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On Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 3:34 a.m. local time (1:34 a.m. EST) an 8.8 magnitude earthquake devastated portions of Chile and triggered tsunami warnings to be posted for the entire Pacific basin.

Editor’s note: Community Church by the Lake’s ministries are made possible, in part, by the Alliance Development Fund (ADF), which has helped the church through tough financial times. “ADF is about helping churches,” says Pastor Don Foor. “Without ADF, we wouldn’t have the following  stories.” 
“We don’t want ‘that element’ hanging around our church,” said [...]

Editor’s Note: Alliance international workers are pushing back the darkness in some of the hardest places on earth. Where religious and cultural practices typically prohibit traditional Alliance work and hinder nationals from seeking Jesus, God is revealing Himself through dreams and visions. One man was so troubled by his dream that he sought help from [...]

Last October, a C&MA national church conference in Indonesia was met by a mob threatening to kill Alliance workers and church members. The attack occurred as a result of tensions between the national church and a breakaway group. Read about what has transpired since.

Rev. Joseph A. Nicholson, retired missionary to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, entered the Lord’s presence on Thursday, February 18, 2010, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He was 83 years old.
Rev. Nicholson was born May 19, 1927, in Kinkonsi, Belgian Congo, Africa, to missionaries Joseph and Myrtle Nicholson. At the age of 15 he invited Christ [...]

Amid decreasing church attendance in Western Europe multisite churches have still managed to take root and spread one group reports

Ana Porras de Ladines, a teacher at Alliance Academy International in Ecuador, was killed in a head-on collision on February 13 along with her husband and son. A dump truck rammed into their vehicle after crossing the opposite lane.

By Don and Hazel Schaeffer, serving in Japan
Last fall, the Alliance family prayed for Mrs. N, who had come to our church’s Bible study after receiving a gospel choir flyer.
During a recent Bible study, Mrs. N heard people praying for her and her young son, who had been having problems with his teacher. Mrs. N [...]

Youth pastor Kevin Ford recently led a church work team from North Carolina to Burkina Faso. We think you’ll agree . . . his first-hand trip account illustrates why strategic partnerships between Alliance churches and the field are life-changing.

Emergency rescue teams and Portuguese Navy ships carrying aid are on their way to the island of Madeira where floods have killed 32 people