Christianity in China is booming. With 100 million believers, far more than the 74 million-member communist party, Jesus is a force to be reckoned with in the People’s Republic. We talk to the new faithful who love China – but …
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Dan Johnson’s Conference Thoughts
I’m back! Chicago was cold and snowy, but I survived. I’d like to share with you what I experienced at the first-ever Mission Conference prior to the Midwinter. This event brought together Covenant World Mission department leaders, Covenant missionaries, overseas …
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Seven Steps for Following the Great Commission
Even with the phenomenal opportunities we have to spread the gospel today, much of the world still waits for the good news of Jesus. The numbers reveal the need:
* Of more than 11,000 people groups, some 6,400 remain unreached …
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Hunger, fear stalk crowded east Congo refugee camps
Source: Reuters
By Hereward Holland
KIBATI, Congo, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Clutching a small pack of high-energy biscuits, Clementine Riziki slowly chews her first meal in more than a week. Nine days ago, she fled …
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Indian Flood Devastation
Flood Devastation in India Worse Than Most Realize
BIHAR, INDIA (October 13, 2008) – A team of about 10 men from the Hindustani Covenant Church (HCC) recently traveled nearly 1,700 miles to help the victims of flooding that has devastated …
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CHIC 2009 Offering to Support Missions in Thailand
CHICAGO, IL (August 22, 2008) – CHIC 2009 organizers have announced that the offering taken at next year’s event will benefit Covenant World Relief projects and Evangelical Covenant Church missionaries in Thailand.
The specific projects in Thailand will be announced …
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Churches Retool Mission Trips
from washingtonpost.com
Critics scornfully call such trips “religious tourism” undertaken by “vacationaries.” Some blunders include a wall built on the children’s soccer field at an orphanage in Brazil that had to be torn down after the visitors left. In Mexico, …
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Lausanne World Pulse
This is an online monthly publication providing leaders in evangelism and missions news, information and commentary from around the world. You can sign up to receive email updates when new content is posted. You can also view the entire month’s …
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Childhoods Stolen By Poverty, War and Disasater
Many children in developing countries face hunger, disease and humanitarian crises. Some are denied their childhoods when they are forced to work or when lengthy wars turn them into refugees or soldiers.
A child dies every 30 seconds from malaria
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Food prices rising across the world
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — If you’re seeing your grocery bill go up, you’re not alone.
From subsistence farmers eating rice in Ecuador to gourmets feasting on escargot in France, consumers worldwide face rising food prices in what analysts call …
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