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Pastors Learn Biblical Evangelism, Shed 'Guilt-Driven Burden'

Pastors Learn Biblical Evangelism, Shed 'Guilt-Driven Burden'

Hundreds of pastors gathered in downtown Minneapolis hoping to take up evangelism as a joyful privilege rather than a guilt-driven burden. .

  • Iraq: Christians Marginalised and Vulnerable

    Christians in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh are awaiting the results of 31 January\'s provincial council elections. Nineveh, where most of Iraq\'s remaining Christians live, is majority Arab but ruled mostly by Kurds due to the Sunni Arabs having boycotted the 2005 elections. Now, however, the Arab majority has struck back through the ballot box and is set to wrest power from the incumbent Kurds. The Christians are marginalised and vulnerable in the midst of these warring and vengeful e

  • North Korea Still Worst Persecutor of Christians

    Reclusive North Korea has yet again topped Open Doors' list of the worst persecutors of Christians in the world.

  • Islamic Nations Dominate '09 Persecution List

    Islamic nations made up more than half of the top 10 countries listed as the world's worst persecutor of Christians in a new report.

  • Iran More Hostile to Christians

    U.S. President Obama's desire for engagement with Iran is likely to do little to change Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's guile for the U.S. He blames the West for the growth of Christianity in Iran and is taking action. Jeff King with International Christian Concern says Iranian believers are arrested, beaten and tortured. "Parliament is looking to push an apostasy law with life sentences and death sentences for Muslims who convert to Christianity. This isn't posturing. This is real stuff.

  • CSW urges European Community to address religious freedom in China

    The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao began his European tour yesterday amidst calls from human rights groups to address continuing violations of fundamental freedoms.

  • A Himalayan Mission Adventure

    \"What a joy it was for us to see these believers coming to the church to worship Jesus,\" said Hisila Kamal, a Gospel for Asia correspondent in Nepal. \"It is very amazing to see God\'s work in the remote villages of the Himalaya Mountains! We believe Nepal will soon by covered with the Gospel.\"

  • Christian Chinese Couple Pleads for Final Meeting

    A Christian Chinese couple who has been persecuted for years by authorities for their faith is pleading with officials for one final meeting as the husband is said to be near death by medical doctors and the wife is imprisoned for "fabricated charges."

  • Fulfilling the Great Commission

    The president of Campus Crusade for Christ International is certain the Great Commission can be fulfilled in our lifetime.

  • Widow of Slain Missionary Encourages Christians in Orissa

    Ten years after the brutal murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in India's Orissa state, widow Gladys Staines is urging persecuted Christians there to turn to Christ.

  • Evangelical Alliance to send new Bible to Obama

    The Evangelical Alliance is to send a new Bible to US President Barack Obama after White House staff were reportedly unable to find one for his second swearing in.

  • Bible Students Bring Hope to Factory Workers

    Most of the people who live in the part of Jammu & Kashmir, India, known as \"Industrial Area\" work in factories. One of these laborers is a much happier worker now, thanks to his new friendship with a group of Gospel for Asia Bible college students.