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By Sarah Rowley, serving in Russia
Missions experts claim 84 percent of those who accept Christ do so between the ages of four and 14, making this group one of the world’s most strategic mission fields. Sarah understands God’s love for children and the urgency of reaching them with the gospel, as evidenced in this adaptation [...]

The World Evangelical Alliance is urging Christians in democratic countries to unite in praying for their persecuted brothers and sisters

The annual Awake O Israel Jewish Ministries evangelistic campaign in New York City started out with a bang this week when one of the team members led his own doctor to the Lord. “Our team member’s appointment was scheduled before he knew the dates of the campaign, so he was not able to go out [...]

Editor’s note: Three years ago, Alliance missionaries and Khmer Evangelical (C&MA) Church (KEC) leaders in Cambodia began sharing the gospel with the unreached Kuy people of Cambodia. A number have responded, and a church has been started along with an additional preaching point. In December 2008, 13 Kuy believers were baptized. “As far as we [...]

Muslim village elders in Minia Governorate in Egypt have issued a death fatwa against a Coptic priest after he sought permission to convert part of his family home into a prayer hall

Alliance layperson Art Zimmer, who attends a C&MA-affiliated church in Alaska, was on his way to Sudan for a six-week missions trip at a medical station operated by Serving in Mission (SIM) when God led him to share the gospel with a Zambia airport worker.
When Ann asked for my boarding pass at Lusaka Airport in April [...]

A Cuban pastors wife who miscarried after a neighbour attacked her went on trial on Monday accused by the authorities of disturbing the public order during the incident

Voice of the Martyrs Bibles Unbound ministry has reached a milestone by mailing its one millionth New Testament to a persecuted Christian

Mrs. Thelma Mae Braun, former missionary to Congo, entered into the Lord’s presence on August 13, 2009, in Wilmore, Kentucky.  She was 89 years old.
Thelma M. Still was born on September 14, 1919, in Mansfield, Ohio. At the age of five, she started learning how to play the piano, followed by flute, violin, accordion, and [...]

India has been placed on a watch list of countries where religious freedom is at risk by a US panel warning of a disturbing increase in violence against minorities in the country