Everything listed under: evangelism

The start of the year for SUSA has been extremely exciting. With the beginning of our school year we kicked off our monthly large group meeting (at the mission office) and Bible studies on campuses. Our large group meetings consist of getting together as a college community, praising God and studying the Word or various topics that we encounter as college students through the lens of Scripture.

A Week in My Life  by Peru Mission missionary Albert den Oudsten Often I start the week without knowing what I exactly will be doing that week. Every week is different working as a missionary here in Trujillo. At the last moment meetings are scheduled or cancelled and more activities are always coming up.

Without money to pay for even one meal a day and basic clothing, Eduardo and his classmate Elmer have had to leave seminary and come home. But that's not the end of the story.

Camp gives them a place to “start from zero,” a place where they can experience, if for only a few days, a different reality.

Ezekiel 47.1-12 One essential ingredient for successful Christian missions is hope.  What I mean by that is a clear vision of what God’s plans are for the future and a firm conviction...

Among the ministries of the Presbyterian Congregation in Wichanzao, the ministry of evangelism and missions permits us to approach the community in the most strategic ways possible...

The motto of SUSA (St. Augustine University Society of Trujillo) is Bringing students to Christ, equipping them to serve. When I had my first interview with the leaders of the student movement, before I got involved with the ministry, we agreed that the reason this ministry exists is to bring the gospel to the university students, in other words, to help carry out the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ in the universities of the city of Trujillo (Matthew 28:16-20).

“You are the salt of the earth.” (Matthew 5:13) “The father is only a fiction,” says Juan Marquina, pastor of Wichanzao Presbyterian Church. Marquina believes that between 80 and 90 percent of families in Wichanzao are fatherless. He explains that even fathers who remain with their families are mere shadows of fathers, given over to alcoholism and neglecting their wives and children.

“Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.” (1 Tim. 4:12) One Sunday evening several years ago, missionary Bill Bradford was driving home from preaching in the hills outside of Cajamarca. He had made the trip many times before, but this time he met with a surprise in the tiny hamlet of San José.