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Intractable divisions within and between nations threaten stability and peace in many places. Some of these are international in nature, such as India-Pakistan, North and South Korea, Israel-Palestine-Lebanon. Others involve active secessionist or rebel movements within nations: India (Kashmir), China (Tibet and Xinjiang), Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Georgia and the Philippines. In a number of […]

Students in the universities. In North America, this means an opportunity to reach out to students from nearly every nation on earth, many from unevangelized backgrounds. Throughout the Americas, it is a chance to reach nationals for Jesus and to disciple young believers into Christian leaders. Cru and Navigators have extensive ministries to campuses, and […]

Maturity in the churches is a great need. Growth is undeniable in terms of numbers, finances and influence, but sanctification and maturity are often lacking. Churches that grow spectacularly often decline in the same manner. Pentecostals and charismatics demonstrate admirable evangelistic zeal and impact the poorer classes, but they have at times been weak in […]

Africa’s continuing struggle with poverty has taken on some new dynamics, but is no less urgent. As explained in the economic section, the causes are many and complex. For a region with many natural resources and a vast, young workforce, the situation should not be as bad as it is. This is partly due to […]

East Africa remains a place of instability and regional violence, despite the 2018 peace treaty between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which itself came as an answer to prayer. Somalia’s descent into anarchy plumbed new depths. A combination of deep poverty, lack of resources, famine, historical colonial influences and the deeply clan-based societal structure creates a dangerous […]

Nigeria and the Sahel, through which runs the north-south fault line between Muslim and Christian majority areas, are in profound need of prayer. The sporadic outbreaks of violence in Nigeria escalated into more frequent and intense pogroms against Christians by increasingly bloodthirsty fundamentalist Muslim groups (often importing fighters from farther afield). The Nigerian-originated Islamist and […]

The mission force of African agencies and missionaries continues to grow and diversify. Lacking the established infrastructures and financial resources of the West, Africans find creative new ways to train and send church planters. Specific areas of praise: Research. A number of more specific research initiatives – usually on the national or regional level — […]

Third Wave Pentecostal groups, strongly evangelical, have become a major element in the African Church. They are strong on the Scriptures and outreach, expectant of miracles, fervent in prayer and courageous against the powers of darkness. The Redeemed Christian Church and Deeper Life Bible Church were both started in Nigeria and have planted churches in […]

The mission force of African agencies and missionaries continues to grow and diversify. Lacking the established infrastructures and financial resources of the West, Africans find creative new ways to train and send church planters. Specific areas of praise: Research. A number of more specific research initiatives – usually on the national or regional level — […]