Canadian church’s building vandalized
AJAX, ONTARIO — Vandals overturned equipment, punched holes in walls and spray painted messages with racial and religious undertones on a church building near Toronto.…
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Two churches in United Kingdom close
The Holywood church, Northern Ireland, and the Cardiff, Wales, church have shut their doors, according to British church publication Christian Worker. The23-year-old Holywood church ceased…
Bullets, record rainfall fail to deter churches in Central African Republic
Years of political instability, followed by eight weeks of near-continuous rain, have made life difficult for church members in the Central African Republic. "Brethren are…
Is the world ending? Churches too busy serving victims to notice, workers say
Church members around the world have seen a seemingly endless series of natural disasters in the past 12 months. But most have been too busy…
Minister recounts survival in Liberia’s ‘valley of death’
MONROVIA, Liberia — Like many Liberians, David Kolleh remembers a time when he looked at the dead bodies of his people with a sense of…
Sharing space and saltines, Cozumel church helps Wilma’s victims
As Hurricane Wilma pounded Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, more than 130 people huddled inside the Cozumel church building, with little food and supplies. “It seemed she…
Spotlight: Bite your tongue!
ALMATY, KAZAHSTAN — Steve Vrooman chose a bizarre — yet memorable — visual aid for a recent youth group devotional. Later he got a taste…
Spotlight: Know-it-all on a mission
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — The first time he met Sue Ann Mak in 2000 “she seemed like a 16-year-old know-it-all,” said missionary Robert Reagan. November…
Whacking a pinata in Papua New Guinea
Marcus and Diane Reese served their guests a rich cultural stew recently in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea. The missionaries hosted a…
Around the world: After the tsunami, new life abounds in southern Asia
DELORAINE, AUSTRALIA — Converts pray during a baptism ceremony in Nias, Indonesia. Since the Dec. 26 tsunami and a March earthquake claimed lives and destroyed…
