Mika* grew up in Japan as part of a family that was culturally Buddhist, yet God gently placed people in her life who...
January 29, 2026
Grace Church in Simi Valley, California has been partnering with Encompass for over 60 years now, making us their primary missions agency. That...
January 23, 2026
The environment a child grows up in becomes their baseline for what’s normal. As you can imagine, children growing up overseas often form a...
January 23, 2026
“I never set out to become a crisis response person,” says Barb. In fact, if you had asked her younger...
January 21, 2026
“On Christmas Eve, we received word that our longtime neighbor, Larisa,* had passed away,” our workers Eddie* and Sarah* shared. They...
January 7, 2026
The year is 1964, the location is France, and the context is…frustration. Our...
January 2, 2026
When Encompass deployed church planters Paul and Louise to France in 1987, they had a long-term commitment in mind. Little did they know their...
December 10, 2025
Google and prayer. It sounds like an odd pairing, but for Encompass’s own Betsy Becker, it has become a surprisingly powerful way God opens...
December 2, 2025
"I had to confiscate a loaded pistol from one of my students once,” Kevin recalls. He had been working as a school’s band director in...
November 26, 2025