Around the world: At age 70, he’s P-H-Done
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Elkanah Young Owukiabo earned a doctorate in theology — and patience. The longtime church member turned 70 years old as he received the…
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Bible school under the big top in Peru
Jason Haygood, minister for the Janesville church, Whitewater, Wis., speaks to Vacation Bible School students under a circus tent in Lima, Peru. Haygood was one…
Big crowds, baptisms reported in Sierra Leone, Liberia
Hundreds of students at a school in Bo, Sierra Leone, crowd around a group of visiting church members to find out more about the World…
Teaching creation on African soil
Melissa Johnson teaches children about creation - no attorneys or school board votes required - at the Dano-Pari church. The growing congregation, with about 25…
Seeing the light in Cuba
HAVANA — Standing on the Malecon, the city’s fabled coastal boulevard, it’s a scant 90 miles north to Key West, Fla.It still feels like a…
Zambians share memorial service with church 10,000 miles away
AJAX, ONTARIO — When Kelly Hamby died at age 66 he left a legacy on two continents. Church members in the United States and Africa…
Minister discusses faith and peace with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams
“The war is obviously over.” When Gerry Adams made that statement during a recent television interview, the people of Northern Ireland received it with a…
‘Liberians are ready for peace’
Church members in this West African nation are concerned but hopeful as authorities investigate claims of election fraud in the November presidential runoff. By Erik…
Laotians find faith, challenges in United States
IRVING, TX — THIRTY YEARS AFTER COMMUNISM swept across South Asia, churches struggle to serve political exiles from Laos and their English-speaking children. Pregnant with…
Liberians gear up for post-war evangelism
Church members in Liberia were concerned when controversy arose after a presidential runoff election in the troubled West African country. But by mid-December the controversy…
