By Melissa Wuske Income Levels Worldwide According to a Pew Research study, global poverty has dropped dramatically in recent years—in 2001, 29 percent of the population was classified as poor, falling to 15 percent by 2011. While that’s certainly good news, it seems that upward mobility has stiff limits: the next wealthiest bracket, low income, […]
By Melissa Wuske Charity from a Different Faith Reports of damaged and destroyed churches are deeply disturbing to Christians, and many believers move to action in response. But a perhaps less familiar story is how Muslims are also troubled and respond with charity when Christian churches face harm. Several such incidents happened this year during […]
By Melissa Wuske Connecting Women to the Church A new study by the Barna Group found that the percentage of women who don’t attend church is growing—alongside the overall decline in church attendance. In 2003, around 33 percent of adults were “unchurched” (hadn’t been to church in the last six months), and 40 percent of […]
By Melissa Wuske Lost Luggage Heaven Between 95 to 98 percent of bags lost and then found by airlines are claimed by their owners. So what happens to those other bags? Unclaimed Baggage, a company run by Christians, buys them. Instead of seeing a random amalgam of discarded items, the company sees these missing items […]
By Melissa Wuske Evangelicals Supporting Immigration Reform In 2012 a group of leaders from national evangelical organizations gathered to seek God’s heart concerning immigration reform in America. Now, at their third anniversary, the Evangelical Immigration Table has grown in size, diversity, and unity. Together they’re working for a “just, compassionate immigration process rooted in biblical […]
