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Stories from the Field

  • A School for Christ

    Rachel Chimits

    Two church leaders in El Salvador were moved to help the country’s children and build toward a better future.

    In 1961, John and Lois Bueno were invited to El Salvador to become the pastors of Centro Evangelistico Church. 

    They left their home in California and moved to El Salvador’s capital to start a new life and ministry, hardly guessing the magnitude of the plans God had in store for them. 

  • Multiplying Churches in the Congo

    Andreas Steffensen

    How the belief in change for one man has extending to his entire town and beyond into neighboring villages.

    Driving at breakneck speeds down dusty, unpaved roads, we approach a military checkpoint. Our regional coordinator sits in the back of the aging Land Cruiser, his head thumping the roof every time we hit a pothole.

  • Harvest in the Congo

    Rachel Chimits

    Years of dry work for one pastor is now yielding great community transformation and church growth.

    For several years, Pastor Saidi attended community health seminars hosted by World Challenge partners. He was an active participant in discussion groups and was enthusiastic about the ideas presented.

  • Breaking Free

    Ian Watkins

    In the darkest hour, God’s whisper saved one young man’s life and put him on a path to ministry.

    Three years ago, a few friends and I decided to start a Bible study and call it Move of God, or MOG. We wanted it to be an invitation for others to get to know God.

    I expected it to only be us at the beginning. I mean, after all, a lot of kids at my school knew me and knew who I’d been before I came to Christ. 

  • Healing Refuge in Albania

    Eljo Patoku

    A World Challenge partner followed God’s call to offer support to a boy and those like him in one of Tirana’s grittiest neighborhoods.

    I live in Rruga-Ura, a suburb of Albania’s capital, where most residents are Roma with a Muslim background. 

    This is one of the poorest neighborhoods in Tirana, and it was difficult growing up here. People got into fights practically every day, and alcohol was almost everywhere

  • Building for Burundi’s Mothers

    Rachel Chimits

    A group of churches in Bujumbura are working to help widowed women achieve economic independence and a new life in Christ.

    The Baptist Union of Churches was founded in 1928 and is the oldest evangelic and one of the most respected groups in Burundi. 

    In 1972, during a surge of tribal conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi, churches’ pastors were either killed or fled the country. Despite the terrible devastation, the church has recovered.