Adrienne S. Gaines
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How to Change the World From Your Bed
Dick Woodward can’t move anything below his neck. But that hasn’t prevented him from training and mentoring pastors around the world. Despite a degenerative spinal disorder that slowly robbed him of the use of his arms and legs, the veteran pastor provides audio Bible studies and ministry-training materials through the Mini Bible College (MBC) he…
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Saving India’s Daughters
P.P. Job paid a high price for preaching the gospel when his two sons were martyred. But Today his adopted daughters—504 in all—are a legacy of his faith in Christ.“Girls are not wanted in India.” The Rev. P.P. Job says this as a matter of fact, without a hint of irony in his weathered brown face,…
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Saving India’s Daughters
P.P. Job paid a high price for preaching the gospel when his two sons were martyred. But today his adopted daughters—504 in all—are a legacy of his faith in Christ. “Girls are not wanted in India.” The Rev. P.P. Job says this as a matter of fact, without a hint of irony in his weathered brown
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Kentucky Ministry Takes Church Outside
Servant's Heart in Louisville, Ky., doesn't hold a traditional Sunday service and doesn't consider itself a church. Instead, the Assemblies of God mission is taking ministry to residents in a low-income community known as Portland.Teams witness during weekly prayer walks, regularly visit a liquor store to share Scripture with customers and hold home Bible studies.…
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Pruning the World’s Largest Church
The pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church says it is poised for growth—now that it’s smaller On Jan. 1, the world’s largest church got considerably smaller—and its pastor says the move has led to growth and spiritual renewal.After boasting more than 780,000 members, Yoido Full Gospel Church released 20 satellite congregations to become independent, effectively reducing…
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Scholarship Promise Upheld 11 Years Later
Killed in a church shooting, Sydney Browning never had a chance to meet the 62 second-graders of Granada Primary School. But today she’s changed their lives, thanks to a university’s 11-year promise fulfilled.Some things are hard to make sense of, like the evening of Sept. 15, 1999, when Larry Gene Ashbrook walked into Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort…
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When the Saints Go Marching In
Next week, for the first time in its 103-year history, the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) will not hold its annual Holy Convocation in Memphis, Tenn.—and city officials there have been bracing all year for the economic hit. The nation’s largest Pentecostal denomination is still headquartered in the city known for its blues and barbecue.…
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Sydney’s Promise
Killed in a church shooting, Sydney Browning never had a chance to meet the 62 second-graders of Granada Primary School. But today she’s changed their lives, thanks to a university’s 11-year promise fulfilled. Some things are hard to make sense of, like the evening of Sept. 15, 1999, when Larry Gene Ashbrook walked into Wedgwood Baptist Church in
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Pakistani Muslims Beat Elderly Christian Couple Unconscious
An 80-year-old Christian in southern Punjab Province said Muslims beat him and his 75-year-old wife, breaking his arms and legs and her skull, because he refused a prostitute they had offered him. From his hospital bed in Vehari, Emmanuel Masih told Compass by telephone that two powerful Muslim land owners in the area, brothers Muhammad…
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Healing Rooms Movement Spreading Worldwide
A network of healing rooms is spreading internationally, with several hundred being commissioned in India this week.Launched in 1999, the International Association of Healing Rooms (IAHR) now oversees some 1,300 rooms in 52 nations. Roughly 400 are in India, and IAHR founder Cal Pierce is commissioning 600 more healing rooms there this week. "In India…
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World Leaders Discuss Global Evangelism in South Africa
One of the most diverse groups of Christian leaders is gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, this week to discuss the future of world missions.Some 4,200 selected participants from 198 nations are meeting for the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, the third such gathering in the last 36 years.
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Christians in Turkey Acquitted of ‘Insulting Turkishness’
After four years of legal battle in a Turkish court, a judge acquitted two Christians of insulting Turkey and its people by spreading Christianity, but not without slapping them with a hefty fine for a spurious charge. Four years ago this month, Turan Topal, 50, and Hakan Tastan, 41, started a legal battle after gendarmerie…
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Charismatic Church Protests Theme Park’s Halloween Show
A charismatic church in Florida is protesting a Tampa theme park's Halloween show, and several area churches and community leaders have joined the effort. Ignited Church in Lakeland, a city roughly 35 miles east of Tampa, has united area churches, business leaders and school board members in opposition to Busch Gardens' Howl-O-Scream show, which they…
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Christian in Bhutan Imprisoned for Showing Film on Christ
A court in predominantly Buddhist Bhutan has sentenced a Christian to three years in prison for "attempting to promote civil unrest" by screening films on Christianity. A local court in Gelephu convicted Prem Singh Gurung, a 40-year-old ethnic Nepalese citizen from Sarpang district in south Bhutan, on Oct. 6, according to the government-run daily Kuensel.
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Miners’ Jesus T-Shirts Spark Flood of Interest
A Jesus T-shirt worn by several Chilean miners during their miraculous rescue this week has created a "deluge" of public interest and may soon be widely available for purchase, with the proceeds benefiting the miners' families. A gift from Campus Crusade for Christ Chile, the tan T-shirts read "Gracias Señor! (Thank you, Lord!) on the…
