How One Teenager’s Faith in Zanzibar Caused Revival Part 2 of 2 By Sheila-Ann Bender In short: On the 2025 Global Day of Youth Evangelism, over 298,000 teenagers from 87 countries shared the gospel with their peers—the largest coordinated youth evangelism effort in recorded history. But behind the statistics lies a story of profound courage: a Muslim teenager in Zanzibar…

The Bold Philosophy That Is Raising Cities and Reaching Nations for Christ Part 1 of 2 By Sheila-Ann Bender In short: Greg Stier, Founder and Visionary of Dare 2 Share Ministries, loves teenagers and longs to see them transformed into passionate disciple-makers. That love—combined with a clear calling from God to reach the next generation—led him to launch Dare 2…

How Clean Water Opens Hearts to the Gospel in Panama’s Indigenous Villages By Sheila-Ann Bender In short: In remote indigenous villages where contaminated water causes widespread illness, missionaries are meeting physical needs while pointing people to Living Water—Jesus Christ. The Bottles of Living Water (BOLW) ministry provides water filters to families, builds trust with cautious tribal communities, and shares the…

How Missionaries Are Reaching Unreached Indigenous People in Central America  By Sheila-Ann Bender  “How shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good things!’” — Romans 10:14–15  In short: Dale and LyNan Redman trek into remote…

How Panama’s Month of the Bible Opened Doors to 22,000 New Believers  By Sheila-Ann Bender  In short: When missionaries requested access to 25 schools in Panama’s Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous region, the government granted permission for 100. The result? Over 50,000 indigenous people heard the gospel, and 22,705 made professions of faith in Christ—all during a single month. This school outreach program demonstrates how relationship-based missions, cultural…

“I was a Muslim,” he began quietly. “All my family were Muslim. But God invited us one by one. One by one.” His older brother was the first to follow Christ. Soon after, he was murdered — crucified publicly in Sudan as a warning to anyone who might dare do the same. That moment could have hardened his heart forever.…

Syria: after 14 years of civil war, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties, I was blessed to find out recently that we have 3,200 beautiful children studying our Bible lessons! They are from such areas as Homs, Coastal Mountains, Kurdish region, Damascus, etc. I’m thankful that the Prince of Peace is at work in that dark country where so many…