When our international ministry partners sow God’s Word into the hearts and lives of the unreached, they trust the results to the Holy Spirit. That is a response of faith for Margarita, a ministry leader in Bulgaria. She leads a weekly Bible study group in a nearby village and welcomes all to attend.
“One day, a woman named Penka* came to our group, and I immediately sensed something different about her,” Margarita says. “I had never seen her before. As she shared her story, she told us that she was a third-generation fortune- teller.”
In Bulgaria, some of the most prominent spiritual...
As the war in Ukraine rages on, internal strife continues to plague the country’s people. “Today, in Ukraine, there are a vast number of people suffering from trauma,” says Diana*, one ministry leaders there. “Many people cannot cope on their own with what they have experienced or witnessed — death, violence, cruelty, assault. I am glad that God can use believers to identify these problems and provide help to those in need.”
Diana works with various churches in Ukraine and leads pastoral care seminars. These seminars emphasize the importance of providing support to individuals who have...
No matter what age we are, following Jesus will change our lives.
Sometimes we experience that change in our own lives. Sometimes we witness changes in other believers’ lives. And sometimes we have the opportunity to hear from believers in other countries and how their lives have changed because of hearing the Gospel and knowing Jesus.
In the Summer 2025 edition of the Within Reach Praise Report, you will meet: • Marsinta and Venna, who risked sharing the Gospel with a man who didn’t even know he needed Jesus. • Carmelita, who gave up her...
You most likely have a Bible close by you right now. Yet, around the world, new believers in Christ have never even dreamed of having their own Bible available to them in their homes whenever they want to read and study it. Honestly, there are never enough Bibles to meet the need. Our ministry partners worldwide work diligently to meet those needs, but we often must tell people a hard truth: “We don’t have any more Bibles.” Values Education ministry to children in the Philippines depends on volunteers like Billy. For the past nine years, he served as a volunteer teacher in four...