SPECIAL REPORT – Tearfund Partner Agencies Respond to South Asia Floods
Tearfund is working through its partner relief agencies in India to help more than 60,000 people displaced by the worst monsoon floods to hit the region in 30 years..
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Egypt Arrests Christians For Working On Website That Allegedly Defames Islam
Media reports are coming in that the Egyptian authorities has arrested two Christian Egyptians in the country after being accused of posting 'anti-Islamic' messages on a website.
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Author's new ministry works to promote understanding between Muslim and Christian women
Piece by piece, author Donna Partow is seeking to build a fabric of peaceful relations between Christian and Muslim women.
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Chinese House Churches Praying for Beijing Olympics
China Aid Association launches a prayer campaign for a tolerant 2008 Olympics.
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Device That Can Store Up To 160 Hours of Recorded Scripture
A digital device, small enough to fit into your pocket, is being made available to the public by two Christian ministries where it can store up to 160 hours of recorded Scripture.
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Art helps homeless - "Where contemporary culture and country meet"
On Saturday, 4th August, 2007 an Art Exhibition, depicting the work of Dr Jay Harley-McDonald was held in the Meridian Café Gallery, George Street , Marulan , New South Wales . The aim was to raise support for The Salvation Army homeless ministry, conducted by Majors Hilton and Joyce Harmer OAM, in the streets and parks of Sydney , 164 kilometres away.
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Mission Australia Turns Away Homeless Due to Lack of Resources And Bed
One of Sydney's leading providers of crisis accommodation services is having to turn away hundreds of homeless women each year as the city struggles to cope with growing numbers of women needing help and a serious bed shortage for this client group.
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China Puts Evangelical Christians on Potential Olympic Troublemakers List
China's intelligence is reportedly compiling a list of potential troublemakers at next year's Olympics Games in Beijing that includes human rights activists, non-governmental organizations, and evangelical Christians.
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India's Supreme Court Postpones Dalit Decision Again
The outcome has emerged of a hearing in India's Supreme Court last week on a case arguing the equal rights of Dalit Christians.
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'You Can' Campaign Launched By Compassion International
Compassion International has launched the 'You Can' campaign with the aim of sending a simple message that people can release a child from the grip of poverty one at a time.
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The Call to Pray
VOM sent eight teenagers to meet with the underground church in Vietnam. Their journey was documented in VOM's video, "Underground Reality: Vietnam" (see resource section for details). The following is an account from Brad.
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Taliban Kidnap 23 Korean Christians from Afghan Bus
Taliban insurgents have kidnapped 23 Korean Christians from a bus in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, the biggest group of foreigners seized so far in the militant campaign to oust the government and its Western backers.