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Read More »Why are South African pastors living in poverty?
BENONI, South Africa — Merchants gathered at a busy intersection in this Johannesburg suburb in 2020 to sell a variety of goods ranging from food to tires. Among the sellers were unemployed ...
Read More »Why did early Christianity rise so rapidly?
New religions appear all the time — nowhere more than in the United States — but very few ever achieve prominence and permanence. Christianity is a rare and dramatic case of a ...
Read More »Leader of gang that kidnapped 17 missionaries in Haiti is charged
The leader of a violent gang that kidnapped 16 American Missionaries in Haiti has been charged by the U.S. Justice Department. One Canadian was also kidnapped. Germine Joly is accused of leading ...
Read More »“We can’t just sit here.” How Russian Americans are helping Ukrainians
In Alaska, A Russian-Speaking Church Becomes A Hub For Helping Ukrainians. An elevated cross reaches toward the blue sky at a nondescript corner of Alaska’s largest city. Viewed from the right vantage ...
Read More »Missionaries snuck past numerous guards in daring Haiti escape
Escaping captors in the middle of the night, 12 Christian Aid Ministries missionaries hiked silently through the moonlit jungle of Haiti, pausing at times to pray for the direction that led to ...
Read More »Large group of American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
Seventeen missionaries, including children, were kidnapped by a gang in Haiti on Saturday. The abductions were not reported by the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, but through a voice message sent to various ...
Read More »Haitian turmoil increases hunger for Gospel
Haitian protests and anarchy surrounding the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has escalated the risk of starvation. It is also increasing hunger for the Gospel, according to Christian workers in the country. ...
Read More »Smuggling Bibles into North Korea stopped by Covid, new law
Since Covid caused the closure of the border between South and North Korea, Christian groups are finding it impossible to smuggle bibles to the north. Now that difficulty may be enshrined in ...
Read More »Encouraging words from 18th century missionary David Brainerd
While reading the missions classic The Life and Diary of David Brainerd (see info below), I was struck by David Brainerd’s perseverance through great hardships. He endured them all to accomplish one transcendent ...
Read More »World’s first Christian airline for missionaries cleared for takeoff
An aviation ministry plants to create the world’s first Christian airline in 2021 to carry missionaries and their cargo around the world. Judah 1 is based in Shreveport, La. “We give wings ...
Read More »American missionaries murdered in Haiti
A Florida television station is reporting that two American missionaries have been murdered in Haiti. Pastor Jean Philippe Quetant and his wife Erna were gunned down in their home NBC2 in Fort ...
Read More »Schools looking for space could turn to churches – doing so has a rich history
Could places of worship ease the burden of schools looking to reopen while giving students space to social distance? Working with churches might not be such an outlandish suggestion. With space at ...
Read More »Even in pandemic, Child Evangelism Fellowship reaches kids
The spiritual needs of children didn’t end when the coronavirus outbreak began. Child Evangelism Fellowship is continuing to help area kids experience the love of God. “This summer, we are ministering to ...
Read More »Missions: Zahra found refuge in a safe house after converting from Islam
Once again, Zahra’s father lashed ropes around her wrists and hands and hung her in the doorway. The young woman’s fingers went numb. Her hands and her arms swelled. There was a ...
Read More »From the Lincoln Highway to a Scottish revival: Five free documentaries on Youtube
During the stay-at-home orders, I have had more time in the evenings. It has allowed both Dwight and me to research many topics for which we had long wanted to learn more ...
Read More »Man convicted in murder of missionary near International House of Prayer
A Kansas City man has been convicted of shooting and killing a Chinese missionary near the International House of Prayer. The murder rocked the large missionary community in the region. Curtrail Hudson, ...
Read More »Former missionaries Daniel and Esther Guy walk the road of daily obedience
Esther Sevilla Guy and Daniel E. Guy carefully laid out a five-year plan to reach their goal of ministering to the unreached in Japan. They did not expect that a demoralizing medical ...
Read More »INMED offers new courses for medical missions opportunities
The Institute for International Medicine (INMED) has announced an updated course catalog. INMED, based in Kansas City, is a global health education and training organization that has been equipping and preparing healthcare ...
Read More »‘God’s Love, Our Wings’: First ever Christian airline caters to churches, missionaries
A Texas non-profit has been granted permission from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to launch a brand-new airline which will cater exclusively to Christian missionaries. “Judah 1” plans to operate out of North Texas Regional ...
Read More »Pearl Harbor, General MacArthur and the rhyme of history
I was born December 5, 1941, two days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into the Second World War. Many years later I could hardly believe ...
Read More »How the Gospel reached the brutal Amazon “Skull Splitters” tribe
The warriors from the Skull Splitter tribe walked 10 days on foot from a village deep in the Amazon jungle because they wanted to find someone who would tell them about the ...
Read More »Three Kansas City area Thai restaurants get approval as ‘authentic’
Ever been to a foreign country or heard missionaries talk of other cultures? Often times, in addition to the local people, the thing that impresses missionaries and most people when they travel ...
Read More »Christian hostages welcomed home by President Trump
After years in a North Korean prison, three hostages found their freedom as the Christian American men were greeted by President Donald Trump beneath a giant American flag after they returned home ...
Read More »Young missionaries open business to serve people
Going to the nations so that the nations will come to you. That’s the mission behind the newly owned Zion Hostel and Cafe. It’s located in the heart of Chiang Mai, Thailand, ...
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