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WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) — It is a long way from the small Iowa city of Cedar Rapids to Nagaland, the mysterious state in northeastern India, but that is where Tim Phillips and his friend, Daniel Hurt, travel regularly to minister and be ministered to by these extraordinary people who have gone from being head hunters to becoming soul hunters. I met up with Phillips and Hurt on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, at a all day event called "Nagalim…Discovered," in the Gold Room of the Rayburn Building on Thursday, May 25.
Two groups of dancers danced at the Madison House of Prayer for all Nations on Tuesday night. On the program was Dancing the Way, a ministry of My People International, composed of Native American Dancers. But before they started, a dance team from the House of Prayer welcomed them with an expression of repentance for the history of broken promises and broken relationships between the dominant culture and the native peoples.
World Vision relief teams in Jakarta have dispatched emergency supplies to thousands of people left homeless by Saturday’s 6.3 magnitude earthquake in central Java, Indonesia. Read more about World Vision’s response. Also: World Relief also responds, through local church contacts, plus reports from Operation Blessing, and from Food for the Hungry, and also Samaritan’s Purse.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 24, 2006 – (BP)–Jason Cruise’s eyes light up when he starts relating stories about hooking trout in a cold mountain stream. His voice quickens describing the patience involved in outwitting and luring a tom turkey.
PORTLAND, OREGON (ANS) — Roadside bombs, suicide bombers, and mortar attacks can’t hold back the spread of God’s Word. The Bible is dynamically ministering to soldiers on the front lines in Iraq.
Madison Catholic Bishop Robert Morlino reports on his May visit to the Vatican in The Catholic Herald.
GHANA, WEST AFRICA (ANS) — Two young Muslims left the savannah of West Africa to study Islam in Mecca, their educational expenses paid by the largesse of the Saudi government. But after they returned home a dreadful automobile accident altered their lives in a way that had enduring consequences.
War, poverty and AIDS are all plaguing Africa but the solutions to those problems don’t lie in the United States or other countries, says Colleen Milstein. The crucial work of solving those problems will have to be done by Africans.
Touting economic benefits reduces embryos to products, they sayBy PATRICK MARLEY and STEVEN WALTERSMadison – Two Catholic bishops are asking Gov. Jim Doyle to oppose the use of embryonic stem cells at a time when he is touting the research as a major reason voters should re-elect him in November. Read more.
News ReleaseCEN calls on Christians to take simple steps to prepare for this serious pandemic threat in response to latest World Health Organization discovery