1. New Christian Hospital
2. Verbo Rio Starts Two New Outreaches

Jankowiak Family Missions Update

Dear Friends,

A new religious phenomenon is beginning to take place in Central America. Guatemala has been a model for American-style numerical evangelical growth, international conferences, concerts, and the ubiquitous radio and TV programs of ever more pastors and apostles competing for the Christian ear and dollar. Now it’s living a new American import: Transfer growth, that is, people are going from one church to another on the basis of who the hot preacher or what the hot program of the moment happens to be.

1. Shoeshine Boys Find Answers
2. International Team Plans Ministry Expansion

Youth Seek To Change Society

Did you know that thousands more Latin Americans are entering the United States daily now than before 9/11, despite the reputed border tightening?

The reason is sheer necessity, and statistics tell part of the story. For example, 20 percent of the Guatemalan population is between 15 and 24 years of age, and 31 percent of them are functionally illiterate.