Essay: Mission trips are an evangelical rite of passage for US teens – but why?
CAROLINE R NAGEL, professor of geography at the University of South Carolina, finds – in an article first published on The Conversation – that today’s short-term missionaries continue a long legacy, but in a very different way…
Anglican Church in Uganda and South Koreans launch new missionary training centre
Kampala, Uganda The Anglican Church of Uganda and clergy from Oryun Community Church in South Korea have launched a training centre for missionaries in Uganda. The Daniel Missional Leadership Training Centre at Lweza in Wakiso District, Central Uganda, was commissioned last week at a colourful event graced by top Anglican Church leaders in Uganda and […]
“A real head-scratcher”: Missionary pilot Ryan Koher remains in custody in Mozambique, six weeks after arrest
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on the arrest of pilot Ryan Koher…
“More difficult than ever”: US faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping
PETER SMITH and DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, report on the impact the deteriorating situation in Haiti is having on US-based Christian aid and relief groups operating there…
Pope concerned for Amazon and Indigenous peoples, says its first cardinal
Manaus, Brazil Reuters Pope Francis will install the first cardinal of Brazil’s Amazon region this month in a sign of his concern for the rainforest and its Indigenous inhabitants, the man whom he picked for the role said. Dom Leonardo Steiner, Archbishop of the Brazilian city of Manaus, said in an interview that Francis, the […]
Group including Turkish missionaries kidnapped in Haiti – media
Reuters A group of people including at least eight Turkish missionaries has been kidnapped in Haiti after traveling by bus from the Dominican Republic, according to Haitian and Dominican media, amid a wave of gang violence in Haiti. The abduction occurred on Sunday afternoon near Croix-des-Bouquets, where a group of US and Canadian missionaries was […]
Church agency: Captive missionaries made daring escape
Berlin, OhioAP Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, according to the agency they work for, officials said Monday. The group of 12 navigated by stars to reach safety […]
Ex-hostages doing well, have left Haiti, mission agency says
AP All the former hostages from a US-based missionary group kidnapped in Haiti have been flown out of the country after a two-month ordeal, the leader of their Ohio-based missions organisation said Friday, as he also extended an offer of forgiveness to their captors. Unidentified people depart on route to the airport from the Christian […]
Updated: All from US missionary group freed in Haiti, police say
Last updated: 3.40pm (AEDT)Port-au-Prince, HaitiAP The remaining members of a US missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed, Haitian police and the group said Thursday. The spokesman for Haiti’s National Police, Gary Desrosiers, confirmed to The Associated Press that the hostages had been released, but did not immediately provide […]
US religious group says Haitian gang releases three hostages
Port-au-Prince, Haiti AP A religious group based in Ohio announced Monday that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted. The statement from Christian Aid Ministries said the people were released on Sunday in Haiti and are “safe and seem to be in good spirits.” The group provided […]