While people around the world celebrated Christmas and then the New Year, catastrophic flooding sliced through the island nation of Sri Lanka, leaving thousands homeless and more than 300,000 impacted—many without the basic needs to survive.
One of the great Sunday pages of the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz shows Linus walking outside while it is snowing. He looks up, he catches snowflakes on his hand... and goes wild when he sees that two are identical...
Non-Arab Christians in Sudan s Nuba Mountains said they feel forgotten after Sudanese air forces killed at least 11 of the faithful in bombings before and after Christmas, according to area sources.
Suspected Islamic extremists on Christmas Day shot a Roman Catholic priest on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, seriously wounding him, area church leaders said.
The secret shame of sexual addiction may be carefully hidden for years, but about 70 men gathered at this workshop are ready to bring their failings into the light and find healing in Christ.
Mark A. Driscoll (born October 11, 1970) is an American pastor and author. He is the founder and current preaching pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, co-founder of Churches Helping Churches and the Acts 29 Network.
One of the easiest ways to see what books are influencing Christian students on campus today is to follow bestselling book trends at the Urbana 2012 Mission’s Conference here in St. Louis, Missouri.
Over 16,000 students built 32,000 caregivers kits for AIDS workers in Africa last night (December 29, 2012) in less than 120 minutes during the Urbana 2012 event which is being held at the Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri, December 27-31, 2012.
Beloved missionary statesman Dr. Edwin L. Frizen, known to many as “Uncle Jack,” passed peacefully into the presence of the Lord on December 22, 2012 in Orlando, Florida after a period of illness and declining health. He was 87.
First of all, may I wish you a happy New Year! Secondly I would like to set the scene for second my column by telling you a few facts about London and its boroughs; there are 33 boroughs that make up London, though some don’t use the name boroug...
In the introduction to ‘The Peace Making Pastor’ by Alfred Poirier (Baker Books, 2006), the author states that to be a pastor is to be a peacemaker (p.13).
A Pakistani journalist and human rights activist, Shamim Masih, has told the ASSIST News Service that with the advent of December, Christians all over the world kicked off their preparations to celebrate Christmas, the most important festival of...
Sudanese authorities have arrested two priests of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Sudan and accused them of baptizing a convert from Islam, sources said.
The day after Christmas, known as Boxing Day in England, our family decided to do something different: we packed up some clothes and headed south, two-and-a-half-hours south to be exact. Our destination? Lincoln, New Mexico, the former residence...
Christian leaders of Nepal complain that their numerical strength has been highly underestimated in the nation s first census after it became a democracy.
With Thanksgiving and Christmas behind us, it s time to start thinking about the new year and with that thought of course comes the seemingly inevitable subject of new year s resolutions.
The condition of the Church in Syria is becoming more and more desperate. Christians, their property and their churches continue to be the targets of violent attack.
Despite horror stories of all night drives and delayed flights, over 13,000 young missionary candidates squeezed through stadium doors last night to attend the opening night of Urbana 2012. The world s longest running student missionary conferen...
When writing a “Year in Review” piece on a topic like the top ten trends in the indigenous missions movement, there are two temptations. The first is to just count headlines and try to summarize 2012 through what dominated the news coverage. The...
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today (Friday, December 28, 2012), urged Burma’s military to end its offensive against the majority Christian Kachin people in northern Burma immediately, and called on the international community to put pres...
