Michelle A. Vu

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  Dec 11, 2013

  Kay Warren Says 'Heart Is Broken' Over Joel Hunter's Son Suicide; Evangelical Leader Laments Hunter Lost 5-Y-O Granddaughter Just 3 Years Ago

  Hearing that another megachurch pastor's family has lost their son to suicide, Kay Warren, who lost her youngest son Matthew Warren just 7 months ago to suicide, said her "heart is broken" over the news.

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  Nov 24, 2013

  Kay Warren on Son's Suicide: 'This Is Not How It Should Be,' But Grateful That Matthew's 'Broken Mind' Is Now Healed in Heaven

  Kay Warren, co-founder of Saddleback Church in Southern California with her husband, Rick Warren, gave an emotional speech on Saturday afternoon for International Survivors of Suicide Day, saying that her 27-year-old son, Matthew, who took his life earlier this year, shouldn't have died the way he did, but she's comforted and grateful that he's now in heaven and his "broken mind" is finally healed.

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  Nov 13, 2013

  Tokyo Judge Convicts Yamaya Makoto of Defaming Christian Today in Japan; Ordered to Pay Compensation

  A Tokyo District Court judge on Wednesday convicted Makoto Yamaya, a "cyber-terrorist" blogger and staff of Salvation Army in Tokyo (not involved in lawsuit), of defaming Japan-based newspaper Christian Today by disseminating information alleging that Christian Today was tied to a heretical cult organization connected with the Unification Church. Yamaya was ordered by Judge Toda Hisahi to pay 950,000 yen, or the equivalent of $9,565.

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  Mar 27, 2013

  Will Graham: Billy Graham Has Started Filming for Likely Last Sermon, 'My Hope America'

  Will Graham, the grandson of well-known evangelist Billy Graham, says that his grandfather is preparing hard for likely his last sermon in November and has started filming for "My Hope America with Billy Graham."

• Mar 21, 2013

  The Global Mission Shift: Should the North American Church Lead, Follow or Both?

  The North American Church is finding itself in an odd position, where it is now receiving missionaries from the countries it once sent missionaries to. With this shifting of the "Christian center of gravity" away from the West, what role should the North American Church – with the U.S. still ranked as the top missionary-sending country in world history – now play in global mission?

• Feb 19, 2013

  Interview: 'God's Smuggler' on Megachurches, Persecuted Christians, and Middle East Challenges

  Brother Andrew has a natural kindness to him that makes those around him – even people meeting him for the first time – feel at ease and as if they've known him for years. Perhaps this gift is part of the reason why the Open Doors founder has been so successful in befriending Hamas, Taliban, and other Muslim extremist leaders, while openly sharing his Christian faith with them.

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  Jan 18, 2013

  Obama May Have Disagreed With Inaugural Committee's Handling of Giglio Controversy

  Sources close to the Oval Office are saying that there was disagreement within the Obama administration with how the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) handled the Rev. Louie Giglio, after a liberal blog unearthed a mid-90s sermon where he defined homosexuality as a sin. Giglio, after accepting PIC's invitation to give the inaugural benediction, declined the invitation after two days of controversy over his 17-year-old comments.

• Oct 26, 2012

  Following Jesus Yet Still Hindu or Sikh? Mission Leaders Weigh In on New Communities

  It doesn't sound right: someone claiming to be both a follower of Jesus Christ while still identifying himself as a Hindu or Sikh. But some respected missiologists are defending the new communities in India called Yeshu Satsang as biblical.

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  Sep 26, 2012

  Missio Nexus' Steve Moore on Why He's Not a Missionary, Misconceptions About Missions

  Right after finishing his round of "thank you for coming" at the end of the North American Mission Leaders Conference, hosted by Missio Nexus, Steve Moore, the group's president, sat down with The Christian Post's Michelle Vu for an interview over lunch before his flight back to Atlanta, Ga. Moore talked about the greatest development thus far in his mission career, tips on how to connect with the younger generation, why his father and him did not become full-time missionaries, and some of the b

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  Sep 22, 2012

  Influential Missiologist David Hesselgrave Receives Lifetime Service Award

  One of the most influential missiologists in the past half century, David J. Hesselgrave, was awarded the Lifetime of Service Award at the North American Mission Leaders Conference on Friday evening.