An international Christian mission has been ministering to thousands of Ukrainian refugees who fled their homes for the former USSR country of Moldova after the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine began two years ago, CBN News reports. Headquartered in Tennessee, USA, Mission Eurasia has outreaches in the 13 countries of the former Soviet Union and Poland.
PEACECOREA, an indigenous Christian ministry in South Korea is encouraging local believers to pray for neighboring enemy state North Korea and to actively share the Gospel with North Korean defectors, CBN News reports.
Wycliffe Associates, an international organization that empowers mother-tongue Bible translators and partners with local churches in the advancement of Bible translation, is working to provide Christians in 35 language groups across Indonesia and Southeast Asia with Bible Translation Acceleration Kits (BTAKs)—and the training to use them.
he tragic deaths of 11 YWAM missionary leaders in a road traffic accident in Tanzania last month has highlighted the neglect of road safety measures across the African continent, Christian Daily reports. The 11 missionaries had been participating in the “Executive Masters in Leadership” course, based at YWAM Arusha, Tanzania when a truck suffered a brake failure and crashed into the bus they were traveling in on Feb. 24, killing them and severely injuring others.
One of the largest Christian colleges in the United States, Liberty University has agreed to pay the federal government a record $14 million fine for failure to properly report on crime and safety on campus. Liberty University has over 15,000 students at its Virginia campus and 130,000 enrolled worldwide, and received $874 million in federal student aid, the Roys Report (TRR) reports.
Eleven members of the US-founded international Youth With A Mission (YWAM) evangelistic ministry were among those killed in a devastating traffic accident in the city of Arusha, northern Tanzania on Saturday, the Christian Post reports. The names of those involved in the accident have not yet been disclosed for security reasons.
Amid a surge of reports that revival is taking place on US college campuses, Christian author and founder of IF:Gathering Jennie Allen announced Friday that Florida State University (FSU) saw up to a thousand students going forward to put their faith in Christ during a free worship event the evening before, CBN News reports.
A newly published survey shows that support for Israel dropped by a dramatic 50% among young American Evangelicals in just three years between 2018-2021, the Jerusalem Post reports. The data is consistent with the outpouring of anti-Israel sentiment that was unleashed worldwide, including in the US, following the Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish state by the Hamas Palestinian terror group.
An estimated 10,000 Christians from different faith traditions gathered in Lebanon’s capital city Beirut last month for a groundbreaking ecumenical worship event intended to encourage unity and hope in the Body of Christ, CBN News reports. Titled “Beirut 2024,” the event was held on Jan. 20 as part of celebrations for the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the 50th anniversary of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), CBN News reports.
A recent report on the status of Christianity around the world shows that – despite intense persecution in many countries there – the largest number of Christians are in the Global South, and that Asia (five regions) has the fastest growing Christian populations of all. Titled ‘Status of Global Christianity, 2024, in the Context of 1900–2050,’ the report was published by the US-based Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC).
A court in Vietnam has sentenced an evangelical Christian man to 4 1/2 years imprisonment on charges of “secession and incitement” for holding prayer meetings in his home, the Christian Post reports.
A young Christian film director in the United States has made a pioneering new documentary that gives a wide-ranging perspective on worldwide evangelism and the thriving condition of Christianity around the world, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief wants Hungary to share its experiences with helping persecuted Christians “with the rest of the world” amid mounting anti-Christian and anti-Jewish sentiments, a government official said.
Evangelical leaders, legislators, and intercessors will gather in Washington D.C. on January 31 for the “National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance,” which organizers called for “pray prayers of serious repentance” for America.
ith over 120 million Americans under wind chill alerts this month, churches across the nation have been stepping up to provide warm shelters for the unhoused around them. However, a significant number of churches have had to fight their local authorities for the right to do so.
The Evangelical missionary movement in Latin America has grown so remarkably in recent years that it has been likened to a “sleeping giant” arising to plant needed Gospel-based churches in the region, Christian Daily International (CDI) reports.
Wycliffe Associates, an international organization that empowers mother-tongue Bible translators and partners with local churches in the advancement of Bible translation, welcomes short- and long-term volunteers at its Florida-based headquarters and even offers an on-site RV park to accommodate long-term volunteers. Some volunteers spend between two and four months during the winter months.
A hundred thousand young people in the United States marked the new year by packing out churches, auditoriums, and stadiums at Gospel events across the country, which Christian leaders have described as evidence of true spiritual revival, CBN News reports.
Warren Willis, 85, founder and former CEO of Decision Point passed away in Flower Mound,, Texas on December 9, 2023.
A new survey shows that 40% of US church leaders are struggling with post-pandemic burnout that is causing them to seriously consider leaving their congregations, the Associated Press reports.