Outside the Altufyevo metro station in northern Moscow a group of about 25 young people, mostly between the ages of 18 and 25, gather. They call themselves “Moscow Shield” and they’ve deputized themselves to help fight against illegal migration. As
Read moreMillions of men, women and children around the world are forced to lead lives as slaves. Although this exploitation is often not called slavery, the conditions are the same. People are sold like objects, forced to work for little or
Read moreA large percentage of the refugee population are Muslims. As they move through different countries pray for encounters with Christians that will lead to life change.
Read morePresident al Bashir’s stated aim is to turn Sudan into a unified Arab Islamic State, but the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains do not fit his profile. The cost of his actions to make this happen are terrible, with hundreds
Read moreThe crisis in Syria has claimed the lives of tens of thousands and triggered a refugee crisis of unimaginable proportions. The United Nations reports that over 4 million Syrians are in desperate need of humanitarian aid. The Church in Jordan
Read moreIn HCMC, a tightly-knit group of people from the province of Thanh Hoa live close together in poor dwellings. They work in various occupations on the street such as shoe shining and selling lottery tickets, newspapers, paintings or paperbacks. If
Read moreTen years ago forces pushed into Iraq in the war that was to liberated the people from the oppressive rule of Saddam Hussein. At least 116,000 people have been killed over these ten years. For many, however, the consequences are
Read moreWhile the standing of women in Afghan society has improved in some ways since the dark days of the Taliban, thanks in part to the work of international aid agencies and nongovernmental organizations, much is left to be done. With
Read moreThe rapid pace of urbanization in China during the past 3 decades has led to a demographic shift of unprecedented proportions. Within less than one generation, China’s population has shifted from being less than 20% urban to being more than
Read moreHundreds of thousands of Southern Sudanese believers have been forced to leave Sudan (the North) so that the estimated population of Christians in Sudan has dropped from over 30% to under 3% in less than 18 months. It is estimated
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