In spite of Muslim tensions, Jordan has displayed unusual openness to the gospel as Christian tourists visit this ‘other Holy Land.’ They call it the home of the sunrise of Christianity, on the right side of the Jordan River–a country of 150 biblical sites. Often overlooked in the scheme of Middle East politics and prophecy, …
While some Christians have supported a boycott of the Disney company, others say there is a better way to influence: By sharing Jesus inside Disney World.
We often assume it is difficult to win a Muslim to Christ. But our doubts reflect a lack of trust in the Spirit’s power.
Ministry to the Rainbow People must be out-of-the-box and laced with servanthood. “Then the Hi-Ho’s and some of the shaman came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread without washing hands, they began to schwag them. For the Hi-Ho’s and all the hippies do not …
They call themselves 777 Skateboards. Their goal is unorthodox: to take the gospel to the thousands of teenagers who spend most of their lives on skateboard ramps. On this sun-drenched Southern California day, thousands of barely clad beachgoers stroll along the boardwalk, taking in the scene at fabled Venice Beach, southwest of Los Angeles. Kids …
Tedd Craven journeys into national forests to reach lost Rainbows ‘tribes’ with the gospel Tedd Craven will give you the shirt off of his back, and his eyes can pierce a hole through your soul. He is selfless to a fault, but don’t mistake him for being naive. Each year, Craven and other ministers go …
Every year a ragtag group of American misfits gather in the forest to live in peace with nature. But some equally radical Christians are introducing them to the message of Jesus.
Elizabeth Copeland–one of a handful of African American missionaries on the foreign field today–is reaching a primitive Philippine tribe that was displaced by a volcanic eruption. As soon as they hear the rumbling of the car cease, the small, dark-skinned people of Sapang Bato, a remote village in Pampanga province in the Philippines, march out …
In New Orleans–home of the wildest street party in the world–brave evangelists disregard the shocking displays of drunkenness and nudity to take Jesus’ love to the boldest of sinners.
The unique subculture of the Western cowboy has been misunderstood and ignored by the church. But charismatic cowboy evangelists are charging out of the corral to boldly share Christ with those riding America’s rodeo circuit.
Music, not message, reverberates through the Meow Meow in Portland, Ore., on Thursday through Saturday nights. The punk-rock club is the primary outreach of The Bridge, a church for the city’s street kids. “This is an all ages music venue in the same building as the church, but separate from it,” explains Angie Fadel, who …
Imprisonment and torture have not stopped Christianity in China. Thanks to cellphones, missionary zeal and New Testament-style miracles, evangelists are spreading the gospel faster than anyone can calculate. Just days after the Tienanmen Square massacre in Beijing in 1989, Sister Peng* was delivering a small shipment of freshly printed Bibles to unregistered church leaders when …
Ray Comfort’s bold street reaching makes people nervous, but he wants even the most timid Christian to learn to witness with confidence.
Crossover Community Church inTampa, Florida, is using innovative methods to impact the coastal town’s hip-hop scene.
An unprecedented crowd of 6 million people gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, for a Reinhard Bonnke crusade in November. The evangelist believes that this move of the Holy Spirit will sweep the entire African continent.
