The Global Clean Water Crisis Exists in America Too Says Gospel for Asia

Last updated on: February 1, 2023 at 4:40 am By Karen Mains

Gospel for Asia (GFA), Wills Point, Texas, Special Report 2/4 The Global Clean Water Crisis Exists in America, Too In her master work titled Dirty, Sacred Rivers: Confronting South Asia’s Water Crisis, Cheryl Colopy, a prize-winning environmental reporter specializing in water systems and clean water restoration, makes a wry observation about the Western form of household waste management: “But the system I have known and used, quite unconsciously ever since I was potty trained, is nuts. In a world where... Read more

Is Safe Water a Human Right or a Human Necessity?

Last updated on: September 13, 2023 at 10:46 am By GFA Staff Writer

Developing a broader awareness of various global safe water crises during 2018 has been prompted, in part, by the UN’s annual World Water Day on March 22. We at Gospel for Asia (GFA) have contributed several articles intended to bring attention to the drought in South Africa, the meeting of the World Water Forum in Brasilia, and a post about 12 major global cities facing water crises of one kind or another. Most notably, we published a special report documenting... Read more

Gospel for Asia Introduces the Global Clean Water Crisis

Last updated on: February 1, 2023 at 4:43 am By Karen Mains

Gospel for Asia (GFA), Wills Point, Texas, Special Report 1/4 on the global clean water crisis. The “Blue Marble” photo of Earth shot from Apollo 17, the last of NASA’s Apollo missions as the rocket ship was hurtling toward the moon, wasn’t the first satellite image of our planet, but it was the first full image—stunning in color—taken from some 18,000 miles in space, with the sun fully illuminating Earth. The south polar ice cap, despite heavy cloud cover, was... Read more

Safe, Clean Drinking Water at Risk for 12 of the World’s Major Cities

Last updated on: October 20, 2022 at 2:08 pm By GFA Staff Writer

Gospel for Asia (GFA) News, Wills Point, Texas Several billion people around the world live without sufficient access to clean water. Over one billion people lack water supplies. Another 2.7 billion find water scarce for at least one month of the year. Read Gospel for Asia (GFA)’s Special Report on The Global Clean Water Crisis. A 2014 survey of the world’s 500 largest cities estimates that one in four is in “water stress.” Twelve major cities are in danger of... Read more

Application of Learning Goes Way Beyond the Classroom at GFA’s School of Discipleship

Last updated on: December 9, 2019 at 8:39 am By GFA Staff Writer

Gospel for Asia (GFA), School of Discipleship News, Wills Point, Texas One day after a Sunday morning worship service a couple months ago, I was sitting on the couch in my living room watching a movie when I heard a knock at my front door. I hopped up, half expecting to greet one of our friendly neighbor kids from across the street. Who I found instead upon opening the door was a couple of our School of Discipleship students. “Hey... Read more

Jesus Well Provides Safe Drinking Water and Changed Attitudes

Last updated on: December 11, 2019 at 4:52 am By GFA Staff Writer

At Gospel for Asia, we’ve been praying for the water crisis that’s been happening in South Africa. Sometimes I think about it a little more as I take a shower, drink a glass of clean water, or see the rain pouring down. Millions upon millions around the world are wondering where their next drink of water will come from. Can you imagine waking up this morning at the crack of dawn to wait in line for the water truck to... Read more

I Knew They Were Just Human Beings, But They Still Felt Superhuman

Last updated on: April 6, 2018 at 2:20 am By GFA Staff Writer

Eight years ago, I experienced just a taste of the mission field. I walked through grimy slum alleyways to reach a cheerful Bridge of Hope center; I walked along dusty village paths to a place known as “the miracle church” because of the mighty acts of God witnessed there; I pumped the handle of a Jesus Well that was the answer to many prayers; I worshiped alongside believers whose language I didn’t know, but whose God I did know. Each... Read more

GFA School of Discipleship: More of Christ, Less of Me

Last updated on: September 13, 2023 at 10:48 am By GFA Staff Writer

Gospel for Asia (GFA) News, Wills Point, Texas — Every institution, organization or program claim they exist because of differences that make them distinctive. The rationale is reasonable. The significance is not the difference. It is the distinctives. There are two Scripture verses that eloquently describe what makes GFA School of Discipleship (SD) distinctive and, therefore, different. John 3:30– “He must increase, but I must decrease.” Matthew 22:37-39– “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with... Read more

Good Friday: Remembering Jesus’ Last Words

Last updated on: April 4, 2018 at 7:37 pm By GFA Staff Writer

Good Friday holds profound significance to me. It’s my second favorite holiday, just after Easter. In my home church there is a lot of symbolism at the Good Friday service. As the service goes on, the sanctuary becomes darker and the candles on the altar are extinguished one by one. By the end of the service, it is completely dark inside the sanctuary. Then, all of the sudden, you hear a noise like a stone being pushed, symbolizing Jesus’ body... Read more

The Good That Good Men & Women Do Lives on Long After They Are Gone

Last updated on: March 31, 2018 at 7:13 am By GFA Staff Writer

An Invitation to Billy Graham’s Funeral, by Karen Burton Mains A few days after Billy Graham died, David, my husband, received a phone call from the Billy Graham Association. A very young voice on the end of the line informed us we were being invited to attend Billy’s funeral in Charlotte, North Carolina. We were surprised, to say the least; it has been a couple decades since we were involved in national media ministry. In the intervening years, we’ve ministered... Read more

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