Stories from the Field

God is a healer who knows every way in which our heart, mind and body is burdened by the curse of sin. 

World Challenge’s partners in Kenya are providing refuge for girls threatened with forced child marriage.

For many young girls in parts of Kenya, the questions of who and when they marry is not up to them. A legal battle against child marriage has been fought for decades in Kenya. Underage marriage was banned in 1990 and was more heavily criminalized by a law passed in 2014, but that has done little to stop the practice.

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand” (Philippians 4:4-5, ESV). 

Scriptures often discuss celebration, and God actually instituted several holidays for his people to rest and worship him. The art of celebration is a regular practice in the Old Testament, and it is echoed in the future wedding feast of the Lamb discussed in Revelation.

God calls us to love our neighbors, but what if we don’t know what our neighbors need? This is where World Challenge’s partners step in.

No matter how great the obstacles, God continues to call his own out of the darkness into the light of new life.

A few nations in Southeast Asia have had some of the world’s strictest Coronavirus lockdowns, which has made ministry very difficult for the past two years; but as we’ve seen worldwide, God has in no way been limited by the lockdowns or other restrictions.

One community in Cambodia is taking biblical concepts and using them to start proactively transforming their village for the better.

How often do you give thanks for a good road? If we’re being honest, most of us would likely admit that we’ve spent more time cursing the occasional potholes of our city streets than we’ve spent thanking God for the miles of smooth, solid roads linking those potholes.

The Lord is reaching people through our partners in the Middle East through the miraculous peace found only in communion with his Son.

God is working through World Challenge’s partners in Central Asia to help spouses learn how to have healthier relationships with one another.

God is working through World Challenge’s partners in Lebanon to help those who are struggling with the fallout of catastrophic economic failure.

World Challenge’s partners in Albania have helped one young man escape the familial patterns of addiction and find new life in Christ.