Source: Mission Network News, February 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many Christian groups operate child sponsorship programs. Monthly gifts from sponsors in the West provide education, food, and discipleship for children in needy countries. Set Free\u2019s program goes further in East Africa, teaching kids about their identity in Christ and empowering them to reach others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Set Free\u2019s Zippora Benting says, \u201cSome of these children are 11 years old, and they\u2019re talking about being able to disciple their friends and even their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One student says fear used to hold her mother captive. Her mom was deathly afraid of her stepmom, a practicing witch. Then, the little girl shared Bible verses from her weekly lessons, and it helped her mom replace fear with faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen they learn that they are set free in their identity in Christ, they are unstoppable, even at eight years old,\u201d [says Benting].<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Discipleship continues at Set Free\u2019s Christian high school, where more than 150 students recently asked to be baptized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a> or learn about Set Free<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You might also be interested in another article about children. This one is focused on missionary kids but surely has broader application. Read The Incredible Power of Positive Childhood Experiences<\/a> (A Life Overseas).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Mission Network News, February 25, 2025 Many Christian groups operate child sponsorship programs. Monthly gifts from sponsors in the West provide education, food, and discipleship for children in needy countries. Set Free\u2019s program goes further in East Africa, teaching kids about their identity in Christ and empowering them to reach others. Set Free\u2019s Zippora … Continue reading East Africa: Sponsored Students Set Free From Fear, Seek to Be Baptized<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13680,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13679\/revisions\/13680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}