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CRISTA Ministries Mobilizes Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts, Partners with Local Churches to Support Devastated Families
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SHORELINE, WA — CRISTA Ministries is mobilizing its disaster response team and partner churches to provide emergency relief to families impacted by Hurricane Helene. The hurricane swept through multiple states, leaving over 100 lives lost, thousands without power, and many more trapped by rising floodwaters. North Carolina has been devastated, with severe flooding turning roads…

Chick-fil-A, Inc. today announced that the Chick-fil-A Shared Table® food donation program has provided over 30 million meals.
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ATLANTA —Chick-fil-A, Inc. announced that the Chick-fil-A Shared Table® food donation program has provided over 30 million meals to local communities in need across the United States and Canada, while also helping the company surpass its 2025 corporate social responsibility goal to divert 25 million pounds of food waste from landfills one year ahead of…

Andrew Palau Joins Local Churches Across Northeast England for Historic Collaborative Evangelistic Campaign
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TEESSIDE, ENGLAND — Several years of prayer and preparation led to more than 70 churches from throughout Northeast England coming together for Festival Teesside with Andrew Palau earlier this month. In an effort that can only be described as historic for the region, this evangelistic festival, along with more than a dozen surrounding events, is…

TLC has been selected as the agency of record for American Leprosy Missions, Christian organization dedicated to breaking barriers to health.
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ARLINGTON, VA — The Lukens Company (TLC) has been selected as the agency of record for American Leprosy Missions (ALM), the largest Christian organization in the United States dedicated to dedicated to breaking barriers to health and renewing hope for people suffering from the pain and stigma of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like leprosy. ALM…

Giant Food Donates 11,000 Turkeys to Support Local Feeding America Food Banks and Nonprofits this Holiday Season
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LANDOVER, MD — Giant Food, the leading greater Washington, D.C. regional grocery chain, announced its annual holiday turkey donations. In partnership with Shady Brook Farms®, Giant Food will be donating 11,000 turkeys to its local Feeding America® food banks partners as well as local organizations including Martha’s Table, Men Aiming Higher, THEARC: Building Bridges Across…

GFA World Canada celebrates 38 years of serving God and humanity alongside local churches serving as a collection centre for OCC shoeboxes
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STONEY CREEK, ONTARIO — November 14-20 marked this year’s National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child (OCC) shoeboxes. St. Cyprian Believers Eastern Church (BEC) was proud to once more serve as an OCC collection centre for Stoney Creek. Also, GFA World Canada celebrated their 38th anniversary on November 19th. Every year during National Collection Week,…

Wycliffe Associates’ Operation Clean Water creates outreach opportunities for local churches in Asia and Africa
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ORLANDO, FL — Wycliffe Associates, an international organization that empowers mother-tongue Bible translators and partners with local churches in the advancement of Bible translation, is building bridges for sharing translated Scripture in Asia and Africa by providing clean water systems in remote communities. “We’ve seen how God uses a clean water system to draw men,…

"Unstoppable" local churches in Ukraine and Russia are launching a large-scale humanitarian outreach across Ukraine as war erupts
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LOVES PARK, IL — “Unstoppable” local churches in Ukraine and Russia are launching a large-scale humanitarian outreach across Ukraine as war erupts around them and many suffer. Supported by U.S.-based Slavic Gospel Association (SGA, www.sga.org), the church-driven emergency response will provide food, winter clothes, blankets and medicines for thousands of at-risk people, including orphans, abandoned…

Nick Hall is giving away $25,000 in scholarships through the ministry’s year-long evangelism training program, “Pulse 100.” 
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MINNEAPOLIS — Nick Hall, evangelist and founder of the millennial-led evangelistic organization Pulse, is giving away $25,000 in scholarships through the ministry’s year-long evangelism training program, “Pulse 100.” “Pulse 100” is an evangelism training program that aims to mentor and disciple a group of 100 men and women who have a passion and calling to…

CMM Global Missions bringing relief amid lockdown
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CHARLOTTE, NC — Christ’s Mandate for Missions, (www.cmm.world) formerly Correll Missionary Ministries, and CMM College of Theology (www.cmmtheology.org) are expanding globally as more people are hearing about their unique style of ‘team ministry’ empowering many to discover their God given identities we each have in Christ as we go higher and deeper in intimacy. During…

VOICE Missions is a Christian agency that opens doors for sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ on the island nation of Taiwan.
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HINSDALE, IL – VOICE Missions is a Christian agency that opens doors for sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ on the island nation of Taiwan. What do they do? VOICE Missions operates much differently than most Christian missionary organizations. Its name is an acronym for Visualizing Opportunities In Character and English VOICE missionaries serve…

Hundreds are finding more than physical healing through Medical Missions Outreach -they find healing for their souls in the Great Physician.
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BALTIMORE, MD – Medical Missions Outreach is a ministry established by a local church to send medical teams to serve in collaboration with other local churches around the world. Teams of medical professionals with a spectrum of specialties travel to locations in developing countries accompanied by a cadre of volunteers. A well-conceived, systemic, and sustainable…

Envision is a specialized function of Alliance Missions whose purpose is to Identify & develop leaders through innovative short-term missions & strategies.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Envision is a specialized function of Alliance Missions. Its primary purpose is to Identify and develop missional leaders through innovative short-term missions and ministry strategies. The Envision team prepares workers from Alliance churches to live among under-reached peoples. They endeavor to establish a meaningful, impactful gospel presence in a variety of…

The Surge Project released The World Missions Experience - a 360-degree, virtual film that will allow users to experience missions around the world.
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DALLAS — The Surge Project, a global church planting initiative founded by Larry Stockstill, today released The World Missions Experience (http://missionsexperience.com) – a one-of-a-kind, immersive, 360-degree, virtual film that will allow users to experience missions around the world. “Not many believers get to travel abroad to personally experience how God is transforming lives around the…

The new ministry, Algerians for Missions has a goal to “send out 1,000 Algerians for Missions by 2025 within Algeria and beyond.”
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ALGIERS – With nearly 920,000 square miles, Algeria is the tenth largest nation in the world. It is the largest country on the continent of Africa. Initially settled by the Berbers, Algeria has had a long and storied history. The country gained independence in 1962 from France which had invaded and began colonizing it in…

After Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe were pummeled with winds up to 170 mph, a Red Cross worker described the damage as “massive and horrifying.”
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MOZAMBIQUE – After Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe were pummeled with winds up to 170 mph by Cyclone Idai in mid-March, a Red Cross worker described the damage as “massive and horrifying.” As is almost always the case following large-scale hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons, the countries are suffering massive flooding. According to Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF),…

The second article of our new “Spotlight” series shines the Spotlight on Forgotten Missionaries International (FMI), based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
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Forgotten Missionaries International: Building partnerships to empower indigenous church plantersThis is the second article in our new “Spotlight” series that homes in on our primary intent of “Connecting the Church in the West to news of what God is doing through nonprofits around the world.” This article shines the Spotlight on Forgotten Missionaries International (FMI),…

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TMS Global outlines program to help move congregations from ‘vaguely spiritual Rotary Club’ to strategic outreach NORCROSS, Ga.—A wake-up call to sleepy churches has gone out from missions agency TMS Global, which wants to help revive inward-focused congregations through revitalized faith. The interdenominational organization offers a roadmap to renewal in the latest issue of its…

"a whopping majority believe we have a unique, God-given calling" the disconnect is discovered by drilling into how that calling and purpose are defined.
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PHOENIX, AZ – The Cultural Research Center (CRC) at Arizona Christian University has released the fourth in a series of reports included in its American Worldview Inventory.“Seeking Purpose and Success” follows three previous reports summarized in Missions Box News articles entitled “Barna Defines the Dilemma of Christianity in Digital Babylon” (March 17, 2020), “Biblical Worldview…

Grand Canyon University and the CityServe church network unveils new “service model” for student activism to help provide aid to communities
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PHOENIX — A unique collaboration between Grand Canyon University and the CityServe church network is being hailed as a bold new “service model” for student activism to help provide aid to under-resourced communities. From October 28 – November 2, GCU students chose from over 1,000 volunteer opportunities across 40 ministries in the Phoenix area, all…

Believers Eastern Church dioceses marked World Food Day with compassionate initiatives aimed at alleviating hunger in local communities.
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SOUTH ASIA — Believers Eastern Church dioceses marked World Food Day with compassionate initiatives aimed at alleviating hunger in local communities. From distributing warm meals and food packets to providing fruit and dry rations, the church’s efforts touched the lives of the hungry, the needy, and those living in leprosy colonies. Women’s Fellowship teams, Hope…

Ukrainian and Russian Jewish Christians are delivering aid to suffering families in Israel, 2,000 miles from the war in Europe.
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LOVES PARK, IL —It’s a surprise twist few would have imagined — Ukrainian and Russian Jewish Christians are playing a vital role delivering aid to suffering families on the frontline in Israel, 2,000 miles from the war in Europe. Recent immigrants to Israel include Ukrainian refugees who’ve added to the ranks of Israel’s small-but-growing evangelical…

Pastor Franklin Graham is preparing to hold the Love Season Evangelistic Program at the Can Tho Stadium on December 3 and 4.
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CAN THO, VIETNAM — Pastor Franklin Graham, along with over 215 churches across the Mekong Delta, is preparing to hold the Love Season Evangelistic Program at the Can Tho Stadium on December 3 and 4. This will be a historic event—the first of its kind to be held at this scale in the Mekong Delta….