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Ethnic minority churches are the growing edge of US evangelicalism today. This is predominantly an urban phenomenon, but 10% of US counties now have racial and ethnic minorities as the majority. Points for prayer: Asian Church growth is pronounced. Dynamic networks of congregations are springing up among the 7,000-plus Asian churches. Korean churches number 4,000. […]

Student ministries continue to play a vital role. Movements such as InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IFES), Navigators, Cru, Campus Outreach, Chi Alpha, Campus America, and others combine to generate effective outreach, discipleship and prayer on campuses. The large Urbana conferences of InterVarsity, The Traveling Team, the Center for Mission Mobilization, and other ministries challenge many students […]

This generation of young people is both the most privileged and the most damaged. Humanistic and New Age philosophies, spiritual confusion, moral relativism, broken families, sexual permissiveness, drug and alcohol abuse, mindless violence, widespread acceptance of the occult and callous self-absorption combine to reap a bitter harvest. Most young people, even Christian ones, do not […]

Ethnic minority churches are the growing edge of US evangelicalism today. This is predominantly an urban phenomenon, but 10% of US counties now have racial and ethnic minorities as the majority. Points for prayer: Asian Church growth is pronounced. Dynamic networks of congregations are springing up among the 7,000-plus Asian churches. Korean churches number 4,000. […]

This generation of young people is both the most privileged and the most damaged. Humanistic and New Age philosophies, spiritual confusion, moral relativism, broken families, sexual permissiveness, drug and alcohol abuse, mindless violence, widespread acceptance of the occult and callous self-absorption combine to reap a bitter harvest. Most young people, even Christian ones, do not […]

Student ministries continue to play a vital role. Movements such as InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IFES), Navigators, Cru, Campus Outreach, Chi Alpha, Campus America, and others combine to generate effective outreach, discipleship and prayer on campuses. The large Urbana conferences of InterVarsity, The Traveling Team, the Center for Mission Mobilization, and other ministries challenge many students […]

Specific ethnic minority groups that need intercession: South Asians, the largest minority grouping, number over three million. They are too commonly ghettoized into ethnic enclaves. Growing numbers are coming to Christ from the Hindu and Sikh communities, but few from among Muslims; about 4% of all South Asians are Christian. The greatest needs are among […]

There are signs of hope – water these tender plants with prayer: Traumatic social change and the devastating consequences of family breakdown, drifting identity, violence and fear for the future bring a new openness to consider spiritual solutions. Renewal movements. Many pastors and congregations experienced charismatic renewal between the 1960s and 1990s, giving rise to […]

Britain’s cultural, diplomatic, economic, and military influence shaped the world for the past two or three centuries. It is head of the Commonwealth and a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Despite the UK’s shrinking profile, domestic rumblings of discontent, and the significant costs of Brexit, London remains one of the world’s hub cities […]

Specific ethnic minority groups that need intercession: South Asians, the largest minority grouping, number over three million. They are too commonly ghettoized into ethnic enclaves. Growing numbers are coming to Christ from the Hindu and Sikh communities, but few from among Muslims; about 4% of all South Asians are Christian. The greatest needs are among […]