by Rebekah Schouten | Oct 21, 2025 | Africa, South Africa, Stories of Impact
In many cultures, names carry deep meaning. This is particularly true in Zimbabwe, where parents often choose words like Blessing, Grace, Mercy, or Prosperous for their newborn children, hoping those names will speak life and identity into their futures. But one woman...
by Rebekah Schouten | Oct 3, 2025 | Africa, Stories of Impact
e3 missionaries Andrew* and Teresa* recently returned from Msambweni, Kenya, filled with gratitude for all God accomplished among the Digo people—an unreached Muslim group in a region once known for its resistance to the Gospel. For more than 20 years, Andrew and...
by Rebekah Schouten | Aug 21, 2025 | Africa, Orality, Stories of Impact
“No one was killed.” That was the answer e3’s national partners in Africa gave when Tim* from the e3 Orality Team asked, “What was a praise or success from the Bible Story Training?” It may sound like a small thing—until you understand the context. The “Arthas” people...
by Rebekah Schouten | Oct 19, 2024 | Africa, Church Planting, Stories of Impact, Tanzania
Susan, one of e3’s missionaries, recently led a small team to Tanzania made up of three Americans and two national leaders. “We saw God working in miraculous ways,” Susan said. “We facilitated two Gospel and discipleship trainings and did...
by Rebekah Schouten | Mar 16, 2024 | Africa, Church Planting, Stories of Impact
In 2016, two e3 Church Planting Mobilizers named Alan* and Tanya* led a team to East Africa to share the Gospel and equip believers there. They had no idea that God had been stirring the heart of one woman in the village, Isla*, to reach the Islamic people around her...
by Rebekah Schouten | Nov 18, 2023 | Africa, South Africa, Stories of Impact
Damon*, one of e3’s Strategy Coordinators, recently returned from a trip to South Africa. Two of the days were spent ministering to people in a juvenile facility and a maximum security prison. At the juvenile facility, Damon showed a Gospel video to 57 boys ages...
