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Faithful: The Story of Dr. Charles Woodrow & Grace Missions Ministries

Charles Woodrow Faithful Mozambique

For nearly thirty years, Charles Woodrow has been serving as a missionary-doctor in Nampula, Mozambique. (All the while he has also served as a conference founder, church planter, theology teacher, bookstore owner, and much more.) For a good part of that time, my church has been supporting him. Recently, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the annual pastors’ conference he founded, I traveled to Mozambique to bring him a letter of encouragement and to finally see his work there. He and his family and some of their friends were willing to appear on video to tell some of his story…

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