WELCOME: See What God is Doing!

We’re celebrating our 70th birthday this year, so we’re taking a time-out to look back at the many ways that God has blessed us as we have answered his call...

COVER STORY: Seven…

Beginnings in Peru In a primitive camp, deep in the Peruvian rainforest, a small band of committed Christ-followers was building on a vision. It was…

REFLECTIONS: Faith of…

In 1955 my father, Cameron Townsend, was driving across Oklahoma when he suddenly noticed a small airplane that seemed to be flying beside him, so…

SERVING TOGETHER: What…

OUR VISION Who We Are People’s lives and communities are transformed as they experience God’s Word in their own language. JAARS is a team of…

CREATING SOLUTIONS: Good…

From an ordinary hangar at the JAARS airfield come some extra­ordinary products—products ranging from hard-to-find aircraft parts to innovative aircraft hardware. Terry Heffield, head of…

LOVE STORIES: Answering…

Was it a coincidence? When an urgent plea for help went out in June 1976, from Papua, Indonesia, in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake,…

REFLECTIONS: It’s Our…

What I love about history is not the facts, locations, dates, and accomplishments. What I find so encouraging are the accounts of people—people that God used…

MY STORY: JAARS…

My translation co-worker, Anne, and I had just spent three weary days riding an overcrowded bus, jolting along on a rough track. Now we faced…