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Love Enters the Red-Light District

Oct. 2, 2018

Dhinanath couldn’t tear his eyes away from the scene before him. A car had quickly pulled up only a few metres in front of him and his colleague. He saw one of the car doors open and a young woman tumble out. Unconscious.

Being new to the area, Dhinanath wasn’t sure what was happening. He later found out the woman had been kidnapped, gang raped and discarded near the red-light district in the area.

Dhinanath couldn’t forget what he had seen. He wondered what would happen to that woman.

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It actually gave me a lot of pain in my heart to see these women. When I came home, I started to pray for these ladies.
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- Pastor Dhin…

Missions Book Marks Four-Million-Copy Milestone

Sept. 24, 2018

Revolution in World Missions has just hit it's Four-Million-Copy Milestone. Since it was published in 1986, Dr. K.P. Yohannan’s Revolution in World Missions ha…

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Visit a Bridge of Hope Centre

Sept. 17, 2018

What does Sponsoring a Child provide? From tutoring the children to providing them with a delicious meal, get a look behind-the-scenes and see what a day at a …

Helping the Hurting in Kerala

Sept. 10, 2018

As the people of Kerala recover in the aftermath of the worst flooding in nearly 100 years, the reality of devastation is beginning to sink in—and so is the ne…

Flood of the Century in Kerala, India

Aug. 24, 2018

GFA World (formerly Gospel for Asia) has issued an urgent appeal for help in responding to some of the worst flooding in almost a century that has claimed seve…

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Compelled by Love for Those with Leprosy

Aug. 13, 2018

Today, tens of thousands of people across the globe suffer from leprosy. This social stigma can be devastating—perhaps even worse than the disease itself. In t…

GFA World Serves Pancakes to their Community

Aug. 6, 2018

At GFA World in Stoney Creek, we have begun a summer tradition, a free Neighbourhood Pancake Breakfast held at GFA World

21st Century Slavery & Human Trafficking

July 30, 2018

Higher than the entire population of Canada is today’s estimated global slave population. Slavery may long have been officially outlawed but numerically, there…

Ending Violence Against Women

July 24, 2018

Violence against women stretches from country to country and takes on many forms. It is estimated that 1 in 3 women—globally—have or will experience abuse in t…

GFA World Participates in Stoney Creek Strawberry Festival

July 16, 2018

The Strawberry Festival, a 2-day street fair held in Olde Downtown Stoney Creek. For the first time GFA World had a booth at the Strawberry Festival