Joanna S. Wong
GFA Nepali Missionary Abducted
A week ago, a Nepali missionary, Besh, of Gospel For Asia (GFA) was forcibly abducted by the radical insurgence group Maoists. GFA received news of the urgent situation of Besh on 19 August 2004, but still are unaware of his whereabouts. ..
God's Word Spreads in Florida After Hurricaine
The president of IBS, Peter Bradley has said, "People who, after a crisis like this one, are really in despair. They're seeing their whole world change. They're fearful. They're looking for hope and that's exactly what the Scriptures do...
Iraq Delegates urge Al-Sadr to end Fighting
Tens of thousands of Christians have fled Iraq where fierce battles have raged on over this week, between American forces and the Mahdi Army militia of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The violence in Najaf, which started on 5th August, has threatened to destabilise the new interim government...
Tens of Thousands of Iraqi Christians Flee En Masse
Forty thousand Iraqi Christians have fled Iraq since a wave of church bombings killed up to 15 people two weeks ago, the Iraq's displacement and migration minister, Pascale Isho Warda confirmed...
IAMS meeting - Understanding the Integrity of Mission Today
The International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS) meeting, which was entitled "The Integrity of Mission in the Light of the Gospel-Bearing the witness of the Spirit,", ended last week in Port Dickson, Malaysia...
Southern Baptist's send Disaster Relief Units in response to Hurricaine Charley
A total of 175 Southern Baptist disaster relief units may be activated in response to Hurricane Charley over the next few weeks...
Hillsong United Tours UK
The Hillsong United Band from Sydney has begun a worship tour in the UK. The band will tour from 11th-21st August, with Marty Sampson and Joel Houston...
GFA Church Raided by Anti-Christian group in Southern India
In Southern India, 300 members of a radical anti-Christian group have been reported to have raided a Gospel for Asia (GFA) church in Karnataka state during the Sunday service being held on 8th August...
FLAME 2004: Christians reach out to Olympic Games in Greece
The Olympics Games 2004 will start in a few days in Greece, churches and Christian agencies are joining hands to reach out to Athens...
Syria becomes refuge for Iraqi Christians
Syria's relaxed visa laws for Arabs and its close proximity to Iraq have made it an attractive refuge for thousands of Iraqis, Muslims as well as Christians, seeking to escape the chaos in Iraq...
Open Door provides Bibles to Children's Ministry in China
Open Doors, which has been an international ministry to the Persecuted Church for nearly 50 years, is seeking to provide 81,500 Children's Bibles and 918,500 pieces of Sunday School materials to China this year...
Outbreak! The Evangelists' Conference 2004
The Evangelical Alliance is hosting this year's Evangelists' Conference, 'Outbreak', and is calling all Christians with a heart of reaching out to their communities and work places to come along...
Rock This Nation
Rocknations, founded by Steve Gambill in 1999, has changed thousands of young people's lives, and has become one of the fastest growing youth ministries in the UK...
South Korean Christians March for Peace
Despite a warning from the South Korean government not to travel to Israel for security reasons, some 2,300 Korean Christians marched from Jerusalem to Bethlehem on Monday 9th August...
More than 100 Chinese Christians Arrested
More than a hundred house church leaders were surrounded and arrested by more than 200 military police as they were beginning a two-week retreat in Kaifeng City, China...
Assyrian Christians pray for Attackers despite Further Hostilities
The recent church attacks in Iraq shocked Christians around the world; it was the largest attack against Christians since the 15 month-old insurgency began. Yet believers at the Baghdad church where most Christians died, have prayed for their attackers...