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Missionary says emotional stress in Japan taking its tollFriday, April 8, 2011Three weeks after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and massive tsunami hit northeast Japan, transportation had opened up to allow some aid to flow into affected areas but gasoline...South Koreans celebrate central Ohio missionaryMonday, February 21, 2011In South Korea, Horace Newton Allen is credited with helping to spread Christianity and establish a system of modern medicine. In his Ohio hometown of Delaware, he is less...South Korea to restrict Christian missionaries in Islamic nationsThursday, February 17, 2011The South Korean government has been trying to deal with the growing dangers of Christians working as missionaries in Islamic nations, especially after a young missionary was...Killing of Missionary Rattles Texas BorderTuesday, February 8, 2011Mexico has always had a reputation here as a place where things can go wrong in a hurry. But the fatal shooting of a Texas missionary across the border late last month has...Chinese woman leads dozens to Christ with 70¢ tractSunday, January 30, 2011No one notices the young Chinese woman silently crying in the back pew. It's the only place she finds solace from her deep depression and fear of death. She's not even sure why...Religious leaders to commit $34 Billion in Fraud in 2011Sunday, January 16, 2011The January 2011 issue of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research reported that Christian religious leaders will commit an estimated $34 billion in financial fraud in...Battle Brews Over EPA's Emissions RegulationsTuesday, January 4, 2011All in all, 2010 was a year to forget for environmentalists — carbon cap-and-trade legislation died, international climate talks sputtered and even the clean-tech market took a...Boarding Bust: Schools for Missionary Kids See Lower AttendanceTuesday, December 28, 2010New reports of child abuse drew attention to missionary boarding schools this fall but overshadowed the current trend: how rare such schooling is today. About 30 missionary kids...Idolatry is Biggest Obstacle to World Mission, Says U.K. TheologianMonday, October 25, 2010Respected theologian Chris Wright gave a challenging critique Saturday of the evangelical movement when he said a disturbing number of its leaders are guilty of idolatry....Teen evangelists: next stop IraqWednesday, September 29, 2010It’s just after 6am and the sun is not yet up. Two hundred children stand in a clearing, surrounded by a dense jungle of palm trees on an island off the Florida coast. A girl of...Mission Leader: You're Unemployed if Not Working for GodSunday, May 16, 2010Many people argue that they have a job and have plenty of work, said Obed Alvarez, international director of the New World Mission Association in Peru. However, the landowner...Southern Baptist Agency to Cut Missionary Force by 600Friday, November 27, 2009The Southern Baptist Convention’s international mission agency will cut its overseas force by as many as 600 missionaries in 2010. Due to a severe budget shortfall, the...Arizona Church Ordered to Stop Feeding HomelessTuesday, November 24, 2009A judge ordered a Phoenix church to stop feeding the homeless on its property, citing zoning violation. Retired Arizona Supreme Court Justice Robert Corcoran ruled in early...Finding religion at the truck stopWednesday, November 18, 2009There are no church bells ringing at Truckstop Ministries near Carlisle, Pa. The call to worship is chaplain Dave Hershey walking through the parking lot of a Pilot truck stop on...Evangelists target spiritually cold New EnglandThursday, October 29, 2009It's hard to tell in the quiet of a color-splashed autumn morning, but Redeemer Fellowship Church is trying to set roots in a rough neighborhood. For churches, anyway. Until this...Southern Baptist missions chief's job reviewed; 'cronyism' a concernFriday, August 7, 2009A former missionary tapped by Southern Baptists to help reverse declines in baptisms and memberships might be out of work next week. After two years on the job, Geoff Hammond,...W.Va. State Police donates bulletproof vests to Okla. missionary projectThursday, June 25, 2009CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia State Police has donated more than 150 used bulletproof vests to a missionary in Oklahoma that will ship the vests to police departments...Baptists forced to cut missionary ranksWednesday, June 10, 2009A decline in giving will force the Southern Baptist Convention to reduce its worldwide missionary force, leaving fewer men and women to share their faith and skills around the...Southern Baptists give more to missions but lose members, baptize fewerFriday, April 24, 2009Southern Baptists gave 2.3 percent more to missions despite the economic downturn, but they lost members and baptized the fewest number of people since 1987, accoring to the...Great-Grandson of Legendary Missionary to China DiesSunday, March 22, 2009The great-grandson of British missionary James Hudson Taylor, the man foremost responsible for spreading Christianity in China, died in the early morning on Friday in Hong Kong,...Missionaries' imprisonment shows risks of support e-mailsWednesday, February 18, 2009Longtime missionaries David and Fiona Fulton were sentenced by a Gambian court to a year of hard labor last December after pleading guilty — in hopes of a lenient sentence — to...Atheist: Africa needs GodSaturday, December 27, 2008Before Christmas I returned, after 45 years, to the country that as a boy I knew as Nyasaland. Today it's Malawi, and The Times Christmas Appeal includes a small British charity...Textbook: Missionaries 'destroy' national valuesThursday, December 25, 2008A newly published textbook that's mandatory for 13-year-olds to study tells how Christian missionaries' want to "break down the unity of a country by destroying the national and...Christian missionaries stir unease in north AfricaTuesday, December 16, 2008RABAT (Reuters) - A new breed of undercover Christian missionary is turning to Muslim north Africa in the search for new converts, alarming Islamic leaders who say they prey on...Report calls U.S. church giving 'lukewarm'Sunday, October 12, 2008Americans spent nearly twice as much on first-day sales of the video game Grand Theft Auto IV as would be needed by the Southern Baptist Convention to share the gospel with all...Christianity spreads by 'house churches' in ChinaSaturday, October 4, 2008Zhao Xiao, a former Communist Party official and convert to Christianity, smiles over a cup of tea and says he thinks there are up to 130 million Christians in China. This is far...Isolated tribe spotted in BrazilSaturday, May 31, 2008One of South America's few remaining uncontacted indigenous tribes has been spotted and photographed on the border between Brazil and Peru. The Brazilian government says it took...Kin of missionaries slain in Colombia sue ChiquitaSunday, March 16, 2008The families of five Florida-based missionaries kidnapped and slain by Colombian terrorists filed suit this week against Cincinnati-based Chiquita Brands International, accusing...College Admissions Adjust To Increase In Home SchoolingMonday, March 3, 2008PORTLAND, Ore. — Jenny Grant's transcript was written by her mom. Her classroom was her home and community. As the number of home-schoolers multiplies, more students like Grant...Blackwater rescues three missionariesThursday, January 10, 2008Three young women have returned home to Michigan after being rescued from an orphanage in a remote village of strife-torn Kenya by Blackwater Worldwide. Dean VanderMey, executive...Weak dollar undercuts missionariesMonday, January 7, 2008For many American exporters, the weak dollar is good news. As the dollar's value falls, U.S. made-products become cheaper, which could give them a boost overseas, said David...Japan's 'Hidden Christians' face extinctionTuesday, December 25, 2007These days, the religion faces a modern threat of extinction as young people, like those elsewhere in rural Japan, leave their homes in search of jobs, drifting away from their...FAA fines minister $28,000Wednesday, October 31, 2007The Rev. Sam Childers says he might need an attorney. The Pennsylvania missionary operates the orphanage for victims of the war in Sudan's Darfur region and elsewhere in Africa,...Faith-based prisons multiplySunday, October 14, 2007RICHMOND, Texas — Killer-turned-artist Manny Hernandez on the prison where he's finishing an eight-year term: "It's a blessing to be here." Fellow murderer and inmate Raymond...Cannibal tribe apologises for eating MethodistsSaturday, August 18, 2007A tribe in Papua New Guinea has apologised for killing and eating four 19th century missionaries under the command of a doughty British clergyman. The four Fijian missionaries...Porn Addiction Disqualifies MissionariesWednesday, April 4, 2007Half of males who apply to serve as a missionary for the Southern Baptist Convention's international mission agency are turned down, according to a Baptist pastor. The primary...Khmer Rouge film reveals horrorsSunday, December 17, 2006A documentary film dealing with the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime is opening in Cambodia. The film, Waiting To See The Truth, includes interviews with Cambodians who...Christian conservatives at odds with liberal R.I. universityTuesday, November 21, 2006PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Leaders of a conservative Christian student fellowship suspended from using campus resources at Brown University are wondering whether they were singled out for...Texas Baptist Pastors Misused $1.3 Million in Church-Starting FundsWednesday, November 1, 2006Dallas (AP) - Much of $1.3 million contributed by Texas Baptists that was supposed to help start hundreds of churches in the Rio Grande Valley was misused by three pastors, and...'Jesus Camp' Highlights Growing Youth MovementMonday, September 18, 2006Sept. 17, 2006 — An in-your-face documentary out this weekend is raising eyebrows, raising hackles and raising questions about evangelizing to young people. Speaking in tongues,...Koreans Honour Scottish 'Father of the Bible'Sunday, September 17, 2006Koreans have honoured a Scottish missionary who was the first man to translate the New Testament into Korean. The one-time Edinburgh minister John Ross, who died in 1915, is...African missionaries take religion to WestTuesday, August 8, 2006BLACKBIRD LEYS, England (Reuters) -- Western missionaries took Christianity to Africa in the 1800s. Now Kenyan minister Patrick Mukholi is bringing it back. When the Anglican...Missionaries try to save the souls of Pol Pot's menThursday, July 20, 2006They have the blood of millions staining their souls, but for Christian missionaries that just makes the Khmer Rouge veterans better prospects for conversion. The ultra-Maoists'...Witch Doctors Join in AIDS FightSaturday, July 1, 2006FISH HOEK, South Africa -- When it comes to fighting ailments from witches to the common cold, many black residents of this windswept fishing village have long trusted the medical...Study: Populations hardest to evangelizeSaturday, June 10, 2006REDLANDS, Calif. -- New research released Tuesday by Mission Aviation Fellowship analyzes 364 isolated areas whose inhabitants are considered the hardest to reach for evangelistic...Baptist missions leader quitsWednesday, April 19, 2006ATLANTA — The president of the Southern Baptist Convention's domestic missions agency resigned Monday, two months after a Georgia Baptist newspaper raised questions about his...Baptists split on praying in 'tongues'Sunday, March 26, 2006A move by Southern Baptists to bar enlistment of missionaries who profess to speak in tongues as they pray is stirring some controversy within the nation's largest Protestant...Africa's boom in evangelical ChristianityWednesday, March 22, 2006KAMPALA, Uganda - On a warm Sunday morning last month, in a spartan university lecture hall, a few hundred well-dressed young men and women sat mesmerized as a 25-year-old...Christianity on upswing in JapanSaturday, March 18, 2006LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A poll conducted by the Gallup Organization has yielded some surprising statistics on Japanese attitudes toward religion, morality and spirituality....Baptist controversy has tongues tiedSaturday, March 11, 2006Baptists are caught up in controversy again. This time conservative Southern Baptists are in contention over a new rule approved by the International Mission Board that...
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