Katie O'Malley, Mission Network News

More than 1 million Haitians have been displaced by gang violence as of the past year. That’s according to a report with data from December 2023 to December 2024. Over half of the displaced are children.

Syria’s de-facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, met with Christian clerics in Damascus on New Year’s Eve. This positive step came after several alarming incidents in the week leading up to Christmas. 

Imagine tuning into a new channel on the radio and suddenly hearing these slow words: 

“For …

“… God … 

“… so … 

“… loved … the … world.” 

What are you listening to? It’s the Bible, spoken so that you can write it down. This type of scripture broadcast is one way Christians outside of North Korea send God’s Word over the border, where other Christians can scribble out their own copies of Scripture.

Meet the Wayana and Trio peoples of Suriname, who are getting ready to harness radio for Christ. 

Before the 1960s, the Wayana and the Trio had little contact with the outside world. They were shrinking in number. But then God used Ivan and Doris Schoen and their family to bring the good news of Jesus.

Today, the Wayana and Trio want other tribes like them to meet Jesus, too. Trans World Radio (TWR) is partnering with Tom Schoen, who continues to serve alongside these tribes. 

Crises can happen in a moment, but they can also drag on beyond all expectations. Yet God has sustained His people in the Middle East to be His hands and feet during years of tumult.

Take Lebanon. It has endured decades of conflict and economic collapse. The current war no one wanted has displaced an estimated 1.3 million people.

According to a 2024 report from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), West Africa’s Burkina Faso again is the world’s most overlooked displacement crisis.

“Usually when we talk about our ministry there, I have to kind of explain where Burkina Faso is. They’ve not heard of it. It’s not been in the news,” says Greg Yoder with Christian World Outreach (CWO). 

In Haiti, gang coalitions are making the national crisis even worse than it already is.

Obed* serves with Every Man a Warrior , a ministry of Trans World Radio. 

"They say that they will take this city, and then they do that. The [authorities] are not able to stop that," he says. 

Many people have prayed for years for Susanna Koh and her family — the wife and children of Pastor Raymond Koh.

Raymond was kidnapped in Malaysia, in broad daylight on 13 February 2017. In the seven years since then, Susanna has tirelessly sought to find out what happened to him. She filed a lawsuit against the Malaysian government for negligence in the case. 

On Friday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini delivered a sermon calling for Muslim nations to unite against Israel. But what are the people of Iran saying? 

"The vast majority of Iranian people do not want their government to meddle into regional geopolitical affairs at their cost. They also don’t want to see Iran as an Islamic state," says Mike Ansari with Heart4Iran. 

What are the obstacles for gospel ministry to the Deaf?

Rob Myers with DOOR International shares three misconceptions or challenges that make Deaf-led churches rare today.

"Some of it has to do with the lens that we use to view the Deaf community. Many times when we talk about Deaf ministry, people put on the viewpoint of special needs ministry," Myers says.

Instead, Deaf communities should be viewed as minority languages, people groups with their own distinct cultures.