GO 2020 Reaches 277M with the Gospel in the Midst of Pandemic
BERLIN, Germany (WordNews.org) July 6, 2020 — The organizers of GO 2020 reported that more than 57 million Christians worldwide were mobilized to reach 277 million with the Gospel. Despite social distancing due to COVID-19, Christians shared the Gospel digitally, by phone, text, and through food and mask distributions, with Bibles and tracts, as well as […]
Read More →MedSend Establishes an Institute of Global Healthcare Missions Advisory Board to Address Severe Shortages of Physicians in Africa, Asia
FORT MILL, S.C. (WordNews.org) June 2, 2020 — Global healthcare missions organization MedSend announced it has established an advisory board to explore the vision of its Institute of Global Healthcare Missions. The advisory board was created in response to the urgent need to address severe shortages of frontline healthcare workers and healthcare disparities in Africa and Asia. […]
Read More →Churches Rush to Help Russia’s Hungry as Coronavirus Crisis Deepens
RUSSIA (WordNews.org) May 28, 2020 — A U.S.-based mission to Russia and the former Soviet Union has created an on-the-ground church task force that has distributed more than 500,000 meals to desperate families as Russia’s coronavirus infections hit a new high. Russia jumped to third place behind the U.S. and Brazil in new infections, now officially at […]
Read More →Report: 9 million will die from coronavirus-worsened ‘scandal of starvation’ in 2020
WILLS POINT, Texas (WordNews.org) May 26, 2020 — A new report released today, World Hunger Day, says an estimated 9 million people will die as a result of starvation worsened by the coronavirus. The Gospel for Asia report, titled “The Scandal of Starvation in a World of Plenty,” says families, restaurants and hospitals globally will […]
Read More →Campaign for International Day for the Unreached expands
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) March 1, 2018 – A movement to accelerate missions efforts to unreached people groups has gained momentum with two additions to the International Day for the Unreached organizing group. Frontier Ventures (www.frontierventures.org) and William Carey International University (WCIU, www.wciu.edu), two long-time leaders in the frontier missions movement who share a campus in Pasadena, Calif., […]
Read More →Great Commission agencies unite to ‘Reclaim’ focus on taking the Gospel everywhere
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (WordNews.org) – An alliance of globally focused ministries has designated May 20, 2018, as the third annual International Day for the Unreached. This one-day event is intended to inspire and mobilize Christians to reach out to more than 2 billion people around the world who have yet to hear the gospel, organizers […]
Read More →Evangelism Explosion Launches ‘Equip America’ initiative
ARDEN, N.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 3, 2018 – Evangelism Explosion International, a nondenominational evangelism ministry founded by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy, has launched an initiative called Equip America that organizers say is designed to train individuals “to share the most exciting gift they have: their faith,” EE will partner with local churches in cities […]
Read More →‘Best Christian Workplaces’ in 2017 announced
MERCER ISLAND, Washington (WordNews.org) Feb. 5, 2017 – The Best Christian Workplaces list for 2017 has been announced, and 78 organizations have been named. The organizations being Certified Bast Christian Workplaces by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute including Christian camps and conference centers, schools and churches. The institute is an international nonprofit, research-based, organizational development and […]
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