Thank you for your faithful prayers for the ministry of FAME. Your support reaches our partners, staff, board members, volunteers, trip participants, scholarship students, and special projects. Each day, lives around the world are being transformed through your commitment to prayer.

Reading a devotion by Lysa TerKeurst recently was a great reminder that in addition to prayer reading the Word is also paramount. Lysa tells us that, The Israelites’ dependence on God for physical sustenance and satisfaction served as a continual reminder of their need to depend on Him spiritually as well. They didn’t just need the rain for immediate nourishment for their plants. It served a dual purpose, enabling the crops to flourish that year as well as to produce the seeds necessary for the following year. The water provided not only sustenance for the present but assurance for the future. How like the Word of God. 

Scripture, like rain, brings us immediate nourishment and refreshment for our present circumstances (Psalm 19:7-10), and it also waters seeds to sustain us in the future (Isaiah 55:10). God already sees everything coming our way, and that means He knows exactly how to prepare us.  – What an encouragement!

This month, items of prayer include a short-term mission trip to the Dominican Republic to serve with GO Ministries in Santiago. The medical team will spend three days helping lead mobile medical clinics alongside GO’s local medical staff. This team will intentionally serve in GO Church Planting communities so the clinics can be an effective outreach tool for local pastors.

Please also pray for our FAME Board members who serve the ministry. Pray for wisdom and discernment as they continue to guide the ministry.

Other items of prayer include FAME Executive Director Bill Warren, as he speaks to partner churches and then travels to Kenya at the end of the month to visit FAME partners. Pray also for Director of Mission Resources Barry Reed, who will be traveling to the Dominican Republic to visit partners there and help determine their needs for upcoming medical equipment shipments.

Lastly, please partner with us in praying for our volunteer groups and individual volunteers listed on the calendar this month. FAME could not do all we do without them, as they generously share their time and talents in service to the ministry.

Thank you for your partnership and blessings in the coming month

August Prayer Calendar

Recently, when I heard the news from a global partner of a baptism that took place after a man visited one of their medical clinics, it reminded me of the 3 “Why” questions that I am answering in varying forms when I am asked about FAME.

1. Why Missions?

Jesus Himself commissioned us: “All authority… has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations… teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:18‑20) In Acts 1:8 He reiterates this: our mission is to bear witness, enabled by the Holy Spirit, from our own communities to the ends of the earth. Throughout His ministry, Jesus did more than preach — He healed, restored, and demonstrated the Kingdom in action. We are called not just to tell the Good News, but to live it out through compassion, restoration, and presence.

2. Why FAME?

FAME (Fellowship of Associates of Medical Evangelism) integrates medical ministry with discipling — opening doors through healthcare, sharing the gospel, and planting churches. Your FAME players — medical and non-medical volunteers — bring prayer, supplies, and training directly into countries where the gospel is limited or unreached. FAME strategically aligns with the model Jesus set: addressing physical needs as a pathway to evangelism, creating lasting, indigenous faith communities.

3. Why Now?

The world continues to grow and change, but often not for the better for the world’s most vulnerable —so the mission remains urgent. New places and unreached populations await the gospel. FAME is actively sending medical supplies, medical teams, partnering with local believers, and mobilizing prayer right now. With global instability and gaps in care, these opportunities can’t wait. God is moving through FAME today, bringing transformation in body and soul exactly where it’s most needed.

Your partnering — with prayer, gifts, or hands-on involvement allows more communities to experience both healing and hope. I’m asking one thing of you today: Next Friday, August 1st take notice of the monthly prayer calendar if that hasn’t been something you have been opening. We believe in the power of God’s response to His people’s prayers!

Thank you for your partnership,

Recently a collaborative organization has launched on the Southside of Indianapolis which may interest you. Their goal is to partner with like-minded churches and individuals to find volunteer opportunities more easily in parachurch ministries. They held a Ministry Fair at a City owned Fieldhouse and FAME was honored to be included in their outreach. The model of Kingdom Missions Collective will be one to watch and duplicate as a partnership network for a city.

But the layers of partnership became obvious when Lee, the missions pastor of the Stones Crossing Church approached Jeff Coon of FAME. Lee had been at the Ministry Fair and learned about the global impact of FAME.

Prior to 2019 the Stones Crossing Church had started an outstanding ministry of having a clinic in a building on their campus. Partnership was needed for that to be accomplished. Medical professionals and providers acquired the necessary equipment and supplies to set up a 4 exam room clinic, lab, and waiting area. Partnership allowed them to establish medical providers to volunteer their time and the clinic had a great start. Then 2020 hit. After a number of attempts to make plans to reopen and use the clinic as an outreach and ministry, it became obvious that it was not the season for the church to have this ministry again. Now what should they do with all of the partnership acquired equipment and supplies?

After a quick visit by Jeff, it became obvious that a new layer of partnership was opening up! The partnership that it took to set up the clinic was NOT in vain. FAME staff, Barry Reed, and volunteers came to the Stones Crossing Church campus and were able to acquire all of the highly requested, and highly valuable exam room equipment and medical supplies last month!

Now new layers of partnership are at work. FAME is part of the Technical Exchange for Christian Healthcare (TECH) along with the network of hundreds of current FAME global partners where there are needs expressed monthly for exactly the type of supplies that the Stones Crossing Church donated to FAME. Three (3) of the exam tables will probably be going to the Dominican Republic, and there are multiple shipping container loads being planned for the remainder of this year- the rest will most assuredly be part of those global shipments!

What does FAME see advancing the gospel?

Partnership.

Thank you for yours!

As a Partner of FAME, YOU, just received this email:

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to FAME for helping us reach the sick and dying souls in remote villages — places where proper medical facilities are nearly non-existent. Your partnership enables us to serve not only physical needs but also eternal ones.

Recently, we conducted a Diabetes Awareness and Screening Camp among a tribal community. At first, the response was unexpected — as we began to check blood sugar levels, villagers began to scatter in fear. The sight of injections and blood caused panic, and many ran away, unsure of what was happening.

Amid the confusion, a courageous voice rose. The village leader, Mr. Kamalokkamon, stepped forward. He calmly approached our team, volunteered to be tested first, and set an example of trust and courage for the rest of the village. His bold action restored calm and confidence. Slowly, the villagers returned, one after another, to be screened and receive medical attention.

But before any testing began, we took time to share the Word of God. We spoke of Jesus’ love for the sick, the poor, and the forgotten. We shared how Christ came to heal not just bodies but broken hearts and dying souls. The atmosphere turned from fear to faith, and through the camp, we had the privilege of sharing the Gospel with over 300 people.

This camp was not just a medical outreach, God opened doors, softened hearts, and brought light into a place where darkness once ruled.

We once again thank FAME for standing with us in this ministry. Your support helps us bring both healing and hope to those in desperate need. Together, we are making an eternal impact.

Need I say anymore? May God Bless you for your partnership with global partners like these!!!

Thank you!

Bill Warren
Executive Director

As we celebrate liberty at home, you’re helping bring it to those in crisis around the world.

As we gather this week to celebrate the gift of freedom in America, we’re reminded that true freedom takes many forms. It’s more than fireworks and flags — it’s the freedom to live without pain, to work and provide for your family, and to have hope for the future.

In places like Mozambique, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central America, countless men, women, and children face medical crises that trap them in cycles of poverty and despair. Lack of access to basic healthcare means preventable diseases go untreated, infections become life-threatening, and children suffer without hope of healing.

But your support of FAME is changing that.

“I never imagined I’d walk again. But now, not only can I walk — I can work, I can live, and I know Jesus healed me.”
— A patient from rural Kenya whose infection had made him immobile.

Because of you, medical supplies, mobile clinics, and trained partners are reaching communities long overlooked. In Honduras, a young mother receives treatment and walks home with dignity restored. In The Democratic Republic of Congo, a small clinic becomes a place where villagers find both healing and the message of eternal hope in Christ. In Kenya, a simple surgery means a child can return to school and dream again.

This is what freedom looks like.

This Independence Day 2025, while we thank God for our liberty here in the U.S., we also thank Him for the freedom you’re making possible around the world — the freedom that comes with health, dignity, and the message of Christ’s love.

Would you prayerfully consider a special gift this July 4th of some combination of 2025 to continue bringing freedom to those in desperate need? Maybe you could give $20.25; or $20, or $25. Maybe some of you could give $2025.00. No matter the amount, or ability – you would be celebrating Freedom here in the USA, your partnership with FAME and your FAME global partners who bring the message of true Freedom in Christ to over 2 million people in 2025!

Blessings and Happy Fourth!