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Operation Mobilization Youth Leader Impacts Albania’s Next Generation

July 13, 2020 /Leave a comment

Armando reaches out to other youth in his home town of Dushk in Albania, helping them discover what it looks like to follow Jesus.

ALBANIA — God transformed Armando as a teen when a mentor from (Operation Mobilization) OM took time to study God’s Word and share life with him. Today, Armando reaches out to other youth in his home town of Dushk in Albania, helping them discover what...

Christ in Youth – Limited Only by God’s Power

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 /Leave a comment

Christ in Youth has been a leader in youth ministries that encourage students to live for Christ and seek their place for service in the kingdom of God.

JOPLIN, MO – In 1968, Bob Stacy, a professor at Ozark Bible College, was inspired to create a way to present the Gospel message to young people in a way that was contemporarily and culturally relevant. That’s not only difficult to do. It’s even more...

One Hope: God’s Word to Every Child

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 /Leave a comment

One Hope knows that their vision is too great for one person or one organization. But we know that “He who has begun a good work in you will complete it.”

ATLANTA, GA – According to the One Hope Ministry website, the Lord burdened founder Bob Hoskins’ heart to understand that “Satan targets children in horrible ways to destroy the potential of the next generation.” He wept and prayed continually for many days until he was...

Helping the Hurting at Stephen Ministries

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 /Leave a comment

Stephen Ministries are laypeople in Bible-believing churches who are trained to come alongside others who are experiencing grief or stress in their lives.

ST LOUIS, MO – Stephen Ministries are laypeople in local, Bible-believing churches who have been trained to come alongside others who are experiencing grief or stress in their lives. Galatians 6:2 is the basis for the compassionate, one-on-one, caregiving ministry by commissioned Stephen Ministers. “Bear...

2020 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 /Leave a comment

The USCIRF carefully reviews a select number of nations during the year to gather information about the status of religious freedom within those countries.

WASHINGTON, DC – Its 2020 Annual Report on international freedom of religion has been made available to the public by the USCIRF. Various media reports have created confusion concerning the publication, with some referring to it as “the 2019 report” and others as “the 2020...

God’s Word for God’s World per The Langham Partnership

July 7, 2020 /Leave a comment

The vision of the Langham Partnership is to see churches in the Majority World equipped for mission and growing to maturity in Christ.

CAVE CREEK, AZ – The vision of the Langham Partnership is to see churches in the Majority World equipped for mission and growing to maturity in Christ through the ministry of pastors and leaders who believe, teach, and live by the Word of God. [caption...

Honoring Modern Day Christian Martyrs

July 4, 2020 /Leave a comment

To commemorate and to stand with the suffering church – believers across the world took part in the Day of the Christian Martyr on June 29

BARTLESVILLE, OK— Some 4,000 Christians are killed for their faith each year. To commemorate them – and to stand with the suffering church – believers across the world took part in the Day of the Christian Martyr on June 29. Organizations like Voice of the...

USCIRF Urges Thailand, Malaysia to Protect Rohingya Muslim Refugees Stranded at Sea

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 /Leave a comment

The USCIRF calls on the governments of Thailand and Malaysia to admit boats carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees stranded at sea.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) calls on the governments of Thailand and Malaysia to admit boats carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees stranded at sea. “Thai and Malaysian authorities must recognize their obligations under international law to refugees fleeing ethnic...

Courage for Life

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 /Leave a comment

ATLANTA, GA – It may surprise you to learn that more than 230,000 women are incarcerated in prisons in America. That’s more women than the entire populations of Richmond, Virginia; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; or Seattle, Washington. Courage for Life, a faith-based organization headquartered in Atlanta,...

Bethany Christian Services Prepares for a Revolution in International Adoptions

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 /Leave a comment

Bethany Christian Services has been watching a trend that is leading them to a necessary revolution in their approach to international adoption

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Bethany Christian Services has been watching a trend that is leading them to revolutionize their approach to international adoptions. What they have witnessed and what they have foreseen is very similar to what the author of Revolution in World Missions, K.P....

Hope Heals: Reaching the Disabled with Jesus’ Love

July 1, 2020 /Leave a comment

If you were to meet the Wolfs, they would remind you that disability is a darkness into which we can introduce the Light: Jesus - His healing, His hope.

ATLANTA, GA – Did you know that more than one billion people in the world are disabled? Did you know that disabled persons have the highest rates of unemployment, abuse, divorce, homelessness, and suicide? Did you know that disabled people comprise the largest minority group...

Toybox Charity Shares Stories of Street Kids in Lockdown

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 /Leave a comment

UK children charity Toybox is responding to the hidden victims of the coronavirus, providing vital aid to some of the most vulnerable street kids worldwide

UK — Life was already desperate for street children across the world, but since the lockdown they have even less access to food and clean water to survive. To highlight their stories Christian charity Toybox posted a video from their partners, who asked children to...

CHETNA – Saving Street Children

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 /Leave a comment

It is estimated that there are 100,000+ street children living in each of the major metropolitan areas in India, including Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata.

NEW DELHI – It is estimated that there are more than 100,000 street children living in each of the major metropolitan areas in India, including Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. It is also believed by many that these estimates are low, that the number of street...

Sanctity of Life Endangered in America Says AWVI 2020

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 /Leave a comment

This portion of the AWVI 2020 dealt with the American perspective on the sanctity of life, i.e., “Is life sacred?”, "are people basically good?"

PHOENIX, AZ – The Cultural Research Center (CRC) at Arizona Christian University released the seventh in a series of insights from its American Worldview Inventory 2020 on June 23. This portion of the AWVI 2020 dealt with the American perspective on the sanctity of life,...

Gospel for Asia’s New ‘Don’t Mask Your Eyes’ Campaign Lifts Veil on ‘Injustice’ of Starving Migrants

June 23, 2020 /Leave a comment

With migrants starvation fueled by COVID-19 threatening thousands in South Asia, Gospel for Asia has launched a new global movement -- Don't Mask Your Eyes

WILLS POINT, TX — With starvation fueled by the COVID-19 crisis threatening thousands across South Asia, a leading mission agency has launched a new global movement -- Don't Mask Your Eyes -- to draw attention to starving migrants and their families. "The face mask has...

LA Dream Center Partners With ‘Jesus Daily’ to Raise Funds for Families Affected by COVID-19

June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 /Leave a comment

LA Dream Center announced partnering with Jesus Daily to raise funds that will provide meals for families affected by COVID 19.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dream Center is pleased to announce they will be partnering with Jesus Daily in a Facebook live event produced by Dream On Productions to raise funds that will provide meals for families affected by COVID-19. Since the outbreak of...

Help and High Hopes for Kenya

June 21, 2020 /Leave a comment

HUDSONVILLE, MI – Kenya Hope was established when a group of like-minded Christians shared concern for reaching the widespread tribes in Kenya. They made a commitment to research the complex, interwoven problems common in developing nations and to provide immediate aid, holistic rehabilitation, and long-term...

World Refugee Day Report: 80 Million Displaced – 40 Million Are Children

June 20, 2020 /Leave a comment

It seems that, at World Refugee Day, we have reached a point in 2020 where refugees can run, but they have no place to hide.

NEW YORK — June 20 is observed annually as World Refugee Day. The United Nations defines a refugee as “someone who fled his or her home and country owing to “well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social...

Social Media Throws Lifeline to Secret Believer in North Africa

June 20, 2020June 19, 2020 /Leave a comment

Islèm, in North Africa, was brought up in a Muslim family. This 22 yr old student is courageously following Jesus in secret & she found out about Him online

NORTH AFRICA - Islèm* was brought up in a Muslim family. As far as her father knows, she is still a Muslim. But this 22-year-old student is courageously following Jesus in secret – and she found out about Him online. When Islèm was 15, she...

MENA: An Explosion of Spiritual Hunger

June 20, 2020June 23, 2020 /Leave a comment

An explosion of spiritual hunger across the Middle East and North Africa right now as people stuck at home seek real hope and real answers.

MENA – Have you seen the news from Iran lately? If you have, you probably know about the economic sanctions, the assassination of one of its military leaders, the military training incident where an Iranian ship launched a missile that hit one of its own...