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The Courage of Girls

Girls watch their backs. Sexual assault, trafficking, and forced child marriage seem to lurk around every corner, especially in developing nations where there is little

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Hope for a Young Breadwinner

Serving as the family breadwinner is a role fraught with pressure. Yet children the world over are enlisted to help their families make ends meet.

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“Untouchables”—Touched by Jesus and His People in India

“Unclean! Unclean!”—this is how a person with leprosy was required to announce their presence when they came in contact with others in ancient times. Not

Evangelism

Paying in Blood to Live Out Their Faith

The three girls in the picture are reading the Story of Jesus in Urdu. Two suicide bombers killed all three when they destroyed the girls’

Discipleship

Combatting Trauma, One Sunset at a Time

Raj spent the better part of his first 10 years begging at a Delhi train station. Deaf, mostly blind, and malnourished, he was dropped off

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Lives Changed, Destinies Altered by Passionate Children’s Minister

David C Cook Staff Profile: Ravi Voosala Role: Programme Coordinator, Hyderabad, India, J127 Clubs. Ravi monitors and encourages existing J127 Clubs, begins new ones, and

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The Supremacy of Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a well-covered, often visited issue in the J127 Clubs and the Children at Risk lessons and for good reason. The root of not

Discipleship

A Road to Healing

Three years ago relatives dropped Meghana off at an orphanage. For months she cried and begged for her parents. They would not return, however. Many

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Curriculum Reaching Millions of At-Risk Children is Complete!

The curriculum behind J127 Clubs and the Children at Risk program is finished, even as millions of children around the world are shepherded through this

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Beyond Adversity in India

Children in Indian orphanages have faced more adversity than most of us will know in a lifetime. In spite of the obstacles, we hear stories

Evangelism

Egypt Update

This is an update on the status of churches in Egypt. Continue to pray for this nation, for the Gospel to go forth, and for

Evangelism

Prayer for Egypt

“Christians gather in their burned church in Swuez and hold signs that say: ‘My terrorist brother, I came today to pray for you.’” This caption

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Fully Abled in God’s Eyes

A child limited physically or mentally in the ancient world was looked upon as curse from the gods or spirits, an individual who’d bring misfortune

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Caring for the World’s At Risk Kids

Esnart’s father abandoned her family. Kelvin lives in a violent home ruled by substance abuse. Chango steals from his caretaker. Pauline has reoccurring dreams where

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Rescued from Certain Death

Misery is the demon of Garstin Bastion Road in New Delhi’s red light district. He rules over the residents and spreads a stench of hopelessness