Where Drugs Often Merit Death, Singapore Ministries Offer New Life (March 24, 2023, Christianity Today) (subscription required)
More than 70 percent of the country’s inmates are jailed for drug-related offenses. Christian groups seek to help them reenter society.
These 3 Japanese Christian Women Changed Their Country (March 24, 2023, Christianity Today) (subscription required)
The Christian faith that the Jesuits shared offered unprecedented opportunities for women to discover and embody new social roles and positions. The Protestants also represented this newfound reality as women comprised about two-thirds of the missionaries sent to Japan from 1859 to 1882, according to Japanese historian Rui Kohiyama.
'Bangkok Document' discerns new pathways for the church in Asia after continental synod (March 21, 2023, National Catholic Reporter)
Churches in Asia need to play an active role in addressing pressing realities including migrants, refugees, indigenous peoples, climate change, family issues, women and youth, Asian bishops said in their continental synod document.
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Christians from Myanmar Call for the Release of Jailed Baptist Leader (March 17, 2023, Christianity Today)
The junta charged him with unlawful association and breaking the country’s counterterrorism law for meeting with Kachin armed forces and praying with the leaders of Myanmar ’s government in exile, the National Unity Government. Hkalam, the former head of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), faces up to 13 years in prison.
The Khmer Rouge survivor who forgave his family's killers (March 15, 2023, UCA News)
It’s been an extremely long and painful journey to learn how to forgive the unforgivable, says a Christian who survived Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge and witnessed the massacre of his family by the genocidal regime.
Bhutanese Nepali Refugees Turn Their Trials into Zeal for Evangelism (March 13, 2023, Christianity Today)
Dilli Lumjel remembers the date and time he heard from God and gave his life to Jesus: May 4, 2011, at 1:33 a.m. Earlier that day, he had performed a Hindu funeral service for his father-in-law in the Beldangi 1 refugee camp in eastern Nepal, where he lived with more than 12,000 other refugees. Both of Lumjel’s parents-in-law had recently converted to Christianity.
Former terrorism hub being transformed by the Gospel (March 7, 2023, Mission News Network)
The city of Abbottabad, Pakistan has gone from a breeding ground for terrorism to fertile ground for the Gospel. Notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden hid in his Abbottabad compound until U.S. Navy Seals killed him in 2011. A year ago, Mission Cry started handing out Biblesin the area near bin Laden’s old compound.
Uyghur Christian Released After 15-Year Sentence (March 15, 2023, China Aid)
Alimujiang Yimiti, also known as Alim, converted from Islam to Christianity in 1995 and served as a house church pastor to Uyghurs in Kashgar, Xinjiang. His work in Xinjiang painted a target on his back, as the Chinese government began to scrutinize Uyghurs in the
New Era and New Roles: Changes and Issues for Chinese Ministries in a New Context (March 13, 2023, ChinaSource Quarterly)
The gap between the first and second decades is so great that it made us feel like we were sitting on the banks of the rivers in Babylon reminiscing about Zion (Psalm 137:1). This article explores the changes that have occurred in Chinese society and the Chinese church during the New Era. From this, we can think about what God is doing through these changes. Finally, we explore the roles overseas workers can play in the churches in China.