9 Years of explosive growth

Shadrach Lukwago

 

We should be encouraged and challenged by how God chooses to use his people, and make sure we are part of it.

Becoming a secret pastor

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Hameedullah* works as a church leader in a country known for intense persecution of Christians.

Awakening Latin America

The Doulos in port | photo: OM

 

For the first half of the 20th century, Latin America was an almost exclusively Catholic continent. Though the gospel had been preached in Latin countries for decades, the local evangelical church hadn’t grown significantly. In 1970, only 4% of the population identified as evangelical and the continent was still considered a mission field. But this was about to change.

Churches & OFSTED update

Lord Nash | photo: Wiki

 

An outcry by Christians over plans to register and inspect Sunday schools is forcing the Government to ‘tread carefully’ over the matter, it emerged in mid-January.

Abuse scandal covered up for years

John Smyth

 

In early February, abuse allegations from the 1970s came to light about a leader at the Iwerne camps, now run by The Titus Trust.

How long have we got?

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[These] freedoms are now under threat, particularly in the United Kingdom but also in other Western countries. This is a three-pronged attack.

Indonesia & Malaysia: Sharia’s forward march

Jakarta, capital of Indonesia | photo: iStock

 

The version of Islam found in the Muslim majority countries of Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei – has long been regarded as a more moderate face of the religion.

Beauty from brokenness

Emotions at the wedding

 

One of the two sisters brutally gang-raped by three young Muslim men at gunpoint in Jaranwala, Pakistan, during November 2014, was married to a loving Christian husband on 20 December 2016.

3 stories of oppression from China

Pastor Li Guozhi | photo: radioc.org

 

A pastor in southwestern China – jailed for nearly a year on fabricated charges and suffering a liver disease – focussed on trusting God in a November letter of encouragement to his wife.

Christians should be free to speak

Prime Minister Theressa May | photo: Twitter

 

The Prime Minister agreed that the ability to ‘speak freely, respectfully and responsibly about one’s religion’ should be a ‘jealously guarded principle’.