No Child Forgotten Matching Challenge DOUBLE impact to reach twice as many children like Ana
Ana was the youngest of her siblings and felt left out and unwanted. In their home nation of Venezuela, where violence and political unrest have torn communities apart, the difficult economy meant many of her relatives and friends’ families had left the country in search of work elsewhere …
Amidst poverty and overwhelming hopelessness and national unrest and anxiety, Ana felt lost.
Despite the challenges of reaching children in her troubled neighborhood with the Good News, the local church reached out to Ana with A Royal Family Book of Hope and an invitation to church. Ana and her sister, Dalia, both chose to follow Jesus — today they attend church together, growing in joy and faith.
Right now, you can help reach twice as many children like Ana and Dalia because of the No Child Forgotten Matching Challenge — each $1 you give will be matched with $1 from the fund, so you’re reaching 6 children and youth with every dollar!
This challenge is for a limited time only — and when we meet the goal, it will provide the life-transforming power of God’s Word for 3 million children in the hard-to-reach places of the world, including majority-Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist regions, and beyond!
Pray about your most generous donation now for DOUBLE impact!
The gift of hope for Marina!
Marina was growing up in Central Asia, in a region where open discussions about faith were rare. (We can’t tell you exactly where, for security reasons.)
She had always felt a void in her life and harbored countless questions about life’s purpose and her own worth.
As a Russian-speaking teenager, she was curious when she saw our What If It’s True? online program in Russian! The topics she encountered spoke directly to her heart.
Intrigued and hopeful, she reached out to an online missionary, her fingers trembling as she typed her deepest questions: How could Jesus overcome my failures? Was eternal life with Him truly possible?
The missionary’s words resonated deeply with Marina. As she discovered Jesus’ words, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6, NIV), the Scripture stirred her soul and illuminated a path she had never seen before.
In that moment, Marina made a decision that would alter the course of her life. With tears in her eyes and hope in her heart, she chose to follow Jesus, giving her life to Christ. As she prayed with her new missionary friend, Marina felt a profound transformation — her burdens lifted, replaced by an indescribable peace and joy.
Marina made the decision that altered the course of her entire life — she chose to follow Jesus!
A search for truth — and hope!
In a majority-Hindu nation where Christians are often at risk of persecution, a young man called Sofian was searching for truth and hope.
He had long considered himself an atheist, finding refuge in philosophical questions about life’s meaning. As his studies deepened, he began to see hints of intelligent design in the world around him. Could there be a Creator behind it all? This question sparked an earnest search for truth that led him to explore various faiths online.
When Sofian discovered our What If It’s True? digital ministry platform, he arrived with numerous questions about Jesus. Our online missionaries patiently walked alongside him, addressing his doubts and sharing the Gospel message.
Through these conversations, Sofian’s heart opened to the truth of Christ’s love. When he learned about salvation through Jesus, he eagerly prayed to accept Christ as his Savior.
The transformation in Sofian’s life has been remarkable. He’s been watching our video series about Jesus and growing in his understanding of Scripture; he has also connected with a local church through a Christian friend. “I can see such a change in my life since meeting Jesus,” Sofian recently shared.
Your generous support makes stories like Sofian’s possible. Through digital programs and online missionaries, you’re helping seekers discover Jesus Christ — even in places where traditional evangelism is challenging. Thank you for partnering with us to share God’s Word with the next generation.
No Child Forgotten Matching Challenge — $500,000 challenge fund doubles your impact
Friends have donated an amazing $500,000 No Child Forgotten Matching Challenge fund to challenge friends to give generously and match the $500,000 total. Meeting the goal means God’s Word for 3 million children and youth in limited access regions — such as the Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist worlds and elsewhere.
Thanks to you, children are discovering Jesus’ love
Today, because of the challenge, each $1 you give will match $1 from the fund for a total of $2 …
- And each $100 will match $100 from the fund for a total of $200 …
And reach SIX young people with the Gospel!
- $100 will reach 600 young people with the Good News!
Take God’s Word to children and youth in the hardest-to-reach places!
The challenge fund will DOUBLE your impact for a limited time only.
Thanks to you, children are discovering Jesus’ love
Your generous support is transforming children’s lives. In churches around the world, young hearts are being touched by God’s Word through the films, books, and digital tools you’ve helped provide.
Carolina, a children’s ministry leader in a limited access nation, has witnessed this transformation firsthand after receiving access to Avivemos video training, videos from Superbook and The GodMan Film, as well as the Bible App for Kids and other resources to use in her ministry.
- “Now the children can share stories about the Bible in Sunday school with more clarity, and then they can share them in their schools and families,” she reports.
Where her ministry once struggled to engage young minds, the creative Scripture-engagement programs you’ve provided are drawing more children to faith in Jesus.
And the impact of your giving extends beyond Sunday morning. Through films, books, and digital programs, children aren’t just attending classes — they’re enthusiastically engaging with the Word and sharing Bible stories with others.
“The creativity with which I now develop my classes has attracted more and new children,” Carolina shares.
Your partnership makes these stories possible. And right now, the No Child Forgotten Matching Challenge will DOUBLE the impact of your donation to reach twice as many children in the hard-to-reach places!
How can we help the persecuted Church?
By OneHope President Rob Hoskins
New research shows that 12 Christians are killed for their faith each day.1
My heart breaks, not only for the lives that are taken, but for my brothers and sisters around the world currently living in fear of religious persecution.
Hearing news like this often moves us to want to save those who are being oppressed for loving Jesus. However, it’s also in these moments when our efforts can feel most futile and hopeless. How can we possibly do anything to help believers in these nations when even their governments are unable or unwilling to end the violence?
As I reflected on this question, God reminded me that we do not have the power to end the persecution His people are facing on a daily basis around the world on our own. Only through God and His power will anything change or improve. When He invites us into this work, we must answer.
The body of Christ must come together and raise up champions that will continually bring awareness to the issues of injustice happening in many other places around the world.
It’s too easy for those of us in the West to read a headline and forget about it a day later, but that doesn’t change the fact that millions of lives are still in danger and deserve our attention. We must invest in prevention and advocacy for religious freedom in the hardest-to-reach countries in the world.
And above all, the tool that each one of us has in this struggle is prayer. It activates a process of intervention through the Holy Spirit in every nation, and it’s through prayer that the underground church around the world is growing.
God is still doing something incredible in these countries, even when all we see are distressing headlines and statistics. Jesus gives His people hope in the midst of oppression.
1 “12 Christians Killed for Their Faith Each Day,” Open Doors, January 22, 2025, https://www.opendoorsus.org/en-US/stories/12-Christians-killed-for-their-faith-each-day.
NATION BY NATION
MEXICO
Three teenage boys just graduated from our Lead Today program presented by a local church at Rescue House, a Christian rehab. Says the director, “The boys have very low self-esteem due to the damage that addiction has caused them. Lead Today helps them to gradually regain their [confidence].”
SENSITIVE NATION EASTERN EUROPE
Pavlo struggles to live with a disability, and his nation is in violent turmoil. He was considering suicide when he connected with an online missionary through our What If It’s True? digital program. The kind words and Gospel message helped him overcome suicidal thoughts and find comfort in Jesus.
SENSITIVE NATION SOUTH ASIA
Vikram, Kabir, and Ravi were invited to the Superbook program at a neighbor’s house. Watching the videos and discussing God’s Word led these boys to choose Jesus. They’re now attending the local church and growing in their faith!
You introduced a lost teen to her Shepherd
Church was the last place 12-year-old Yamilet wanted to be on Sundays, and her protests filled their home with conflict. “I fought a lot with my mother to leave me at home and not take me to that place,” she recalls. “I felt empty, and it was like that for a long time.”
But everything changed when you sent our Lumo youth films to her neighborhood in the Dominican Republic.
Yamilet watched The Story of the Lost Sheep … the film seemed to speak directly to her heart. Through this simple yet powerful story, she discovered Jesus wasn’t interested in forcing her into church attendance. He was pursuing her heart with love.
“I understand that knowing that He loves me and went looking for me makes me feel better,” Yamilet shares. “It’s amazing to know that I am important to someone and that He loves me in my worst condition.”
The impact has been profound. Her relationship with her mother has improved, and her perspective on church has completely shifted. Where she once saw only obligation, she now sees opportunity.
Thank you for sending God’s Word to show Yamilet the way to new life in Christ!
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