Christians Sent to Jail for Helping North Korean Refugees
Normally, giving humanitarian aid is applauded. But for Christians Li Mingshun and Zhang Yonghu, it resulted in a ten-year prison sentence. The Missions Agency, China Aid, reports that at the end of July, Li and Zhang were indicted for aiding North Korean refugees fleeing to South Korea through China. Officials found Li guilty of “human... Continue Reading
Monthly Prayer Letter from Ed and Debbie Read
Christian Medical and Dental Association, Richmond, VA [Editor’s note: the original URL (link) referenced in this article is no longer valid, so the link has been removed.] September 2009 We wish you could be there on Monday evenings for the Bible study. You would get to experience the gathering of 35-40 students, residents, doctors and... Continue Reading
Southwest Church Planting Network
The Southwest Church Planting Network is a cooperative work of PCA churches in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. In 1998 the Southwest Church Planting Network (PCA) was formed to make expanding the Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, a high priority in the Southwest. The Network is a Joint Subcommittee of four... Continue Reading
Focus on The Family Announces More Layoffs
Focus on the Family announced additional layoffs Wednesday (Sept. 2), cutting its staff by 8 percent to a total of 860 people. The 75 layoffs are augmented by a decision to not fill 57 vacancies as the prominent evangelical ministry in Colorado Springs, Colo., addresses a 5 percent shortfall in its budget. To read more... Continue Reading
Introducing the Miami International Theological Seminary
Our mission is to reach the world for Christ by preparing Christian leaders for ministry. MINTS is a missions organization that uses higher education as its primary tool toward fulfilling the vision of the Great Commission: to train and equip national believers to develop one another in a duplicable format with little or no cost,... Continue Reading
MTW Czech Republic Prayer and Praise
We thank you again for standing with us in praying for the ministry in the Czech Republic. The Lord is using your prayers in our lives, as well as in the lives of our many Czech friends. Please continue to pray. The Lord tells us in Paul’s words from I Corinthians that we should always... Continue Reading
Update from the Smiths in Dalton, GA
Dear prayerful friends, It’s been two months now since our family left Belize and resettled in Dalton, Georgia. For our family, it’s been a time of big changes. It has been difficult for us to say goodbye to our many friends in Belize and the work that occupied us for nine years. Even though my... Continue Reading
The Challenges for an Army Chaplain
“Incoming casualties! Incoming casualties!” blares out as you roll off your bed, pull on your uniform, and stumble into a tent of bright lights. You’re surrounded by scurrying doctors, nurses, and medics. Three soldiers are wheeled into this makeshift emergency room, casualties of yet another IED (Improvised Explosive Device)—a homemade bomb. You’ve been the chaplain... Continue Reading
Human Trafficking in Vienna, Austria
Ministry to Prostitutes August 2009 From Art and Ursula Spooner, Missionaries serving with MTW in Austria The last time I went with another German woman and we went up and down one of the main streets in the city. Most of these women were not from Nigeria, rather from Eastern block countries. They are not... Continue Reading
Detroit’s Food Banks Strain to Serve Middle Class
The following story is a compilation from a report in the July 10, Wall Street Journal On Line version, supplement with details provided in the August 13, 2009 issue of EP News (Editor) Battered by massive layoffs, home foreclosures and nearly a decade of economic decline, more residents of Detroit’s middle-class suburbs are having a... Continue Reading