UNITED STATES

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has announced the results of a study called Ì¢‰âÒOperation AccessÌ¢‰âÂå that will have a profound impact on the spread of the gospel in hard to access areas. MAF’s Ghislaine Benny spearheaded the effort. It focuses onRead more…

THAILAND

One of the most effective ways to share the gospel in South Asian countries where Christians are heavily persecuted is to demonstrate Christian love and to show a new way of living, participants at the annual World Evangelical Alliance ReligiousRead more…

SUDAN

After nearly twenty years of civil war, Christians in the Sudan Interior Church (a church planted by Serving in Missions years ago) are seeking to bring restoration to the land. They are partnering with missionaries from Nigeria and Ethiopia toRead more…

SOUTH AFRICA

The Trainers of Pastors International Coalition (TOPIC) is coordinating a leadership development research project in South Africa to accurately assess the needs of Church leadership and the available formal and informal leadership training in South Africa today. The project willRead more…

KOREA

Ten thousand Methodists from around the world will assemble in the South Korean capital of Seoul 20-24 July 2006 for the 19th World Methodist Council (WMC) to pray for the peaceful resolution of global conflicts. The theme of this year’sRead more…

INDIA

A rccord 10,250 people recently graduated from Hopegivers International leadership training courses in India. Despite threats of violence from radical anti-Christians in Rajasthan, over 8,100 missionaries went forward to receive diplomas in two of the three scheduled 2006 graduations. OneRead more…

INDIA

More than 3.6 million people in India have committed their lives to Christ as a result of the six-day Christmas 2005 Ì¢‰âÒMy Hope IndiaÌ¢‰âÂå project, sponsored by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). During the six-day project, nearly 800,000 homeRead more…

GERMANY

Lutheran leaders in Germany say they hope the global assembly of the Lutheran World Federation scheduled to meet in their country in 2010 will boost links with other Protestant denominations. The federation’s German National Committee has proposed that governing bodiesRead more…

BURKINA FASO

From inside a thatch-and-mud house in a remote village, Nango Ouattara spoke legends into a microphone. Weeks later, her stories captivated hundreds of listeners on The Samogho Program, a weekly radio broadcast that combines traditional lore and music with biblicalRead more…

AROUND THE WORLD

In light of current objections from Christians to the movie version of Dan Brown’s bestseller The Da Vinci Code, recent protests from the Muslim community about the Mohammad caricatures and from Jewish groups about anti-Semitism inspired by The Passion ofRead more…

An Overview of Southeast Asia

Editor’s Note: Our new Peoples of the World section will consist of three parts: an overview of a specific region of the world, a deeper look into the least-reached peoples of this area and a focus on a specific unreachedRead more…