Gospel for Asia: Widows Worldwide Face Tragedy, Discrimination (Part 1)

Last updated on: October 26, 2019 at 9:57 pm By GFA Staff Writer

Wills Point, Texas – Gospel for Asia (GFA) Special Report – Discussing the plight of widows worldwide as they face tragedy, discrimination, and suffering. Accounts of the humiliations, insults and indignations suffered by widows worldwide would make anyone cringe. Gulika, a widow in Asia, experienced helplessness after the people in her village turned their backs on her after her husband’s death. A woman in Nigeria was harassed by her brother-in-law asking for documents of her house before her husband’s body even... Read more

Saving Lives at Risk from Open Defecation (Part 3)

Last updated on: April 30, 2021 at 8:37 am By Karen Mains

Wills Point, Texas – Gospel for Asia Special Report (GFA) – Discussing the troubling problem of the lack of toilets – basic sanitation, and open defecation for millions throughout the world. What If You Didn’t Have a Toilet? So I remind myself of toilet scenarios I do know about, then extrapolate some personal situations out to extreme what-ifs. Our home, in which we have lived for 38 years, has its own septic system. During that time, when we had extreme storms,... Read more

Saving Lives at Risk from Open Defecation (Part 2)

Last updated on: April 30, 2021 at 8:16 am By Karen Mains

Wills Point, Texas – GFA Special Report (Gospel for Asia) – Discussing the troubling problem of open defecation and the lack of basic sanitation for millions throughout the world. Talking Openly About Open Defecation Another key dilemma in this discussion—open defecation, hardly a dinner-table topic or a mission committee agenda item—is the fact that accessibility to toilets does not always indicate usage. Changing habits is mostly a matter of changing mindsets in the face of the stranglehold of deeply entrenched beliefs.... Read more

Saving Lives at Risk from Open Defecation (Part 1)

Last updated on: April 30, 2021 at 8:05 am By Karen Mains

Wills Point, Texas – Gospel for Asia Special Report (GFA) – Discussing the troubling problem of open defecation and the lack of basic sanitation facilities for millions throughout the world. For much of my adult life, it has been my privilege to hang out with the “renegades” of Christian missions, that relief-and-development crowd that rushes to help during natural disasters, struggles to alleviate the suffering and abasement of refugee displacement, and pays concerted attention to the everyday struggles of everyday living... Read more

The Parable of Nirash

Last updated on: October 23, 2018 at 7:46 am By GFA Staff Writer

Wills Point, Texas – GFA (Gospel for Asia) – Discussing how the Unsponsored Children’s Fund helps provide a chance for hope and life to children without sponsors. My name is Nirash. I am only a child. I am always sad. We have very little to eat. Sometimes I have to walk to the river with my mother to carry water home for cooking. It is a long walk and the water pots are heavy. There is always someone in my family who... Read more

Called for a Special Purpose: Women National Workers

Last updated on: November 25, 2019 at 3:04 pm By GFA Staff Writer

Wills Point, Texas – Gospel for Asia (GFA) – Discussing the importance of women national workers in Asia cannot be overemphasized. Millions of Asian women face unimaginable pain, misery and degradation. In Acts chapter 16, the Apostle Paul tells of visiting the city of Philippi for a number of days. On a Saturday, he and those with him retired to a river bank where believers customarily gathered for Sabbath prayers. It was there that he met Lydia, an entrepreneur (centuries before... Read more

A Life of Willing Sacrifice for the Lord: GFA School of Discipleship

Last updated on: October 23, 2018 at 7:45 am By GFA Staff Writer

The average young adult in America looks forward expectantly to a life free from the rules of home; free to build their future; free to make their own decisions. They look forward to the world of adulthood that they see being living out around them. This is natural and, therefore, to be expected. However, there are also those who have responded to the call of the Lord to present themselves as a “living sacrifice” forsaking their own dreams to be... Read more

Bridge of Hope Education and Transformation

Last updated on: December 8, 2022 at 2:48 pm By GFA Staff Writer

Wills Point, Texas – GFA (Gospel for Asia) – Discussing how GFA-supported Bridge of Hope centers give education and transformation in the lives of children. In a meeting at the United Nations on September 25, the leaders of France, Canada and Great Britain made a case for the UN to focus concerted efforts on educating young girls. Sight Magazine reports, “More than 130 million girls . . . do not attend school, according to the World Bank, costing as much as... Read more

Becoming an Example to All Believers: GFA School of Discipleship

Last updated on: October 16, 2018 at 3:37 am By GFA Staff Writer

Wills Point, Texas – GFA (Gospel for Asia) – Discussing the transformative impact of the GFA School of Discipleship in the lives of believers. “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” – 1 Timothy 4:12 Because the Apostle Paul encouraged young Timothy to be exactly that, we know that it is possible for a young person to be an example to all believers.... Read more

Halting Hunger: World Food Day – October 16, 2018

Last updated on: November 25, 2019 at 10:46 am By GFA Staff Writer

October 16, 2018, marks the 38th anniversary of World Food Day. The date was selected to celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in 1945. On World Food Day, people from around the globe participate to declare their commitment to eradicating worldwide hunger during our lifetime. Hunger hurts. Numerous agencies are working to ensure that every individual around the world has continual access to nutritious meals. The United Nations cites eight reasons... Read more