Michelle A. Vu

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• Oct 2, 2007

  Interview: Dr. Ralph D. Winter on Frontier Missions in India

  The focus of this year\'s gathering of the International Society for Frontier Missiology (ISFM) was India – a country where Christianity is the third largest religion despite the fact that Christians make up only 2.3 percent of the entire population, according to official government statistics.

• Oct 1, 2007

  Deadly Darfur Attack Targets Peacekeepers Amid Aid Pullout

  An unprecedented attack on an African Union base in Darfur killed at least 10 peacekeeping troops over the weekend after a few aid groups announced plans to either reduce workers or pull out of the increasingly unstable region.

• Sep 28, 2007

  Christian Prayer Warriors Combat Human Trafficking

  Faith-based organizations are calling for prayer, fasting and concern to combat the growing crisis of modern day slavery – or human trafficking.

• Sep 28, 2007

  Bush, Brown Renew Call on Myanmar to End Violence

  U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown renewed a call to the Myanmar junta Friday to stop its violent suppression of pro-democracy protestors.

• Sep 28, 2007

  Conservatives Rebuke Hate Crimes Bill Ploy

  Conservative Christian groups were quick to denounce the senate’s attachment of a hate crimes amendment to the defense funding bill, criticizing the measure for elevating some violent crimes above others.

• Sep 27, 2007

  Group Sheds Light on China's New House Church Crackdown

  China has a new way of cracking down on unregistered church activities, reported a ministry that supports persecuted Chinese churches.

• Sep 27, 2007

  Bush Pressed on Iraq-Linked Hate Crimes Bill

  The U.S. Congress attached a contentious hate crimes bill to a must-pass defense spending bill encompassing the Iraq War on Thursday in an attempt to pressure President Bush to pass the amendment.

• Sep 26, 2007

  40-Day Campaign Targets Abortion Mills

  Pro-life activists nationwide launched a 40-day prayer and fasting campaign Tuesday to shut down abortion clinics across the country.

• Sep 26, 2007

  China Frees American Who Helped N. Korean Refugees

  China released an American citizen imprisoned for four years for the “crime” of helping starving North Korean refugees, reported the head of a North Korea freedom organization Tuesday.

• Sep 25, 2007

  Prisons' Purging of Faith Books Faces Opposition

  Religious inmates, chaplains and lawyers are mounting criticisms against the federal order to remove non-approved religious books from prison chapels.