GFA World Magazine

Balan was only around 7 years old but already thinking about suicide. He spent his days sitting alone in a corner of his parents' home, a shawl wrapped around him to cover his body. After being diagnosed with leprosy, his mother, father, siblings and the rest of his community excommunicated him."I was all alone," Balan says....

At the GFA headquarters in Wills Point, Texas, Shareen clicks open the file of photos sent from the field in Asia. Dozens of images of a national missionary populate her computer screen. She magnifies each picture and tags them “slum,” “prayer,” “national missionary.” Shareen prays for the national missionaries shown in the photos and places them...

Steward, GFA behind-the-scenes missionary, shares about his experience with GFA's School of Discipleship program. I had the privilege to be part of the team at GFA that teaches School of Discipleship (SD) students how to share their faith. But it seems like it was just a little while ago that I was a student in the...

INDIA – In August, GFA-supported workers living and serving in Kerala, India, braved flooded streets and homes to rescue hundreds of stranded people after monsoon rains escalated into the worst flooding in nearly a century for that south Indian state. Workers rode in high-rise tractors and traveled in boats to remote regions, providing immediate aid to...

Jasmine squatted by the water buffalo while her fingers deftly milked the gentle beast, keeping a steady stream of milk filling the pail underneath. She smiled, thinking about this new gift and the future that it will provide. Jasmine, 40, grew up in poverty. When she was a child, the opportunity for an education slipped through...

Andy, GFA staff member and current director of communications at GFA’s international office in New Zealand, shares about how God uses the weak and foolish to change lives. Serving with GFA has been one of the greatest blessings of my life! When we step back and see the Lord’s hand upon GFA, there isn’t really much...

Dhinanath couldn’t tear his eyes away from the scene before him. A car had quickly pulled up only a few meters in front of him and his colleague. He saw one of the car doors open and a young woman tumble out. Unconscious. Being new to the area, Dhinanath wasn’t sure what was happening. He later...

More than half of the children attending this Bridge of Hope center have mothers who work as prostitutes in the red light district. It was early. The Bridge of Hope center had no children within its classrooms. Dedicated men and women arrived to set up the place. Very soon, every nook and cranny would be filled...

Exodus of Happiness Until 2006, Priya’s life had held promise and happiness: She and her husband of 31 years, Tamang, had two healthy children, a son and a daughter; Tamang held a respectable job in a government tax office; they owned a home; and they were among the upper class of society Nine years passed,...

In 2017, GFA-supported workers in 18 Asian nations worked together with the Body of Christ all over the world—including you—to see lives and communities blessed by the love of Christ. These statistics serve as an aerial view of what God accomplished in one year throughout communities in Asia. He has done so much through His servants,...