Not My Home

by Lisa Biegert

As a teenager, I had a T-shirt picturing a globe that read, “This world is not my home, although it seems to be. My home is with my God in the place He’s made for me. He’s comin’ back real soon, the signs are very clear. So when the trumpet sounds, I’ll be outta here!”

Footsteps of Faith in War-torn Congo

by Margery Dickinson with Jeanette Windle

In the midst of undeniable darkness, God is building His Church in the Congo—and BCM International is privileged to play a role. Missionaries have been taking the gospel into DRC since the 1800s, including well-known missionary explorer David Livingston. The largest Protestant denomination in DRC today is CECA, a French acrostic for the Evangelical Church in the Center of Africa, founded in 1912 by Africa Inland Mission.

From Bible Camp to Mayor

by Bob Evans

The 60th Anniversary celebration of BCM Northern Ireland this past November in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, had a special guest, the city’s mayor, Councillor Ronnie Crawford. As a young teenager, Crawford was part of the very first BCM Northern Ireland youth camp at Carnlough in August 1966. Today as mayor, Crawford is only one of countless Irish children reached through six decades of BCM ministry who have grown up to become adults making a vital impact on their society.

Changing Ukraine, One Heart at a Time

by Dawn Moore

In the village of Kijliv, fifty miles from Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, change is just what Igor and his wife Oxana are committed to bringing to their countrymen. The same change that transformed their own lives when they came face to face with God’s Word and a Savior’s love.

A New Vision for Bolivia

by Sarvia Ortiz

In 1991 North American missionaries Claudia Moore and Ellen Steele invited to Cochabamba a team of believers from Michigan, headed up by Mrs. Susan Sanderson, to train a group of Bolivian children’s ministry leaders. Among them were Dionicio and Lidia Ajhuacho, a young pastor and his wife with a passion to reach children. The result was a new ministry among the children of Bolivia called the Bible Club Movement.

Living Water for the Navajo Nation

by Jennifer Hamilton

The desert of southwestern United States is a harsh environment, lacking in water and vegetation. The desert floor is hard, uncompromising clay, which during the monsoon season effectively shuttles sudden cloudbursts downhill, causing flash floods since the concrete-like ground cannot absorb water. Gnarled clumps of sagebrush and spiky leaves of the yucca plants straggle toward the sky.

Refined By Suffering

by Joe Dukes with Jeanette Windle

Pastor Rao and a local pastor were riding through a village in India on a motorcycle when they were suddenly surrounded by a group of men on motorcycles. The two missionaries had reason to be afraid. Only weeks before, the most recent wave of anti-Christian persecution in neighboring Orissa had left over 150,000 believers dispossessed, churches and homes burnt, and hundreds murdered or disappeared. Now the motorcycle posse demanded to know why a BCM church in their own area was offering sanctuary to these troublemakers.