BCM International

Reaching Children and Strengthening Churches Worldwide

God’s Choice for BCM Germany

By: Lisa Biegert On Sunday, July 12th, 2015, new BCM Germany director Waldemar Muks accepted the baton of leadership from retiring director Dale Sigafoos in a joyous celebration held at Bibelgemeinde Nordrhön (Bible Church of the North Rhine), BCM Germany’s church in...

God is not Dead in Bourges, France

By Jeanette Windle with Tony Schaapman “God is dead,” Madam Louise repeated insistently. The French woman who’d paused on a park bench to answer a few survey questions was not being obnoxious nor difficult. She was simply reiterating her honest conviction. A...

NEW LIFE FOR “QUIRUMAS” IN PERU’S AMAZON RAINFOREST

By: Shantal Artieda BCM Peru first expanded its ministry to the city of Iquitos in 2005, reaching children through an evangelistic outreach known as Pennies for Peru. Training for children’s ministry leadership and Bible clubs followed, then camps for children and...

“NEITHER RAIN NOR HEAT . . . NOR FLYING BULLETS!”

By: Jeanette Windle with Lorraine Stirneman The Friday afternoon offered a perfect ending to a five-day open-air Bible club. No summer downpour had necessitated scattering to shelter. As teenage volunteers taught the final Bible story, children listened avidly, eager...

PREACHING A RISEN SAVIOR EVEN IN THE MIDST OF BULLETS

By: Jeanette Windle The shooting began before dawn on April 2, 2015. Both Christian and Muslim students at Garissa University in eastern Kenya about 200 kilometers north of the Somali border had risen by 5a.m. to attend pre-class prayer meetings. A half-hour later,...