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Medical Clinic in Nigeria Serving Rural and Urban Poor Receives PPE Through World Relief Fund
SAMS missionaries are still serving and sharing the gospel in the places they are called during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are living out their Great Commission call, and the SAMS' incarnational service value. The Rev. Tom Furrer leads Kateri Medical Services, a...
World Relief Grants Help Inject Funds into Local Madagascar Economy
SAMS missionaries are still serving and sharing the gospel in the places they are called during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are living out their Great Commission call, and the SAMS' incarnational service value. Jacky Lowe, missionary in Madagascar, received a World...
“We had to send students away…” Pandemic Complicates Pastor Training at Solomon Islands Seminary
Because of a lack of proper sanitation facilities at the Trinity School for Ministry and Theology at Airahu in the Solomon Islands, faculty and staff, including SAMS Missionary Jonathan Hicks, were forced to send students training to become pastors home when the...
Mental Health Ministry during COVID-19
Statistics are hard to find in Zambia, and they are even harder to find in a pandemic. One thing we do know is that we have been getting twice as many need requests for help than we usually do. My work in Zambia centers around providing mental health support. Even at...
“I thought to myself – they’re not going to die from COVID, they’re going to die from hunger” – Video Update from Margarita
SAMS is sharing missionary updates about ways ministry is adapting because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many missionaries are already called to areas of great need, and those needs are increasing in light of the pandemic. We invite you, as you are able, to provide these...
Goats, the Gospel, & COVID-19
The van door slid open and as Dr. Mary stepped out, a deafening cry arose from the village grandmother as she hurriedly shuffled towards us, shaking her cane in the air in an enthusiastic greeting. The other women quickly took up the welcome cry and soon Dr. Mary was...