“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” -Matt 28:19-20
Read the testimonies of how access to the Gospel is transforming communities in more than 60 countries.
Let’s celebrate these milestones – and achieve this goal for 2030!
Let’s celebrate these milestones – and achieve this goal for 2030! 1998: Harvesters Ministries founded by Steven Loots 2000: 27 new churches had been planted in Malawi and Zambia 2004: 500 new churches had been planted in East Africa 2006: Bibles for Believers project launched 2012: 100,000 Bibles in local languages had been distributed 2018: 54,700 new churches had been planted 2019: 65,000 […]
See Where You’ve Helped Plant Churches
See Where You’ve Helped Plant Churches Through your support, you’ve opened the way for millions to come to Christ and over 80,000 churches to be planted through Harvesters Ministries! And that number is growing all the time. In fact, Harvesters plants 100 churches every day around the world. Please pray for the work happening in […]
Good News is Spreading Fast!
Generous friends like you have helped plant more than 117,000 churches in over 90 countries by supporting Harvesters Ministries — and around 100 new churches are being planted everyday! The growth has been amazing since Harvesters began in 1998 with a vision to plant churches through evangelism, discipling new believers, training pastors, and distributing Bibles. […]
The Fisherman Barber
The Light must shine in the darkness Imagine living in a country where someone dies every four seconds without knowing Jesus Christ. Imagine living in a country where more than 22,000 people die daily without spending eternity in heaven. Imagine living in a country where you there are more than 400,000 “dark” villages with no […]
Vietnamese Pastors face Persecution
The pastors have a great sense of urgency regarding evangelism. Recently, more than 1200 people came to Christ and 48 new churches were planted in the northern, central and southern parts of Vietnam. Christians in Vietnam are in the minority of the population. Some of the strategic conversations we had with our pastors were focused […]
Mali: A Broken Nation
Tens of thousands of people are currently displaced in central Mali. Many of them fled their homes due to violent attacks on their villages. Hundreds of people have been killed in violent massacres on unsuspecting villages in central Mali over the last few months. The villages closest to the Burkina Faso border are facing the […]
A Country Once Torn by Genocide – Restored by Jesus!
Bible spree in Rwanda despite destroyed churches! Loyal Harvesters partners like you made it possible for us to pay a visit to Kigali, Rwanda and surroundings recently. You have made it possible for us to purchase 200 Bibles by supporting our Harvesters Bible for Believers program. We believe that every new believer, student pastor and […]
Guatemala: Gangsters are Turning to Christ
Guatemala, a Central American country south of Mexico is not just home to 17 million people but is surrounded by volcanoes, rain forests and other ancient sites. 59.3% of the population lives below the poverty line, of which 23% of the nation lives in extreme poverty. We find ourselves in Guatemala City where 5,5 million […]
God is Always in Control
God is always in control. We experienced this again recently in a country where the Gospel is not welcomed by the government. Strict new laws have sought to control the official church and ban unregistered churches. Christians are being severely persecuted. Church buildings are being torn down and house churches are being closed down. Despite […]
Togo – Not Even Ebola Could Stop the Gospel
At the time of the promotion ceremony that took place recently, the numbers for Lomé, Togo, tell a story for which we do not have words. There are: 48 Hub-leaders 94 student pastors 127 new churches planted A programme, interrupted by Ebola, completed. The Work in Togo is not Done While I was visiting […]
An African Kingdom On Fire for Jesus!
A family on a mission As I left the certainty for the uncertainty – about five years ago – I knew one thing: God is in control and He will provide. My family and I packed up our entire life and moved to the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho. We arrived in the small village of […]
Opening the Way to Restore Hope: An Update From Mozambique
Mainstream media has largely stopped reporting on the catastrophe that hit our brothers and sisters in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, but they are still in a battle for survival at the moment. As the preliminary reports flow in, it is clear that the devastation brought on by Cyclone Idai is far from over and dealing […]
Opening the Way to Restore Hope
As you know a catastrophe has hit not only Mozambique, but Zimbabwe and Malawi was also drastically affected by Cyclone Idai. At this stage, 215 deaths have been recorded. The death toll is expected to rise as authorities continue to assess the situation. Hundreds of people are still missing. Tens of thousands are stranded. Furthermore, […]
The Harvest is Ready in the Amazon
After 27 hours of traveling I arrived in Manaus meeting up with Harvesters staff. The hot humid air couldn’t stop the excitement as we headed out early morning on a private flight to Santa Antonio de Iça – an important indigenous community which will launch all church planting in the Amazon. The trip itself in […]
The Malagasy Island Tribes Are on Fire for God
“Every time I fly over Madagascar I feel excited and I know that this is where God wants me to be,” says Mac Hayward, a church leader from Port Elizabeth who has been working in Madagascar for the past six years with Harvesters Ministries. Mac has more than 44 years’ experience as a church leader […]
Angola: My First Missions Experience
Leaving for my very first missions trip I kept wondering,“What can I do?” But God reminded me that it is not what I can do, but what He can do through me. This would be my very first time going into the mission field – I am both terrified and excited. I have no idea […]