GFA World Magazine

Cyclone Ockhi, said to be the "most intense storm originating from the Arabian Sea since 2015 and the first in nearly 40 years to travel nearly 1,500 miles," ravaged the coastal shore of Kerala, India, in Nov. 2017. More than 200 fisherman who had gone out to sea for their daily labor passed away, unable to...

ASIA – Dr. K.P. Yohannan made a visit to the slums in Mumbai, India, earlier this year to see the ongoing ministry in that area and encourage workers. He walked through narrow alleyways and passed women washing their clothes before he made it to the door of one of the local Bridge of Hope centers. The...

USA – GFA recently launched a new program called Mission Support Team that enables people to partner with staff members, also called behind-the-scenes missionaries, to help fulfill Christ's call to make disciples. Each GFA behind-the-scenes missionary serving in our administration offices helps facilitate the work of more than 100 national workers on the field. The faithful...

Alisha gave a furtive look over her shoulder as she prepared to fetch water across the railroad tracks. If she was caught, she knew she would be punished. Crossing the tracks was illegal…and dangerous. But her family needed water to drink, to survive, and this way was the shortest route to the nearest well. Water, that...

USA - Gospel for Asia staff joined hundreds of volunteers at Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child processing center in Dallas, Texas, on Dec. 2. Around 23 staff members, including School of Discipleship students, took part in ensuring boxes filled with little treasures for children in need around the world were ready to ship overseas."It's always a...

ASIA - Throughout November and December, more than 200 GFA-supported missionaries and pastors serving in one region received warm winter clothing to prepare them for the upcoming cold weather. Now, with new jackets and shawls to protect them-and their families-against severe cold, GFA-supported workers can confidently continue their ministry despite serving in a region along the...

USA - Gospel for Asia staff joined hundreds of volunteers at Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child (OCC) processing center in Dallas, Texas, on Dec. 2. Around 23 Gospel for Asia staff members, including School of Discipleship students, took part in ensuring boxes filled with little treasures for children in need around the world were ready to...

ASIA - In November, K.P. Yohannan, GFA founder, visited a leprosy colony where GFA-supported Sisters of Compassion serve. He helped clean the wounds of leprosy patients and give away blankets to keep them warm during the impending winter season. "It was humbling to see the joy on the patients' faces as they worshiped the Lord and...

Tin sheets turn into piglets, which helped bring a man and his family out of poverty’s iron grip. Mahavir stared at his gift. Proper shelter for his family was just within his grasp, but something troubled him. He came to the GFA-supported Christmas gift distribution in desperate need of tin sheets, but now that he had...

A GFA-supported Bridge of Hope worker shares about how one center was started in a community where children were neglected. “I used to get scolded school teacher,” reflects Ashima, pictured above. “Sometime my teacher used to ask me to stand outside the class as punishment because I didn’t bring needed things like paper, books,...