This page highlights pictures from projects supported by Acts of Grace within the most recent five years.
Photos are listed in alphabetical order by charity name. Click on the charity's name to be redirected to its website. Click on the Grant Description link to learn more about each grant. These pictures are used with the express permission of the organization that provided them and are not to be reproduced for any other purpose.
Cambodian Kids' Bible Books - Tales that Tell the Truth (Cambodia)
Grant Year: 2025
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ACTION Canada is an interdenominational Christian mission committed to the Great Commission, working alongside churches and Christian organizations to proclaim Jesus Christ, strengthen believers and churches, and minister to the whole person—especially the poor—through evangelism, discipleship and development. Cambodia continues to experience the lasting effects of the Khmer Rouge regime, which devastated the country’s educated population and Christian church.
Pictured here: The Khmer translation of "The Garden, The Curtain, The Cross" from the Tales that Tell the Truth series. These large, full colour books tell bible stories and bible truths that will teach children and adults alike about God's love for them.
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Today, there are very few Khmer-language Christian resources and almost no locally available children’s books, while the vast majority of Cambodians speak Khmer rather than English. With Christians representing less than 2% of the population and many families living on very low incomes, affordable and culturally accessible Christian resources are especially needed. A shortage of translators, technology and publishing capacity has further limited the development of quality Khmer-language resources for children and families.
Pictured here: A young Khmer girl enjoys the Khmer translation of "The Christmas Promise", the first book of the Tales that Tell the Truth series translated to Khmer (prior to this grant). The book was met with wide appeal and interest especially given the scarcity of children's books (of any genre) in Cambodia.
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Through this project, ACTION Cambodia and its local publishing ministry, Plovpit, will translate and publish four titles from "Tales That Tell the Truth", a beautifully illustrated children’s Bible storybook series. This grant will support Khmer translation, editing, publication and printing of 3,000 copies of each title, making engaging biblical resources available to Cambodian children in their heart language. Affordable distribution will help these books reach children while also introducing biblical truth to parents as families read together. Revenue from book sales will support the translation of additional Christian resources, while the project strengthens local capacity in translation, design, publishing and distribution—helping build a sustainable foundation for Khmer Christian literature and equipping Cambodian children, families and churches for years to come.
Pictured here: The Khmer translation of "Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer" from the Tales that Tell the Truth series. This is one of four titles published through this grant.
Solar-Powered Fixed-Tuned Radios for Cambodia (Cambodia)
Grant Year: 2024
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Galcom International is an evangelical Christian mission organization with a vision to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ shared with every tribe, tongue and nation and a mission to multiply missionary impact through audio technology. Cambodia continues to experience the effects of generations of political upheaval, conflict and the devastating Khmer Rouge era, with ongoing challenges related to infrastructure, education, health and community development. In rural and remote communities, radio remains an important and accessible means of communication, particularly where literacy can limit access to written resources.
Pictured here: Galcom's solar-powered, fix-tuned radios and audio bibles ready for distribution so that families in Cambodia can hear the radio broadcasts from FEBC Voice of Love Cambodia in Phomn Pehn.
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Since 2002, FEBC’s Voice of Love Cambodia has used radio to respond to the spiritual, practical, emotional and social needs of Cambodians through Christian teaching, counselling, music, testimony, discipleship and leadership radio broadcast and online streaming programming. Galcom will partner with Voice of Love Cambodia to manufacture, test and ship 500 solar-powered radios that are fixed-tuned to receive Voice of Love programming. Local staff will distribute the radios and train recipients to use them as they travel throughout cities and provinces to meet listeners through family seminars, workshops, program follow-up, Bible studies and other ministry activities.
Pictured here: Voice of Love Cambodia staff distribute Galcom's solar-powered, fix-tuned radios within communities and at special events such as Christmas festivals. During the distribution, people are invited to learn more about Jesus and receive a radio to support their continued discipleship.
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Because the radios are solar powered, they provide ongoing access to programming without dependence on household electricity or replacement batteries, making them particularly practical for underserved communities. The radios will extend the reach of the local church into homes and communities, enabling individuals and families to regularly hear the Gospel and receive biblical teaching, encouragement and practical guidance. By placing a sustainable source of Christian programming directly into the hands of listeners, this project will help Voice of Love deepen relationships with communities and expand opportunities for evangelism, discipleship and spiritual growth across Cambodia.
Pictured here: A group of Khmer people receive Galcom radios at a distribution event.
Digitizing Biblical Resources for the Middle Eastern Church (Middle East)
Grant Year: 2022
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Despite growing security concerns, the Middle Eastern church is growing with increasing spiritual hunger and a deepening desire for Christian teaching. Locally-owned national Christian publishers are able to translate, create and distribute theological books written by and for Majority World Church leaders in the local language and with sensitivity to local issues. Where the local national church is small or there are few national Christian writers the emphasis of these publishers is on translation of high-quality works identified by national leaders.
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Langham Partnership equips Majority World church leaders by helping well-managed locally-owned national Christian publishers become self-sustaining such that they are able to support a maturing church with high-quality biblical and theological books. Many of these resources are not commercially viable for western publishers but are highly impactful for national teaching and mission ministries, serving preachers, students & educated laypeople seeking Christian teaching.
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This grant supports a locally-owned Christian publisher in digitizing key biblical resources for electronic distribution and download for the Middle Eastern church. The digitization of these resources will support their long-term availability to the Middle Eastern church, especially where there are concerns that the opportunity for foreign missions may soon close and only locally owned publishers will survive. Digital availability of these resources will also increase the privacy and security of the individuals accessing them as well as appeal to a technology savvy audience.
Old Testament Expository Commentary for Latin America (Latin America)
Grant Years: 2025-2028
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Langham Partnership seeks to see churches in the Majority World equipped for mission and growing to maturity in Christ through pastors and leaders who believe, teach and live by the Word of God. Through theological education, preaching training and biblical resources, Langham equips local Christian leaders to proclaim the Gospel and strengthen the Church in their own contexts. In Latin America, the Church is growing rapidly, but the availability of scholarly, in-depth theological resources in Spanish has not kept pace. Pastors preparing sermons and seminary professors and students have significantly fewer Spanish-language resources than their English-speaking counterparts, creating a need for biblically rigorous materials developed specifically for their context.
Pictured here: Langham Scholar, Dario Lopez, poses with the books he authored, published by Ediciones Puma which will also publish this 9-volume Old Testament commentary.
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There is also a need to strengthen emerging Latin American theological voices as well as indigenous Christian publishing so that churches are less dependent on resources developed and published outside the region. In partnership with Peruvian Christian publisher Ediciones Puma, Langham will develop an Old Testament Expository Commentary series written by Latin American contributors for pastors, Bible teachers, seminary professors and students.
Pictured here: The Communion & Wellbeing Old Testament Commentary published by Ediciones Puma in partnership with Langham Partnership will explore the flourishing of life as a central theme and examine topics related to the areas in which flourishing is most thwarted: creation care, social justice, corruption, migration, polarization and mental health.
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The commentary will provide in-depth biblical and theological analysis of each book of the Old Testament while addressing themes and issues relevant to Latin American life and ministry. Acts of Grace funding will support the writing and development of the series, including contributor writing, editing, formatting and graphics. Through this project, locally rooted theological voices will be strengthened, indigenous publishing capacity will grow, and churches throughout Latin America will gain greater access to high-quality Spanish biblical resources that equip leaders to faithfully teach God’s Word.
Pictured here: Although Ediciones Puma is based in Peru, the 19 contributing authors to this expository commentary represent 9 countries in Latin America and include many younger authors as well as 7 women. Milton Acosta, Langham Scholar and former professor of Old Testament at Medellin Biblical Seminary (Colombia) for nearly 30 years is general editor for this project.
