NEATS Impact
In June 2023, we had our first official NEATS alumni meeting. A current certificate student joined the alumni, Martha. A woman of influence in South Sudan’s second largest tribe, the Nuer. She reached out to her network and take a…
FROM THE FRONT-LINES
Powerful testimonies and an inside look from our local leaders.
Job’s Story
Job is a first year NEATS student. When I met him in August at NEATS, he came across as a quiet, bright student with a very high ceiling. Toward the end of the trip, we had the chance to sit…
Nuba Mountains Update
Jesus in a Muslim Context I want to tell you about one of our church planters in Sudan. We will call him Ameen*. Ameen serves in a hostile context where preaching Christ could cost him his life. The area of Africa…
Yambio Update
Thank you for partnering with Empower One through prayer and financial giving. This month, I want to highlight what God is doing in Yambio, South Sudan. In September, we were able to send two trained indigenous South Sudanese leaders back to…
Three Things to Know About the 10/40 Window
The 10/40 Window is the rectangular area of North Africa, the Middle East and Asia approximately between 10 degrees north and 40 degrees north latitude.
Four Leaders. One Powerful Story.
The numbers are staggering. In the past few years, hundreds of thousands have heard the good news of Jesus Christ — but this gospel movement is happening one life at a time. David welcomed James into his home. With every…
Why Africans Lead Our Field Ministry
Why would they not? They live there, we don’t. It seems so straightforward doesn’t it? Yet, to understand why we would even have to write this is to explain, and perhaps expose, why this so often is not the case. …
The Name of Jesus Changed Banja’s Life Forever
My name’s called Banja Benjamin. I am South Sudenese. Before I knew Jesus Christ, I was walking in my old life. Even robbing people, killing people, taking people’s property. Making prostitutes, because at that time, I didn’t know that there was somebody called…
Meet Yunan, a Graduate and Disciple Maker
War tumbles so many Sudanese and South Sudanese around. War tumbled Ismail. He grew up in a Muslim home. A man named Philip told him about Jesus, and Ismail believed. He said he had no idea what to do, and before Philip…