Iranian Christians dispute election results
Many Iranian Christians are refusing to accept their country's presidential election results that claim hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner, according to a Christian persecution watchdog..
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Missionary recruitment Easier in tough job market
Facing a tough job market, more young college graduates are deciding to serve in the mission field – at least for short-term, reports a mission-sending agency.
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Piper, driscoll stay passionate for mission amid criticisms
Baptist theologian John Piper and emerging church pastor Mark Driscoll are teaming up this week for an anticipated conference on the \"resurgence of the local church.\"
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Egyptian Christians demand harsher punishment for police convicted of murder
Christians in Egypt are upset over a court ruling this past week that sentenced police officers to only five years in prison for the murder of a Coptic man when similar cases would result in life imprisonment or execution.
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Effective prayer for HEAL Africa, Dr Congo
Your prayers for safety are always needed. And they have been answered. Two staff were in Binza all last week, supervising the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (HIV) programme, and they were under God's protection. They narrowly missed an attack by Interahamwe (FDLR) on the town of Nyamilima and surrounding villages. They were called in as extra hands to deal with the wounded people crowding the hospital. Several people were killed. There is a MONUC base at Nyamilima and this ki
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Christian persecution on the rise
It would be rather easy – and appropriate – for me to change the name of my website from CultureWatch to PersecutionWatch. To watch Western culture is increasingly to watch case after case of Christian persecution. On a daily basis Christians are being vilified, attacked, persecuted, and targeted by various forces, including secularist governments.
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Ralph D. Winter remembered as 'Giant' in mission field
A giant has passed away, lamented colleagues of the late missiologist Dr. Ralph D. Winter.
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Missiologist Ralph D. Winter dies at 84
Influential missiologist Dr. Ralph D. Winter died Wednesday night after a long battle with cancer. He was 84.
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Compassion Day appeals for 1500 children in Ethiopia and Bangladesh
An international Christian aid development ministry on Thursday called for help to transform the \"lives of 1500 children living in poverty\" in Ethiopia and Bangladesh.
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Overseas aid budget holds steady but is it enough for the world's poorest?
The Micah Challenge coalition has welcomed the Federal Government's continued commitment to overseas development assistance in the 2009-10 aid budget announced on May 12, 2009.
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Getting fundamental on the right to food
Hungry? Go to the fridge or the cupboard and it is likely that if you live in Australia, you will soon have your needs sated. Tonight though, around the world, 1 billion people will go to bed hungry. It is a devastating fact.
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Christian hospital serves Muslim neighbours in Egypt
A hospital in Egypt is challenging the inter-faith friction which has seen the country\'s Christians pitted against Muslims in sectarian disputes.