HeartCry Magazine

My dear brothers and sisters, I hope this brief introduction finds you growing in your understanding of the person and work of Christ upon which the entirety of our hope and salvation rests. You may know that it has been an eventful several weeks for my family and me. On March 20th, I suffered a heart attack in my home. Before the paramedics co... Keep Reading

In January 2017, I had the privilege of visiting our missionary, Bill Issa, and his family in Kampala, Uganda. Kampala and the immediately surrounding area have a population of almost 4 million, and is one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. This was my first visit to Uganda, and I would have to rate it fairly high among the African countries I have visited in terms of friendliness and development. I arrived late Saturday night, and Sunday morning joined Bill’s church, Reconciliation... Keep Reading

  I can still remember reading the first of Mario Maneville’s reports when I returned to the role of Africa Coordinator over 18 months ago. As I read accounts of his church’s ministry to gangs, drug dealers, and prostitutes in the Cape region, I thought, “I want to see this for myself!” A year and a half later, that desire was finally fulfilled. After visiting our missionary pastor Bill Issa in Uganda, my next stop was Cape Town, South Africa. When many people think... Keep Reading

At the urging of Paul Washer, we encouraged our Kenyan leaders, Sam Oluoch and Naphtally Ogallo, to investigate the South Sudanese refugee camp in their country, and your generous giving funded their travel.  Here is Pastor Naphtally's informative and entertaining account of their second trip to Kakuma Refugee Camp: "Sam and I recently traveled to Kak... Keep Reading

Mala is pastoring Antioch Baptist Church in Blantyre, Malawi, where he has been laboring since 2008. ABC began as a Bible study with the help of an American missionary and has since developed into the only reformed Baptist church in Blantyre. Mala was married on June 15, 2013 and is now joined with his wife Rachel in Blantyre. As th... Keep Reading

For many years the Reformed Baptists of Zambia have desired to establish a church in Northern Province.  That desire is finally being fulfilled through missionary pastor Joshua Lungu.  Joshua is a native Zambian who spent the last several years in South Africa.  He served in Mowbray Baptist Church in Cape Town while complet... Keep Reading

Church Planter - John Laing in Lusaka, Zambia German is the former pastor of Sinda Reformed Baptist Church, which he was used of the Lord to start in 2006. After seeing a great deal of fruit in his ministry, he left SRBC in 2012, due to a call from the Lord to help a struggling church plant in the difficult area of Lusaka known as John L... Keep Reading

To be honest, I’m not sure what made me ask the question. It was at the end of the scheduled question and answer session, and there was an awkward pause. It was as if the well of questions had finally run dry. Maybe it was something in answering the previous question that brought it to mind. I’m not sure. Either way, at the end of the question, around twenty hands, out of the eighty plus pastors in that humid room were raised. Some seemingly found it difficult, almost embarrassed to ... Keep Reading

Praise the Lord for blessing us with the miracle of salvation! In the midst of our human weakness and unworthiness, our precious Lord continues being faithful to work, transforming the hearts and giving life to His called ones. Eight years ago I met a 15 years old Peruvian boy who was sent by his Peruvian immigrant parents religiously to an American-Japanese church every Sunday. He sat for years by himself listening without understanding the English, with limited Japanese participation. He told... Keep Reading

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Warm greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the land of Nepal. God in His grace, me and my family are doing well. My whole family has suffered a couple of weeks physically, but God gave us mercy and we are now healed. Our physical body goes up and down but His grace is sufficient for us. Let me share how God has used me the last couple of months for His Gospel work. Keep Reading