“And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am […]
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I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 I questioned my decision to go on a mission trip. Not because I hadn’t traveled before. Mexico, Puerto Rico, New York City, Colombia, Spain, Tunisia, and China sat
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Here at Twelve21 Global we promote a culture of lifelong learning and development. We believe that children of God growing in grace are continual learners. As we learn, we deepen our walk with God and increase our wisdom and sensitivity to our Lord. In my opinion, becoming a lifelong learner means intentionally embracing the habit
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In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. Through a spoken word, God created everything. As societies progressed and written language was developed, God used people to write His words. This produced the Living Word, The Bible, a plan of communication between God and man. Holy. Infallible.
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When we pray for world missions, God hears us. God hears our prayers, and He responds. I remember a moment at age 19 when an answered prayer astonished me. My friend had some difficult things going on in life that were getting her down. On a certain Thursday, I set my mind to pray for her every
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In the summer of 2017, I decided to go on my first mission trip to Tanzania. I crawled into the tent closest to one of two dim lights hanging from ropes surrounding our campsite. I pulled out my sleeping bag, exhausted already from the 30+ hours it took to get to Maisome Island. I wept.
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WHO IS TWELVE21 GLOBAL? We are a faith-based mission organization made of ordinary people transformed by Jesus and called to an extraordinary journey mobilizing people to serve alongside local leaders in spiritually dark and impoverished communities. Twelve21 Global was founded by Yusuph Emmanuel, who was born in Tanzania. This allows our mission organization to have
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WHY DO WE DO MISSION TRIPS TO AFRICA? One part of the Twelve21 Global ministry is mobilizing people to go on mission trips to the areas where we have schools, new church plants, and mobile health clinics! A mission trip to Africa can be scary if it is your first time, but we are here
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Four things come to mind as I think about the work that God did and continues to do in my heart after coming home from Tanzania: Pride. Process. Stewardship. Work. Pride. If I could express myself artistically, I would draw a man out on a tree limb with a pair of scissors cutting off a small
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Indescribable pain. Unknown sources. Unending hopelessness. From childhood, Janet Juma lived a life of agony and darkness. Puzzled by the diseases riddling her child’s body, Janet’s mom became so desperate that she withdrew her daughter from school to seek the supposed healing of a local witch doctor. She had great expectations that the witch doctor’s
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