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But I’m too young to be a pastor!

You can help pastors like Srey Villa speak the word of God with confidence in rural Cambodia.   “My father took me to church but he would not let my mother go. In fact he never took her anywhere. He was a proud, violent and controlling man....

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Your gift helps me learn deeply

Joshphat Mutunga tells how God is using books to equip pastors like him in rural Kenya.   “Because my father was a witch doctor everyone hated my family. No preacher ever came to tell us the good news. One night my father was found naked in someone...

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The Lord kept me standing

Thanks to your support, graduates leave St Andrew’s Theological Seminary in the Philippines with a Bible dictionary and commentary.   Because their resources are meagre, these gifts become indispensable tools. One graduate, Jenelyn Marino, tells how God sustained her as she studied.   “My mother called me while I...

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Books not guns

SparkLit provides seminary graduates in the Democratic Republic of Congo with French editions a study Bible and an Africa Bible Commentary. Héritier Agasa tells us why these books will be indispensable.   “As a young boy I sang in the church choir: My brother, what will you choose today, dying...

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Have I got a book for you!

When our National Director Michael Collie visited Cambodia in 2019, Vann Menghoeun told how reading has sparked and ‘fanned the flames’ of his faith.   As a young Buddhist, Menghoeun was prevented from joining a monastery.   “I wanted to become a Buddhist monk. But because I have only...

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David Painter joins the SparkLit Council

While on study leave in Australia, David Painter will serve on the SparkLit Council. In 2019 he will resume his pioneering work in Christian publishing and theological education in Cambodia.   David and Leoni together with their two children, Joshua and Grace, have served with the Church...

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Honour the Lord with the first fruits

You can help David Anwar meet the literature needs of a church under pressure. In obedience to the word of God my mother offered her first child to the Lord. My friends said they wanted to be policemen, doctors or teachers. I could say only that I...

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Open my eyes

You can help prepare pastors like Javan Asuza Benard to teach and apply the word of God with confidence.   When I was a young boy I went to Kenya to find my fortune. This is where I saw a young evangelist known as Sister Mary. I...

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Knowing God with heart and mind

You can help Carla Sandra Marcal make disciples of all ages in Timor Leste.   I have a heart that loves children and the ability to teach them. God has given me these gifts to serve him and to bring praise and glory to his name.   My dream...

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Do not be afraid, I am with you always

There was a surprise in store for Tithmakara Chim at the Fifth National Book Fair in Phnom Penh.   Would people throw stones at us? Or provoke an argument? Fount of Wisdom had never exhibited at the National Book Fair so we didn’t know what to expect....

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