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Christians in London were treated to a sneak preview of the new interactive prayer and mobilisation event Heal Our Land last week

More than 100 Coptic Christian teens have been arrested by security forces in Egypt in what the Christian community considers as pressure from the government to play down the recent fatal church shooting that made international headlines

A 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti on January 12, devastating the nation’s capital. In partnership with sister organizations, Compassion and Mercy Associates (CAMA), our relief and development arm, is providing immediate assistance as well as long-term help in rebuilding efforts, integrating a verbal witness with practical acts of compassion.

Barnabas Fund has asked Christians to pray for believers in parts of Asia Africa and the Arab world who came under attack over the Christmas and New Year period

Inmates in a Cambodia prison learned the meaning of Christmas recently through an outreach led by Alliance international worker Joyce Johns and local church leaders. Joyce and her colleagues have been building relationships with the prisoners as well as the prison director during the past year, helping to renovate some bathrooms and a meeting hall [...]

Fighting in central Africa’s Democratic Republic of the Congo has forced some 77,000 refugees into northeastern Republic of the Congo since the end of October 2009, overwhelming medical staff workers serving at a missionary hospital in the region with which The Alliance partners.

Missionaries of the colonial era may have made their mistakes but it would be wrong to forget the heroism love and faith with which they ultimately brought the Gospel to new people groups the Bishop of Lichfield has said

Churches that want to go out and respond to natural disasters elsewhere in the world would probably be better off supporting church networks that are already engaged in such work advised UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland

“Today, Air Calvary’s Cessna 207 arrived at Lebamba, the town where the Bongolo Hospital is located,” Alliance workers in Gabon reported on December 30. The single-engine, eight-seat aircraft will provide air ambulance service for the hospital-the first such service in Gabon.

Evangelist Franklin Graham began year 2010 by declaring he is not ashamed of the Gospel as he predicts greater obstacles for Christians who want to share their faith