Author: Shalem John

Birth Date: 24.06.1896 Home calling: 31.05.1995 Native Place: Carenero Country: Panama Place of Vision : Panama Efraim Alphonse was an American missionary known for his ministry among the Guaymi (also called Valiente) tribes. Born in a fishermen family Efraim was well versed in piloting a boat even in treacherous streams. One day he agreed to take a missionary along dangerous reefs of Panama coast to the terrifying Guaymi tribes. On the way, the missionary stirred up Efraim’s heart about the need for Christian teachers among the Guaymi tribes. Even though he didn’t finish his studies yet, he joined the missionary…

The city of Opole is 275 miles from Poland’s eastern border. But Ukraine never feels that far away. And at Ostoja Church, a Pentecostal congregation that has served the city of 130,000 since 1952, that presence is palpable, particularly during Sunday-morning prayers. The church’s pastor, Mariusz Muszczyński, said that every Sunday since the beginning of the war, the church has prayed for peace in Ukraine—in Ukrainian and Polish. “We never skip it,” he said. “It’s become part of who we are.” It’s not only the church’s prayers that have changed since the war began. The people have as well. “From…

Birth: 1772 Death:1806 Native Place: India Place of Vision: India Christian faith has transcended ethnic, national, and cultural barriers and, along the way, has redeemed some of the cultures it has entered. Likewise, the faith has also become indigenous in the sense that it resonates with the local culture. When the early missionaries came to Tamil Nadu, those who were converted adapted the Gospel to their own culture, and the positive outcome was the increased acceptance of the Christian faith. Many villages forsook old ways and even turned temples into chapels. Christianity flourished during the latter part of the 18th…