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Voice of the Martyrs Prayer Guide Expands List of Nations Hostile to Gospel

The Voice of the Martyrs 2023 Prayer Guide expands by four its list of “hostile” nations where Christians are regularly persecuted for their faith despite governmental efforts to protect them.

‘The Church Doesn’t Flee’—How One Organization Empowers People Suffering From Extreme Poverty

Five Talents is a Christian organization that seeks to help people in some of the poorest countries in the world by partnering with local churches to facilitate microenterprise. Through its efforts, the group is transforming people's lives by giving them the tools they need to better their situations. 

UMC Bishops in Africa Break With Africa Initiative, Wesleyan Covenant Association

A group of United Methodist bishops in Africa announced Thursday (Sept. 8) that it will no longer work with the Africa Initiative or the Wesleyan Covenant Association, accusing the groups of spreading misinformation.

Pope Francis Plans to Visit Congo and South Sudan in July

Pope Francis is planning to visit Congo and South Sudan in July, fulfilling a wish to minister to the faithful in the African countries that have sizeable Catholic populations and long histories of conflict.

UM Missions in Zimbabwe Provide More Than the Gospel

At a time when clean water is scarce in many parts of the world, The United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe is keeping the precious liquid flowing at its three missions.

Reinhard Bonnke, the ‘Billy Graham of Africa’, Has Gone Home to Jesus

Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke has passed from this life, but his legacy in Africa will live on in the lives of many people. Known as the "Billy Graham of Africa", Bonnke held tent-style revival meetings and was known for praying for miracles.

Ebola Deja Vu in Africa

Fast forward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019. The second worst Ebola epidemic in history is taking place in the eastern part of the country.

What the West Should Know About Churches in Africa

Let us seize the opportunities that our diversity brings by joyfully, graciously and honestly working together through the challenges of cross-cultural missions.