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World Hunger Day Donations to be Distributed through IMB, NAMB

With World Hunger Day having concluded on Sunday, Southern Baptist agencies will be distributing donations made to the World Hunger Fund through 10,000 missionaries in North America and around the World...

Promise Keepers Conference Draws 9,600 Men in San Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif. - More than 9,600 Christian men attended the two-day Promise Keepers event in San Jose, CA on Oct 8-9. The two-day conference promoted a sensational atmosphere in San Jose’s HP Pavilion while the men vowed to Pursue Honor, Nobility, and Wisdom...

Church attacked in Kerala, police vow to bring culprits to justice

Kerala is going through very tense times and may soon be heading towards communal riot. Hardly a week was allowed to pass since the time the Missionaries of Charity sisters were assaulted and beaten up by Hindu fundamentalists, when another ghastly attack was perpetrated...

Church against use of Passion posters in Polls

New Delhi, Oct. 7 : The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) has strongly objected to the use of religious symbols including posters of The Passion of Christ during the campaigning for the Maharashtra Assembly elections...

Uma Bharti’s ‘Tiranga yatra' faces wrath of Christians in Punjab

Jalandhar - After facing a wrath from Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) activists, BJP firebrand leader Ms. Uma Bharti faced another setback recently when she came across some agitated Christians who held a demonstration criticising her 'Tiranga yatra' in Punjab...

International Christan Leaders Express Solidarity with U.S. Churches

Christian leaders from four continents gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, to present themselves as “living letters” to the US conference of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on October 5-6, 2004. During their short presentations, the international leaders expressed solidarity with the US churches...

Beslan Tragedy inspires new Bible Publication

One month after Chechen terrorist held more than a thousand people hostage in the Ossetian town of Beslan in the tragedy that left more than 400 people killed, five thousand copies of the latest translation of the New Testament...

New Ossetic Bible Published in Wake of Beslan Tragedy

Third Attack on India Church Sparks Concern

Five days after the attack on nuns and priests from the Missionaries of Charity, unidentified vandals broke into the St. Thomas Mar Thoma Church in Kerala, setting fire to...

Lutherans Hold Second Australian Conference on Lutheran Education

Over 700 Lutherans from Australia gathered for the Second Australian Conference on Lutheran Education (ACLE II), Sept 27-29, 2004. The conference, organised by the Lutheran Education Australia (LEA) on behalf of the Lutheran Church of America...

Christian Arabs Faced with Continued Pressure

After the coordinated bombing attacks on five Iraqi churches at the beginning of last month, tens of thousands of Christians fled the war-torn nation to neighbouring nations and overseas, with estimates approaching 40,000 by mid-August. Their plight, however, is not just limited to the Iraqi Christian community...

Running With Endurance

God understands that we will stumble and falter. We do not need to finish our race perfectly; we do, however, need to achieve His purpose for us. When we are on course to fulfill God's specific plan, then our life is full and meaningful...

A Quiet Place

There is a place where I need to be
A quiet place where I’m alone with Thee
Where I tell You my trouble, my worry, my fear
Where I hear Your voice say “I am here”

A quiet place that only You and I know
Where You can tell me things to help me grow...

The Treasures Of Heaven

I search in the world
For something....
Wealth.... Health....
Wisdom.... Integrity...
None pleases me.
For wealth,
Even though it builds up...

Be

Let not the sands of time destroy your memory
For it is there that those we love do truly live
When you remember things about them do not hold back
But live them to the full
For that is how we mend our hearts

Be at peace when time allows you
Know that God in all his glory has a plan for you

Christian Citizens and the News Media--Part Two

We are living in an age of unprecedented media access and almost every home has access to multiple media options. Cable news channels provide a constant stream of reports even as the Internet erases the final geographic barriers to information transfer...