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8 Ways to Pray for Our Nation’s Leaders

January 15, 2021January 14, 2021 /Leave a comment

How should we pray for our nation’s leaders? Here are a few suggestions around which believers should be able to unite.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States is about to undergo changes in leadership at multiple levels. We will soon have a new President and Vice President, a new Congress, and new Cabinet members, advisors, and department heads. Each of these people will face challenges, the...

Emergency Field Hospital Takes Shape in Los Angeles County

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 /Leave a comment

Samaritan’s Purse is preparing to open an Emergency Field Hospital in Lancaster, California, to care for people suffering from COVID-19.

CALIFORNIA — Samaritan’s Purse is preparing to open an Emergency Field Hospital in Lancaster, California, to care for people suffering from COVID-19. A Disaster Assistance Response Team is already on the ground, with more personnel en route. On January 11, 2021 their DC-8 cargo jet...

How Should We Prepare for the Inauguration?

January 14, 2021 /Leave a comment

God hears us when we pray - so, let us begin right now to intercede for our leaders on Inauguration Day and all the days thereafter.

WASHINGTON, DC – Preparations for the President-elect to take the Presidential Oath of Office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building at noon on January 20 are underway. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of...

SAT-7 Launches First Programmes from Tunisia

January 14, 2021January 12, 2021 /Leave a comment

SAT-7 launched their first ever broadcasts from Tunisia, starting with a television show highlighting the Christian meaning behind Christmas

TUNISIA — SAT-7 have launched their first ever broadcasts from the North African country of Tunisia, starting with a television show highlighting the Christian meaning behind Christmas. More shows are planned for this year including a discussion programme called Standard Talk. George Makeen, SAT-7 Arabic...

North Korea: Balloons with Bibles Banned

January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 /Leave a comment

This new South Korea law will have a direct impact on Voice of the Martyrs Korea's ministry of using balloons to get Bibles into North Korea.

NORTH KOREA — Earlier this month the South Korean goverment passed a law that makes it illegal to send anything considered anti-North Korean into the so called "Hermit Kingdom". This new law will have a direct impact on The Voice of the Martyrs Korea's ministry...

New Hope for the Children in the Kibera Slum

January 13, 2021January 11, 2021 /Leave a comment

The New Hope Initiative is a faith-based, non-profit organization desiring to bring change to slum communities of the world in extreme poverty

KINGWOOD, TX – The New Hope Initiative (NHI) is a faith-based, non-profit organization that has a compelling desire to bring real positive change to some of the poorest communities in the world, according to their website. Photo by Colin Crowley, Wikimedia...

Lord, Bless the BLESS Foundation

January 12, 2021January 11, 2021 /Leave a comment

The BLESS Foundation is dedicated to raising funds to support faith based organizations that work to reach the unreached with the Gospel

LAKEWAY, TX – The BLESS Foundation is a Christian FBO dedicated to raising funds to support the projects of other faith-based organizations that are working among people who have not been reached with the good news of Jesus Christ. Photo by...

Open Doors’ 2021 World Watch List to Reveal How COVID and Technology Accelerate Spread of Anti-Religious Bigotry; Digital Press Conference, Jan 13

January 12, 2021 /Leave a comment

The confluence of COVID and technology in 2020 had ominous consequences for the spread of Christian Persecution worldwide.

SANTA ANA, CA — This week, persecution watchdog Open Doors USA will announce the 2021 World Watch List, its anticipated annual ranking of the top 50 countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian – and provide a surprising update on significant shifts...

Secret Field Worker Supports North Korean Christians

January 12, 2021January 7, 2021 /Leave a comment

Peter (not his real name) – is among the extremely courageous Open Doors workers who work with North Korean Christians

CHINA — Since 2002, North Korea has been the place where Christians face the most extreme persecution. In response Open Doors secret fieldworkers are supporting Christians who've managed to flee to China, through underground networks. Across the river from North Korea, in China, they run...

First Devotional Available for Chaplains Out on Disaster Relief

January 11, 2021January 7, 2021 /Leave a comment

How much more important is it for disaster relief chaplains to meet the spiritual needs of those volunteering on his or her crew?

ENUMCLAW, WA — If resources are available for disaster relief teams to meet the needs of those facing the crises, how much more important is it for disaster relief chaplains to meet the spiritual needs of those volunteering on his or her crew? With the...

6 Ways to Remember Persecuted Christians in 2021

January 11, 2021January 7, 2021 /Leave a comment

As Christians are increasingly persecuted worldwide, many of us are looking for ways to connect with those who suffer for their faith.

FALLS CHURCH, VA — As Christians face rising persecution worldwide, many of us are looking for ways to connect with those who suffer for their faith. Christian Freedom International – which helps persecuted Christians – has a few ideas. In hostile regions of the world,...

Life.Church Celebrates First 25 Years of Ministry: Oklahoma Church Grows from Two-car Garage to Global Reach

January 8, 2021January 7, 2021 /Leave a comment

Life.Church celebrates its first 25 years of ministry which began in 1996, the local church launched in a two-car garage in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA — This week, Life.Church celebrates its first 25 years of ministry and the story that began in 1996. The local church launched in a two-car garage in Oklahoma and has since grown to 36 locations in 11 states, in addition to a global reach...

Hellenic Ministries – Getting the Gospel to Greece

January 8, 2021January 6, 2021 /Leave a comment

ATHENS — Hellenic Ministries incorporates nearly a dozen different initiatives to share the gospel with the people of Greece. Many of us don’t give Greece a second thought when it comes to global evangelism. But would you believe that less than 1% of the people...

Tent Schools International

January 7, 2021January 6, 2021 /Leave a comment

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Tent Schools International (TSI) demonstrates the love of Jesus Christ for displaced children “by making education accessible, exchanging chaos and loss for peace and opportunity.” ...

Amid Lockdown Restrictions, UK Drive-in Carol Service Stops the Traffic

January 7, 2021January 6, 2021 /Leave a comment

Amid increasing lockdown restrictions many churches across the England are using creative venues like these to celebrate the birth of Christ.

ENGLAND — When a church in the North of England decided hosted a drive in carol service at their local supermarket car park they had so many people arrive they had to turn some drivers away; in the midst of increasing lockdown restrictions many churches...

seeJesus – A Global Discipling Mission

January 6, 2021January 5, 2021 /Leave a comment

The mission of seeJesus is to help people rekindle love for Jesus, desire to imitate Him, & real, working communion with the Father

TELFORD, PA – Paul E. Miller founded the seeJesus movement in 1999, soon after he had received his Master of Divinity degree. Two decades later, this global discipleship mission is active in more than 30 countries. The mission of seeJesus is to help churches and...

Sharing Jesus at the Global Gates

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 /Leave a comment

Global Gates is focusing on what the world is becoming - Nowhere is there a greater concentration of unreached peoples than in cities.

NEW YORK CITY – Global Gates shares with us a great desire to reach the unreached people of this world who have waited for the hope of salvation in Jesus Christ. While obstacles of all sorts many times stand in our way, the Lord has...

Serving Fleeing Families in Armenia

January 5, 2021January 4, 2021 /Leave a comment

Samaritan’s Purse is in Armenia serving alongside Christian charity Mission Eurasia to provide tons of warm clothing and blankets

ARMENIA — Samaritan’s Purse is in Armenia working alongside Christian charity Mission Eurasia and their church partners on the ground to provide tons of warm clothing and blankets to help families who are fleeing war and need to prepare for the oncoming winter. [video width="1352"...

Serving Hurting Families in Azerbaijan

January 4, 2021December 29, 2020 /Leave a comment

Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in Azerbaijan serving people who have lost homes and loved ones due to ongoing conflict in the war-torn country

AZERBAIJAN — Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in Azerbaijan serving people who have lost homes and loved ones due to ongoing conflict in the war-torn country. Edward Graham brings this update from the ground in the city of Ganja. [video width="1352" height="720" poster="https://missionsbox.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/serving-hurting-families-azerbaijan.png" mp4="https://missionsbox.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Serving-Hurting-Families-in-Azerbaijan.mp4"...

Violent Attacks and Abductions Continue in Northern Nigeria

January 4, 2021December 29, 2020 /Leave a comment

Armed men attacked the Karji suburb in Nigeria & abducted daughters of a pastor & two others, one of whom had been displaced by violence.

NIGERIA — According to reports from Christian Solidarity Worldwide armed men attacked the Karji suburb of Kaduna City in Northern Nigeria last month and abducted five daughters of a local church pastor and two other individuals, one of whom had been displaced by violence. The...