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Instead of helping poor people with charity that will eventually run out it is more effective to lift people out of poverty through microfinance says a Christian poverty expert

Falmouth Mission to Seafarers now has two new American volunteers following a visit to the worlds first floating seafarers centre on Wednesday

CBM has paid tribute to the late Dr Ignacio Ponseti whose pioneering nonsurgical lowcost club foot treatment has benefited hundreds of thousands of children worldwide

SAT7 has increased its number of potential viewers after launching two of its Arabic channels on the Atlantic Bird 4 satellite

The socalled defamation of religions UN resolutions would create a global blasphemy law the chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom warned on Wednesday

Gabon’s first-ever medical air transport program is about to take-off-on the wings of a Cessna 207. The single-engine aircraft begins its transatlantic journey this week to provide Bongolo Hospital with much-needed air service, a project made possible through a partnership between Air Calvary, Bongolo Hospital, and The Alliance Chretienne au Gabon.

In our GoChurch series, Alliance Pastor Bob Havenor describes the mission that he and his wife, Sue, and six other people, have begun in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Although Alliance roots go way back in Ft. Wayne, a move to the suburbs left an evangelical void in the urban neighborhoods, where the Havenors have only just [...]

Two Baptist leaders imprisoned in eastern Cuba for two weeks have been released after spurious charges of illicit financial activity were suddenly dropped according to Cuban church leaders

Siloam Christian Ministries has been working in partnership with local believers in the Philippines for years helping abandoned babies street children and underprivileged families Now in the wake of the recent typhoon their operations are more urgent than ever

Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling for the immediate release of two Cuban Baptist leaders accused of illicit financial activity after they distributed financial aid to needy churches in Guantanamo province