Nigeria: a reason to hope

13 May 2013 — Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, rich in oil, with world renowned music and literature is riddled by sectarian violence and weakened by systemic poverty. But there is a profound reason to hope.

SYRA Model Training Units

13 May 2013 — SYRA has commenced with the development of program units including irrigation and units for pigs, poultry and rabbits.

Flood relief for survivors in Jos North

7 November 2012 — Jos North suffered severe flooding as a result of heavy rain in mid-2012, resulting in deaths and homelessness. SIM and its partner church responded.

Attending Church Despite Potential Attacks

11 June 2012 — Due to terrorism and church bombings in Jos, going to church has become a different experience. Read this missionary's description...

Healing Touch: burn victims find healing that is more than skin deep

15 May 2012 — Burns occur in devastating numbers in Nigeria, leaving many with thick, ugly scars. The Healing Touch clinic helps burn patients with physical healing as well as offering spiritual healing for patients who do not know Christ.

Son-Powered Mission; Solar-Powered Hearing Aids

14 March 2012 — Dr. Anthis and Dr. Green return to Jos, Nigeria, to minister both spiritually and physically to many suffering with ENT-related problems and to support Nigerian colleagues at BUTH.

The Boy Who Swallowed a Nail

12 March 2012 — One day a two-year-old boy arrived at the hospital having swallowed a very large bent nail one year earlier. It was partially blocking his esophagus such that he had been unable to eat any solid food for one year.

The Exploding Stove

6 February 2012 — A homeless young man in his 20s had been working in a commercial bakery. An oven exploded sending a scorching hot pipe several inches in diameter and six feet long up through his face.

Emmanuel--Boy saved after 13 years in bush

5 January 2012 — Pastor Bulus stumbled upon what he first thought was a log. How shocked he was to discover that the object at his feet was the wrecked body of a small boy!

Outrageous Opportunity

28 September 2011 — In our fallen world, everybody suffers, but for believers, suffering may bring with it an outrageous opportunity.

The Power of One

17 August 2011 — Wearing their distinctive, matching wrappers and singing enthusiastically, ladies streamed down the Miango road like a giant, colorful caterpillar. They were on a mission of mercy to homes torn by violence.

God's Ultrasound

20 June 2011 — Does God act in the lives of ordinary people? We sure think so! As we were preparing to leave for Nigeria, we got to see God work in unexpected ways to provide a much-needed and very expensive portable ultrasound machine...

Their courage encourages me

14 June 2011 — A pastor and an elder in Jos, Nigeria, recently shared how the past months of unrest have impacted their church.

Physiotherapy in Nigeria

18 January 2011 — Some things are the same the world around. A broken leg is a broken leg wherever you are. The difference is not in the treatment needed, but in how this treatment can be given with the different levels of equipment and facilities available.

God Will Make a Way

17 September 2010 — Last Christmas God put in on Karis' heart to play carols at a local brothel, sharing the truth through music.

Helping the Fulani to Help Themselves

17 September 2010 — The tsetse fly is a dreaded predator of both cattle and humans across West Africa. This tiny insect can decimate an entire herd, and for the nomadic Fulani herdsmen, the death of even a single cow is a great loss.

ECWA Women's Conference Focuses on HIV and AIDS

29 June 2009 — As a result of the AIDS crisis in Nigeria, women and children are left as widows and orphans—leaving them to fend for themselves to obtain their basic needs.

Sports Ministry from a Wheelchair

15 June 2009 — Early in life, David was handicapped from Polio and confined to a wheelchair. Two years ago, he attended a Sports Friends training conference in Nigeria where he was challenged and inspired.

Evil for Good

4 June 2009 — God used a stolen iPod to change someone's destiny forever.

True Religion in Samaru

16 March 2009 — Nigerian widows face grim futures because their in-laws have the right to their sons’ possessions. But Samaru Widows' School is giving a future and hope in Christ to many destitute women.

Goats, Chickens and Mango Trees

19 February 2009 — Rev. Dr. Sung Lee and his family, Korean missionaries to Nigeria, are an integral part of the successful ministry in the region.

More Than Weeds

4 February 2009 — Nigeria's ECWA Youth Camp is evangelizing and discipling hundreds of young people every year.

Reaching the “Core North”

22 September 2008 — Christian leaders in the northern districts of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) declared a fresh impetus to evangelize northern Nigeria, which is still dominated by a different majority religion.

Saved from Shame

16 May 2008 — At Evangel Hospital, skilled surgeons repair vesicovaginal fistulas, and after a period of rehabilitation, the women are able to return to their homes—odor free and healed of their disability

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Boys Camp Teaches Bible Lessons

5 March 2008 — At the junior boys’ camp this past summer, our theme this was Joshua 1:9: “Be strong and courageous …”

Warfare on Their Knees

7 December 2007 — When fetish priests in Egbe Nigeria, announced their plan to perform a live sacrifice in the center of town, they dared the church to try and stop them. Local Christians responded with a summons to community prayer.

A Day at Spring of Life

28 November 2007 — At Spring of Life Clinic in Jos, Nigeria, missionary nurse Susan Bertrand cares for many children affected by HIV and AIDS.

Fulani Village Receives Spring of Life Mobile Testing Clinic

15 August 2007 — The Fulani family breathed a collective sigh of relief when the last of the children being screened for "the dreaded disease" (as HIV is often known in this part of the world) showed a non-reactive test.

"I'm Not as Before": Youth Alive Camp in Nigeria

1 June 2007 — Most of the campers, in their 20s and 30s, were leaders of youth fellowships in their home churches. But an observer would not have been impressed by their behavior.

Singing the Freedom Song: Women Celebrate at Evangel VVF Center

23 March 2007 — From March 8-11, 2007, hundreds of women gathered at the Evangel Hospital VVF Center for the annual reunion to celebrate their healing from vesicovaginal fistula (VVF). Susan Bertrand shares her photos and reflections.

Sports Friends Nigeria "Open for Business"

22 March 2007 — Sports Friends Africa officially opened its Nigerian office on February 23, 2007.

Mary Is Nonreactive

5 January 2007 — As a pediatric doctor at ECWA Evangel Hospital, Mike Blyth works with babies born to HIV-infected mothers. This story, taken from his blog, tells about one child, Mary.

Spring of Life Christmas Club Brings Joy to Many

21 December 2006 — The HIV Support Groups from Spring of Life gathered together in Jos for a special Christmas celebration.

Nigerian President "Thrilled" With New Commentary

8 December 2006 — Sources say that Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo is 'thrilled' with the new Africa Bible Commentary, recently launched in Nigeria.

Nigeria's Vision 50:15 Aims to Send 50,000 Missionaries

6 September 2006 — The Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association (NEMA) has launched a bold vision to send 50,000 missionaries in the next 15 years.

Extra: Return Visits

1 September 2006 — A second report from the outreach trips by the Dakoro Youth Choir.

Wasting No Time

1 September 2006 — “We are wasting time," the Dakoro Youth Choir members concluded. "Our neighbors are dying without knowing the salvation of Jesus.”

God Still Does Miracles Today!

11 August 2006 — After 7 years of only being able to crawl, Abner is a walking example of God's healing power.

No Tongue Twister

7 February 2006 — "I never knew God spoke our language."

New Nigerian Missionaries to South Sudan

30 January 2006 — The first five missionaries from Nigeria to work in Southern Sudan are on their way! The Evangelical Churches of West Africa have selected and committed to fund their daily living expenses.

Half a Body, Giant of a Man

6 January 2006 — I was totally overwhelmed that this severely handicapped young man would minister to athletic teenagers through soccer, a sport he had never, and would never, play.

Missions Surge Forward

19 December 2005 — After returning from Nigeria, Jon Shea reported, "Missions in West Africa is no longer about the just western efforts... had you noticed?"

Gwandará—the People Who Love to Dance

1 December 2005 — They seemed impossible to reach. Twice, missionaries from the West tried and failed to penetrate this spirit-worshiping group in northern Nigeria. Both missions eventually acknowledged defeat and left.

Hospitality Opportunity: Miango Rest Home and Conference Center

27 October 2005 — Do you have gifts in hospitality management? SIM frequently has assignments available at guest houses and retreat centres. One such example is the Miango Rest Home and Conference Centre in Nigeria...

Operation Samaria

22 July 2005 — This past April, 55 indigenous missionaries working in northern Nigeria met in Jos for a workshop entitled, "Equipping for Effectiveness."

Rescued from a Nail

9 May 2005 — The x-ray was as clear as could be. The nail the doctor saw in the two-year-old boy's esophagus was not an illusion.

Laughter Fights AIDS

14 March 2005 — The sound of laughter filled the overflowing chapel at Evangel Hospital in Nigeria.

Shot Through the Heart

1 March 2005 — The patient lay bare-chested on the table, two arrows protruding bizarrely from his chest....