By Melissa Wuske Evangelism Tool Transcends Literacy Evangelists in Sierra Leone and other regions have a new tool: the Proclaimer. This battery operated audio player with speakers comes loaded with audio Bibles, music, sermons, and other Christian materials in the native language of a region. They allow the message to reach large groups, especially people […]
By Melissa Wuske Hobby Helps People Living on the Streets Judy Gardner, a senior citizen in New Bern, North Carolina, recently began a hobby that’s helping the environment and people who live on the streets. Gardner uses plastic grocery store bags to crochet sleeping mats for them. The mats are cheap to make and easy […]
By Melissa Wuske Businesses Helping Homeless The Le Carillon project in Paris’s 11th arrondissement neighborhood aims to connect people who are homeless with businesses offering goods and services. Through the program, willing business owners can place stickers in their windows allowing people in need to see what help they can receive from that business. The […]
By Melissa Wuske Religious Restrictions Around the World Pew Research released its annual study on global religious restrictions, covering 2014. Nearly a quarter (24 percent) of the 198 countries examined had high or very high levels of government control over religion. That number is down from the recent high of 29 percent in 2012. The […]
By Melissa Wuske Persecution Does Not Stop Chinese Churches A Chinese church member told China Aid, a Christian human rights group, that despite persecution, churches are growing. Hundreds of believers and ministers in the region of Guizhou have been arrested by the communist government, but he still sees people’s lives changing as the church grows. […]
