Vinod was a rich and influential man who belonged to the high caste in India. Vinod considered Christians untouchable and of a lower caste. The Christians were afraid of him because he often used his power and wealth to mistreat [...]
More than one in five adults in the Democratic Republic of Congo cannot read. In the remote villages where Reconciled World focuses its work, these rates can be even higher. This has a huge impact on people’s ability to do [...]
There was a kind hearted pastor in Nepal who felt compassion for the suffering of those around him. But he believed his role as a pastor was only to care for those in his church. With his own lack of [...]
In the village of Muluma Musulu, in the DR Congo, poverty and wrong beliefs about gender have had devastating consequences. Like in many other places, people believe that women belong at home, so women and girls rarely have opportunities for [...]
Churches in Bangladesh face significant challenges from both poverty and tension with the majority Muslim population. Although most believers know that God’s word says to “love your neighbor as yourself,” they think this commandment is for other people—those with more [...]
There was a small church of 6 members in Uganda who struggled to find even enough money to pay for the small room they rented to hold their worship service. When the pastor began attending the TCT training, his eyes [...]
In many places, Christians feel powerless to help others because of their own poverty and lack. They may wait and hope for nonprofit organizations to come and solve the problems around them. Or they may feel utterly trapped and hopeless [...]
Reconciled World is going through a time of tremendous growth and seeing God do wonderful things across the world. With all the busyness that growth brings, we have not had a chance to tell you the incredible stories we are [...]
For years the church members of Tu Pi village had waited for someone to come help them. They were extremely poor—at least three months a year they had to scavenge for food. The village was a three-hour walk from the [...]
Do you say “Ukraine” or “the Ukraine?” When I was in English class in high school, we specifically learned that the right way was “the Ukraine.” I only found out during this last month that Ukraine’s name means “the borderland,” [...]
