KHARTOUM, April 14 (Reuters) – Sudan’s former north-south foes avoided a collision over a national census and agreed on a new date of April 22 after crisis talks which ran late into the night, a former southern rebel official said …
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Sudan’s former foes agree to delay census one week
Devalued Dollar Impedes Covenant Missionaries
CHICAGO, IL (March 26, 2008) – The devaluation of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies is reducing the money missionaries have to work with.
The decline has made it more difficult for us to do ministry, and the problem has …
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100,000 South Sudan refugees return with U.N.
GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) – More than 100,000 people who fled civil war in southern Sudan have now returned home from neighbouring countries under United Nations auspices, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.
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World Missions Atlas Project
Text taken from http://worldmap.gospelcom.net/
Welcome to the World Missions Atlas Project
Our mission is comprehensive: To create maps of languages and people groups for each country of the world while linking appropriate missions related data. The status of each language …
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Mission and Paradox
From David Mark, Regional Coordinator for Latin America with Covenant World Mission
I want to let you know about a new website that I have put together. It’s called “Mission and Paradox.” It includes reflections that I have written about
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Global Church Conference
Thornapple Covenant Church will be one of only four churches in the United States to host the two-day John Stott Global Church Tour , which features Mossai Sanguma, president of the Covenant Church in Congo (CEUM).
The Thornapple event will …
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Professor of Missiology Candidate Named
Paul DeNeui has been named the candidate for Director of the Center for World Christian Studies and Professor of Missiology and Intercultural Studies at North Park Theological Seminary.
http://www.covchurch.org/cov/news/item6024
Gary Walter has been nominated to stand for election as president …
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Devaluing Dollar Affects Missionaries
Two recent articles focus on the effects of exchange rates on international missionaries.
Former features editor in the Department of Communication of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Bob Smietana, writes how the falling dollar is hurting missionaries and relief workers in …
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Foreign to Familiar – A Guide to Understanding Hot- and Cold-Climate Cultures
Author Sarah Lanier explains how cultures around the world can fit into two basic categories and how these categories differ. Whether you are a cross-cultural worker or simply live in a cross-cultural neighborhood, you’ll find this book to be a …
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Restructure Overview
Covenant World Mission has restructured its mission support staff to better serve its mission to “help the local church take the whole gospel to the whole world.” We are blessed with the addition of gifted and effective leaders in Covenant …
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