SIERRA LEONE

Wesleyan Church National Superintendent J.Y. Konteh reported news of a revival breaking out in the Kavala District where The Wesleyan Church has been partnering with the Great Commission Movement and the JESUS Film Project. Thousands are turning to Christ andRead more…

ANGOLA

Early in the new millennium Angola was officially named by the Global IDP Project the worst place in the world for children to grow up. During a quarter century of war millions of people were forced to flee and hundredsRead more…

COLOMBIA

There are currently between two million and 3.4 million displaced people in Colombia. Many live in sub-par shantytowns on the outskirts of the country’s major cities. As a result of decades of civil conflict, Columbia is facing the worst humanitarianRead more…

INDIA

The government in Rajasthan, India, recently became the sixth state in India to enact an anti-conversion law. The Rajasthan Dharma Swatantraya (Freedom of Religion) Act outlaws any attempt to convert a person from one religion to another Ì¢‰âÒby use ofRead more…

UNITED STATES

Twelve Christian leaders from the Middle East recently shared with nearly sixty Western Christian leaders on the state of the Church in the Arab World. The event was held 20-22 April at the Billy Graham Center in Wheaton, Illinois, USA,Read more…

UNITED STATES

The third annual Spring Conference for African-American Journalists of Faith was held 21-23 April 2006 at Morehead College in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The keynote speaker was John W. Fountain, professor of journalism at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). The conferenceRead more…

UNITED STATES

Pentecostal and so-called non-mainline Protestant churches show continuing growth in the United States, while mainstream churches continue to lose membership, according to the latest annual figures on US church membership. The largest Protestant denomination in the United States, the SouthernRead more…

UNITED KINGDOM

A national survey in the UK shows that Christians are the happiest people in the nation. The survey was carried out by CommunicateResearch and was sponsored by the Evangelical Alliance and Premier Christian Radio. Findings show that seventy-five percent ofRead more…

UNITED KINGDOM

A poll commissioned by the Evangelical Alliance and Premier Christian Radio found that seventy percent people in the UK believe Christian principles are still valid in today’s society, even though half of those who answered in the affirmative professed noRead more…

RUSSIA

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has been working in Russia since the early 1990s. Due to inaccessible cities and villages across eleven time zones expansion has been difficult, despite the need. However, MAF is now expanding into Siberia. MAF’s Dave BochmanRead more…

PANAMA

Through providing food, clothing, school supplies, teaching materials and generators, Convoy of Hope (COH) helps enable more than three thousand Ngobe Bugle Indians to attend an annual conference in western Panama. The conference provides teaching for pastors, laypersons, youth andRead more…

RWANDA

The Book of Hope has joined with Hillsong Church of Australia and many international Christian ministries for HOPE RWANDA: 100 Days of Hope. From 7 April through 15 July, they will provide the Book of Hope to every student andRead more…

UNITED KINGDOM

On 28 March 2006, a Thanksgiving service took place in Westminster Abbey to mark the 150th anniversary of The Mission to Seafarers. The Mission to Seafarers (formerly The Missions to Seamen) is a missionary society of the Anglican Church whichRead more…

ECUADOR

The Rt. Rev. Wilfrido Ramos-Orench will begin 1 June as provisional bishop of the Diocese of Central Ecuador, one of two Episcopal dioceses in Ecuador. The Diocese of Central Ecuador has twenty-nine missions, fourteen presbyters and two deacons. The administrativeRead more…

UNITED STATES

Royal Rangers International (RRI) held an historic conference in Florida, USA in February. In Spanish, the conference was called Seminario de Actualizacion Latinoamericano (SAL, which means salt). The purpose was to introduce new evangelistic program resources to the national RoyalRead more…