“Proclamation and demonstration”: OM Ships marks 50 years with a renewed vision for sharing the Gospel
As OM Ships International marks 50 years of ministry, DAVID ADAMS speaks with CEO Seelan Govender about the organisation’s impact, how it’s fared during the COVID-19 pandemic and a vision for the future…
United Methodist Church names its ninth Appalachian Trail chaplain
RNS Chris Estus doesn’t seem like the typical through-hiker on the Appalachian Trail. Estus is 60-years-old, has been married for 35 years and runs his own business in San Antonio, Texas, where he also leads a ministry for those recovering from addictions, called the Pioneer Group, and is director of recovery ministries at Alamo Heights […]
Harvest Crusade, a staple event at Angel Stadium, is morphing into a cinematic experience
Los Angeles, USRNS Every year in August, tens of thousands of people fill the seats of Angel Stadium in Anaheim, not for baseball, but for the weekend-long Harvest Crusade. A tradition for more than three decades, the Southern California evangelistic event, founded by Harvest Christian Fellowship Pastor Greg Laurie and the late pastor Chuck Smith, […]
Israel orders US-based Christian TV channel off air
Jerusalem, IsraelAP Israeli regulators on Sunday announced they ordered a US-based evangelical broadcaster taken off the air, saying the channel hid its missionary agenda when it applied for a license. In his decision, Asher Biton, the chairman of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, said he had informed GOD TV on Thursday that it had […]
Essay: How Ravi Zacharias changed the way evangelism is done
In an article first published on Religion News Service, TIMOTHY KELLER, founder of the Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, reflects on Ravi Zacharias’ impact on evangelism…
THIS LIFE: DON’T BE ASHAMED TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, looks at why Christians should never be ashamed to share the Gospel…
US “digital Billy Grahams” calling a million young people to fast and pray in new decade
ASSIST News Service A group of evangelists who use their social media platforms as a modern age pulpit-for-the-masses are calling on a million young people to fast and pray at the beginning of the new decade and throughout 2020. “The call for one million young people to fast and pray is historic but must not […]
OUTREACH: HOW A HEART FOR SURFERS LED A BRITISH PASTOR TO WALK AN 800 KILOMETRE PILGRIM TRAIL IN EUROPE – WITH A SURFBOARD ON HIS BACK
DAVID ADAMS speaks with British pastor Richard Ellerington about his call to minister among the surfing community around the world – and how that led to him to be the first person to walk an 800 kilometre pilgrim trail carrying a surfboard…
EVANGELISM: US GROUP NEIGHBORLY FAITH URGES EVANGELICALS TO FIND A “THIRD WAY” TO BEFRIEND MUSLIMS
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports…
Pope criticises cultural discrimination in new book of interviews from Amazon synod
Vatican CityRNS In a book of interviews published Tuesday, Pope Francis discussed his vision for a missionary church and criticised groups that discriminate against other cultures and view them as unworthy of receiving the Gospel. “There are circles and sectors that present themselves as ilustrados (enlightened) – they sequester the proclamation of the gospel through a distorted […]