No matter where we find ourselves in the world today—whether it is in a populated city in North America or a village nestled deep in Africa—we all have one thing in common. That one thing has changed our way of living and disrupted our routines—COVID-19. Through times of difficulty, however, we find opportunity. All Christians have an additional thing in common right now—new opportunities to share Hope with a weary and anxious world. That Hope is a relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who calms the storms within our hearts and gives us a song to sing.
During this time, we are learning how important media is. It is bringing churches together. It is allowing Bible Studies to continue and discipleship to still flourish. We can video chat with loved ones; we can send encouraging digital messages to our hurting friends. Most importantly, during so many shutdowns, the Word of the Lord still goes forth! Our fellow brothers and sisters are using media in innovative ways to reach people for Jesus Christ! In fact, the particular medium of radio is as powerful as it ever was.
Our program “Canada’s National Bible Hour” is the longest-running Christian North American Radio Broadcast. It can be heard through North American radio stations and online around the world. In fact, some of you had heard that we received a letter from a listener who lives almost 6,000 miles away from our recording studio in Nigeria! After her school’s student body lost 5 friends unexpectedly, Janet started searching for truth. Janet came across Canada’s National Bible Hour’s broadcasts online and shared it with her friends—and in turn, they shared with their friends. 239 students surrendered their lives to Christ through our radio broadcast! Now, they all gather regularly in the student hall to listen to our broadcasts. She shares, “Thank you for sharing the powerful, undiluted, undeniable, unfailing, true message of salvation from God. We all now know that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life…Before, we were lost in sin, but today we have denounced all these things. We look forward to growing more spiritually in Christ.”
They requested Bibles, and MissionGO was able to send them over 200 copies! We received 51 testimonies of these Nigerians thanking us for their own copies of Scripture! We just received these encouraging praises and testimonies:
With news like this, how can we keep from singing even through the storms of life we are
experiencing? The Word of God is living and active (Hebrews 4)! While we are navigating a pandemic, the Lord has been using media to spread His Gospel overseas—even allowing us to be a part of giving them the written Word of God! We now have a new opportunity to share our CNBH program through handheld solar radios and want to distribute them into different corners of the world! We have located 5 target areas (in West Africa, Central America, and East Asia) that have strong interest in learning about the Lord! We need $6,000 per location for the set-up of each FM radio broadcast station—and to equip our pastors in these remote villages, we additionally need 200 handheld solar radios per location for $35 each.
Would you join us in this new venture for God to work in the hearts of nationals worldwide as He has done in the hearts of His Nigerian children? These testimonies were a delight to hear and have encouraged us in our continued work for the Lord. Will you help us spread His Gospel from shore to shore through radio?