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A summer outing turned tragic when Nathan Junker, 30, and Albert Hermiston, 63, lost their lives June 28 after they jumped into the choppy waters of Pokegama Lake in Minnesota to rescue a boy who was struggling to stay afloat. Junker’s father, Randy, is the pastor of Grand Rapids Alliance Church in the same state.
Junker, youth [...]

Fire struck the First Alliance Church in Toledo, Ohio, in the early morning hours of June 25, completely destroying the sanctuary of the 87-year-old building. While the church offices, foyer and annex were untouched by fire, they did incur extensive water and smoke damage. No one was in the building at the time.
Pastor Keith Sholl [...]

Organisers of the Highland Festival with Luis Palau today branded the event a howling success

When Northgate (Ottumwa, Iowa) Alliance Church leaders challenged its members to give liberally toward the Great Commission (GC) Sunday offering, they could not have imagined the response. The governing board promised to match the offering, using money from the church’s general fund. “We are in a financially healthy position,” says Marcia Oakes, the church bookkeeper,” [...]

By Sarah Roney, Global Ventures participant
A gang of Americans roaming the streets
Of the Mexican barrios, neighborhoods
These streets are more like paths
Brown, dusty, meandering, rut-filled
No longer are these just any streets to me
I have come to love these paths
They lead us to houses
To children
Who stand in the open doorways
Two, three, four of them
Stained clothes, bare feet
Deep, [...]

John Coyne who has joined mission agency CPAS from St Johns Theological College in Nottingham is calling on 30 years of ordained ministry experience to help enhance the leadership and mission of local churches

Since its opening in 2006, the Koutiala Hospital for Women and Children has impacted thousands of lives in southeastern Mali, West Africa, with the compassionate care of its highly trained personnel. Ongoing construction on the eight-acre campus just outside the city of Koutiala points to the hospital’s expanding ministry, which serves Koutiala’s 120,000 residents as [...]

A fire that destroyed more than 200 homes this spring left Alliance church members in Indonesia testifying of God’s grace and protection. The church prayer group was getting ready to meet when news of the fire was reported.
“They saw the fire moving toward their homes and tried to take as much as possible to safety,” [...]

Jesus can do for you what money science religion and other people cannot says evangelist Luis Palau

Jesus can do for you what money science religion and other people cannot says evangelist Luis Palau