China’s marriage rates have been on the decline for eight years while their divorce rates are climbing dramatically. 2021 saw the lowest birth rate since 1949 and the lowest population growth in 60 years, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. Clearly, the world’s second-biggest nation will face major [...]
An ongoing civil war threatens to tear apart Ethiopia, Africa’s second-largest nation. The latest event is a massacre of over 200 members of the Amhara ethnic group on Sunday, 19 June. Witnesses of the massacre claim it was the Oromo Liberation Army (O.L.A.) that committed the atrocity. It is [...]
A recent attack by Jihadi rebels killed 132 civilians in central Mali. The attacks indicate that extremist violence is spreading from northern Mali to the more central areas. The government claimed the attacks were carried out by Jihadi rebels of the Katiba group. A U.N. peacekeeping mission began in [...]
Saint Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria was the scene of the latest attack by the Fulani. The attackers threw explosive devices into the church indiscriminately, followed by shooting through the windows. There were many children present in an area set aside for them to sit following their Sunday [...]
There is nothing better for desert Muslim nomads to find than water! It can mean the difference between life and death. Jesus told us He is the “water of life,” meaning we need Him for our spiritual lives as much as we need water for our physical bodies. There [...]
How many of you have been on a short-term mission trip? There is a team of long-term workers in Buddhist Cambodia who hosted a short-term team in May. This missionary team has been in Cambodia for years, inviting these Buddhists to consider the claims of Christ. They want to [...]
“I thought that it was an earthquake at first,” said Ahmad, a shop owner in Abadan, Iran. Then he found out that a building under construction had collapsed just above his head. The lower floor of the building was completed, and people were shopping when the event occurred on [...]
Japan has much “soft” power, meaning the world loves aspects of their popular culture. All over the globe, people have gained a taste for anime, video games, and martial arts. More recently, the Japanese have added another cultural export: the Shinto religion. In this century, the Internet has provided [...]
Christian worshippers in Indonesia were dealt another blow by a radical group who succeeded in shutting down their worship service on March 23. This incident occurred in Bandung, West Java. Their message in a video that went viral threatened, “Stop the illegal HKBP worship plan at the Maris Square [...]
Last month we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. Did you know that one of the primary ways he won Ireland to Christ in 15 years was through music? Music is the language of the heart. That was especially true for the Irish in the 5th Century, and for the Iranians [...]
