July 2008 Headlines
Jacob DeShazer's life was defined by his relationship with the Japanese, but it was his relationship with Jesus Christ that gave him a loving heart towards them.
The son of evangelist and mega-church pastor Greg Laurie was killed Thursday, July 24, in a freeway accident involving a California state vehicle.
CWN.org - PInedale Christian Church in Greensboro, N.C., is helping its people get a taste of the missionary life.
CWN.org - In the African nation of Burkina Faso, another kind of war is taking place. It's the spiritual battle between light and darkness.
CWN.org - Both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain will attend a two-hour question and answer forum at Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in California, August 16.
Anglican Communion 'Hanging by a Thread'
JERUSALEM, Israel - Can Barack Obama be an honest broker for peace in the Middle East? Some Israelis and Palestinians are asking that question as the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate brings his Middle East tour to Israel.
In an apparent change of heart, conservative Christian leader James Dobson said he could endorse GOP Presidential candidate John McCain -- despite serious misgivings.
NEW ORLEANS - A tap dancer rattles on the sidewalk on Bourbon Street, continuing a New Orleans tradition. But despite bustling business in the French Quarter, other parts of the Big Easy are struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina nearly three years ago.
High gas prices are forcing some charities to changed how they serve.
CWNews.org - With its unique fusion of Chinese and Western culture, and thriving casino industry, Macau is one of Asia's top vacation destinations.
While missions agencies are seeking news ways to pay the bills, one New York minister is taking a unique approach.
The falling dollar is literally hurting the spread of the gospel around the world.
In 1985, Franklin Graham accompanied his father Billy to Romania.
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CWN.org - The falling dollar is literally hurting the spread of the Gospel around the world. Now, thousands of American missionaries overseas are cutting personal and ministry expenses.
RICHMOND, Va. --Theresa Thompson never did anything half-hearted. Not even dying. Instead of returning to the United States when she was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer last year, the then 40-year-old Southern Baptist missionary chose to remain in Germany so she could continue her work for the International Mission Board.
CWNews.org - BANGKOK, Thailand -- The global slave trade affects millions of people around the world, and far too many of them are children.
In a remote area of Colombia, evangelists are risking their lives to take bibles and other materials to Christians living in a war zone.
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More than a dozen men and women had been held captive by leftist Colombian rebels for years, but now, for the first time in a long time, they're home.
CBNNews.com - After a lengthy debate, the governing board of the Church of England has voted to allow women to become bishops.
CWN.org -- It's one of those moments where you can almost hear crickets chirping. Two International Mission Board short-term missionaries are trying to get a room full of high school students to open up about issues they face at home.
CWN.org -- Every crisis creates opportunities, even for missions. For three hours on a hot summer afternoon in the Georgia mountains, residents caught a short break from America's gasoline crisis.
Conservative leaders of the Anglican Church are calling for a new leadership body to represent them.
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ILOILO, PHILIPPINES - In the Philippines, Christians are responding to a devastating typhoon that killed more than 500 people.
CWN.org -- A series of death threats against a pastor in a working-class Medellín neighborhood prompted him to abandon his home and ministry last month and flee with his family to Colombia's capital.