What Is an Ambassador for Christ?
At GFA World, we answer the question, “What is an ambassador for Christ?” in tangible ways! We channel God’s love, offer hope and change, and share Christ’s message with the needy. GFA-supported pastors and missionaries are Jesus’s hands and feet, going out to the poor, the disadvantaged and the abandoned, like Gideon, a laborer from Nepal, who was in financial difficulty.[1]
In the hills of Nepal, Gideon and his family fought poverty to the limit. Gideon had no land or livestock to call his own; he had to work as a daily wage laborer in other people’s fields. But the work was not regular; some days there was no work, and he had nothing to take home. His wife, Leia, supported him through occasional jobs, but they could not always make enough. Their children went to school in ragged uniforms and lacked proper clothes for winter. They lived from day to day, in hunger and uncertainty.
Gideon was no different from many others caught up in the poverty trap. When his son Jacob got seriously ill, Gideon sought help from everyone he could think of. Neither hospitals nor witch doctors could help. But then one day, a witch doctor suggested something he hadn’t expected: Have you ever taken your son Jacob to church? Desperate and with no other choice, Gideon and his family went to church. That’s when they met GFA-supported pastor Oisin.
Oisin and the church community welcomed Gideon’s family and prayed for Jacob’s healing. They believed in Christ and saw a miracle: Jacob was healed. This gave Gideon’s family spiritual strength, but they still fought to live. It was then that the church, inspired by the call to be Christ’s ambassadors, provided a concrete demonstration of God’s love.
Oisin and the church gave Gideon two pregnant goats. It was a small yet significant present that changed the direction of Gideon’s life. He could now earn a living through his livestock. The goats multiplied, and so did his business. He could sell goats, buy food for his family, and meet other needs like school supplies and warm clothes. His children could concentrate on studying, and Gideon no longer had to work as a daily wager.
It did not end there. Gideon, an ambassador of Christ’s love, wanted to share the gift, and he did. He gave away one of his goats’ offspring to another needy family, blessing them just as he had been blessed. This is how GFA World helps transform individuals and communities for eternity.
Learn more about how GFA missionaries are ambassadors for Christ![1] “The Answer to a Father’s Prayers.” GFA World. December 2024. https://www.gfa.org/news/articles/the-answer-to-a-fathers-prayer.