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SBC President: The World is Waiting for a Revival
"Many people are waiting for the harvesters to come," said Bobby Welch, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), as he prepared to lead some 100 seminary students to a day-long evangelism blitz...
Christians in Iran Continue to Suffer Repression
Many Iranians find the religious-political situation in Iran today stifling, repressive and depressing, according to the religious liberty commission of a global network representing some 150 million Christians in 115 countries...
American Tract Society Celebrates 180 Years Of Changing Hearts
This year, one of the oldest faith-based organisations still operating today will mark 180 years. Instituted in 1825, the American Tract Society traces its lineage back through the New York Tract Society...
VOM Expose Severe Persecution in Rural Ethiopia
In a report released today by Voice of the Martyrs, the persecution watchdog group documented recent cases of severe physical abuse and other atrocities in the Southern Region of Ethiopia...
Give Your Burden to Me
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
In our lives there are always times that come to us when we are fed up and feel the weight of the world on our shoulders...
UK Grants Human Cloning License to Dolly Scientist
On 8th February, the UK granted a human cloning license to the British scientist who created the first cloned creature in the world - Dolly the Sheep. The new license has stirred fresh controversy over the issue in Britain...
Churches See Hope in Palestinian-Israeli Ceasefire Talks
On Tuesday, the hope to open a new page in the history of warring Middle East was seen as the new Palestinian authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced a formal end to all violence...
"Clean Up" of Orthodox Church called for in Greece
The Prime Minister of Greece, Costas Karamanlis has called for a "total clean-up" of the Greek Orthodox Church, following a series of controversial incidents among the highest members of the church...
Zimbabwe to Hold Prayer Service for Violence-Free Elections
All Zimbabweans and churches across the world have been called upon to pray for a violence-free parliamentary election, which is scheduled for 31 March 2005. The appeal has come from the Ecumenical Church Institutions in Zimbabwe (ECZ)...
Administrative Barriers Obstruct Evangelical Growth in France
The evangelical churches in France recently have become more and more part of a rising Christian movement across the world. However, churches across France have reported encountering growing administrative problems...
Expelled Christian Students Targeted by Militants in Nigeria
Christian students in Nigeria who were expelled from their public school in November last year for carrying out an evangelistic outreach on campus, have been targeted by Muslim militants...
Ministers Rate Abortion as 10th most Vital Issue for Church Today
LifeWay has conducted an e-business survey to discover what church ministry leaders thought were the most important issues that churches had to address immediately in today’s society...
Christians receive Death Threat Messages on Extremist Website
Islamic extremists have been reported as using the internet and websites as a tool to spread hatred towards Christians. Recently, a number of Christians have been reported as targeted by contributors to these extremists’ websites...
Kidnapped Iraqi Christian Politician Contacts Sweden Family
The leader of an Iraqi Christian party who was kidnapped by armed men last month, has contacted his family in Sweden by mobile telephone, Swedish media reported on Monday...
Cardinal Hints of Ill Pope's Resignation
The Pope’s failing health has brought about hints that he may resign. For the first time, the Pope’s second-in-command, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, acknowledged publicly of the pontiff’s possibility of resigning...
Tortured China House Church Member to Testify in US
A member of an underground house church in China will recount her experience of torture, abuse and arbitrary imprisonment by Chinese police on Thursday, Feb. 10...