Stories
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Wait, Do You Know Samsam?
May 12, 2025Three Global Gates missionaries gathered a group of Muslim-background believers in their city for trauma healing counseling and encouragement. One woman, Samsam, traveled across the country to attend. Born and raised in a devout Muslim family in an East African country, Samsam is a Muslim-background believer who had surrendered her life to Jesus. She was… -
The Basics of Adopting an Unreached People Group and Carrying the Gospel to Them | pt. 4
May 12, 2025“Discipleship and Church Formation“ Focus group: church members and pastors This is the fourth in a series of articles which are being written to show you how to effectively engage an unreached people. By Clint B. Whenever I lead training for churches or teams on adopting an unreached people group, I often find that many… -
When the Story Matches the Dream
April 24, 2025Recently, a wave of refugee families arrived in a gateway city. One of our missionaries joined an Arabic-speaking believer for home visits and met a family whose father was bedridden from health issues—leaving his 18-year-old son to provide for the household. Wanting to offer encouragement, our Global Gates missionary shared a story about healing—one they… -
An Unlikely Beginning, An Almighty God
April 8, 2025You know those moments that unfold so clearly beyond coincidence that all you can say is, “Only God”? This is one of those stories—marked by divine encounters that only God could arrange. If you’ve been with Global Gates for a while, you might remember when we first introduced Jadeed. But for the sake of this… -
The Basics of Adopting an Unreached People Group and Carrying the Gospel to Them | pt. 3
April 8, 2025“Pre-Entry, Entry, and Sowing the Gospel“ Focus group: church members and pastors This is the third in a series of articles which are being written to show you how to effectively engage an unreached people. By Clint B. Pre-Entry preparation This phase is not normally covered in a lot of training, but if you have… -
How God is Moving Among Afghan Refugees
March 21, 2025“God is opening doors in an unexpected way in the homes of Afghan refugees. The Afghan community is so hospitable and gracious! Their homes are always open to us. My wife, especially, has been instrumental in serving Afghans, by helping with practical needs—offering health and exercise advice, driving them to a food pantry and clothes… -
The Basics of Adopting an Unreached People Group and Carrying the Gospel to Them | pt. 2
March 7, 2025“Getting started“ Focus group: church members and pastors This is the second in a series of articles which are being written to show you how to effectively engage an unreached people. By Clint B. Prayer is foundational in missions A mission effort without prayer is activity without power, a very frustrating situation to be in…. -
The Basics of Adopting an Unreached People Group and Carrying the Gospel to Them | pt. 1
February 17, 2025By Clint B. Focus group: church members and pastors. Last night, my wife and I attended a banquet hosted by Tribal Frontier Missions, highlighting their work in Peru’s jungles. As we sat at a table with three other couples, making small talk, a staff member from a large local church asked me, “With your experience… -
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The Power of God on Display among the Nations in the D.C. Metro Area
March 19, 2024The D.C. Metro Area is home to unreached diaspora populations that include Saudi Arabs, Afghans, Yeshivish Jews, Uyghurs, Gujarati Hindus, Turks, Moroccan Arabs, Bangladeshis, Indo-Pak Muslims, Punjabi Sikhs, Indian Hindi-speaking Hindus, Iraqi Arabs, Tamil, Palestinian Arabs, Lebanese Arabs, Thai Buddhists, Persians, and Egyptian Arabs according to UPGNorthAmerica.com. As Jesus said, “The harvest is great, but the laborers are few,” which is why believers must pray earnestly for more laborers to enter into his harvest (Matthew 9:37-38 and Luke 10:2). -
Columbus, OH: A Somali Diaspora
January 23, 2024It’s a cool, cloudy, crisp fall Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. The scenery is marked with a variety of vibrant-colored leaves that dot the trees. Classic Rock music and the smell of smoked meat permeate the air. The city is buzzing with large crowds of people covered in scarlet and gray. Chants of “O-H” are answered… -
5 Things a Missionary would tell You over Coffee
September 5, 2023The act of “coffee-ing” has become a verb that symbolizes connection. It’s in this space that missionaries often find themselves sharing experiences over steaming cups of java. In these shared moments over coffee, missionaries impart more than just insights into faith; they offer a window to what God is doing through the nations. Through stories… -
What does Easter have to do with the nations?
April 3, 2023When the apostle Paul spoke to the intelligentsia in the number one global city of his day, Athens, about Jesus and the resurrection, he made the following points: first, God made all the nations (ethne) from one man, Adam, to inhabit the whole earth and second, God determines “the exact places where they should live”…
