Maria Mackay

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• Aug 28, 2007

  YWAMers Join Global Initiative to Bring One Billion to Christ

  Youth With A Mission (YWAM) leaders currently meeting on Je-ju island in South Korea have thrown their support behind a global effort to bring one billion people to Christ in the next 25 years.

• Aug 24, 2007

  Kenya's Ecumenical Family Honors WCC Head

  Christians in Kenya recently paid tribute to the enormous contributions of the head of the World Council of Reformed Churches (WCC) to ecumenism in Kenya and worldwide.

• Aug 21, 2007

  Search for Peru Quake Survivors Ends; Relief Efforts Ongoing

  The search for survivors of last week’s powerful magnitude-8 earthquake in Peru officially ended Monday, and efforts shifted to clearing the tons of rubble from the streets of the southern port city of Pisco.

• Aug 17, 2007

  Churches Remain United in Asia Flood Response

  Members of the worldwide coalition Action by Churches Together International are continuing to save lives as they bring aid relief and assistance to vast regions of central and south Asia hit by severe flooding.

• Aug 14, 2007

  Aid Group Buildings in East Timor Set Ablaze

  The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has called for calm in East Timor amid the violence that has rumbled on since Xanana Gusmao was appointed to be the new prime minister by the country’s new president, Jose Ramos-Horta.

• Aug 12, 2007

  Service of Prayers Marks 100 Days Since Madeleine’s Disappearance

  The parents of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann on Saturday marked the 100th day since their daughter’s disappearance from their holiday apartment in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz with a special service of prayers.

• Aug 5, 2007

  U.N. Peacekeepers 'Vital' to Ending Darfur Crisis

  A solution to the crisis in the troubled region of Darfur in Sudan will not be possible without the presence of U.N. peacekeepers, warned a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations.

• Aug 4, 2007

  Global Church Alliance Makes New Appeal for Displaced Iraqis

  The global humanitarian aid alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International is appealing to Christians and Christian organizations worldwide to donate to its new $900,000 appeal to bring vital support to displaced Iraqis.

• Jul 29, 2007

  Relief Agencies Continue to Respond to Silent Cries of Pakistan Flood Victims

  A number of Christian relief agencies and mission groups are involved in the ongoing relief efforts in Pakistan, after more than 250,000 people were left homeless by severe flooding in June.

• Jul 29, 2007

  Operation Mobilization Appeals for Prayers Amid Zimbabwe Crisis

  International mission agency Operation Mobilization (OM) has appealed for prayers to bolster its staff currently serving in troubled Zimbabwe.