unity for Ministers
Ministry can take its toll on kids, especially if parents are so involved in their work they don’t take vacations or spend daily and weekly quality time as a family. These past few of years, I have counseled so many missionary families whose children have walked away from the Lord or made other devastating decisions.Continue reading “Family Unity for Ministers”
Pray for Men in Ministry
It’s easy to get so busy with even good causes that we forget the eternal thing that matters most: LOVE. So many Christian marriages, families, teams, companies and organizations have fallen apart because leaders are more concerned with rules, control, image or accomplishment than with truly caring about those they lead and serve. How muchContinue reading “Pray for Men in Ministry”
Missionaries Killed in Haiti
Gangs shot and killed three missionaries in Haiti Thursday night just as Haitians began to hope the reign of terror could soon come to an end. Jude Montis, 45, served with Missions in Haiti for two decades. The Haitian pastor and mission director leaves behind his wife Eunide and two children, ages 2 and 6.Continue reading “Missionaries Killed in Haiti”
Letter from Survivors of Tanzania Accident
Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, March 11-April 9, 2024. Yesterday, we shared the tragic news of an accident in Tanzania which claimed the lives of 11 Youth With A Mission missionaries. I heard from a friend who lives near where the multi-vehical crash occurred and saw the devastation herself that at leastContinue reading “Letter from Survivors of Tanzania Accident”
Tanzania: 11 Missionaries Dead, 9 Injured
Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, March 11-April 9, 2024. One of two busses carrying Youth With A Mission facilitators and candidates of various nationalities was hit by a truck in a multi-vehicle accident which killed 11 of the YWAMers, a bus driver and several other people near Arusha, Tanzania, on February 24.Continue reading “Tanzania: 11 Missionaries Dead, 9 Injured”
Update on Detained Missionary Pilot, Mozambique
Join us for 30 Days of Prayer for Global Awakening, March 11-April 9, 2024. Brutal persecution by Muslim extremists has ranked the Christian-majority nation of Mozambique one of the most dangerous in the world for followers of Jesus, mainly due to Islamic State Mozambique (ISM), which has vowed to murder all Christians and Jews who doContinue reading “Update on Detained Missionary Pilot, Mozambique”
Missionaries, Pastors Face Charges in Nicaragua
Although 95% Christian, Nicaragua ranks among the most dangerous countries in the world for followers of Christ. Currently, 11 Nicaraguan pastors and three missionaries from the USA face charges of “money laundering and organized crime” after their US-based non-profit, Mountain Gateway, hosted evangelistic campaigns last year that reached nearly one million people with the gospel.Continue reading “Missionaries, Pastors Face Charges in Nicaragua”
