GFA World Launches Appeal As ‘Ostracized Widows’ Face Life of Begging

Last updated on: October 4, 2023 at 3:42 pm By GFA Staff Writer

WILLS POINT, TX — Mission agency GFA World (www.gfa.org) has launched an appeal to help thousands of “ostracized widows” around the globe at risk of starvation and abuse after being abandoned by their family and neighbors. “Millions of widows live in societies where they are blamed for their husband’s death, regardless of the illness, accident or circumstances,” said GFA World founder K.P. Yohannan (also known as Metropolitan Yohan). “They are considered a curse and are socially shunned, abused, neglected and... Read more

GFA World Spotlights Global ‘Crisis’ of Adults Who Can’t Read or Write

Last updated on: October 4, 2023 at 3:41 pm By GFA Staff Writer

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WILLS POINT, TX — A shocking number of adults around the world can’t read or write even a simple sentence, says mission agency GFA World (www.gfa.org) as it marks International Literacy Day, Sept. 8. According to the United Nations’ education agency UNESCO, approximately 773 million adults worldwide — equal to more than twice the population of the U.S. — lack basic literacy skills. Most of them are women, reports Texas-based Christian organization GFA World. “The magnitude of this crisis is... Read more

GFA World Helps Families ‘Sew Their Way Out of Poverty’

Last updated on: May 24, 2023 at 8:45 pm By GFA Staff Writer

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WILLS POINT, TX — A new three-month campaign aims to help some of the poorest families in Africa and Asia “sew their way out of poverty” — one stitch at a time. Texas-based mission GFA World’s “Sewing Their Way Out of Poverty” campaign aims to provide 500 new sewing machines and vocational training for 500 desperately poor families struggling to survive day-to-day. “Countless people trapped in grinding poverty literally live from hand to mouth,” said GFA World founder K.P. Yohannan,... Read more

George Verwer’s Invitation to ‘Come, Die, and Live’ Radically Changed My Life

Last updated on: May 16, 2023 at 5:46 pm By GFA Staff Writer

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WILLS POINT, TX – KP Yohannan, founder and director of GFA World (Gospel for Asia), which inspired numerous charities like Gospel for Asia Canada, and Metropolitan of Believers Eastern Church, to assist the poor and deprived worldwide — shares on the impact of George Verwer, his life and ministry, radically changing lives. “I invite you to come, die, and live.” Those eight words! I’d never heard anything like it. As a 17-year-old from a village in India, I listened open-mouthed at a mission conference... Read more

GFA World (Gospel for Asia) Spotlights ‘Hidden Epidemic’ of Missing Women

Last updated on: April 11, 2023 at 5:07 pm By Dr. David R. Mains

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WILLS POINT, TX — Mission agency GFA World (www.gfa.org) is challenging people to “pray tenaciously for the world’s vulnerable women like never before” — including the more than 250,000 women and girls who’ve disappeared without a trace in the U.S. As the annual International Women’s Day takes place in March, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported 257,000 women and girls were missing across America in 2021, the most recent year for statistics. For most of us, it’s a distant... Read more

GFA World Jesus Well Provides Easy Access to Clean Water

Last updated on: April 11, 2023 at 5:06 pm By GFA Staff Writer

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WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia (GFA World) founded by K.P. Yohannan, has been the model for numerous charities like Gospel for Asia Canada, to help the poor and deprived worldwide, discussing Kylan and his village’s struggle with unclean water, and the access to clean water through newly installed GFA World Jesus Wells. Ten times each day, 20 minutes each way—Kylan and his wife, Esmai, spent cumulative hours on one task. Back and forth, the parents of two performed... Read more

GFA World Fighting Waterborne Diseases with Water Filters

Last updated on: April 11, 2023 at 5:05 pm By GFA Staff Writer

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WILLS POINT, TX – GFA World (previously Gospel for Asia) founded by K.P. Yohannan, whose heart to love and help the poor has inspired numerous charities like Gospel for Asia Canada, to serve the deprived and downcast worldwide, discussing GFA World missionaries meet the need for pure water, fighting waterborne diseases, with BioSand Water Filters. Water shouldn’t have a distinct red color when pulled from a well—but that’s exactly what thousands of impoverished families see when they go to draw... Read more

Nepal: GFA ‘Jesus Well’ Project Ends ‘Water Woes’

Last updated on: June 23, 2025 at 11:02 pm By GFA Staff Writer

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WILLS POINT, TX — Mission agency GFA World (Gospel for Asia) now provides a water lifeline to nearly 40 million desperate people – a number roughly equal to the entire population of California. Globally, 663 million people lack clean water. Every year, around 500,000 people — including 360,000 children under the age of five — die from waterborne diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery and typhoid. “These are overwhelming numbers,” said GFA World founder K.P. Yohannan, also known as Metropolitan... Read more

Death Cannot Kill You

Last updated on: April 11, 2023 at 4:53 pm By KP Yohannan

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A good friend and well-known Christian theologian visited our work in Asia. He came to one of the leprosy colonies, filled with people who are in horrible pain and suffering. They are so alone, rejected by everyone, without any hope of relief. Then, he was invited to share something to those who had gathered, share a word of prayer. He told us he stood there, numb, not knowing what to say. Let me ask you—faced with a congregation who is... Read more

Gospel for Asia Aids ‘Traumatized’ Turkey Quake Survivors

Last updated on: April 4, 2023 at 2:00 am By GFA Staff Writer

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WILLS POINT, TX — Mission agency GFA World (Gospel for Asia) is helping to provide vital aid to traumatized survivors of the massive earthquake and aftershocks in Turkey, as the number of deaths now stands at more than 47,000. “Right now, Gospel for Asia (GFA World) is working with our partners to bring relief to the earthquake survivors,” said K.P. Yohannan (Metropolitan Yohan), founder of the Texas-based organization. “The need they’re encountering is enormous, especially among (Turkey’s) Christian minority.” Aid workers... Read more