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By Lorinda Robinson, serving in Burkina Faso
Alliance field workers in developing countries face unique challenges that we in the developed world would likely find intolerable. Lorinda’s June newsletter describes a recent inconvenience-lengthy electrical power outages in Ouagadougou, Burkina’s capital. An adaptation of Lorinda’s article follows; don’t miss her concluding remarks! 
Ouagadougou just doesn’t have enough supply [...]

Summer holidays in Bridlington turned into a new calling for Roger and Rosemary Gray to take open air preaching to Yorkshire

Last Saturday Christian leaders from all over London gathered aboard the Logos Hope a ship which sails the seven seas with the express aim of bringing education knowledge and hope to the ports of the world

by Lorrie Fransworth, serving in Indonesia
The following is an adaptation of a recent prayer letter from Lorrie Fransworth, who serves in Indonesia through higher education ministries. Read about the impact that one of her former theology students is having for God’s Kingdom in Indonesia.
Barnabas served as my gardener while attending the Walter Post Bible School [...]

by an Alliance missionary to West Africa
For many years I had a Fulani “grandma.” I called her Pati. If she and I had been the same age, we would have been best friends—she was that cool. Over the years I picked up bits and pieces of information, understanding that for some undisclosed reason, her family [...]

An outreach to government workers in Japan by Alliance Sunday school children demonstrates the church’s commitment to building bridges into the community. “Flower Day, or Hana no Hi (pronounced ‘hee’) as it is called in Japanese, is a day marked on the Christian calendar during the month of June,” says Alliance missionary Hazel Schaeffer, who [...]

Alliance church member Susan Canida, on a short-term missions trip to Burkina Faso, had watched every Monday morning for several weeks as Alliance missionary Lorinda Robinson shared the story of God’s redemption with the 15 young women, ages 15 to 25, living at Dorcas House, a home that offers practical and spiritual mentoring to women [...]

The Scottish Highlands may once have been rich in Christianity but they are now virgin territory for spiritual things says Argentinean evangelist Luis Palau

A northeast London pastor is responding to Jesus command to go by launching doortodoor evangelism