STORY LIBRARY
One of the gifts God has given us is the many stories of God at work in churches, lives, and communities around the world. They destroy the boxes we tend to put God in and lead us to our knees in worship. We invite you to read, watch, listen, and explore the story library.
Great is Thy Faithfulness
Stories of God’s power displayed in the Church
This is a collection of stories from the TCT program. These stories were originally included in our printed story book, and we’ve made them available in a digital format here.
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Building Roads
Life in a developing country can look a lot different than life in the west. Even more so when comparing rural areas. Take for example the seemingly small task of going to the market. Most [...]
The Role of the Community
We all want to help people. We all want to make a positive impact in someone else’s life, especially if that person is hurting physically, emotionally, or spiritually. The danger is that sometimes this desire [...]
How the Church in Asia is Being Generous
One of Acts of love that churches in Asia do to show God’s love to their communities is helping with funerals. This is a tough time for the family of the deceased person, not only [...]
Costly Giving
“You sold your boat?!” I wasn’t sure that I had heard one of our TCT trainers correctly. He had said it so frankly, with not a trace of regret or sadness in his voice. It [...]
Those Who Inspire Us: TCT Partners in Southeast Asia
How do you reach an unreached people group? There’s lots of deep thinkers creating deep thoughts on the topic. But what happens when the people that are reaching out to the unreached people group haven’t [...]
A Vulnerable Teen Finds New Life
As we focus on the topic of vulnerable children this month, my thoughts turn to the ministry of the Wholistic Development Center (WDC). Students at WDC come from a variety of backgrounds, with many of [...]
The Power of Prayer and Fasting
“So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.” Ezra 8:23 In one TCT community, the church decided that they wanted to build stable homes for everyone in the community. [...]
Out of Debt
Each training within the TCT program focuses on one main theme. In year three, one of the topics is money management. One of the key topics throughout this training is encouraging people to get out [...]
Restoring Dignity in Democratic Republic of Congo
We are excited to share the amazing work of local NGO Un Jour Nouveau (Africa New Day) in Democratic Republic of Congo. The following article originally appeared on First Fruit, Inc.’s blog. It is reposted [...]
Prayer: Education
In December of 2020, I was in full-on “nesting mode”. I was nine months pregnant and we were expecting our daughter to make her arrival any day. Her nursery was all decked out - [...]
The Whole Gospel
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made [...]
Prayer: Church Leaders
Not displaying correctly? Watch the full video here: https://vimeo.com/469765858 Lord we pray… Please uphold church leaders who are facing opposition, persecution, exhaustion...and all the additional pressures brought on by Covid and lockdowns. Give them [...]
Prayer: Mental Health
As a mother, this pandemic has brought a new dimension to my parenting—daily temperature checks and health attestation forms. Where I live, they’ve been required to attend school in-person. Beyond that, I certainly don’t want [...]
Prayer: Corruption
This blog was originally published in April 2018. A friend from Asia recently told me that, in his country, it’s typical for only about 30 percent of the money for a public works project to [...]
Prayer: Poverty
Charitable giving actually increased in 2020, despite (or because of?) the global pandemic. I read it on the internet so it must be true. (Just kidding. It’s real.)* I’m so thankful for all the families [...]
