Stories

Stories of transformation.

Every story here is a real person, in a real place, in a real work of God. Read them in the words of the teams who witnessed them.

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The Power of Love

In Bishoftu, Ethiopia, 10 field teachers graduated after a 15-day missionary training and equipping and are being sent into conflict zones, motivated by love to reach those who are bound and lost.

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115 stories from the field.

Healing & Freedom

Strongholds Collapse

When communities turn from witchcraft, idolatry, and demons to the saving power of Jesus, heaven rejoices and so do we!

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Healing & Freedom

Healing From Addictions

Bismark from Owalo, Uganda knew he was trapped in a desperate cycle... until the day he heard a message of deliverance on Favor FM radio.

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Education & Children

Simon's and Angelo's Stories

"The smile on my face tells it all, how my life has tremendously been transformed," said Simon. Most of the other GIFT (God's Institute for…

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Healing & Freedom

Listening in Prison

When prisoners receive a chance for a new life, the harvest is ripe.

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Healing & Freedom

Rising Through the Ranks

As more and more communities throughout Africa find spiritual deliverance through our Trauma Counseling (TC) programs, word continues spreading even…

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Education & Children

Student on a Mission!

In a rural Ugandan village, one of our Favor International School of Ministry (FISOM) students David Olara went to visit a piece of land he had…

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Healing & Freedom

Healing and Harvest

Portable Bible School (PBS) Students in Ethiopia have been getting healed, which is a demonstration of God's presence and power. As a result, many…

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Discipleship & Training

Training Leaders in Chad

God is raising up indigenous missionaries all across the nation of Chad!

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Women & Family

A Timely Word

Amongi Hilder had experienced hard times, making the opportunity to join a Women Empowerment group rather appealing. But when hard times came to her…

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Women & Family

Restoring the Home

Our radio ministry team brings restoration to homes through the Word of God and through prayer, in person and over the airwaves.

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Discipleship & Training

Deep Into Africa

Across eight nations in Africa, more than 15,000 individuals have enrolled in Portable Bible School (PBS) programs eager to study the Word of God and…

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Salvation

What Next??

Christine was born to a Christian father and a Muslim mother. Out of love for her mother, Christine and her other siblings chose to follow Islam.

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Healing & Freedom

Those Who Have Ears to Hear...

One woman from South Sudan, the other from Uganda - both were broken, listened when God spoke to them, and were healed!

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Healing & Freedom

Curing the Snakebite

In our Trauma Counseling (TC), attendees don't just find the source of their troubles - the ancient serpent (Revelation 12:9) - but they learn the…

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Women & Family

The Fear of the LORD

We learn from the book of Proverbs some of the benefits that result from the fear of the LORD. For some, that journey kicked off with Women…

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Women & Family

Praying Without Ceasing

On Monday, April 22, we launched a new House of Prayer (HOP) in Aweil, South Sudan, near where our teams have been ministering to refugees in the…

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Salvation

Wars That Win Souls

Over one year later, turbulent fighting continues in Sudan, ceasefire talks have failed so far, and thousands of citizens caught in the middle have…

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Discipleship & Training

Members of Parliament Find Forgiveness

At the beginning of April, 45 Members of Parliament (MPs) took the 5-day journey with one of our teams through our Trauma Counseling program.

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Discipleship & Training

Restored by the Spirit

It's an exciting time when our Portable Bible Schools (PBS) begin a new year and hundreds of our missionaries spread out far and wide.

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Healing & Freedom

Healing Streams

In March, Favor FM joined thousands of media channels across Northern Uganda to stream Christ Embassy's three-day program with Pastor Chris…

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Women & Family

Irreversible Transformation

Women Empowerment is continuing to make huge impacts in the lives of women - impacts which overflow into families, children, and the community.

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Healing & Freedom

The God Who Rescues Captives

In Uganda, the war against the LRA is long over, but spiritual battlegrounds are still surfacing where decisive wars for individuals are being fought…

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Community & Care

Hope Through the Night

For many, hearing Favor FM radio is how they came to know Jesus. For many others and some of the same, listening to our radio programs has become a…

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Discipleship & Training

The Gospel in Their Native Tongue

In the remote village of Maaku in the west of South Sudan, many villagers had never known Jesus and no church had been established in the area. The…

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Discipleship & Training

Forgetting the Past

For some, forgetting the past is the hardest part of forgiving it. Milly, a girl who entered our GIFT (God's Institute for Transformation) program in…

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Discipleship & Training

Opening Doors to the Nations

Following the Training of Trainers (TOT) school in Uganda, Favor prayed over, graduated, and sent out over 100 missionaries to Northern Kenya,…

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Education & Children

Listening to Heal

The year 2020 was a hard year for many. For Jackie, it was devastating when her husband decided to divorce her to marry another woman.

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Education & Children

Embracing the Call

Encouraged by receiving a building from Favor to meet in as a church, the community in Jondoru, South Sudan came together to build a shelter…

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Women & Family

The Women of Paibony

Paibony Deliverance Church in Northern Uganda is thriving in ministry, and one notable reason for that is the church's Women Empowerment group.

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Discipleship & Training

Full Circle Transformation

Graduates of our God's Institute for Transformation (GIFT) program in Gulu, Uganda are returning to help the next generation.

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Salvation

What Happens in Juba...

Our House of Prayer in Juba stands as a symbol of unity, drawing together hundreds of believers representing diverse tribes, communities, and…

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Healing & Freedom

No Longer Slaves

The Word of God going out from our radio stations has reached and rescued two individuals who found themselves enslaved by the ways of the flesh.

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Discipleship & Training

Letters of Thanks

A Portable Bible School pastor rescued 23 orphan girls from the streets of South Sudan and brought them to us for entry into our God's Institute for…

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Discipleship & Training

Volunteer Educators Training

Our mission station in Rumbek, South Sudan hosted training at the beginning of February for 13 individuals interested in volunteering to teach at…

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Discipleship & Training

Training for the Harvest

Following two weeks of prayer and fasting, Favor kicked off its annual Training of Trainers (TOT) South Sudan conference in January.

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Women & Family

Saving Culture

The Women Empowerment group of Nwoya and Omoro districts of Uganda are starting to thrive in the saving culture being cultivated through the training.

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Healing & Freedom

Deliverance Surrounding Radio

Within the past couple of weeks, several testimonies of deliverance and breakthrough have come in as a result of our radio teams.

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Women & Family

The Cost of a Covenant

At our headquarters in Juba, 11 more couples made marriage vows before God and a crowd of witnesses.

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Women & Family

Goats for Women

Women of Puranga, Uganda praised and worshiped God as they waited to receive two goats for each member of their Women's Empowerment group.

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Discipleship & Training

The Lord Added to Their Number...

As the calendar year and our last wave of Portable Bible Schools (PBSs) of 2023 drew to a close, testimonies of how God had worked poured in from our…

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Education & Children

From Bitter to Sweet

Sandra and Winnie are two girls who have come into our GIFT (God's Institute for Transformation) Girls' program and are now experiencing the…

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Healing & Freedom

Satellite Salvations

Two more daughters of our Heavenly Father have shared their testimonies with our radio team of how each of them found salvation through the radio.

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Healing & Freedom

Spiritual Sight

Elizabeth Achol used to attend a church service, but when trauma rained down she lost her spiritual sight on God and stopped.

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Education & Children

Juba's GIFT

Our team in Juba has admitted 32 new boys into our Boy's GIFT (God's Institute For Transformation) program. Some of the boys have waited a long time.

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Education & Children

The Next Generation's Leaders

Excitement filled the Jondoru Village Learning Center (VLC) and Favor Primary School as each recently held a celebration for its graduates.

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Healing & Freedom

Laying Burdens Down

The nomadic lifestyle of the cattle keepers raises many challenges in outreach efforts, but having the Jesus Film in their own language has been…

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Discipleship & Training

They Almost Gave Up

The power of the great hope God gives us through Jesus is beyond reckoning, especially for those who have met their lowest point and been ready to…

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Education & Children

Confessions of Former Muslims

It takes time to transform a person's belief system to one that reflects the One True King. But thanks be to God who through His Spirit has done and…

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Women & Family

Airwaves of Transformation

Our radio stations are continuing to transform hearts through the air waves in Northern Uganda.

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Discipleship & Training

Ten Days in Chad

Our own Mama Carole recently led a small team of Favor staff to spend 10 days in Chad, networking with ministry partners for further development in…

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Education & Children

Hitting the Streets

Once a day or so, our home base teams and students in Uganda and South Sudan set aside office tasks and "hit the streets" - going out into the city…

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Discipleship & Training

Vows Made, Molds Broken

Five new couples tied the knot in a Christian wedding ceremony hosted at Favor's farm in Gulu, Uganda - a day that truly highlights God's persistent…

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Education & Children

A Generational Shift

Since the early days of Favor International, it was clear that a major shift needed to occur to restore the potential that Joseph Kony, the evil…

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Education & Children

If They Hadn't...

Our field teachers face many challenges when they spread out into the nations we're working in. The terrain they travel to remote villages are…

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Education & Children

Dressing Their Wounds

Our House of Prayer team in Juba makes daily visits to the streets to evangelize and minister to community needs, not the least of which are street…

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Salvation

The Refugee Church

Ministry continues in the Wedweil Refugee Camp amidst the Islamic refugees who are fleeing the war in Khartoum, Sudan, and the refugee church has…

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Discipleship & Training

Hungry and Thirsty

Despite the hot weather and sunshine since the birth of this church earlier this summer in Kotido, Uganda, the community has never stopped coming…

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Salvation

No More Walking In Darkness

Without God's Truth, we are all walking in darkness. But thanks to all who have sowed into the ministries of Favor International - from donors to…

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Discipleship & Training

Village After Village

The next wave of Portable Bible Schools have started up across Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Congo, Kenya, Central African Republic and Chad.…

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Education & Children

Rapid Church Transformation

There's an interesting phenomenon that we don't experience so much in America with "a church on every corner" as it feels in some places - a handful…

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Healing & Freedom

The Anaka Crusade

Where do we find the key to success in any major evangelistic work we do? God alone. And that is why our team fasted and prayed for three days prior…

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Education & Children

"More Bibles for Ethiopia, Please!"

After two months of leading Portable Bible Schools in Ethiopia, our field teachers have: graduated 763 students, led 112 to salvation, baptized 57...…

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Discipleship & Training

Training Muslim Background Believers

In the past couple of months, we have been sharing about the many salvations of Muslims in South Sudan, some who have come as refugees from the…

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Women & Family

Celebrating The Harvest

Our Women Empowerment group near the town of Magwi, South Sudan is celebrating their first big success together!

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Discipleship & Training

Laying Down The Spear

Favor missionaries were conducting a Portable Bible School in Pathai, South Sudan when they encountered strong resistance from the area’s chief spear…

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Education & Children

Streets To School

Our most recent former street youth we've adopted into our GIFT (God's Institute For Transformation) children's home spent their first few weeks…

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Healing & Freedom

For Such A Time As This

Muslim refugees fleeing the fighting in Kartoum, Sudan have been pouring into this refugee camp in South Sudan and we've been here to meet them in…

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Discipleship & Training

Good News From A Gateway Nation

Reports of celebration have been pouring in from our field missionaries over the nation of Chad.

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Healing & Freedom

All Who Are Called

As the Apostle Peter said, the promise of God's forgiveness and salvation "is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone…

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Discipleship & Training

Joyfully, No Matter The Road

In these stories, one of the things we try to relate is a portion of what our teams here experience. Our faithful field missionaries go to remote and…

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Education & Children

Hand In Hand

We apply this principle from the youngest to the oldest - from our Village Learning Centers to Favor Secondary School, even to the interactions with…

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Education & Children

Reaping The Harvest

The Favor Farm (bought in 2021 with the generous support of Favor partners) has blessed us tremendously. This year the land has produced enough maize…

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Women & Family

Reaching Muslims Through Airwaves

It sometimes takes a while for the Spirit to change a heart, but the airwaves continue advancing us farther and faster than we could go ourselves.

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Salvation

Rumbek Mini Crusade

For years, we have had intensive evangelism and discipleship programs in the area, bringing over 2,000 new believers to Christ. And God is continuing…

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Salvation

Overcoming Obstacles to Reach Villages

Because of their passion for souls, our missionaries in South Sudan, Uganda, Congo, and Central African Republic surmount enormous obstacles to reach…

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Salvation

Sudanese Refugees

The Sudanese refugees who fled the war in Khartoum and other regions of Sudan have been resettled inside the borders of South Sudan at the Wedweil…

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Education & Children

The Jesus Film

Accredited to be the Most Translated Film in history (1,977 languages and counting), The waves The Jesus Film has been making for decades is becoming…

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Discipleship & Training

What God's Joined Together...

In a recent TC group we taught, a woman named Florence stood in front to publicly forgive her husband. After learning God's Word and the healing it…

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Healing & Freedom

Breaking Through to Chad

It's been only about two weeks since one of our teams finally received their visas for Chad - a spiritual battle we had been working on since…

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Salvation

Salvation & Marriage

The Full Gospel Church in Amuru, Uganda recently hosted a conference on gender-based violence and godly marriage. During the conference, lead pastor…

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Salvation

Medical Center Salvations

God is at work bringing salvation to people through our medical centers.

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Discipleship & Training

The Love of the Father

Day by day, transformation is happening in the lives of our GIFT boys. And it starts with loving them as our heavenly Father loves us.

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Women & Family

Holistic Transformation

Adong, being a widow, is happy that God used our Women Empowerment project to bless her life. She can now pay fees for her children and…

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Community & Care

Radio Team Reports

God is amazing. He is doing so much through our radio testimony team. We are getting powerful testimonies in the community about how we've been…

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Education & Children

Strong Foundations in Rural Areas

Giving young children a strong foundation of learning while they're young is so important to their development and growth. We establish village…

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Healing & Freedom

A Former Witch Doctor's Testimony

My name is Deborah Yar Marial.

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Salvation

Pabo Revival Crusade

Over 600 more souls turned to Christ this past weekend during a revival crusade in Pabo, Uganda! The first day 108 souls made the commitment, the…

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Healing & Freedom

From Spear Masters to Holy Spirit

In Rumbek, South Sudan, witchcraft is still prevalent. But that has gradually been changing as many locals who previously sought healing from the…

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Salvation

The Taposa Tribe

Our missionaries just recently went to the Naliwatom village in Kapoeta, South Sudan where they preached the Gospel to the members of the Taposa…

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Salvation

Mini Gospel Crusades

Our Prayer Teams in South Sudan have been concentrating efforts to evangelize in all areas around Juba and Rumbek through Mini Gospel Crusades. In…

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Healing & Freedom

Peace Abounds

"In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!" - Psalm 72:7

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Salvation

Reaching The Unreached

Revival is continuing to spread in South Sudan. Last week a former Muslim man in the Western Equatoria region, this week a report of over 70…

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Salvation

New Spirit, New Name

The harvest has been so plentiful this year. Over the past weeks, we have been celebrating the baptism of new converts from South Sudan, Republic of…

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Community & Care

Peace Makers Church

This group of believers used to meet in a small grass-thatched structure that was susceptible to destruction by strong wind, rain, and wildfire...…

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Healing & Freedom

Healing For South Sudanese

As political unrest continues in Sudan, soldiers of the South Sudan military and members of the neighboring communities have been finding trauma…

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Discipleship & Training

Reading the Bible for Themselves

The Literacy Training Program in Rumbek, South Sudan has been a great success. All 20 trainees have learned to read the Bible and have demonstrated…

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Discipleship & Training

GIFT Girl Graduate Turns Trainer

Akidi Irene's story is one of amazing growth and pouring back into others the same grace that was poured into her.

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Discipleship & Training

Celebrating Recent Graduates

The month of April has been a celebration season across the nations of South Sudan, Uganda, Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia,…

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Discipleship & Training

Steady, Strong Confidence

Transformation is flowing from heaven to hundreds of people in the Karamoja region of Northeastern Uganda through Favour of God Ministries! Local…

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Discipleship & Training

Daniel Kidia

Daniel Kidia is a former Mundari cattle warrior in South Sudan.

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Education & Children

Wol Abun

Led by the heart of our Father, our teams have endlessly trodden the dusty streets of South Sudan and Uganda looking for His lost children. Many of…

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Healing & Freedom

Susan's Testimony of Redemption

Meet Susan, she has been with Favor for almost 17 years now. She was a former child soldier and God healed her body, mind, and her heart! She now…

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Discipleship & Training

Emmy, From Orphan to Leader

Meet Emmy who came as an orphan to our House Of Hope in 2006. He grew up amongst the Favor staff. Recently, he has graduated with a Communications…

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Women & Family

Man Listens to Favour FM, Receives Sight From God!

Tom Ocana has been blind right from birth, and because of his visual impairment, has faced many challenges. Physical movement was one of his greatest…

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Women & Family

God Gives Woman Baby After Salvation by Radio!

Kevin lived in total shame and rejection. When she got married, she had looked forward to having children and a family. However, a doctor told her…

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Salvation

Seek and You Shall Find

Isn’t our new sister beautiful, while kneeling on the dirt floor in her humble shack she became a new being…. now she is radiating with the glorious…

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Salvation

Now I See

What the camera has captured for your eyes to see is the miracle of a new birth; for you see, somewhere in South Sudan there is a migrating cattle…

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Education & Children

Spiritually & Physically Hungry

These are just a few pictures of the widows and their children from the Thoony Church in the Bor Jungle of South Sudan. They had been attending Favor…

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Education & Children

Teaching God's Word

This is a view of an eight week Portable Bible School in South Sudan taken 6-22-20. These tremendous people gather together coming from throughout…

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Discipleship & Training

Testimony from a S. Sudan Field Leader

– A local pastor testified that three days after this worker prayed for him, he was healed of his sickness. He came to give thanksgiving to God along…

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Education & Children

I Want the Little Children to Come to Me

Hundreds of little girls like these, who once were truly lost and destined for lives of excruciating pain and/or demoralizing humiliation, now have…

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Salvation

Each One, Reach One (Daily)

Daily at Favor, we send indigenous evangelists out into the highways, byways, fields, market places, villages, tribes, hospitals, streets, bush lands…

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Community & Care

Radio Department Testimony

We receive testimonies almost every day about the lives being touched through our Favour Radio station! People get saved, delivered, healed, their…

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Healing & Freedom

Trauma Counseling Heals a Former Warrior

The conflict in South Sudan has wreaked terrible pain on the citizens. Both the perpetrators and the victims of the war have been left with deep…

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