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by Pete Brokopp, serving in Burkina Faso
The following is an adaptation of an article from Alice and Pete Brokopp’s May newsletter. Read about remarkable returns from their years of sharing Jesus’ compassion with some of Burkina’s most marginalized residents-its disabled.
One area of great encouragement for us has been our ministry to the disabled. Human disabilities [...]

The worlds largest missionary society is to relaunch in September as Missio in England Wales it was announced this week

With nearly 2,000 attendees as witnesses, Dr. Gary Benedict was elected to another four-year term as president of the U.S. Christian and Missionary Alliance at General Council 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dr. Benedict is serving as the eleventh president of the U.S. C&MA. Having received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Nyack College in Nyack, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Board of Directors for The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) in the United States announced that Dr. Gary M. Benedict has been reelected as the denomination’s president.
Dr. Benedict is serving as the eleventh president of the U.S. C&MA. Having received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Nyack [...]

Mongolia made history recently when the first democratic president was elected. “We wish to congratulate the people of Mongolia on their recent presidential election,” said U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly. “In a free and peaceful democratic election on Sunday, May 24, Mongolian voters elected Democratic Party candidate Tshahiagiin Elbegdorj.”
“So many of you prayed for [...]

A look at the Acts of the Apostles from the perspective of the multiplying church . . .
Ten Behaviors of Multipliers

Wait for the Holy Spirit’s Power
Trust God to Provide
Anticipate Victories Emerging from God’s Control
Expect and Discern Divine Appointments
Observe and Join what God is Doing
Stand Strong Even in the Face of Opposition
Praise First - In and [...]

Release International is warning about the appalling conditions in that countrys jails following the sentencing this week of a pregnant British woman to life imprisonment in Laos

We are thrilled to announce the following names of those that have answered the call of Christ and have been appointed to overseas service.
They answered the call of Jesus and were commissioned at General Council in Louisville, KY on Sunday, May 31, 2009. Those gathered watched as these newly appointed workers walked through the “open [...]

After a long battle with cancer, Mrs. Joyce Caston, former missionary to Argentina, went to be with the Lord on May 14, 2009.
Joyce Ann Sykes was born on October 5, 1941, in Renovo, Pennsylvania. She attended Nyack College in Nyack, New York, and graduated with a bachelor’s of science in missions. She met Vernon while at Nyack [...]

Miss Evelyn Marie Rychner went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 20, 2009.
Evelyn was born on February 4, 1919, in Platte Township, Morrison County, Minnesota.  She was saved at the age of 12. In 1939 she enrolled at St. Paul Bible College (now Crown College, St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, as an academic student. While [...]