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Catholics have carried out mass demonstrations in Vietnam this week against a violent police clampdown on a protest over a disputed site

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has condemned reports of ongoing violations of religious freedom in communist North Korea in light of last months public execution of one Christian woman

Miss Ann Droppa of Dunnellon, Florida, went to be with the Lord on July 25, 2009, at the age of 92. She was a retired missionary who served faithfully with The Alliance in India for 37 years, from August 1945 until her retirement in May 1982. She is survived by her brothers, Rev. Charles (Dot) Droppa of [...]

At the request of the Department of Education, members of Team Joshua, an Alliance youth outreach in Indonesia, are presenting AIDS awareness programs during all high school and junior high orientations in Abepura, a town of Papua. “More than 25 Team Joshua youth were trained [in AIDS awareness education], and they are presenting the material [...]

A Uighur Christian prisoner charged with revealing state secrets will finally face trial on Tuesday after being arbitrarily detained since January 2008

 At least 24 people died and hundreds were left homeless after the worst floods to hit Mongolia in 43 years devastated the landlocked nation. The floods struck last week as a result of severe rain storms in Ulaanbaatar, the capital.
Although the government issued televised warnings prior to the rainstorms, many children and elderly people could [...]

Church Army evangelist Alison Wooding is one of the lucky few to have been given an hour on the plinth in Londons Trafalgar Square

Hundreds of Christian leaders meet to begin the task of mobilising the church for outreach during the London Olympics in 2012

By JJ Spurling
Editor’s Note: The following is an adaptation of a recent prayer letter by JJ Spurling, who serves with The Alliance in Paraguay.
A friend and I were talking, and he told me he was struggling again with “holy jealousy” (envidia santa). When you hear something new in a new language, it takes some time [...]

Mrs. Ruby Marie Walker, former missionary to Guinea, passed into the presence of the Lord on June 26, 2009. She was 87 years old.
Ruby Marie Brown was born on September 30, 1921, in Clymer, New York. She graduated from Clymer Central High School and attended Jamestown Business College for two years. Ruby accepted Jesus into her heart as a teenager. [...]