When you travel through India you will travel through thousands of “dark” villages – more than 400,000 to be precise. A “dark” village has no Christian witness and no access to a church. One such “dark” village is in the east of India, that our country leader, Brian*, recently visited, and now has three Christian […]
1998: Harvesters Ministries founded by Steven Loots 2000: 27 new churches had been planted in Malawi and Zambia 2004: 500 new churches had been planted in East Africa 2006: Bibles for Believers project launched 2012: 100,000 Bibles in local languages had been distributed 2018: 54,700 new churches had been planted 2019: 65,000 new churches had been planted Goal for 2030: Reach 1 million […]
The Light must shine in the darkness Imagine living in a country where someone dies every four seconds without knowing Jesus Christ. Imagine living in a country where more than 22,000 people die daily without spending eternity in heaven. Imagine living in a country where you there are more than 400,000 “dark” villages with no […]
The pastors have a great sense of urgency regarding evangelism. Recently, more than 1200 people came to Christ and 48 new churches were planted in the northern, central and southern parts of Vietnam. Christians in Vietnam are in the minority of the population. Some of the strategic conversations we had with our pastors were focused […]
God is always in control. We experienced this again recently in a country where the Gospel is not welcomed by the government. Strict new laws have sought to control the official church and ban unregistered churches. Christians are being severely persecuted. Church buildings are being torn down and house churches are being closed down. Despite […]
A family on a mission As I left the certainty for the uncertainty – about five years ago – I knew one thing: God is in control and He will provide. My family and I packed up our entire life and moved to the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho. We arrived in the small village of […]
After 27 hours of traveling I arrived in Manaus meeting up with Harvesters staff. The hot humid air couldn’t stop the excitement as we headed out early morning on a private flight to Santa Antonio de Iça – an important indigenous community which will launch all church planting in the Amazon. The trip itself in […]
“Every time I fly over Madagascar I feel excited and I know that this is where God wants me to be,” says Mac Hayward, a church leader from Port Elizabeth who has been working in Madagascar for the past six years with Harvesters Ministries. Mac has more than 44 years’ experience as a church leader […]
Leaving for my very first missions trip I kept wondering,“What can I do?” But God reminded me that it is not what I can do, but what He can do through me. This would be my very first time going into the mission field – I am both terrified and excited. I have no idea […]
