Mission
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Reinhard Bonnke launches ambitious campaign to win 150 million souls for Jesus
World-renowned evangelist Reinhard Bonnke just ended a five-day crusade that launched an ambitious God-given campaign to reach 150 million souls for the Lord Jesus Christ.
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International parliamentarians release report on religious intolerance in Southeast Asia
There has been reports of religious regression on religious freedom in Burma and Indonesia.
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Anti-slavery day: How people around the world are being rescued by Christian faith in action
There are more slaves in the world today than at any other time in history. It's time, once more, for the church to put its faith into action. And we're already seeing that when the church acts, slaves are set free.
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Free lunches and Fresher's Week: How UK Christian Unions are stepping out to share Jesus
It's 'Fresher's Week' for those embarking upon university for the first time. Whatever university may have in store, in Britain there's often one constant â the Christian Union (CU). Fresher's Week offers a slew of opportunities, one of them being a chance to hear â for many, for the first time â what Christianity is all about.
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Prayer warrior and prophet for the poor: 5 things you didn't know about Christian missionary George Müller
Today is the birthday of 19th-century missionary George Müller, a passionate prophet against poverty, an advocate for orphans and an enduring emblem of radical trust in God. Here are five things you might not know about his remarkable life.
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Resurrection of devastated Iraqi town of Karamles offers signs of hope
Christian families are starting to return to the devastated Iraq town of Karamles and weekly church services have started again.
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'Give until it hurts': The Christian wisdom of Mother Teresa in 9 quotes
Today marks the Catholic feast day for Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, best known of the world as Mother Teresa. St Teresa of Calcutta died on this day in 1997, but not before living an iconic life of ascetic, selfless service to the world's poor.
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Spring Harvest meets Mercy Ships to transform lives in Africa
Mercy Ships and the Spring Harvest team have formed a new partnership, and at Easter next year will come together to tell the stories of lives being transformed in Africa, and how the church in Britain can get involved.
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In Uganda, a helping hand is better than a hand-out
How one charity is helping people learn to help themselves. The powerful work of BMS World Mission in Uganda
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Trip of a lifetime? 3 great reasons for Christian summer camps
Christian summer camps can get a hard time. Are they worth it? Young or old, here are three reasons you should make one part of your life.
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Reaching the unreached: these people are trying to make God's love known throughout the world
Scripture Union has launched The 95 Campaign to address a situation where the vast majority of children and young people in England and Wales choose not to go to church.
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Was Jesus an extremist? 1 in 5 Brits thinks so
Almost as many also believe Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr were extremists, a new poll by ComRes for the Evangelical Alliance reveals
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Gaming for God: New card game asks the Church 'what is mission?'
The UK's first ever mission themed card game, designed to provide a fun way for people to examine their personal view of what mission is, has been launched by Church Mission Society (CMS).
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You aren't coming through here: Nuns build chapel to block fracking gas pipeline
A group of Catholic nuns in Pennsylvania is resisting plans to build a $3bn pipeline for gas obtained by fracking through its land by building a makeshift chapel along the proposed route and, citing religious freedom, launching a legal challenge.
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How â and why â Christians are helping some of the poorest and most distressed
It is a serious matter that the rise of poverty has gone hand-in-hand with a hardening of attitudes towards the poor. Christians must not acquiesce to such socially divisive and negative stereotyping.