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These Bible insights can provide critical information and give you direction for your Biblical ministry to help better serve the needs of people in your community.
Central African Republic: Healing and Hope for Displaced People
In the last two years, conflicts between Christian and Muslim groups have ravaged the people of the Central African Republic (CAR). Local militias have committed brutal crimes and displaced citizens from their homes. In the wake of these events, 10,000 survivors in CAR are participating in ongoing Bible-based Trauma Healing sessions. These sessions allow displaced people to bring their pain…
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After A Violent Militia Attack, God’s Word Healed One Woman
While hiding in a field of overgrown grass, Leyla* watched a crowd of soldiers enter a thatched hut in Tore Wandi, her home village. She heard scuffling on the dirt floor. She heard the shrill of voices. And she watched the soldiers burn the hut to the ground. Just weeks earlier, a woman from another South Sudanese village told Leyla…
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How Technology Helped One Translator in Africa
Pastor Albertino Nunes glances up from his laptop at his two colleagues seated across the table. Bright office lights gleam off of the laptops of his coworkers as they type, diligently translating the Bible into their Angolan tongue of Umbundu. Their task is urgent; 6 million Umbundu speakers have no Scripture Portions in their heart language. At the end of…
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Living with HIV, One Woman Found Hope
For years, Grace feared walking to the market with her friends. She dreaded celebrating holidays with her family. And she constantly worried about sleeping, wondering if her agonizing nightmares would return. Every day, Grace endured judgment, rejection and hostility—because every day, Grace endured life with HIV....they experience life as castaways—as outsiders stripped of their voice. In Grace’s South Sudanese community,…
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After Soldiers Murdered His Family, One Man Chose Forgiveness
Martin stashed his belongings into a bag, stuffed his feet into a pair of shoes and began to run. After soldiers brutally killed his father, mother and grandmother during the Burundian Civil War—an ethnic conflict that began in the mid-1990s between tribes in the tiny, East African country—Martin set out to flee his violent surroundings. He desperately wanted a fresh…
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In Kenya, Trauma Healing Offers Hope in the Midst of Turmoil
Less than a year ago, a husband and wife team visited Garissa University College in northeast Kenya to host a Bible-based trauma healing session, a program that helps survivors of violence, abuse and natural disasters find healing through God’s Word. Because the region is prone to militant attacks, the couple shared their training with a group of 35 local students.…
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