God knew something our ministry team could never have imagined—washing feet was about to become a replicating “movement,” opening a pathway for hundreds of Muslims to better understand Jesus.
The refugees all joined hands in the middle of the storm and cried out to Jesus—to a Jesus they did not know. And within minutes, the waves disappeared…
They were only simple farmers, but they were people God wanted to use to reach Nepal.
Are gospel movements really possible in the West? According to our Novo team in Western Colorado, the answer is yes! Listen as they share about a full-blown gospel movement they’ve been in the center of for several years.
In the last year, Novo saw staggering numbers of people walking toward Jesus alongside our staff, especially in some of the places where it is most dangerous to be a Christian.
What began as a way to help prisoners with practical life skills became a budding movement of the gospel, led by Native Americans.
When Novo staff in Northern Colorado began ministry in an area suspected to be a hot spot of human trafficking, they were hitting resistance and weren’t sure what to do next. The next steps became crystal clear after they joined Novo’s pilot training on gospel movement, 5COM. The result? Breakthrough.
After encountering Jesus in a vision, Faisal had to make the hard choice to walk away from his Muslim family. His struggle over that decision propelled him to explore what following Jesus really meant for a Muslim—and now he’s in the center of a gospel movement among Muslims in East Africa.
While many established churches are in decline, this 100-year-old church is fired up to reach their city as a result of strategic prayer.
God is bringing hope to victims of human trafficking and raising them up to be his ambassadors in some of the most unlikely places.
Prayer-walks and blessing have ushered in God’s Kingdom and shut down deceptive substitutes in this west L.A. neighborhood. If you need a reason to persevere in prayer, read this team’s story.
In Novo’s early years, there was a huge emphasis on investing in local churches and church planting efforts that “fit” the local people—often resulting in churches outside typical models. These foundations have helped us navigate the intricacies of the final component of gospel movements—forming churches.
